3089 Amendments of Christine SCHNEIDER
Amendment 1 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Citation 2
Amendment 5 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Citation 7
– having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’ and the goal of the strategy to ensure a sustainable livelihood for primary producers (COM(2020)0381),
Amendment 7 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Citation 8
– - having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2019 on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticideslant protection products,2 , _________________ 2 OJ C 411, 27.11.2020, p. 48.
Amendment 26 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Recital D
D. whereas pollinators are vital for both food and nutrition security and are essential for food types like fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds, which are in turn crucial for ensuring good dietary health and particularly for preventing non- communicable diseases;
Amendment 31 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas there is inadequate data and information about insect pollinators other than bees and butterflies;
Amendment 32 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. Whereas pollinators include insects such as bees, hoverflies, butterflies, moths, beetles, wasps, thrips and mammals such as bats and birds;
Amendment 34 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. Whereas air pollution and light pollution lead to the decline of pollinators;
Amendment 51 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasizes the professional utilization of plant protection products by European farmers, while concurrently underlining the continuous enhancement of pollinator safeguarding through specialized training for farmers;
Amendment 59 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, in this regard, the strong interconnection between the revised EU Pollinators Initiative and the EU nature restoration law when it comes to achieving a trend reversal in pollinator decline, in particular through the alignment of national nature restoration measures with the relevant policies under the EU Pollinators Initiativrevised EU Pollinators Initiative when it comes to achieving a trend reversal in pollinator decline;
Amendment 64 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the continued need to better protect pollinators from risks resulting from pesticides and biocides, and regrets the delay in taking action to protect pollinators through the authorisation procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) 1107/20097and Regulation (EU) 528/20128; _________________ 7 Regat effective pest control can ensure the yields and qualities of agricultural products and that trade- offs resulation (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 (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1). 8 Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).ng from the protection of pollinators must be weighed up and met with practical solutions;
Amendment 68 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the continued need to better protect pollinators from risks resulting from pesticidelant protection products and biocides, and regrets the delay in taking action to protect pollinators through the authorisation procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) 1107/20097 and Regulation (EU) 528/20128 ; _________________ 7 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 (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1). 8 Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).ed action on improving the process on less harmful alternatives;
Amendment 72 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the role of plant protection products in ensuring food security and the importance of improving the scientific evidence base for assessing the relative toxicity of pesticides, not just insecticides,lant protection products to bees and other pollinators so that the harm reduction targets can be better adjusted by 2027; , while ensuring food security;
Amendment 78 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an end to stop the importation of agricultural products produced using pesticides that arelant protection products banned in the EU and can cause unacceptable harm to pollinators;
Amendment 99 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 13
13. NotRecognizes that while nitrogen emissions are causing thecan lead to eutrophication of semi-natural grassland, and damaging pollinator habitats and pushing endangered species towards extinction, fertilizers are crucial for soil fertility and food security; underlines the need to take stroengerthen action to redubalance nitrogen emissions, which adversely affect grasslands that are important for pollinators;.
Amendment 101 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasizes the need for further measures to mitigate the risk of abandonment of less productive agricultural areas, such as mountainous or marginal regions, to prevent their natural overgrowth with bushes and trees; highlights that this overgrowth negatively impacts biodiversity by diminishing habitats crucial for pollinators (e.g., mountain meadows) and exacerbates the risk of endangered species being pushed towards extinction;
Amendment 112 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for the promotion and development of pollinator habitats in urban areas;
Amendment 114 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Member States to and local authorities to widely apply the guidance on pollinator-friendly cities.
Amendment 115 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on the Member states to monitor pollinator populations in urban areas, collect data on pollinator health, and develop evidence-based strategies for their conservation; encourages the sharing of best practices and experiences among cities to create a network for urban pollinator conservation efforts
Amendment 116 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Urges the Member States to include pollinator-friendly landscaping and green infrastructure in their city planning; emphasizes the benefits of green roofs, vertical gardens, and sustainable urban agriculture practices in providing habitats for pollinators, contributing to urban resilience and improved quality of life
Amendment 117 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15e. Highlights the potential for urban areas to serve as models of coexistence between communities and pollinators, showcasing how cities can provide essential resources for these species while simultaneously benefiting from their vital ecosystem services.
Amendment 131 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 18
Amendment 138 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the essential role of farmers in maintaining habitats for pollinators and fostering sustainable agricultural practices that prioritise the well-being of these crucial species and contribute to the preservation of biodiversity; highlights in this regard agricultural practices already being carried out at local level to protect pollinator habitats;
Amendment 139 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the essential role of farmers in maintaining habitats for pollinators and fostering sustainable agricultural practices that prioritise the well-being of these crucial species and contribute to the preservation of biodiversity and to the protection of crops in terms of security of supply of food and feed;
Amendment 140 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Underlines the importance of providing support and incentives to farmers who actively engage in pollinator conservation efforts; encourages the development of agricultural policies that promote biodiversity-friendly farming practices.
Amendment 148 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 22
Amendment 154 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 23
23. Recognises the importance of citizen scientists, farmers and taxonomists, who need to be supported further so that they can strengthen their expertise and good practices and share them across Member States; appreciates the successful work of Pollinator Ambassadors in motivating citizens and businesses;
Amendment 155 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 23
23. Recognises the importance of citizen scientists and taxonomistfarmers, who need to be supported further so that they can strengthen their expertise and good practices and share them across Member States; appreciates the successful work of Pollinator Ambassadors in motivating citizens and businesses;
Amendment 157 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Highlights the potential of creating local networks and knowledge- sharing platforms where farmers can exchange best practices and contribute to the conservation of these invaluable species, while ensuring the resilience of our agricultural systems and food security;
Amendment 159 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 162 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support education programmes for beekeepers and agronomy students in order to build capacities in the management and promotion of biodiversity and pollination as an ecosystem service; stresses that incentive schemes for measures promoting pollinator populations are necessary and that farmers and other land users should be financially supported, and that cooperation with and the voluntary involvement of land users should be emphasised in the promotion of pollinators in the agricultural landscape;
Amendment 7 #
2023/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 30 June 2021 on long- term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040 (COM/2021/345)
Amendment 11 #
2023/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 15 September 2022 on EU border regions: living labs of European integration14a _________________ 14a OJ C 125, 5.4.2023, p. 114–123
Amendment 89 #
2023/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists that due to its regional focus, strategic planning and effective implementation model , cohesion policy should remain the EU’s main instrument for reducing disparities and stimulating regional growth and continue to be a key contributor to supporting recovery from symmetric and asymmetric shocks; calls for a clear demarcation between cohesion policy and other instruments in order to avoid overlaps and competition between EU instruments; believes that there must be an increase in the overall cohesion budget and in the MFF’s share of the policy compared to the 2021-2027 programming period; insists that all European regions remain eligible for funding in the future;
Amendment 122 #
2023/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for the restoration, under the Common Provisions Regulations, of the Rural Development Fund; such a fund should be managed regionally or with decisive regional participation, placing greater emphasis than before on structural policy measures in sparsely populated areas;
Amendment 170 #
2023/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for cohesion policy to include a stronger urban dimension through designated investments in urban areas as well as stronger links between urban and rural projects and investments; calls for the proportion of national ERDF allocations for urban development to be increased from 8 % to 12 %; calls on the Member States to ensure that small urban authorities are also able to access the 12 % of ERDF funds at national level dedicated to financing sustainable and integrated urban development projects; calls for this funding to be co-programmed with local authorities and for their benefit; underlines in this context that administrative capacity is essential for ensuring that managing bodies and local authorities acquire technical knowledge on climate change which they can use for urban planning and urban management; is convinced that this will lead to better design and evaluation of project proposals, more effective allocation of resources and satisfactory budgetary implementation without significant risk of decommitments; acknowledges that integrated territorial investments have a fundamental role in quality implementation and absorption of resources;
Amendment 178 #
2023/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. calls for the establishment of a genuine structural policy for rural areas that meets the respective challenges in terms of its thematic objectives; points out that the distribution of funding between urban and rural areas ("EU Cohesion Policy in non-urban areas", Study requested by the REGI committee, PE 652.210 - September 2020) by no means meets the objective of Art. 174 TFEU; believes that funding should benefit both urban and rural areas in a balanced way;
Amendment 205 #
2023/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that disproportionate burdens, such as the inherent structural disadvantages faced by all border regions should be compensated with a separate regime for regional aid designed specifically for border regions; demands that 0,26% of the EU’s cohesion policy budget shall be reserved exclusively for the development of border regions at the beginning of every new programming period, starting with the period 2028-2034 (=“Borderland Billion”); Suggests that the “Borderland Billion” is to be entrusted directly to the European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs), who are to be tasked with its independent management and distribution among projects;
Amendment 224 #
2023/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. calls for a promotion of territorial development strategies (CLLD/ITI), where necessary through mandatory use, in order to involve the levels of governance closest to citizens in the planning, consultation, implementation and management of the funds;
Amendment 254 #
2023/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Welcomes the European Commission's decision to extend the validity of the Code of Conduct for Partnerships under the European Structural and Investment Funds (Delegated Regulation No 240/2014); believes that these guidelines contribute significantly to better involvement of local authorities, but should be revised in the future to improve effectiveness and ensure even greater involvement of partners to promote place-based actions;
Amendment 43 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have had dramatic effects on global trade and have made it more apparent that the EU needs to strengthen and diversify its food supply chains;
Amendment 82 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas animal protein remains essential for a healthy diet and for the preservation of rural areas
Amendment 98 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 100 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas animal husbandry can generate highly bioavailable proteins for human nutrition;
Amendment 102 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas livestock is producing valuable fertilizer as a by-product that supports the EU's resilience in food production;
Amendment 107 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the market for sustainably produced animal protein and plant-based and alternative sources of protein is steadily increasing due to consumer demand;
Amendment 129 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 141 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas cell-based agriculture and seafood farming areis a promising and innovative solutions;
Amendment 209 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a comprehensive EU protein strategy introducing effective measures to increase the EU’s production of all types of protein in the short, medium and long term;
Amendment 230 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 2 a (new)
2a. Mobilisation of grassland as protein source utilized by ruminant husbandry;
Amendment 256 #
2023/2015(INI)
5. Concrete science-based policy actions;
Amendment 278 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that, from a geopolitical and strategic perspective, in crucial sectors such as food and feed supply, the self-sufficiency levels need to be significantly strengthened;
Amendment 315 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that sustainable and diversified protein production must be recognised as a crucial aspect of the EU food system;
Amendment 317 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that protein production must be recognised as a crucial aspect of the EU food and feed system;
Amendment 324 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that developing the production of plant and alternative sources of protein as well as grassland-based ruminant husbandry in the EU is an effective way of addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that the EU faces;
Amendment 359 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that European agriculture and European businesses must become more competitive;
Amendment 366 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights that ruminants are the best and most efficient solution to make protein from grassland available for human consumption as ruminants convert non edible biomass and protein in edible biomass and protein;
Amendment 387 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose medium- and long-term policy measures to close the nutrient loop, such as enabling the use of recovered nitrogen from manure (RENURE)utrients (like phosphorus and nitrogen) and for sustainable livestock production, such as circular farming systems or area based livestock productsion;
Amendment 395 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that pest and pathogen control plays a vital role in successful protein crop harvests, and therefore monitoring and scientific research on occurrence, development and spread of these pests and pathogens is crucial; recognises that the development of efficient measures to reduce the economic damage caused by these pests and pathogens and the development of alternative measures in terms of technical innovations like precision farming or robotic, beneficial insects or low-hazard pesticides are important to enhance the European protein production overall;
Amendment 427 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the big potential of plant-based protein as well as meat, milk and milk products from ruminants fed with protein from grassland, and the fact that the development of the sectors will benefit European farmers, soil quality, nutrient cycles, biodiversity, the climate and human health;
Amendment 437 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the big potential of plant and animal protein and the fact that the development of the sector will benefit European farmers, soil quality, biodiversity, the climate and human health;
Amendment 447 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of grasslands as a protein source; underlines that the most efficient way and therefore first choice to make permanent grassland available for human consumption is via ruminant husbandry; highlights the relevance of projects that extract high- quality protein as well as biomethanol from grasslands through biorefining;
Amendment 456 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of grasslands and livestock as a protein source; Highlights the relevance of projects that extract high- quality protein as well as biomethanol from grasslands through biorefining;
Amendment 471 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 477 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 545 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for more research and development into plant-based and alternativeall kinds of proteins;
Amendment 567 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates the farm to fork strategy’s target of reducing food waste by 50 %, which could be partly reached through a more circular agriculture sector; reiterates the farm to fork strategy’s prerequisite that ensuring a sustainable livelihood for primary producers is essential for the success of the strategy's targets;
Amendment 657 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point vii
Paragraph 32 – point vii
vii. A carbon removal certification framework that enables carbon farming practices related to the growing of protein- rich crops and additional income for farmers;
Amendment 663 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point viii
Paragraph 32 – point viii
viii. A combination of common agricultural policy rules that provide a stable framework, flexible management practices and incentives for the production ofa more protein-rich harvest of crops, grassland and legumes;
Amendment 665 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point viii a (new)
Paragraph 32 – point viii a (new)
viiia. A regulatory framework for the sustainable use of plant protection products that also allows for monitoring and scientific research on occurrence, development and spread of pests and pathogens jeopardous for successful protein crop harvests;
Amendment 666 #
2023/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point viii b (new)
Paragraph 32 – point viii b (new)
viiib. A clear research and development funding strategy to promote and stimulate the development of alternative measures for plant protection in terms of technical innovations like precision farming or robotic, beneficial insects and low-hazard pesticides;
Amendment 7 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the EUR 53,76 mbillion in commitments and EUR 52,58 mbillion in payment for agriculture; nonetheless calls for an increase of the budget considering the challenges that the agri-food sector has faced in 2023 and still needs to tackle in 2024;
Amendment 10 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the role that agriculture plays in achieving the Union objectives of food security, sustainable growth, social inclusion, and combating climate change, therefore insists that there should be no cuts to the agricultural budget, especially given the fact that the agricultural sector is frequently affected by crises that require a budgetary response;
Amendment 30 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the negative effects of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on food securEuropean and global food security as well as food affordability;
Amendment 44 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for additional support for Member Statefarmers with the lowest direct payments in order to strengthen their capacity to withstand inflationary pressures and increased input prices;abilise their income
Amendment 50 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is committed to ensuring that generational renewal must remain a high priority in the future CAP programming period; calls for the strengthening of support measures for young farmers and for the improvement of their access to land and credit, stresses the need for targeted measures aimed at supporting start-ups by young farmers, easing their entry into farming and facilitating the takeover of farms by young people and by women as they play a fundamental role in maintaining the economic resilience of rural areas;
Amendment 54 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. calls for the levels of support for young farmers to be increased and for the improvement of their access to land and credit;
Amendment 67 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of funding research and innovation in the agri-food sector; retherefore calls on the importance of ensuring that research results reach farm levelCommission to provide sufficient financial support for further uptake of smart and innovate solutions in the agricultural sector given their proven environmental benefits and greater agricultural efficiency is required; considers that precision farming and the use of digitisation should be further analysed and promoted;
Amendment 72 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls the importance of ensuring that research results reach farm level; stresses that obstacles such as lack of standardisation of data formats must be eliminated so that agricultural data can be used efficiently and to its full potential;
Amendment 74 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the acceleration of the digital transformation in agriculture and rural areas, which is crucial for ensuring resilience and stemming the depopulation of these areas; stresses that digital transformation in rural needs more support, especially as those involved in the agri-food chain are confronted with the growing impact of the Russian war in Ukraine;
Amendment 90 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Insists that any revenue to the Union budget deriving from any assigned revenues or repayments of irregularities from agriculture in previous years should remain under Heading 3;
Amendment 92 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Believes that the Union can make a vital contribution to the promotion of healthy eating habits, especially among children, and therefore considers it essential to make full use of the ceilings provided for in relation to the Union school schemes; therefore calls on the Member States to strengthen their national programmes to ensure full utilisation of the maximum available allocations by establishing less bureaucratic programmes;
Amendment 94 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. stresses the importance of the agricultural reserve to assist the agricultural sector in the event of market developments or crises that affect agricultural production or distribution; underlines that the exceptional measures adopted so far in 2023 amount to EUR 530,5 million, which will be partially covered by the 2024 agricultural reserve; calls on the Commission to ensure that sufficient funding will be available in the event of new crises in 2024, while ensuring that direct payments to farmers are not affected and, where appropriate, exploring the possibility of mobilising funds outside the CAP;
Amendment 25 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) There is less and less general awareness of food waste prevention. That is why targeted and regular campaigns and information are needed for every age group.
Amendment 28 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Having regard to the Union’s commitment to the ambition set out in SDG Target 12.3, the setting of food waste reduction targets to be achieved by Member States by 2030 should provide a strong policy impulse to take action and ensure a significant contribution to global targets. However, given the legally binding nature of such targets, they should be proportionate and feasible, and take into account the role of different actors in the food supply chain as well as their capacity (in particular micro and small enterprises). In addition, a distinction must be made between avoidable and unavoidable food losses. The establishment of legally binding targets should thus follow a step- wise approach, starting with a level which is lower than the one set under the SDG, with a view to ensuring a consistent response of Member States and tangible progress towards Target 12.3.
Amendment 31 #
2023/0234(COD)
(10 a) Having regard to the work of the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism, whereby the contribution of packaging in reducing food waste and ensuring food supply and security has been recognised;
Amendment 48 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) In order to ensure that actors in the food supply chain and Member State authorities consistently interpret food waste data and reporting monitoring, the Commission shall issue guidelines on the methodology for the measurement of food waste;
Amendment 79 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
(d a) supporting innovation in packaging, taking into account the important role of food packaging in the food value chain to prevent the generation of food waste and ensure food safety;
Amendment 81 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
Article 9, paragraph 1
Article 9, paragraph 1
(d b) fostering the cooperation among all the actors along the food supply chain to identify tools to achieve a better balance between production and demand;
Amendment 92 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
Article 9a, paragraph 3
Article 9a, paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38a to supplement this Directive as regards laying down a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of food waste levels. When developing these delegated acts, the Commission should take into account scientific or other available technical information, including relevant international standards such as the Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard of the World Resources Institute.
Amendment 96 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
Article 9, paragraph 3
Article 9, paragraph 3
3 a. The Commission shall facilitate the harmonised food waste measurement, by issuing relevant guidelines to help actors along the supply chain, as well as Member State authorities, to consistently interpret food waste data and reporting requirements;
Amendment 113 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
Article 9a, paragraph 5
Article 9a, paragraph 5
5. Where a Member State can provide data for a reference year prior to 2020, whichFood waste may include components that include parts intended for human consumption and parts not intended for human consumption. Food waste from food intended for human consumption is referred to as avoidable food waste. Food waste from food not intended for human consumption is referred to as unavoidable food waste. For Member States that can demonstrate that they have carried out different measurements of food waste in relation to avoidable and unavoidable parts of food waste, the use of avoidable food waste as a unit of measurement for monitoring the food waste reduction target should be allowed, provided that the data have been collected using methods comparable to the methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste as set out in the Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597, an earlier reference year may be used. The Member State shall notifyinform the Commission and the other Member States of its intention to use an earlier reference yearvoidable waste as a unit of measurement within 18 months of the entry into force of this Directive and shall provide the Commission with the data and measurement methods used to collect them. Member States shall assess the amount of food waste composted in households, the amount of food waste fed to domestic animals and the amount of food disposed of as or with waste water, using an appropriate procedure in accordance with the uniform measurement methods laid down in Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597.
Amendment 307 #
2023/0234(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive (EU) 2008/98/EC
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 22 a – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) including protective apparel, gloves of different compositions, and protective eyewear, which are designed for professional use and provide protection against exposure to heat, chemicals, biological and cutting hazards, shall be exempt from these EPR provisions.
Amendment 50 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Soil is a vital, limited, non- renewable and irreplaceable resource that is crucial for the economy, the environment, food security and the society.
Amendment 56 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Healthy soils are in good chemical, biological and physical condition so that they can provide ecosystem services that are vital to humans and the environment, such as safe, nutritious and sufficient food, biomass, clean water, nutrients cycling, carbon storage and a habitat for biodiversity. However, 60 to 70 % of the soils in the Union are deteriorated and continue to deteriorate.
Amendment 82 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission’s Communication on safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems47 stressed that food sustainability is fundamental for food security. Healthy soils make the Union food system more resilient by providing the basis for nutritious and sufficient food. The Common Agricultural Policy provides a harmonised framework to ensure food supply security. __________________ 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems, COM (2022) 133 final.
Amendment 91 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Soils host more than 25% of all biodiversity and are the second largest carbon pool of the planet. Due to their ability to capture and store carbon, healthy soils contribute to the achievement of the Union’s objectives on climate change. Healthy soils also provide a favourable habitat for organisms to thrive and are crucial for enhancing biodiversity and the stability of ecosystems. Biodiversity below and above ground are intimately connected and interact through mutualistic relationships (e.g. mycorrhizal fungi that connect plant roots).
Amendment 96 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Soil degradation impacts fertility, yields, pest resistance and nutritional food quality. Since 95 % of our food is directly or indirectly produced on soils and the global population continues to increase, it is key that this finite natural resource remains healthy to ensure food security in the long-term and secure the productivity and profitability of Union agriculture. Sustainable soil management practices, as laid down in the Common Agricultural Policy, maintain or enhance soil health and contribute to the sustainability and resilience of the food system.
Amendment 101 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The long-term objective of the Directive is to achieve healthy soils by 2050. As an intermediate step, in light of the limited knowledge about the condition of soils and about the effectiveness and costs of the measures to regenerate their health, the directive takes a staged approach. In the first stage the focus will be on setting up the soil monitoring framework and assessing the situation of soils throughout the EU. It also includes requirements to lay down measures to manage soils sustainably and regenerate unhealthy soils once their condition is established, but without imposing an obligation to achieve healthy soils by 2050 neither intermediate targets. This proportionate approach will allow sustainable soil management and regeneration of unhealthy soils to be well prepared, incentivised and set in motion. In a second stage, as soon as the results of the first assessment of soils and trends analysis are available, the Commission will take stock of the progress towards the 2050 objective and the experience thereof, and will propose a review of the directive if necessary to accelerate progress towards 2050.
Amendment 120 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 128 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Soil is a vital, limited, non- renewable and irreplaceable resource that is crucial for the economy, the environment, food security and the society.
Amendment 130 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Healthy soils are in good chemical, biological and physical condition so that they can provide ecosystem services that are vital to humans and the environment, such as safe, nutritious and sufficient food, biomass, clean water, nutrients cycling, carbon storage and a habitat for biodiversity. However, 60 to 70 % of the soils in the Union are deteriorated and continue to deteriorate.
Amendment 133 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission’s Communication on safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems47 stressed that food sustainability is fundamental for food security. Healthy soils make the Union food system more resilient by providing the basis for nutritious and sufficient food. The Common Agricultural Policy provides a harmonised framework to ensure food supply security. _________________ 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems, COM (2022) 133 final.
Amendment 134 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 136 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
Amendment 137 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Soils host more than 25% of all biodiversity and are the second largest carbon pool of the planet. Due to their ability to capture and store carbon, healthy soils contribute to the achievement of the Union’s objectives on climate change. Healthy soils also provide a favourable habitat for organisms to thrive and are crucial for enhancing biodiversity and the stability of ecosystems. Biodiversity below and above ground are intimately connected and interact through mutualistic relationships (e.g. mycorrhizal fungi that connect plant roots).
Amendment 139 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 143 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Soil degradation impacts fertility, yields, pest resistance and nutritional food quality. Since 95 % of our food is directly or indirectly produced on soils and the global population continues to increase, it is key that this finite natural resource remains healthy to ensure food security in the long-term and secure the productivity and profitability of Union agriculture. Sustainable soil management practices, as laid down in the Common Agricultural Policy, maintain or enhance soil health and contribute to the sustainability and resilience of the food system.
Amendment 146 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The long-term objective of the Directive is to achieve healthy soils by 2050. As an intermediate step, in light of the limited knowledge about the condition of soils and about the effectiveness and costs of the measures to regenerate their health, the directive takes a staged approach. In the first stage the focus will be on setting up the soil monitoring framework and assessing the situation of soils throughout the EU. It also includes requirements to lay down measures to manage soils sustainably and regenerate unhealthy soils once their condition is established, but without imposing an obligation to achieve healthy soils by 2050 neither intermediate targets. This proportionate approach will allow sustainable soil management and regeneration of unhealthy soils to be well prepared, incentivised and set in motion. In a second stage, as soon as the results of the first assessment of soils and trends analysis are available, the Commission will take stock of the progress towards the 2050 objective and the experience thereof, and will propose a review of the directive if necessary to accelerate progress towards 2050.
Amendment 160 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 161 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 163 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 49
Recital 49
Amendment 165 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 171 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 173 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
Amendment 178 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 180 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The objective of the Directive is to put in place a solid and coherent soil monitoring framework for all soils across the EU and to continuously improve soil health in the Union with the view to achieve healthy soils by 2050 and maintain soils in healthy condition, considering technical feasibility and economic proportionality, and maintain soils in healthy condition, while taking into account all sol functions, so that they can supply multiple ecosystem services and fulfil as well its utilisation functions at a scale sufficient to meet equally environmental, societal and economic needs, prevent and mitigate the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, increase the resilience against natural disasters and for food security and that soil contamination is reduced to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and the environment.
Amendment 182 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(1) The objective of the Directive is to put in place a solid and coherent soil monitoring framework for all soils across the EU and to continuously improve soil health in the Union with the view to achieve healthy soils by 2050 and maintain soils in healthy condition, taking account of technical feasibility and economic proportionality, so that they can supply multiple ecosystem services at a scale sufficient to meet environmental, societal and economic needs, prevent and mitigate the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, increase the resilience against natural disasters and for food security and that soil contamination is reduced to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and the environment.
Amendment 192 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive applies to all soils in the territory of Member States. This Directive shall not apply to activities or installations that are already subject to other specific national legislations insofar as these already cover issues of soil protection, soil monitoring, soil resilience or soil remediation.
Amendment 193 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive applies to all soils in the territory of Member States with the exception of soils subject to Regulations (EU) 2021/2115, (EU) 2021/2116, (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council and acts based on those Regulations.
Amendment 195 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘soil’ means the top layer ofrooting zone of plants in the Earth’s crust situated between the bedrock and the land surface, which is composed of mineral particles, organic matter, waterliquid components, air and living organisms, excluding groundwater, aquifers, water beds and raw material deposits;
Amendment 199 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 204 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 49
Recital 49
Amendment 205 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘soil health’ means the physical, chemical and biological condition of the soil determining its capacity to function as a vital living system and to provide ecosystem services, and its ability to produce, taking into consideration the land use and its purpose;
Amendment 207 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 207 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
4. ‘soil health’ means the physical, chemical and biological condition of the soil determining its capacity to function as a vital living system and to provide ecosystem services, taking account of land use and the purpose thereof;
Amendment 217 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) “Heavily modified soils” means soils where the provision of ecosystem services is almost completely hampered to such a degree that it is almost impossible to restore.
Amendment 218 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The objective of the Directive is to put in place a solid and coherent soil monitoring framework for all soils across the EU and to continuously improve soil health in the Union with the view to achieve healthy soils by 2050 and maintain soils in healthy condition, taking into account technical feasibility and economic proportionality, so that they can supply multiple ecosystem services at a scale sufficient to meet environmental, societal and economic needs, prevent and mitigate the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, increase the resilience against natural disasters and for food security and that soil contamination is reduced to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and the environment.
Amendment 239 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive applies to all soils in the territory of Member States with the exception of soils subject to Regulations (EU) 2021/2115, (EU) 2021/2116, (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council and acts based on those Regulations.
Amendment 250 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘soil health’ means the physical, chemical and biological condition of the soil determining its capacity to function as a vital living system and to provide ecosystem services; , taking account of land use and the purpose thereof;
Amendment 262 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 292 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Amendment 296 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall, subject to agreement from Member States concerned, carry out regular soil measurements on soil samples taken in-situ, based on the relevant descriptors and methodologies referred to in Articles 7 and 8, to support Member States’ monitoring of soil health. Where a Member State provides agreement in accordance with this paragraph, it shall ensure that the Commission can carry out such in-situ soil sampling only with the express permission of the landowner and land manager.
Amendment 298 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Amendment 301 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Amendment 302 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Amendment 307 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 315 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Amendment 323 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall determine sampling points by applying the methodology set out in part A of Annex II taking into account risk assessments based on existing monitoring systems.
Amendment 326 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 331 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that new soil measurements are performed at least every 510 years.
Amendment 332 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 335 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Amendment 338 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Amendment 345 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that soil health assessments are performed at least every 510 years and that the first soil health assessment is performed by … (OP: please insert the date = 510 years after date of entry into force of the Directive).
Amendment 347 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Amendment 349 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 359 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Amendment 360 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
By way of derogation, artificial and heavily modified soils, as defined within Article 3, shall be excluded from meeting the conditions for healthy soils as referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.
Amendment 361 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
By way of derogation from the subparagraph 1, soils shall also be considered healthy if individual values do not fulfil the established criteria due to the natural heterogeneity of the soils or natural influences.
Amendment 365 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Amendment 365 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 366 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Amendment 366 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Soil is unhealthy where at least one of the criteria referred to in subparagraph 1 is not met (‘unhealthy soil’) and this is not attributable to the natural heterogeneity of the soils or natural influences.
Amendment 381 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 382 #
2023/0232(COD)
Amendment 391 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Amendment 392 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 398 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that new soil measurements are performed at least every 510 years.
Amendment 398 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 402 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 404 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Amendment 409 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) defining sustainable soil management practices respecting the sustainable soil management principles listed in Annex III to be gradually implemented on all managed soils and, on the basis of the outcome of the soil assessments carried out in accordance with Article 9, regeneration practices to be gradually implemented in situations where soil is unhealthy, and insofar as the intended type of land use is unaffected, on the unhealthy soils concerned in the Member States;
Amendment 418 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall ensure that soil health assessments are performed at least every 5ten years and that the first soil health assessment is performed by … (OP: please insert the date = 5ten years after date of entry into force of the Directive).
Amendment 436 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall duly categorise the practices and measures referred to in this paragraph with regard to the intended type of land use. Member States shall identify synergies with the programmes, plans and measures set out in Annex IV. The soil health monitoring data, the results of the soil health assessments, the analysis referred to in Article 9 and the sustainable soil management measures shall inform the development of the programmes, plans and measures set out in Annex IV.
Amendment 440 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Member States shall ensure that the process of elaboration of the practices referred to in the first subparagraph is open, inclusive and effective and that the public concerned, in particular landowners and managers, are involved and are given early and effective opportunities to participate in their elaboration.
Amendment 444 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
By way of derogation from subparagraph 1, soils shall also be considered healthy if individual values do not fulfil the established criteria due to the natural heterogeneity of the soils or natural influences;
Amendment 450 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Soil is unhealthy where at least one of the criteria referred to in subparagraph 1 is not met (‘unhealthy soil’) and this is not attributable to the natural heterogeneity of the soils or natural influences.
Amendment 453 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 470 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Amendment 481 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Amendment 489 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 504 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall lay down a mandatory conservation requirement for agricultural and forest land to secure the supply of food, feed and renewable raw materials and in the interest of the bioeconomy;
Amendment 506 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States shall take all necessary measures to achieve net zero in the use of agricultural and forest land for settlement or transport measures in 2030.
Amendment 511 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall manage the risks for human health and the environment of potentially contaminated sites and contaminated sites, and keep them to acceptable levels, taking account of the environmental, social and economic impacts of the soil contamination and of the risk reduction measures taken pursuant to Article 15 paragraph 4. Human health risk assessments should always be based on type of land use.
Amendment 513 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Additional funding shall be provided to finance implementation of risk reduction measures of potentially contaminated sites and contaminated sites, and to compensate the losses of farmers who are not responsible for soil contamination”.
Amendment 514 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 517 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 523 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall systematically and actively identify all sites where a soil contamination is suspected based on evidence collected through all available meanppropriate means and set procedures (‘potentially contaminated sites’).
Amendment 524 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 526 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 531 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall ensure that all potentially contaminated sites identified in accordance with Article 13 are subject to soil investigation, where appropriate and in order of priorities.
Amendment 535 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Amendment 539 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
(3) For each contaminated site identified pursuant to Article 14 or by any other means, the responsible competent authority shall carry out a site-specific assessment for the current and planned land uses to determine whether the contaminated site poses unacceptable risks for human health or the environment. Member States may, where appropriate, consider assessments carried out in accordance with Directive 2011/92/EU and/or Directive 2010/75/EU and/or Directive 2012/18/EU sufficient.
Amendment 543 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
(5) The risk reduction measures may consist of the measures referred to in Annex V. When deciding on the appropriate risk reduction measures, the competent authority shall take into consideration the costs, benefits, effectiveness, durability, and technical feasibility of available risk reduction measures. The competent authority shall also take into account the measures already implemented or planned under Directive 2012/18/EU and/or Directive 2010/75/EU.
Amendment 545 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Upon assessment of the risk and risk remediation measures as referred to in the previous paragraph, the competent authority shall assess the impact of those measures on productive agricultural, forestry, or horticultural soils and their conventional and organic practices.
Amendment 547 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. The competent authorities shall ensure that all risk remediation and risk reduction measures which could take place on agricultural, forestry, or horticultural carry the full financial burden of implementation, as well as potential financial losses from the disturbing of permanent crops, removal of inputs listed in the contaminants list from active practice, and the potential loss in land value from identification and registration of a land plot as contaminated.
Amendment 549 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16
Article 16
Amendment 554 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Given the priority inherently attached to the establishment of soil monitoring and sustainable management and regeneration of soils, the implementation of this Directive shall be supported by existing Union financial programmes in accordance with their applicable rules and conditions, as well as from national financing.
Amendment 564 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Member States shall lay down a mandatory conservation requirement for agricultural and forest land to secure the supply of food, feed and renewable raw materials and in the interest of the bioeconomy;
Amendment 566 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 568 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
Amendment 571 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Amendment 574 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 575 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 575 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The first reports shall be submitted by … (OP: please insert date = 510 years and 6 months after entry into force of the Directive).
Amendment 576 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 579 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall make public the data generated by the monitoring carried out under Article 8 and the assessment carried out under Article 9 of this Directive accessible to the public only with the express permission of the landowner and land manager and in an aggregated and anonymized form, in accordance with the provisions under Article 11 of Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council80 for geographically explicit data and Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 for other data. __________________ 80 Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1).
Amendment 584 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 584 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall ensure that soil health data made accessible through the digital soil health data portal referred to in Article 6 is available to the public only with the express permission of the landowner and land manager and in an aggregated and anonymised form in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council81 and Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council82 . __________________ 81 Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39). 82 Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (OJ L 264, 25.9.2006, p. 13).
Amendment 586 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in Article 18 of this Directive is available and accessible to the public only with the express permission of the landowner and land manager and in an aggregated and anonymized form in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC, Directive 2007/2/EC and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the Parliament and of the Council83 . __________________ 83 Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, p. 56).
Amendment 588 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 596 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 603 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22
Article 22
Amendment 609 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 610 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. For each contaminated site identified pursuant to Article 14 or by any other means, the responsible competent authority shall carry out a site-specific assessment for the current and planned land uses to determine whether the contaminated site poses unacceptable risks for human health or the environment. Member States may, where appropriate, consider assessments carried out in accordance with Directive 2011/92/EU and/or Directive 2010/75/EU and/or Directive 2012/18/EU as sufficient.
Amendment 615 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Amendment 619 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16
Article 16
Amendment 619 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(1) By (OP :please insert the date = 610 years after the date of entry into force of the Directive), the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive to assess the progress towards its objectives and the need to amend its provisions in order to set more specific requirements to ensure that unhealthy soils are regenerated and that all soils will be healthy by 2050. This evaluation shall take into account, inter alia, the following elements:
Amendment 637 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i
Amendment 639 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Amendment 642 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 643 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The first reports shall be submitted by … (OP: please insert date = 510 years and 6 months after entry into force of the Directive).
Amendment 647 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 656 #
Amendment 697 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV
Annex IV
Amendment 702 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 724 #
Amendment 747 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV
Annex IV
Amendment 65 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Category 1 NGT plants and products should not be subject to the rules and requirements of the Union GMO legislation and to provisions in other Union legislation that apply to GMOs. For legal certainty for operators and transparency, a declaration of the category 1 NGT plant status should be obtained prior to deliberate release, including the placing on the market. NGT plants that could also occur naturally or be produced by conventional breeding techniques and their progeny obtained by conventional breeding techniques (‘category 1 NGT plants’) should be treated as plants that have occurred naturally or have been produced by conventional breeding techniques. The biological material of plant breeding, which may also occur in nature, must be widely available for plant breeding. Category 1 plants, their derived seed, their plant material, associated genetic material such as genes and gene sequences, and plant traits should be excluded from patentability.
Amendment 110 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and the Council on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007(47 ) prohibits the use of GMOs and products from and by GMOs in organic production. It defines GMOs for the purposes of that Regulation by reference to Directive 2001/18/EC, excluding from the prohibition GMOs which have been obtained through the techniques of genetic modification listed in Annex 1.B of Directive 2001/18/EC. As a result, category 2 NGT plants will be banned in organic production. However, it is necessary to clarify the status of category 1 NGT plants for the purposes of organic production. The use of new genomic techniques is currently incompatible with the concept of organic production in the Regulation (EC) 2018/848 and with consumers’ perception of organic products. The use of category 1 NGT plants should therefore be also prohibited in organic production, apart from category 1 NGT plants. _________________ 47 Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 145 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) For reasons of proportionality, after a first renewal of the authorisation, the authorisation should be valid for an unlimited period, unless decided differently at the time of that renewal based on the risk assessment and the available information on the NGT plant concerned, subject to reassessment when new information has become availableAfter successful authorisation of a NGT-plant based on scientific criteria, the authorisation should be valid for an unlimited period.
Amendment 200 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘NGT plant’ means a genetically modified plant obtained by targeted mutagenesis or cisgenesis, or a combination thereof, on the condition that it does not contain any genetic material originating from outside the breeders’ gene pool that temporarily may have been inserted during the development of the NGT plant;
Amendment 266 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Category 1 NGT plants are subject to the same legal framework as conventionally bred plants, in particular with regard to plant breeders’ rights and to self-propagation;
Amendment 267 #
2023/0226(COD)
Amendment 289 #
2023/0226(COD)
3 a. By way of derogation, category 1 plants and their derived seeds cannot be patented.
Amendment 290 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Category 1 NGT plants shall not be patentable.
Amendment 397 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Article 10
Amendment 108 #
2023/0105(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) An EU reference centre for honey must be established to improve controls and traceability and to detect fraud in honey by systematic testing of imported and mixed honey, using the latest test methods to prove the authenticity and quality of honey;
Amendment 41 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) New and revised limit values should be set out in light of available information, including up-to-date scientific evidence and technical data, based on a thorough assessment of the socioeconomic and cultural impact and availability of exposure measurement protocols and techniques at the place of work.
Amendment 94 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The central aim of this legislation is to ensure a comprehensive level of protection for workers and also to protect the cultural heritage of the European Union. Therefore, a sectoral exemption for the occupational substance lead should be introduced for activities, which are essential for cultural activities in Europe. It should be regularly reviewed whether these regulations are still necessary for the preservation of Europe's cultural heritage.
Amendment 138 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 4 (new)
Article 2 – paragraph -1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 2004/37/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4) in Article 5, the following paragraph 4a is inserted: "4a. The limit values set out in Annex III for the occupational substance "inorganic lead and its compounds" and Annex IIIa for the occupational substance "lead and its ionic compounds" shall not apply to activities which, in accordance to Annex IIIb, are of substantial importance for the preservation of the cultural heritage and cultural diversity of the European Union."
Amendment 194 #
2023/0033(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex II – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2004/37/EG
Annex III
Annex III
Amendment 70 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas prices on global agricultural markets had already risen prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, partly due to climate impacts and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, according to the FAO, the concept of food security is not limited to the provision of food, but also encompasses the internationally recognised human right to food and access to healthy diets for all, yet no human right is so frequently violated; whereas a nutrition- sensitive transformation of agriculture and food systems will enable safe, affordable and nutritious food to be made available to people of all ages at all times;
Amendment 83 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas healthy and balanced nutrition makes a positive difference to the lives of individuals and enables the equitable and sustainable development of society;
Amendment 116 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 119 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) estimates that around 20% of global production of food is lost due to diseases in farmed animals, while reducing the incidence of these diseases is therefore one of the priorities to be considered in order to feed the world;
Amendment 130 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the future food security of the European Union is directly linked to the ambitions of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal; whereas the cumulative effect of Green Deal related legislation must not lead to a decline in EU food production or to increase in dependence on imports from third countries that could jeopardise food security in the EU;
Amendment 180 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas the current geopolitical challenges proves that food security is not a permanent achievement and that European food production should be considered as a strategic sector and should be preserved and strengthened in this respect as well;
Amendment 275 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the European Green Deal could be a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and more sustainable economy, while pointing out that many of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector; calls on the Commission to reconsider the ambitious targets, if necessary, with a view to ensuring food and nutrition security;
Amendment 292 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Emphasizes that the EU is a climatically and agriculturally favoured productive location, which should become aware of its responsibility not only to ensure its own food supply, but also to contribute to fighting hunger in other disadvantaged parts of the world;
Amendment 297 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes that due to increasing urbanization and global population growth there is an enormous reduction of land available for agriculture, and that it is possible to produce significantly more on less land in the sense of sustainable intensification or urban farming;
Amendment 356 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that the impact of climate change on agricultural production is becoming more evident, with crop farmers' harvests and yields being negatively impacted with increased frequency by droughts, floods, and other extreme weather conditions;
Amendment 362 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Points out that new technical achievements in the field of plant breeding can enable crops to become more resilient to climatic and environmental influences and more resistant to pathogens and harmful organisms;
Amendment 366 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls on the Commission to advocate for the targeted use and further development of new breeding methods in agriculture and to initiate an objective and science-based impact assessment to clarify the potentials and risks of NGT;
Amendment 367 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Calls on the Commission to promote a Europe-wide dialogue on the opportunities offered by new breeding methods with regard to climate change and to educate the public about the differences between transgenic plants and the new breeding methods;
Amendment 431 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes that alternative sources of nutrients and nutrient cycles to reduce dependence on chemical fertilisers should be fully exploited as soon as possible in order to reduce dependence on fertiliser imports, in particular by further supporting research and new innovations at EU level;
Amendment 481 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates that food losses and food waste can be avoided if measures are taken to prevent and manage animal diseases and to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and the use of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well as the regular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors;
Amendment 512 #
2022/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. reiterates that only clear and consistent framework conditions can increase the attractiveness of the agricultural sector and rural areas by encouraging innovative new entrants and alternative agricultural business models, as well as attracting skilled labour and providing greater support for farmers' education and training;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission's recommendations to Member States as regards their strategic plan for the CAP of 18 December 2020 (COM/2020/846 final)
Amendment 14 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. Whereas generational renewal requires maintaining young people from agricultural backgrounds in this professional path but also encouraging newcomers to the sector ;
Amendment 21 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. Whereas the renewal of generations on farms is also a cornerstone of European strategic autonomy and food security;
Amendment 22 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 23 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. Whereas an increasing regulatory burden also impacts on farmers' predictability and willingness to commit to a farm;
Amendment 34 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. Whereas access to land, financing for setting up and farm income are major challenges for attracting young farmers in all Member States ; considering farm income remains below the average for other professions in almost all EU Member States ;
Amendment 35 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. Whereas the import of agricultural products of a lower standard than those produced in Europe is also an obstacle to the ability to obtain fair prices and returns on the market ; whereas this could constitutes a brake on setting up ;
Amendment 38 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. Whereas some sectors are more concerned than others about generational renewal, particularly livestock ;
Amendment 41 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that generational renewal is key for the future social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food autonomy, as well asin particular for the future of agriculture and the traditionalfamily farmily farming model and other existing models in Europe, such as jointly run farms ;
Amendment 63 #
2022/2182(INI)
3. Highlights that young farmers and new entrants are more likely to introduce innovative business ideas and implement sustainable farming practices;
Amendment 68 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that a fair and dignified incomedecent income, being able to cover production costs, profitability and quality of life for farmers and their families isare essential in attracting young and new people to the sector; stresses also that a stable legal framework is also needed to ensure legal and economic stability for young people settling in;
Amendment 69 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for farmers and their families is essential in attracting young and new people to the sector; points out that the Farm to Fork Strategy stresses that farmers – and thus also young farmers - still lag behind in terms of income and therefore ensuring a sustainable livelihood for them is essential for the success of the strategy’s implementation;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the price and availability of land, low profitability, administrative requirements and the image of the sector were identified as the main barriers to becoming a farmer11; notes that this circumstance, coupled with increasing and at the same time rivalling social demands and the sad fact that farmers hardly get recognition, often even rejection, for their work, means that many young people doubt whether they want or can take over their family's farm; _________________ 11 European Commission, ‘Public consultation results on the CAP reform’, 2017.
Amendment 92 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the price and availability of land, low profitability, climate change, overtransposition, administrative requirements and the image of the sector were identified as the main barriers to becoming a farmer11; _________________ 11 European Commission, ‘Public consultation results on the CAP reform’, 2017.
Amendment 104 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that agricultural income remains below the average of the rest of the economy in almost all Member States as agricultural income in the EU equals 47% of the gross wages and salaries in the EU economy; 1a _________________ 1a Commission recommendations to Member States as regards their strategic plan for the CAP of 18 December 2020 (COM/2020/846 final)
Amendment 105 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that Commission and Member States must step up and join efforts to ensure a sustainable livelihood for farmers and young farmers, as it is not acceptable that those who produce our daily meals with diligence and love have to make do with starvation wages themselves;
Amendment 116 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that farming is not just a job, but a way of life with close ties to nature and a strong sense of community belonging, which generates benefits for society as a whole that thus far are not sufficiently rewarded/compensated by society;
Amendment 127 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that young people in rural areas experience significant daily challenges, particularly as regards education, access to quality jobs, social isolation, public transport, healthcare and digital connectivity, especially in remote and less developed rural regions, as well as mobbing, harsh criticism and lack of understanding by the non-agricultural society;
Amendment 139 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. insists on the need to find a balance between the heritage value and the economic value of the farm;
Amendment 141 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. recalls that generational renewal cannot be achieved without attracting new people from outside agriculture and that it is therefore necessary to attract them from a very young age and to be able to advise and guide them towards the farming profession ;
Amendment 147 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recognises the complex and multi- layered nature of the generational renewal process, which is influenced by factors related to the private sphere of the farmer, the characteristics of the farm, the policy framework, the economic context and support measures and the wider social context, all of which should be acknowledged when designing policies ; stresses that when a young farmer is adequately supported, both financially and human, for setting up, the retention rate for young farmers is higher ;
Amendment 161 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to develop long term and coherent strategies to promote generational change and attractivity of agricultural sector, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as financial support, setting up support, tax breaks and incentives, to improve links between EU policies and national and regional policies;
Amendment 184 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. invites the Member States to set up an installation pathway with advisers or support structures ;
Amendment 185 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Amendment 195 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. stresses the positive role of a gradual installation and calls for the removal of existing legal obstacles in this respect ;
Amendment 197 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of preserving farmland and the objectives of sustainable food production; calls on the Commission to launch a study on the effects of competing uses for farmland, such as urbanisation and, energy, nature restoration, on the quantity and quality of farmland available and on prices and excessive land concentration, while also evaluating the impacts of all relevant EU policy areas in this regard; Stresses that the development of activities related to agricultural production can contribute to a better profitability of farms ;
Amendment 201 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of preserving farmland and the objectives of sustainable, regional food production; calls on the Commission to launch a study on the effects of competing uses for farmland, such as urbanisation and energy,, energy and nature restoration on the quantity and quality of farmland available and on prices and land concentration, while also evaluating the impacts of all relevant EU policy areas in this regard;
Amendment 203 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote a model based on the bioeconomy as a virtuous system that can contribute to farmers’ incomes; calls also for encouraging the eco-system services role of livestock farming, which can contribute to a virtuous carbon cycle;
Amendment 206 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Stresses that legislation on low- carbon agriculture can provide a positive incentive to ensure better remuneration for farmers, especially the youngest, through measures to sequestration and reduce emissions on farms;
Amendment 208 #
2022/2182(INI)
16. Calls on the CommissionMember States to evaluate the possibility of action at EU level, including through legislative instruments, to improve the functioning of national farmland markets;
Amendment 214 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of action at EU level, including through legislative instruments, to improve the functioning of farmland markets, to improve young farmers’ access to agricultural land;
Amendment 217 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to assess the regulation of land markets in the Member States and to assess their impact on the farms competitiveness ;
Amendment 227 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers by all means available, such as, in particular, pre- emptive rights in favour of young farmers, price controls, acquisition caps or obligations to maintain agricultural activity;
Amendment 238 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to ensure the transparency of the rural land market, while maintaining up-to date public information on land markets and land planning, communicating about land sales and monitorfighting land concentration;
Amendment 240 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 242 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, to monitor, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, as well as changes in farmland use, and to ensure greater transparency of agricultural land transactions in the EU;
Amendment 251 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Encourages the Member States to develop and support land banks and land mobility schemes if needed by young farmers;
Amendment 253 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines that the valorisation of farmers within the agri-food value chain is a sine qua non condition for the creation of sufficient income for the agricultural world ; calls on the Commission for further analysis of Member States’ implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair commercial practices in business-to- business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain ; encourages Member States to ensure greater protection of farmers by ensuring effective and dissuasive sanctions against unfair practices within the agri-food value chain ;
Amendment 258 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Invites Member States to build effective insurance systems adapted to the specificities of the agricultural sector in order to support farmers in the face of natural disasters ; believes that such mechanisms will provide greater financial and legal certainty for farmers, facilitating the setting up of young farmers ;
Amendment 265 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to make start-up and investment aid for young farmers available throughout the entire budgetary period and to support access to training opportunities, namely on soft skills and digital and sustainable farming methods, in particular for new entrants;
Amendment 269 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to make start-up and investment aid for young farmers available throughout the entire budgetary period and to support access to training opportunities, namely on soft skills, diversification possibilities and digital and sustainable farming methods, in particular for new entrants;
Amendment 274 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the Commission to promote the image of the sector by carrying out communication campaigns to encourage young people to turn to the agricultural professions ;
Amendment 275 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses that without ensuring farm succession many regions of the EU will lose one of their main assets, a cultivated small-structured cultural landscape;
Amendment 276 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Encourages the Member States to design mechanisms to facilitate the transition to retirement in order to transfer farms in good conditions ;
Amendment 279 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Insists on initial and continuing lifelong learning and supports that Member States put in place systems of support for setting up, subject to a minimum level of diploma training with a view to improving skills and qualifications in order to exploit, inter alia, the opportunities offered by new technologies, new genomic editing techniques and precision agriculture; calls on the Member States, in particular in the context of school programs, to transmit a greater knowledge of agricultural-related occupations and, more generally, to ensure a better understanding of the reality of the agricultural world ;
Amendment 285 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Amendment 286 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Insists that young peoplefarmers must be involved and given the ability to participate in political life and decision-making processes to ensure that their specific needs are accounted for and that policies provide effective support for their development;
Amendment 291 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop training schools on accountability and public engagement, based on the example of management schools ;
Amendment 292 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. insist on the necessity to ensure the representativeness of young farmers through trade unions and organisations ;
Amendment 300 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to factor in the young farmers dimension horizontally when designing policies and funding instruments; calls on the Commission to set up a “young farmers” test in all new policies and in particular in the context of impact assessments to analyse and predict the consequences of these policies on the dynamics of setting up on the basis of the model of the SMEs test or the Rural proofing test, this test could include criteria like by example : - the average income of young farmers; - an index relating to the entrepreneurial confidence of young farmers; - young farmer's access to agricultural land; - the mental well-being of young farmers; - the debt ratio of young farmers;
Amendment 309 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on Member States to set up a one-stop shop system to facilitate administrative procedures in the most appropriate territorial area ;
Amendment 318 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that young farmers and new entrants should be able to develop their businesses progressively and therefore recommends that the current time limit placed on access support in the common agricultural policy be reviewedo assess the existing administrative and legal barriers ;
Amendment 323 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines the role of cooperatives and farmer organisations in helping young farmers overcome barriers, providing guidance services and enhancing their participation in the policy dialogue; calls for the gender-balanced representation of young farmers’ in their governance bodies to be ensured; calls for particular attention to be paid to the role of women in the development of agriculture;
Amendment 329 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Points out that advisory service as well as training and education are important prerequisites and accompanying measures necessary to prepare and support young farmers in successfully managing their holdings by being able to respond optimally to present and future challenges and opportunities;
Amendment 330 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses the need to ensure the development of skills in agricultural jobs, which will enable farmers to better understand their installation project, to anticipate future production conditions and expectations of consumers and customers through the search for environmental and economic performance;
Amendment 333 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Insists on the need to ensure adequate working and living conditions and social protection for youngall farm workers, in particular women and migrant workersmanagers and their employees with particular attention to women and their health ;
Amendment 338 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Member States to encourage jointly run farms which offer more flexibility in the organisation between private and professional life, and in particular for livestock farming ;
Amendment 339 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Calls on the Member States to develop systems for the replacement of farmers or any farming employees, in the event of illness, accident or, in order to ensure a better balance between working and private life for farmers;
Amendment 340 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Insists that rural areas must be able to provide adequate living conditions for young and new farmers and their families, namely better mobility, access to better education, health, leisure and culture services, and broader digital connectivity; welcomes the increasing number of agricultural students participating to the Erasmus+ programme and calls on the Member States to further encourage exchanges between European agricultural schools to promote the mobility of future farmers within the EU;
Amendment 341 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Insists that rural areas must be able to provide adequate living conditions for young and new farmers and their families, namely sustainable livelihood through adequate income, better mobility, access to better education, health, leisure and culture services, and broader digital connectivity;
Amendment 9 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas women of all ages who are income recipients are more easily recognised as individuals by society and are no longer represented by their spouses, partners or families in all their diversity;
Amendment 14 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas women's leadership is central to the successful promotion of a circular economy;
Amendment 17 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. Whereas the clothing sector employs in total over 1.1million workers across the EU in 130 000 companies out of which 99% are SMEs; whereas women represent 52% of the workforce in the textile sector, 79% in the clothing sector, and 58% in the leather and footwear sectors;
Amendment 23 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the textile industry is one of the most polluting industries2 ; whereas Europeans consume on average 26 kg of textiles per person per year - a significant share of these coming from third countries; whereas women and girls are frequently exposed to additional gender- specific factors and barriers that consistently render them more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and disasters; _________________ 2 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/he adlines/society/20201208STO93327/the- impact-of-textile-production-and-waste-on- the-environment-infographic
Amendment 46 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that for women, Europe has historically been fertile ground for the founding and development of the most important, successful and high quality driven brands and industries in the textile and garment industry;
Amendment 51 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Welcomes the fact that the market of women’s vintage garments has been reinvigorated in recent years;
Amendment 74 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the proposal for an ecodesign regulation covering textiles, the review of the Textile Labelling Regulation3 and the potential introduction of a mandatory disclosure of information; underlines that any potential introduction should commence with the largest companies within the Union; calls for thea phased inclusion of social and labour standards in both the proposed ecodesign regulation and under labelling requirements; _________________ 3 Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. OJ L 272, 18.10.2011, p. 1.
Amendment 86 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop programmes to promote women entrepreneurship in the textile and garment industries, focusing on all aspects related to such industries, including the training, reskilling and upskilling of women of all ages involved;
Amendment 89 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to protect and promote traditional expertise in the textile and garment sector, of which women are often custodians;
Amendment 90 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses the importance of safeguarding and preserving traditional craftsmanship, the most tangible manifestation of intangible cultural heritage, as well as establishing a gender lens to the historic role played by women in creating, maintaining and enhancing high-quality workmanship;
Amendment 91 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that EU and national policies and initiatives are backed by sufficient funding and to ensure reasonably easy access to credit for women; calls additionally on the Commission and the Member States to foster a hospitable environment for the creation, promotion and development of women-driven artisanal activities;
Amendment 92 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Urges the Member States to employ existing funds to ensure financial instruments, skills and performance output through education, training and advisory services, as well as increased participation in local action groups to better guarantee the participation of women in entrepreneurship in the textiles and garment industry;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Calls on the Commission and Member states to promote and encourage the exchange of knowledge and best practices between women entrepreneurs regarding the circularity and sustainability in the textile sector;
Amendment 94 #
2022/2171(INI)
5 f. Notes that sustainability and circularity should have a transversal character and should be mainstreamed into the various sectors of the industry; stresses that sustainability and circularity in the textile industry should imply capacity to make use of by-products coming from different sectors and industries that will be beneficial to women and girls;
Amendment 95 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5 g. Regrets that textile contact dermatitis is more common in women than in men, as the fashion created for women is notably tighter fitting and more colourful; reiterates that the risk of developing textile contact dermatitis is exacerbated by poor working conditions such as hot and humid enclosed spaces and represents a significant problem for workers within the industry; notes that the development of sustainable and circular products should take into account risks related to the health of those involved both in the production and the wearing of the final products;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5 i. Urges the Commission and Member states to develop strategies to ensure the commercial viability of eco- friendly products for women and girls; highlights the need for an overarching objective to reduce the cost of high- quality, durable and sustainable clothing and footwear so as to no longer be in a situation where bad quality and polluting clothing from third countries is the most viable, affordable option for women from disadvantaged economic backgrounds;
Amendment 98 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 j (new)
Paragraph 5 j (new)
5 j. Recalls that in the textile industry nearly 75% of women are medium to highly educated; to that end, regrets that only 38% of women hold senior officials and managers positions within the textile industry;
Amendment 100 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 l (new)
Paragraph 5 l (new)
Amendment 101 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 m (new)
Paragraph 5 m (new)
5 m. Calls on the Commission to effectively communicate and promote through online platforms the significance of small, sustainable female-run textile- SMEs across the EU, giving them greater visibility and encouraging greater awareness of women’s eco-friendly entrepreneurship;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 n (new)
Paragraph 5 n (new)
5 n. recalls that one of the aims of the ‘EU strategy for textiles initiative’ is to set in place a comprehensive framework to create conditions and incentives to boost the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the EU textile sector; urges the Commission to ensure that this aim takes into consideration the pivotal role of women within the industry;
Amendment 103 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 o (new)
Paragraph 5 o (new)
5 o. Calls on Member States to promote STEAM learning to better ensure that women play a key role in all aspects of the textile industry, including the use of high- tech machinery often required during various manufacturing procedures and thereby serving to underline the link between women, technology and textiles;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 p (new)
Paragraph 5 p (new)
5 p. Calls on Member States to promote the economic independence of women seniors and recognise this as being another pivotal challenge for the coming years;
Amendment 13 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality is a core EU value, essential for a prosperous European way of life and must be mainstreamed in all EU policies; whereas the right to equal treatment and non- discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 17 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 21 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) highlights specifically that gender mainstreaming should be included in the preparation of all policies and programmes as well as relevant expenditure outgoings such as infrastructure, noting that the aim to promote gender equality and combat discrimination should also apply to the transport sector;
Amendment 23 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. Whereas cities worldwide are pursuing policies to reduce car use and prioritise public transport as a means of tackling congestion, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions; whereas the travel time, safety and built environment are considered to be the most critical factors when users choose their respective travel mode; whereas nevertheless the travel time when using public transport is approximately 3 times longer than when using a private car and it is oftentimes due to long waiting times for buses or peak hour boarding congestion in metro stations1a; _________________ 1a https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598- 020-61077-0
Amendment 25 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas the COVID pandemic and necessary lockdowns demonstrated to people how essential services which are local and equitably available with minimal obstacles are essential to the wellbeing and health for the whole community including women, vulnerable groups, families in all their diversity, the young generation and older people;
Amendment 26 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas research performed across the Member States has shown that gender- based violence in public spaces and on collective transport is a growing problem; according to The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), up to 55% of women within the European Union had experienced sexual harassment in public transport; whereas there is multitude of reports on sexual assaults performed by the drivers of ride hailing platforms and taxis1a; _________________ 1a https://womenmobilize.org/safe- commuting-for-all-how-cities-can-tackle- sexual-harassment-on-public- transport/#:~:text=According%20to%20T he%20European%20Union,regions%2C %20these%20numbers%20appear%20hig her
Amendment 34 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas safe commuting of women transport workers is not always guaranteed especially when they start their work early and/or finish late at night;
Amendment 37 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas ride hailing and platform transport has a responsibility to help keep people safe and it is incumbent on the providers to improve safety from a gender perspective; whereas technology can make travel safer for women and girls through the work of safety engineers, including women engineers, who have developed innovative new safety features;
Amendment 38 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas poorly-designed transport policies can exacerbate existing poverty and social exclusion; whereas there continues to be a lack of sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis on transport, hindering the application of well-targeted transport policies for individuals and families in all their diversity; whereas, at present the data available is not always comparable, standardised and cannot be efficiently used;
Amendment 45 #
2022/2140(INI)
D. whereas adopting a gender- responsive approach to urban planning is instrumental in improving the quality of life of women; additionally, it has the potential to be transformative for all users, including families in all their diversity who can access the opportunities afforded by cities, while at the same time generating wider social, economic and environmental benefits;
Amendment 51 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas air pollution is responsible for the significant acceleration of osteoporosis in women , whereas women with reduced bone mass and the early onset of osteoporosis are at particular risk of injury on public transport1a; _________________ 1a https://www.theguardian.com/environmen t/2023/mar/10/air-pollution-speeds-up- osteoporosis-postmenopausal-women
Amendment 55 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas transport use differs according to gender, as well as other factors, in terms of complexity, frequency, mode, duration, purpose, cost, security and safety; whereas different genders therefore have different transport needs and requirements;
Amendment 60 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas women tend to live longer and this usually means reduced mobility and thus increased difficulty while using transport services;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas safety, convenience and comfort are major factors in deterring women and girls from cycling;
Amendment 66 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas understanding transport patterns and mobility is fundamental to the development of gender-sensitive transport policies, so that female transport users canwhich should provide an enabling environment for both men and women alike to share safe, accessible, reliable, sustainable and non- discriminatory modes of transport;
Amendment 72 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas more women than men use more sustainable modes of transport, and often perform trip chaining which makes them accelerating agents for change in the green transition;
Amendment 76 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas public transport operators are beginning to recognise walking as being essential to ensuring an effective public transport system and are investing in safe, walkable surroundings around their stops and stations; whereas women tend to walk more than men; whereas walking and walkable neighbourhoods are fundamental to delivering the Sustainable Development Goal on gender equality;
Amendment 78 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. Whereas achieving the sustainable development goals on gender equality should go hand in hand with the exciting potential role women can play in the turbocharging of the decarbonisation of the transport sector;
Amendment 79 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
G c. whereas journey assistance cards/lanyards and other signage can be instrumental in facilitating people with disabilities’ including women and girls’ journeys and that these can help drivers or conductors to be aware of the particular disability of the passenger;
Amendment 82 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the welcome adoption of new vehicle and automation technologies should take the specific needs of women into consideration and not exclude citizens with poor IT literacy and limited access to the Internet;
Amendment 86 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas software solutions can model, simulate, analyse and optimise mobility ecosystems thus their development should take into account gender specific needs;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the use of new digital technologies , including systems using AI could help law enforcement not only to react rapidly when crimes occur but also to prevent them;
Amendment 90 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas sustainable transport requires equal access to infrastructure, through measures that guarantee greater mobility for all, including older people and the disabled, and the same quality of service in urban and rural areas;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas roads are generally not designed to be people-friendly, as far too often pedestrians are an afterthought, and where pedestrian facilities exist they are often insufficient;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the design of vehicles and carriages, including safety features, often assumes a larger, stereotypically male physical form, leading to lower efficacy and ease of use as well as much higher risk of serious injury for smaller people;
Amendment 100 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas transport infrastructure with well-designed, monitored and safe surroundings at points of transit infrastructure (including hubs and other transport centres) has a positive impact on both actual safety and perceived safety11; _________________ 11 International Transport Forum, Women’s Safety and Security: A Public Transport Priority, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2018.
Amendment 102 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas women and other parents travelling alone with babies or toddlers face additional logistic challenges: during security checks at airports and other international terminals, inside aircrafts when using sanitary facilities or when disembarking the plane; whereas travelling on public transport is difficult where the access and space for children in prams and buggies is limited;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas employment, access to services and social inclusion is closely related to access to transport and mobility; whereas mobility barriers hinder women’s access to jobs and key services, such as health and education, affecting both their own and their children’s human capital accumulation;
Amendment 110 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
Amendment 111 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
L b. Whereas according to the 2017 survey by the European Transport Workers' Federation 63% of respondents had faced violence: 49% from customers, 22% from colleagues and 17% from managers/supervisors; whereas among the women who reported an incident, 80% did not believe that their complaint had negative consequences for the perpetrator, or made the workplace safer1a; _________________ 1a https://www.itf- oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/womens- safety-security_0.pdf
Amendment 112 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas women are underrepresented in transport employment at all levels and represent on average around 16% of total employees1a; whereas underrepresentation in decision-making, planning and research reinforces the lack of gender mainstreaming in transport; and contributes to the design of products, systems and policies reflecting the needs of the majority of society, namely women, vulnerable groups, families in all their diversity, the young generation and older people; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/ATAG/2022/729293/EPRS_ATA(2 022)729293_EN.pdf
Amendment 119 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas maritime industry is a male dominated environment where women make up only an estimated 2% of the world’s maritime workforce including crew working in hospitality on cruise ships and only 1% as sailors1a; _________________ 1a https://ocean.economist.com/innovation/a rticles/empowering-women-in-the- maritime-industry
Amendment 120 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
M b. whereas air transport women employees account for 40% of the total workforce in Europe; whereas the majority of female employees in aviation work in customer service and administration; whereas only 3% of the airline pilots worldwide are women1a; _________________ 1a Eurostat, 2017
Amendment 122 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
M c. whereas the share of women truck drivers is less than 3% in most European regions and below 12 % amongst bus and coach drivers1a; _________________ 1a https://www.iru.org/news- resources/newsroom/international- womens-day-spotlight-commercial-road- transport
Amendment 129 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas transport companies across nearly all transport modes face significant recruitment problems, particularly in relation to mobile staff; whereas the employment of women could be a remedy for staff shortages in the transport sector12; _________________ 12 European Commission, Directorate- General for Mobility and Transport, Good staff scheduling and rostering practices in transport – Final report, Publications Office of the EU, Luxembourg, 2021.
Amendment 132 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
O a. whereas the role of SMEs can revitalise the transport sector and promote gender equality;
Amendment 134 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
O b. whereas it is impossible to neatly demarcate the barriers and opportunities women face in entering the transport sector from those that influence their decision to leave or remain;
Amendment 136 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Recital O c (new)
O c. whereas automation and digitalisation have changed the nature of previously laborious job profiles, and has the potential to increase their attractiveness for women;
Amendment 138 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas it is important to promote and preserve efficient and affordable mobility in rural areas; whereas connectivity within rural areas is not adequately developed due to oftentimes poor transport infrastructure and sporadic connections which causes unequal access to health services; whereas women in rural areas are less likely to have a driving licence or access to a car than men, but also travel more than men to carry out care roles;
Amendment 143 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas women, girls and other vulnerable groups living in rural areas experience barriers in receiving support when they are victims of gender- based violence; whereas these difficulties include affordability and a lack of access to transport or means of contacting transport and care services in rural areas;
Amendment 146 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Amendment 153 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Takes note of the demographic change in some regions of the Union with concern; suggests that this should reinforce public policy when seeking to tackle an ageing workforce and subsequent labour shortages of which talented women could be a catalyst to fill these shortages;
Amendment 155 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Highlights that women are needed in both the physical design and delivery of transport services if gender equality is to be achieved in the sector;
Amendment 156 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that gender mainstreaming in transport has positive effects across the board, including social inclusion and employment opportunities; underlines the importance of transport gender mainstreaming in achieving the green and digital transitions; reiterates in this respect the Parliament’s call for the Commission and Members States to effect an intersectional gender mainstreaming approach in transport;
Amendment 162 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that gender stereotyping and prejudice exclude women from economic and social activities, leading to a lack of efficiency and increased waste of human resources; emphasises the need for women to be active at all levels and areas of transport; identifies the need for resources to ensure that women are represented in research and decision- making on transport matters;
Amendment 164 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the lack of standardised, sex-disaggregated transport data and gender analysis across all modes of transport; welcomes, in this regard, that ‘energy and transport’ is the thematic focus of the 2023 edition of the EIGE Gender Equality Index which will contribute to the knowledge based on the probable impacts of the transition towards low carbon society from a gender and intersectional perspective; notes it will include survey data on women’s and men’s environmentally-friendly behaviours concerning transport and potential impacts on the time spent on unpaid care;
Amendment 169 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on Member States’ respective transport companies to encourage the collection of disaggregated data that would build a better evidence base for gender sensitive planning, allowing robust baselines to be set and for trends to be identified and increase the competitive nature as transport would better reflect the needs of an ever-changing and dynamic society and economy;
Amendment 171 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to aggregate anonymised datasets on public transport usage - such as local users, where they work and study, and how they currently travel;
Amendment 173 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the launch of the Commission’s new Ambassadors for Diversity in Transport Network initiative, which will seek to promote diversity, equality and inclusion within the EU transport sector, raise awareness, develop and implement different initiatives from both perspectives: transport workers and transport users;
Amendment 181 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the differing expectations, travel patterns, needs and experiences of women as transport users; calls for relevant legislation in transport to fully integrate women’s perspectives who perform more caring duties in society so as to increase sustainability and efficiency, and to better respond to society’s needs;
Amendment 189 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Regrets that micromobility does not yet adequately work for women, as the design and implementation has typically been undertaken by men; calls on micromobility providers to take into consideration the needs of women in all their diversity to better ensure a gender perspective to sustainable cities;
Amendment 202 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes the concept of the 15-minute city, which implies having all essential amenities within a short walk, bike ride or point of public transit from one’s home would have positive benefits for women and girls’ quality of life.
Amendment 205 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. · Underlines that the measures further enhancing the modal shift to collective transport and active mobility are a part of green transition to achieve climate neutrality ; stresses nevertheless that it is utmost important to preserve all mobility options for all; points out that women should always enjoy their right to opt for mobility option of their choice as they know best their particular situation, whether this be private mobility, micro- mobility or active mobility;
Amendment 211 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to ensure that road infrastructure, notably when being upgraded, fully takes into account the continuity and accessibility of sustainable pedestrian connectionsand sustainable connections and seek synergies with these connections in order to promote active modes of transport;
Amendment 214 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Notes that onboarding can be an arduous challenge for women including women with small babies in strollers and those with disabilities due to large gaps between the platform and transport carriages as well as stairs being present in some older versions of rolling stock, buses and coaches;
Amendment 215 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Member States to encourage all sectors of society, aiming specifically to increase take-up by women, vulnerable groups, families in all their diversity, the young generation and older people as well as those reduced mobility where possible, to use low-carbon transport options such as cycling through the provision of a well-designed, extensive and integrated network of high-quality segregated cycle lanes, as well as secure and accessible bike parking also for cargo bikes; notes that the increasing popularity of electric bicycles and other similar options, coupled with financial incentives at a local or national level, has increased the real and perceived viability of cycling as a positive transport choice; welcomes the programmes of various Member States encouraging young or atypical cyclists to commence cycling, which can in turn encourage a modal shift;
Amendment 222 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Underlines that the maintenance of the road network, including seasonal measures such as snow clearing and ploughing, should prioritise active, sustainable or public transport, as well as entries to day care centres and other necessary pavements;
Amendment 223 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Regrets that journey assistance cards/lanyards and other signage are less effective during cross border travel and that this creates an extra burden for disabled women and girls when travelling across the Union; in this respect calls on the Commission to develop a pan- European QR code to serve as a European journey assistance card, facilitating cross-border travel and helping to overcome linguistic and other logistical barriers for women in all their diversity;
Amendment 226 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10 e. Calls on Member States, local authorities and stakeholders to ensure that the busiest routes are served by specially-designed low-floor vehicles and that the transit stops are configured to improve vehicle accessibility and to provide barrier-free access to metro and railway stations to improve women’s respective transport experiences;
Amendment 228 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for an increased emphasis on safety in public transport and urban mobility planning, such as adequate, sustainable street lighting and well-lit public transit stops, to avoid situations where women have to face dark, eerie spots when commuting; calls additionally for integrated transport designs to take into account ‘the last mile’, especially at non- peak times as well as connection to and from all areas including economically disadvantaged ones, emergency facilities and monitoring where appropriate such as CCTV footage;
Amendment 236 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recalls that collective transport companies have a duty of care to ensure that passengers have emergency communication lines at their disposal so that victims can quickly obtain help especially when carriages are empty;
Amendment 246 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Encourages the Member States to further introduce digitalisation and new transport models which can provide better, safer, more accessible and more affordable services for women;
Amendment 248 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on ride hailing apps to install a safety toolkit that would centralise key safety information and features for riders and drivers all in one place in the app; highlights also for the need to include emergency buttons, trusted contacts, anonymised address history, as well as in- app bike lane and pedestrian alerts;
Amendment 250 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Notes that it could be useful to arrange that bus drivers stop to let passengers disembark in between bus stops within an already determined route to allow women and girls to arrive closer to their destinations in the dark;
Amendment 251 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Underlines that new digital technologies, in particular AI based systems, can greatly improve safety and security in the transport system; points out in this regard that since transport hubs are among the locations most exposed to crime and frequent locations for violence and serious disturbances, people, women in particular, refrain from using collective transport; stresses, therefore, that the EU should create a strategy to increase the uptake of advanced AI based surveillance systems, in order to prevent and combat gender based violence in collective transport;
Amendment 253 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that women play a large role in shaping the mobility choices of families, and that their negative experiences using sustainable modes of transport including public transport, walking and cycling but also newer options such as electric scooters can be off- putting and therefore perpetuate inefficient travel;
Amendment 258 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Recognises that sustainable mobility must ensure the dignity of the individual and be in line with both the gender equality strategy and LGBTIQ strategy;
Amendment 259 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Notes the importance of delivering of periodic trainings to drivers, transport workers and staff working on transit hubs on gender sensitivity and on how to report and refer incidents of gender based violence and harassment; highlights in this respect the significance of including the transport contractors and stakeholders in training sessions and awareness raising;
Amendment 263 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on law enforcement authorities to increase the presence of police personnel including women police at peak times so as to serve as a deterrent for perpetrators and a symbol of reassurance for vulnerable persons;
Amendment 264 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Calls on national and local authorities to make sure that e-scooters and shared bikes are not abandoned on pavements and in unsuitable places obstructing the way for pedestrians, such as women with strollers, as well as being a general hazard potentially tripping up blind people and visually impaired persons, older and disabled women; calls on stakeholders in this respect to introduce into the applications the function of prompting users to park their scooters parallel to the kerb and with consideration for the other pavement users including women with strollers, people in wheelchairs and the partially sighted;
Amendment 265 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Notes that underpasses and footbridges may pose major safety risks and accessibility challenges for commuters including active commuters, women with strollers, older people and people with disabilities; calls on national and local authorities to bring all the respective parties together in the urban development process so as to create new (or adapt where necessary the existing) infrastructure of the underpasses and footbridges so that they are clean, safe, inclusive, well-marked, more visually appealing and accessible to all users; calls further in this respect to encourage the involvement of more women in the design and planning process so that those built in environments are designed in a more pedestrian-friendly and gender sensitive way;
Amendment 266 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14 d. Calls on the local authorities to ensure that Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans satisfy the mobility needs of people with special emphasis on women and the overarching need for a better quality of life for all citizens;
Amendment 268 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that female transport workers at all levels face barriers such as gender bias, and stereotyping, disproportionately affecting women in their roles as carers as well as a lack of or ill- suited facilities, leading to harassment and violence; ; notes, as a result, the difficulty in attracting and keeping women in transport jobs that women also have few role-models or business mentors which makes it difficult to attract and keep women in transport jobs; Calls in this respect on collective transport operators to acknowledge that women’s initial experiences, how they are welcomed and treated, and whether they are supported and promoted are critical to their willingness to remain within the sector;
Amendment 275 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Member States to combat the gender-based occupational segregation that is underpinned and reinforced by the myth that women are unable or physically unfit to perform certain duties, tasks or roles;
Amendment 277 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Welcomes the relative success and potential of some SMEs in ensuring good networks with other companies, clients and local authorities to try and target potential women employees, as well as reaching out to employment agencies in order to find talented, qualified and enthusiastic female applicants;
Amendment 285 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the lack of women in the transport sector should also be seen as an opportunity; calls for the implementation of policies to combat the barriers to female employment and increased awareness of these obstacles; calls on the Commission, the Member States and stakeholders to take proactive measures to boost women’s employability and competitiveness in this sector;
Amendment 287 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Recalls the significance of innovative digital solutions, new business models (e.g. sharing, collaborative models), new services, new jobs (e.g. remote operators of vehicles) all of which have the capacity and potential to improve gender equality in transport and bolster economic growth;
Amendment 290 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Welcomes the establishment of a Women in Transport - EU platform for a change where European stakeholders can learn from each other and exchange best practices; calls for more initiatives prioritising women’s employability such as The WeGate platform or Aviaton 4 Girls event so that women can best fight the barriers to women’s entrance to and performance in the transport sector, and in turn become encouraged to pursue a prosperous career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and meet, as well as learn from, successful and aspiring female transport sector workers and venture capitalists within the transport sector;
Amendment 293 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes the need for campaigns and social media actions to ensure a culture of zero tolerance against harassment and unsafe working environments, as well as educational programmes at schools on safe mobility and gender roles so as to increase safety in collective transport;
Amendment 296 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on Member States to launch awareness programmes to increase understanding so that citizens can recognise when a woman, girl or other vulnerable person looks uncomfortable, feels unsafe or is at risk of violence and/or harassment;
Amendment 301 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on collective transport companies to increase display advertisements educating people on the spectrum of abuse as well as the legislation currently in place; recalls that increased awareness will embolden women to seek help but also encourage bystanders to intervene; to this end, reiterates the need for clear, visible and functional helpdesks where people can obtain immediate assistance;
Amendment 302 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the green and digital transitions target and eliminate barriers to female employment in transport; stresses that existing funding programmes and instruments such as the Green New Deal or European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) can make a tangible difference in this regard;
Amendment 303 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Calls on the stakeholders involved in airline industry to consider adopting a holistic approach to gender equality at every level, as well as to recognise that there is a discrepancy between the amount of women in different positions within the industry;
Amendment 304 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19 d. Highlights how the inclusion of female executives in collective transport has the potential to improve decision- making processes, demonstrating the benefits and societal advantages pertaining to corporate sustainability and investment;
Amendment 306 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 f (new)
Paragraph 19 f (new)
19 f. Underlines that more needs to be done to render female students more competitive in the transport labour market; suggests that this could be achieved through the provision of specific entry points into the transport sector through targeted internships in fields such as urban planning, environmental science, public policy and administration, law, business, vehicle design and construction, logistics and commerce whereby the respective curriculums and policy platforms should place some focus on the transport sector;
Amendment 25 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to the Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims;
Amendment 61 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas different regulatory measures in the Member States concerning prostitution have different effects on gender equality;
Amendment 64 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas Member States should ensure that when an offence is committed with the intention of earning profit or gain or that an offence actually brought profit or gain from the prostitution of another person (i.e. profiting from human trafficking) that this profit is considered to be an aggravating circumstance;
Amendment 66 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas in Member States the ban of prostituted persons under 21 years of age, pregnant women and women working in the streets should be considered as a basic concept within a European framework and thereby respected and applied in all Member States;
Amendment 68 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas street-based prostitution represents an environment which is devoid of humane conditions for women;
Amendment 84 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas ensuring the physical integrity of all and guaranteeing equality and respect for women’s rights must be at the heart of Member State and EU policies in relation to prostitution;
Amendment 90 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there are strong links between forced and sometimes non-forced prostitution and organised crime such as human trafficking;
Amendment 94 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 98 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas a holistic approach is needed to protect women in prostitution and put an end to the impunity of perpetrators;
Amendment 99 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas the most common and widespread form of human trafficking in the EU is that for the purpose of sexual exploitation; whereas 60% of victims of human trafficking in the EU are trafficked for sexual exploitation;
Amendment 101 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
F d. whereas there is an asymmetry between national prostitution legislation within the EU (with countries where prostitution is legal and countries where it is illegal and where the demand for prostitution is criminalised);
Amendment 110 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas numerous factors cause people to enter prostitution, including poverty, social exclusion, drug-addiction and a migration background;
Amendment 113 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas we should take advantage of the opportunities offered by the free market economy, which promotes healthy competition and creates high growth and innovation, and in turn offers high- quality jobs as a viable option for those who want to leave;
Amendment 117 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas Ireland and New Zealand have similar populations but the amount of prostitutes working in Ireland is 5-8 times lower due to the introduction of the Nordic model;
Amendment 123 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas prostitution has cross- border implications and affects women’s rights and gender equality; whereas in cross-border regions the systems should be coordinated to avoid hot spots in border regions; whereas the disparity of legislation on prostitution in the EU benefits traffickers and organised crime networks; whereas all Member States have a legal obligation to discourage and end human trafficking and organised crime;
Amendment 127 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas Europol reports establish that where prostitution is legal, trafficking in human beings and violence perpetrated against its victims and prostituted persons increases tenfold as perpetrators can hide behind legal structures, whereas the Nordic model is not a fix-all solution to reduce demand, sex trafficking, violence or exploitation;
Amendment 129 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Amendment 135 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the fight against prostitution and trafficking can only be effective at saving women and girls when an approach which protects its victims and tackles the demand for prostitution is applied;
Amendment 136 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
H c. whereas Member States should promote prevention and rehabilitation programmes and broad, in-depth educational programmes against human trafficking and forced prostitution both in schools and in wider society and especially in the prostitute’s countr(ies) of origin; these programmes should include safe accommodation and secure care, adequate medical attention, psychological help (trauma therapy), education/training opportunities, support for reintegration into the wider economy, specialised help for women with addictions and specialised help for women with children;
Amendment 139 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
H d. whereas adolescents should receive thorough education concerning the methods employed by pimps to initiate interactions so that they are more alert, vigilant and better informed about the Loverboy tactics, online contact initiation and subsequent entrapment;
Amendment 140 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
Recital H e (new)
H e. whereas prostitution is increasingly shifting into the virtual space, regardless of the legislation in force: whereas this relates not only to the recruitment and initiation “process”, but also to the way in which the sexual act itself takes place; whereas prostitution in the virtual space also has the same harmful effects on prostituted women as in the real world;
Amendment 142 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H f (new)
Recital H f (new)
H f. whereas Ursula Von Der Leyen has previously stated that prostitution is not a profession like any other and that exit should always be the goal;
Amendment 144 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H g (new)
Recital H g (new)
H g. whereas according to some studies there is the potential to reduce HIV infections by 33–46% in the next decade if prostitution were to be decriminalised; whereas criminalised sex work leads to lower condom use which leads to higher cases of STIs including but not limited to, Genital Chlamydia, Gonorrhea infections, Pharyngeal and anal STI infections, as well as cases of syphilis infections;
Amendment 147 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H h (new)
Recital H h (new)
H h. whereas LGBTI prostitutes are subjected to discrimination and criminalisation as both LGBTI people and as prostitutes; whereas there is not equal access to preventative HIV medication, such as PREP and/or PEP drugs across the Union;
Amendment 149 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H i (new)
Recital H i (new)
H i. whereas the dual identities of LGBTI prostitutes have the potential to further marginalise individuals and render them more vulnerable to increased levels of violence, human rights’ abuses, and decreased access to services and justice;
Amendment 151 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H j (new)
Recital H j (new)
H j. whereas poverty is the primary driving force behind women becoming prostitutes; whereas drug addiction is used as a means to lure and entrap victims into prostitution;
Amendment 152 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H k (new)
Recital H k (new)
H k. whereas access to health care services, including contraception is vital for prostitutes to maintain their health; recognises that in some Member States, such as Poland, access to such health care provisions has been severely restricted, causing undue stress and anxiety as well as adverse health effects for those who need it;
Amendment 161 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that approaches to regulating prostitution vary across the EU and target three key components of this system: prostituted persons, the purchase of sex (i.e. demand), and pimping; stresses that the different laws have different effects on women in prostitution, their rights, women’s rights in general, gender equality, demand, societyal attitudes and neighbouring countries; Member States, as well as the ability for women to reintegrate into society;
Amendment 165 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Rejects the premise of an overly- simplified ideological battle that polarises the debate into two camps: it is important to evaluate all models with a realistic perspective to see which parts of each model work best; highlights that a simplified binary approach has the potential to overlook the advantages and disadvantages of the respective models which only serves to hinder those involved in prostitution;
Amendment 172 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the lack of reliable, accurate and comparable data across countrisome Member States apropos of trafficking, violence within forced prostitution, as well the success(es) of exit programmes;
Amendment 187 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that consent can only be given freely when there is no power imbalance between the people involved; notes, at the same time, that it can be extremely difficult for people to realise that they are victims, especially when they do not know their rights, and recalls the dynamics of an abusive relationship; underlines in addition that the voice of women should always be listened to and recalls the need for informative, respectful programmes so that women in prostitution are abreast of their rights and obligations;
Amendment 197 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines that prostitution proved itself far too often to be susceptible to force majures such as the Covid -19 pandemic; highlights that furlough schemes in many Member States did not apply to women in prostitution, recalls the example of the Netherlands which - where the affected woman was registered with the national chamber of commerce - allowed women in prostitution to access necessary financial support;
Amendment 199 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Sresses that greater awareness is needed to better understand the increasingly shift of prostitution into the virtual space;
Amendment 202 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the European Parliament recognised, in its resolution of 26 February 2014 on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality, that prostitution and sexual exploitation are violations of human dignity, contravene human rights principles such as gender equality and are therefore contrary to the principles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; recalls that it defined prostitution as a serious form of violence and exploitation in its resolution of 5 July 2022 on women’s poverty in Europe4 ; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2022)0274.
Amendment 208 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns the fact that women in prostitution lack legal security because of their criminalisation, meaning they face the constant threat of police and judicial persecution, are subject to additional vulnerability and stigmatisation that negatively affect their physical and mental health, consequently experience difficulties in contacting support services and lack access to fundamental rights; deplores the fact that, at the same time, abusive and other non-law abiding clients, brothel owners and human traffickers often remain unpunished; calls on the relevant authorities within Member States to increase their efforts to end the impunity for those who commit forced prostitution;
Amendment 225 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomesTakes note of the fact that an increasing number of countries are taking up and implementing the Nordic/Equality model; supports the feminist background of this modeloverarching gender- specific objective of this model which seeks to reduce demand and its goal of achieving gender equality, and highlights the model’s positive effects on the rights of people in prostitution andbut that work and research is still needed to ensure that this model is effective in the fight against human trafficking;
Amendment 239 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that prostitution and trafficking for sexual exploitation only exist because there is a demand for them; recognises that any service based economy works on the concept of supply and demand but that through the promotion of a strong, competitive and free market European economy fewer women will enter prostitution as a last resort to provide for their families;
Amendment 252 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the decriminalisation of pimping and of the purchase of sex increases demand, empowers the demand side and normalises sex buying; underlines that the stigmatisation of people, especially women, in prostitution nevertheless persists; notes that only if demand is reduced can the prostitution market shrink and thus the number of those exploited in it;
Amendment 257 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that the legalisation of selling sex (as is the case in the Nordic model) is the only way prostitutes can build trust in law enforcement and other help services;
Amendment 265 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned that the legalisation of prostitution promotes legal structures behind which traffickers can hide; therefore calls on the Member States to ensure that existing legislation and regulations are properly assessed so as to avoid any loopholes which allow criminals to act with impunity;
Amendment 269 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Draws attention to the recent findings indicating that traffickers are increasingly seeking to exploit victims through 'supposedly voluntary business arrangements', where victims must hand over a share of the earnings in exchange for protection and support; notes that this type of exploitation is particularly common in jurisdictions where prostitution has been legalised1a; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2021/695394/IPOL_STU(20 21)695394_EN.pdf
Amendment 276 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is increasing due to high demand; points out that this is particularly visible in countries with a liberal regulatory model, whereas countriesin some Member States such as Ireland that follow approaches like the Nordic/Equality model are no longer big markets for human trafficking for that purpose;
Amendment 281 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Underlines that the greater the asymmetry between national prostitution legislation within the EU, the more victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation there are; notes that some countries of the Union may attract more trafficking flows for the purposes of sexual exploitation;
Amendment 288 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the different approaches to regulation in the EU have different effects and that women in prostitution have different rights and protections in different EU Member States; underlines that, on average, 70 % of the individuals in prostitution in the EU are migrant women and that trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation mostly affects women and girls coming from the east of the European Union;
Amendment 289 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 290 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recalls that women in the LGB and Transgender communities, including prostitutes themselves must be meaningfully involved and included in the development of national prostitution policies and wider European discussions;
Amendment 292 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that the prostitution market and its actors operate across borders; Stresses that the divergent rules mean that some EU Member States have more victims of trafficking in human beings than others and that free movement within the EU helps to move people from one market to the next; calls Member States and the Commission to coordinate a pan- European approach and equal standards and possibilities of prosecution for those involved in prosecution;
Amendment 304 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on EIGE to put together an analysis of how AI could serve to protect prostitutes from vulnerable and potentially dangerous situations; highlights the need for privacy for all parties when in compliance of the law but underlines as well that when used efficiently AI can both protect peoples’ identities and create a safe, managed place in which women can operate;
Amendment 308 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Calls on Member States to promote STEM learning so that girls can play an active role in in developing technology for women’s needs;
Amendment 309 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the different effects of different regulatory measures on men, young people and society as a whole; highlights that there appears to have been a significant and positive shift in attitudes among boys and men in Sweden after the introduction of the Nordic model, whereby women are seen less as objects to satisfy man’s sexual desire but instead as victims of exploitation; whereby this dissuades them from purchasing sex;
Amendment 317 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the Member States’ obligation to protect women’s rights and physical integrity and promote gender equality, and highlights the EU’s role in doing this within the international community and in creating equal protection and equal rights across Member States; calls on all remaining Member States to ratify the Istanbul convention as soon as possible;
Amendment 320 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure adequate provision of contraception as a means of preventing sexually transmitted infections as well as unwanted pregnancies for prostitutes; calls particularly on the government of Poland to ease the restrictions of contraception, especially emergency contraception;
Amendment 337 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses the need for exit programmes to facilitate, where possible, women’s access to training, jobs and credit from, for example, women venture capitalists, business angels and investors; underlines the need for women role models, founders and owners of private companies and start-ups to help support former and practicing prostitutes realise their entrepreneurial potential;
Amendment 341 #
2022/2139(INI)
20 b. Urges Member States to introduce rehabilitation programmes that include safe accommodation and secure care, medical help, psychological help (trauma therapy), specialised help for women with addictions and specialised help for women with children;
Amendment 342 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20 c. Calls for adequate protections for LGBTI prostitutes who have reported facing discrimination, humiliation and denial of services from healthcare workers, either based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or any combination of these; recalls that the denial of services based on the grounds of their sexual orientation is a breach of the European charter of fundamental rights; calls for better access to PREP and PEP medication as well as awareness about when and where they are available;
Amendment 361 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States for specific measures to assist women in prostitution with their social and professional reintegration; calls for such exit programmes to work gradually, for women to be supported on their personal paths and for people’s potential to be recognised, with and professional training and further education programmes being adapted to take account of this;
Amendment 364 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Recalls the highly successful RUPS exit programme in the Netherlands where any prostitute can go to for help, guidance and support irrespective of whether they work in a sex club, via the internet, in the street or in any other way;
Amendment 368 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Amendment 369 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23 c. Notes that exit programmes for women seeking to leave prostitution are best able to help women and girls in a free market economy that is high growth and in turn able to provide women and girls with good quality, well-paying jobs that represents a viable alternative to prostitution;
Amendment 370 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23 d. Underscores that obstacles to growth in the economy will not deter women and girls from entering prostitution but instead increase it through a lack of opportunities in the wider economy;
Amendment 371 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)
Paragraph 23 e (new)
23 e. Calls on the Commission to launch a programme that would engage prostitutes (both former and current) into a training scheme that would help them kick start their own entrepreneurial activity;
Amendment 373 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls foron Member States to introduce comprehensive psychological, medical and socio- economic support for victims and survivors of prostitution; this support should include freely available health advice, financial support, housing; emphasises that this support should be confidential, and should be designed to protect the anonymity of the victim where requested;
Amendment 379 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls for a European wide agreement that explicitly forbids prostitution by those under the age of 21, those who are pregnant, as well as a ban on street-based prostitution and other inhumane “working” conditions;
Amendment 380 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the European Union to increase employment opportunities for those exiting prostitution, in particular through the European Social Fund +;
Amendment 382 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Recalls the need for informed decisions to be taken before wide sweeping conclusions can be drawn; highlights that while there is no one single Nordic model applied in the same way within the Union, the implementation of the Nordic model continues to take place; underlines that when implementing the Nordic model, Member States should take advantage of best practices employed in other Member States;
Amendment 384 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Calls on the Commission to improve data collection techniques in order to effectively monitor the levels of prostitution on an individual Member State and Union level;
Amendment 386 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Amendment 39 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. B a. Whereas sexual harassment in European streets has a gendered dimension with a disproportionate number of women and girls falling victim to sexual harassment including, but not limited to, sexual assault and rape;
Amendment 48 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the proportion of women who have ever worked and have experienced any unwanted behaviour with a sexual connotation in the workplace varies between Member States, ranging from 11 % to 41 %7 ; whereas sexual harassment disproportionately affects women workers, including women from racialized communities; whereas colourism is a serious issue that needs addressing in the work place; _________________ 7 EU survey on gender-based violence against women and other forms of inter- personal violence (EU-GBV) – first results – 2022 edition.
Amendment 58 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas harit must be assument is widespread but under-reportedd that the reporting figures do not include all instances of harassment; whereas harassment in the workplace has serious consequences for the physical and psychological health and well-being of employees and therefore its prevention and treatment should be a priority for every employer;
Amendment 63 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. D a. Whereas in the light of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees, particularly women, are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation including, but not limited to, the workplace;
Amendment 68 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the progress made in addressing the issue of sexual harassment after the MeToo movement is not yet sufficient and there is still a lot to be done within the European institutions and beyond; whereas the European institutions have started to adapt their internal rules and procedures in order to better identify, counter and sanction harassment; whereas the implementation of prevention mechanisms has given rise to a certain degree of reluctance resulting not only from ignorance of the phenomenon of harassment but also from the lack of clarity of the existing legal rules;
Amendment 83 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in its previous resolutions, Parliament called for the introduction of several concrete measures introducing a zero-tolerance approach but, several years on, only some of them have been fully implemented and, and whereas more needs to be done;
Amendment 91 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas cases of sexual harassment is a gendered phenomenon but harassment akin to bullying, denigration and belittling is undertaken by all genders;
Amendment 92 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. Whereas European Parliament President Roberta Metsola stated that, “The European Parliament must be a safe and welcoming space for everyone - free from harassment. We must be the example”;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
G c. Whereas the Employment Equality Directive enshrines the right not to be discriminated against, nor be subjected to harassment, in employment contexts on the basis of sexual orientation[1]. [1] Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16).
Amendment 94 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
G d. G d. Whereas The ‘Gender Equality Directives’ stipulate that sex- based and sexual harassment at work and in access to goods and services are contrary to the principle of equal treatment between men and women;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognises that women, especially those who live in rural areas, often have limited transport services, meaning they can be devoid of options to return home safely; therefore calls on local authorities to ensure a safe public transport service that is able to serve womens' needs;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on Member States to ensure that urban planning takes into consideration women and girls’ needs, including safety and security; calls on Member States to ensure adequate, sustainable street lighting to avoid situations where women have to face dark, eerie spots when commuting to and from work;
Amendment 107 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the EU and the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention, the international gold standard to prevent gender-based violence, and in so doing protect victims and punish perpetrators; Stresses the need to intercept prevalent cultural attitudes about violence and gender equality; is convinced that the EU and the Member States should learn from the crises and backlashes against gender equality by adopting and implementing concrete, efficient and ambitious rules and policies on preventing and combating violence;
Amendment 119 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that special attention must be paid to women and girls fleeing war, particularly in the case of Ukrainian women in the aftermath of Russian attack(s);
Amendment 133 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that, in spite of the progress initiated by the MeToo campaign, which helped to break the silence and raise awareness of the need to implement better working conditions for all staff, cases of sexual harassment still occur in the European institutions, including Parliament as well as taking into account the new conditions of remote working and the subsequent lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic; recalls that these cases cast a shadow over the functioning of our institutions and undermine the confidence of EU citizens in them;
Amendment 144 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of prevention, with information and awareness-raising efforts, and the promotion of zero-harassment campaigns and policies; considers that the existing campaigns should be reinforced so that ignorance or a so called “lack of awareness” cannot be cited as an excuse for flagrant flouting of the rules;
Amendment 146 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of prevention, with information and awareness-raising efforts, and the promotion of zero-harassment campaigns and policies; considers that the existing campaigns should be reinforced;
Amendment 154 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that sexual harassment cases are still under-reported because victims do not use the existing channels, demonstrating the need for further efforts with regard to the prevention of sexual harassment including information campaigns which can enable victims to recognise examples of harassment;
Amendment 155 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that sexual harassment cases are still under-reported because victims do not use the existing channels, demonstrating the need for further efforts with regard to the prevention of sexual harassmen; calls for that to be taken into account when information campaigns enabling victims to identify examples of harassment are planned and carried out;
Amendment 164 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the duty of all of the European institutions to put in place all necessary policies to prevent and address all forms of harassment and violence, and urges them to ensure that all of the rules in place guarantee a zero-tolerance approach to any forms of misconduct and full support for all victims; calls on the European institutions to strengthen their internal rules and policies to ensure that in cases of harassment and violence, they should not only suspend the perpetrator, but also entirely remove their salary;
Amendment 168 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the duty of all of the European institutions to put in place all necessary policies to prevent and address all forms of harassment and violence, and urges them to ensure that all of the rules in place guarantee a zero-tolerance approach to any forms of misconduct and full support for all victims; calls on the European institutions to strengthen their internal rules and policies to ensure that in cases of harassment and violence, they should not only suspend the perpetrator, but also entirely remove their salary once proven guilty;
Amendment 197 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. InsistNotes that the measures to address sexual harassment are not strong enough and do not include all of the actions requested in previous resolutions; welcomes the fact that this parliamentary term is the first in which Members have been required to sign a declaration confirming their commitment to complying with the Code of Appropriate Behaviour;
Amendment 207 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the harassment prevention training offered to Members, managers in Parliament’s Secretariat and staff; is convinced, however, that voluntary harassment prevention training has proven insufficient; calls for the introduction of mandatory training for all Memberslevels of management;
Amendment 216 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the work of the Advisory Committee on Harassment and its prevention at the workplace and the Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints concerning Members of the European Parliament; calls for full transparency about how Parliament is addressing issues of harassment, while protecting the identity of those affected, and invites both committees to draft and publish their monitoring reports and risk assessments annually on the European Parliament website; calls for an independent evaluation of the measures in place by external and auditors selected, in a transparent procedure, by chosen auditors;
Amendment 217 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the work of the Advisory Committee on Harassment and its prevention at the workplace and the Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints concerning Members of the European Parliament; calls for full transparency about how Parliament is addressing issues of harassment, while protecting the identity of those affected, and invites both committees to draft and publish their monitoring reports and risk assessments annually on the European Parliament website; calls for an independent evaluation of the measures in place by external and auditors selected in a transparent procedurein a transparent procedure; emphasises the need to apply the legal principle that every accused person is innocent until proven guilty;
Amendment 221 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 227 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks for the composition of the advisory committees to be updated to ensure an equal representation of exthat internal experts with proven expertise in tackling harassment in the workplace, including doctors, therapists and legal experts in the domain of harassment and to change their status to full members with voting rights; calls for the creation of a confidential register of cases over time, as already requested in the resolutions dating from 2017 and 2021;
Amendment 230 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 232 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 1 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to the Paris Agreement, adopted by Decision 1/CP.21, to the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and to the 11th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP11), held in Paris, France from 30 November to 11 December 2015, and in particular to Article 2 and Articles 6.2 or 6.4 thereof,
Amendment 14 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that the agricultural and forestry sectors can play a significant role in this process, given that they have the capacity to remove and store carbon through carbon reservoir use and management; underlines that the agricultural and forestry sector contribute to the overall EU goal to be the first climate-neutral continent;
Amendment 18 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that each sector must first and foremost reduce its own CO2 emissions independently and only use the storage capacity of other sectors, such as agriculture and forestry, for emissions that cannot be reduced;
Amendment 23 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of carbon farming as a new business model for EU agriculture which should be additional and voluntary, and which aims to upscale climate mitigation by paying farmers to implement climate-friendly farm or forest management practices, with a view to allowing the sector’s active contribution to the green transition toby provideing new sources of income and business development opportunities;
Amendment 33 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that carbon farming should be market-based; calls on the Commission to create a genuinely new business model for farmers and foresters; notes that financing from the value chain or through the creation of a voluntary carbon market is possible; stresses that the CAP is not a viable source of funding, as the CAP is not a business model;
Amendment 45 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. stresses the importance, in this context, of public money only being used for research, knowledge transfer and training for farmers;
Amendment 53 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for Member States to establish new incentives at the level of land managers, especially farmers and foresters, to accelerate the uptake of carbon farming;
Amendment 58 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the requirement to take into account preliminary work on this issue, Member States’ different starting points and conditions, and the effects of climate change on carbon when evaluating climate change mitigation practices;
Amendment 74 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the importance of ensuring the social, environmental, and economic integrity of carbon farming, not least with regard to food security, ensuring a decent income for farmers and limiting environmental impact to acceptable levels;
Amendment 87 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that carbon farming must be regulated in line with the current CAP and be seen as a complementary and additional topping-up option; underlines, however, that in the longer term carbon farming should be market-based;
Amendment 89 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. stresses the importance of additional funds outside the CAP for a successful carbon farming initiative;
Amendment 96 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the biogenic carbon cycle is naturalsubject to natural processes and must be used in a sustainable way to substitute fossil carbon as soon as possible;
Amendment 101 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that financial incentives should come primarily from private sources, and reward land managers for their management practice or the actual amount of carbon sequestered, or for increasing the storage of atmospheric carbon; underlines that public funding under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and other Union programs, such as the LIFE programme, the Cohesion Fund, the Horizon Europe programme, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Just Transition Fund, can already support carbon sequestering and biodiversity-friendly approaches in forests and agricultural lands and should be increased and coherent with the EU CAP's food security;
Amendment 105 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the availability of natural raw materials (food and biomass) is the primary objective of agriculture and forestry;
Amendment 109 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas a distinction must be made between biogenic and fossil greenhouse gases, since biogenic greenhouse gases can be recaptured by natural processes in a relatively short period of time;
Amendment 112 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas a sustainable, long-term and market-based funding model needs to be created so that CAP funds are not used, as this is not considered appropriate;
Amendment 113 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the commitment to ensure transparency and accountability by establishing a robust science-based EU regulatory framework for the accounting and certification of carbon removals; asking the Commission to expand the scope to soil-related GHG abatement through adopting carbon farming friendly practices;
Amendment 116 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines that the new certification framework for carbon farming should be as simple as possible in its design and not result in disproportionate administrative burdens for land and forestry managers and owners; emphasises that the future Union certification framework will need to take into account already existing national and private initiatives with the same objective provided that they qualify in line with the required criteria;
Amendment 121 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. stresses the need for a credible certification system for the quantification and certification of carbon removals that can be applied at farm level and that avoids greenwashing and carbon leakage; underlines the need to promote high- quality carbon certificates that can ensure the achievement of the criteria of additionality, permanence, no double counting, sustainability and authenticity to ensure credibility and prevent fraudulent payments and to incentivise improved land management practices, thus resulting in enhanced carbon capture;
Amendment 125 #
2022/2053(INI)
7 c. Emphasises the need for the Commission to also, in parallel with the regulatory framework for certification of carbon removals, reflect upon – as requested by the European Parliament in its October 2020 position on the EU Climate Law –, options for future market design for trading of agriculture sequestration and mitigation credits that count towards EU reduction and removal targets;
Amendment 130 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the establishment of a robust methodology allowingthat ensures that the resources invested in carbon farming reaches farmers and foresters, includes also their emissions reduction, does not allow for speculative trading and allows the objective measurement and certification of carbon removals among sectors in order to create harmonised bases for the calculation, capture, use and storage of carbon dioxide;
Amendment 144 #
2022/2053(INI)
8 a. calls on the Commission to start developing such a methodology first for forests followed by wet- and peatland;
Amendment 145 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Underlines the importance of creating a robust governance structure that instils trust by defining harmonised rules across EU Member States and preferably beyond, accredits validators and verifiers of carbon removals and emission reductions, operates a removal registry to avoid double counting, and ensures transparency.
Amendment 157 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. welcomes all actions undertaken by the Member States that enhances knowledge through science and on-field- research activities;
Amendment 159 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Emphasises the importance of establishing a results-based carbon farming policy that is inclusive to all farmers, allows them access to the necessary climate smart tools and practices, enables them to implement the integrated cropping systems and delivers the desired climate mitigation performance together with other co- benefits;
Amendment 162 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that no unrealistic expectations must be generated with regard to the storage capacity of agriculture and forestry; emphasises that it must be considered that naturally bound greenhouse gases are not bound indefinitely;
Amendment 163 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the role of Bio-Energy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) through the combustion or fermentation of biogenic carbon, with the aim of providing funding under the CAP tools as an additional means of removing carbon from the atmosphere;
Amendment 166 #
2022/2053(INI)
3. Stresses that each sector must first and foremost reduce its own CO2 emissions independently and only use the storage capacity of other sectors, such as agriculture and forestry, for non-reducible emissions; underlines in this context the need to prevent that industry offsets their emissions with carbon certificates;
Amendment 168 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that fossil emissions can only be offset to a very limited extent through carbon farming; points out that the use of biogenic raw materials is a first step towards starting a natural cycle;
Amendment 173 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the use of innovative, sustainable, circular and long-lasting bio- based carbon products to be incentivised, including, if relevanthat mitigate climate change by trapping carbon in the circular bioeconomy, to be incentivised, through appropriately amendingments to the relevant EU legislative framework.;
Amendment 175 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that sustainable food production, maintenance of security of supply and the availability of renewable raw materials remain the primary objective of agriculture and forestry; underlines that both sectors are themselves being massively affected by climate change;
Amendment 178 #
2022/2053(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls for advisory services in agriculture, such as the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS), to make a decisive contribution in supporting sustainable carbon practices and to ensure easy access for farmers to this information;
Amendment 196 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that the Commission communication on sustainable carbon cycles sets out the first steps towards regulating carbon sinks, carbon removal, carbon markets and recycling;
Amendment 219 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the industry sectors involved in carbon cycling to come forward with innovative solutions and initiatives aiming to gradually replace fossil carbon with sustainable streams of recycled and biogenic carbon;
Amendment 229 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of ensuring the social, environmental, and economic integrity of carbon farming such as food security, a decent income for farmers and limiting environmental impact to acceptable level;
Amendment 232 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Emphasises the importance of establishing a carbon farming policy that is inclusive to all farmers, granting farmers access to the necessary climate smart tools and practices enabling them to build the integrated cropping systems delivering the desired climate mitigation performance and other co-benefits.
Amendment 243 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that carbon farming can be a new business model which should be additional and voluntary, and which aims to upscale climate mitigation by paying farmers to implement climate-friendly farm or forest management practices, by tapping into the potential of blue and green carbon ecosystems and by streamlining the industrial use of carbon sequestered for different purposes; calls therefore upon the Commission to broaden its definition of carbon farming practices to include on farm mitigation measures in addition to on field sequestration measures;
Amendment 245 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that carbon farming can be a new business model which is based on a market-based solution with contributions from private market carbon farming programs, and it should be additional and voluntary, and which aims to upscale climate mitigation by paying farmers to implement climate-friendly farm or forest management practices, by tapping into the potential of blue carbon ecosystems and by streamlining the industrial use of carbon sequestered for different purposes;
Amendment 284 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that carbon storage shall be an alternative option and not compete with the production of raw materials such as biomass or food;
Amendment 287 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Acknowledges that a balanced level of soil fertilization, including both mineral and organic sources, plays a crucial role in carbon sequestration;
Amendment 293 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that CO2 storage is already being used in many areas through the implementation of the common agricultural policy (CAP); emphasises that the land and forestry sector have a natural maximum storage capacity; stresses that, except for storage, the conservation of carbon in the soil and emissions avoided and mitigated on farms should be considered valuable contributions to addressing ongoing climate change; calling on the European Commission to expand the scope to soil-related GHG abatement through adopting carbon farming-friendly practices;
Amendment 296 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that CO2 storage is already being usactively implemented in many areas through the implementation of the common agricultural policy (CAP); emphasises that the land and forestry sector have a natural maximum storage capacity; stresses that, except for storage, the conservation of carbon in the soil and emissions avoided and mitigated on farms should be considered valuable contributions to addressing ongoing climate change;
Amendment 303 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that carbon sequestration is subject to many external factors that are not always within the control of the farmers; points out that there is still a need for research into the highly complex processes involved;
Amendment 311 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that carbon farming must be regulated in line with the current CAP and be seen as a complementary and additional topping-up option; underlines, however, that in the longer -term carbon farming should be market-based and calls on the Commission to allow a variety of additionality criteria in the EU certifying framework;
Amendment 326 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises that carbon farming requires different approaches regarding to agriculture and forestry and shall take into account the local circumstances;
Amendment 364 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recognises that via the construction sector (both new build and renovation) carbon can be stored in the built environment through nature-based materials, such as wood and wood fibre, and that such materials also substitute for more carbon intensive conventional materials;
Amendment 404 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises the need to develop a robust new framework and governance structure for the quantification and certification of carbon removals that must at the same time avoid greenwashing and carbon leakage; underlines the need to promote high- quality carbon certificates that can ensure the achievement of the criteria of additionality, permanence, no double counting and authenticity in order to incentivise improved land management practices, thus resulting in enhanced carbon capture; underlines the importance of harmonised rules across EU Member States and preferably beyond, accredits validators and verifiers of carbon removals and emission reductions, operates a removal registry to avoid double counting, and ensures transparency;
Amendment 407 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises the need to develop a robust new framework for the quantification and certification of carbon removals that must at the same time avoid greenwashing and carbon leakage; underlines the need to promote high- quality carbon certificates that can ensure the achievement of the criteria of additionality, permanence, no double counting and authenticity in order to incentivise improved land management practices, thus resulting in enhanced carbon capture; underlines the need for carbon storage practices not to lead to productivity losses and for food security not to be threatened;
Amendment 422 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Reminds the Commission that the certification framework needs to be designed as cost-effectively as possible and needs to avoid administrative or consultancy costs;
Amendment 431 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Emphasises the need for the Commission to reflect, in parallel with the regulatory framework for certification of carbon removals, also upon options for future market design for trading of agriculture sequestration and mitigation credits that count towards EU reduction and removal targets;
Amendment 436 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Underlines that certificates available through carbon farming should only be distributed to those companies, which have significantly contributed to mitigating climate change and will continue to do so, in order to avoid greenwashing;
Amendment 437 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the Commission to start developing such a methodology for forests and for wet- and peatlands;
Amendment 449 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that carbon farming should be market-based and financed by public and/or private funds; calls on the Commission to create a genuinely new business model for farmers and foresters; notes that financing from the value chain or through the creation of a voluntary carbon market is possible; stresses that the CAP is not a viabln adequate source of funding, as the CAP is not a business model;
Amendment 456 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Is of the opinion that the financial incentives should come from public or private sources, and reward land managers for their management practice or the actual amount of carbon sequestered, or for increasing the storage of atmospheric carbon; recalls that public funding under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), revenues generated from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and other Union programs, such as the LIFE programme, the Cohesion Fund, the Horizon Europe programme, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Just Transition Fund, can already support carbon sequestering and biodiversity-friendly approaches in forests and agricultural lands and should be increased; insists however, that CAP- funding should, mainly remain targeted at food production and ensure food security in the Union. In 2022, the Commission should present a legal framework with a clear financial framework, accounting rules and a market-based design; stresses that the new business models should be voluntary and should be based on clear and enforceable rules with high-quality certificates which can ensure the achievement of criteria of additionality, permanence, no double counting, sustainability and authenticity to ensure credibility and prevent fraudulent payments;
Amendment 484 #
2022/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to establish the expert group on carbon removals to contribute with expertise on drafting the legislative proposal on the voluntary certification of carbon removals and to share the best practices and monitoring, verification and reporting methodologies of using the funds for carbon farming;
Amendment 30 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital M (new)
Recital M (new)
M. whereas the lack of women involved in the development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) represents an untapped catalyst for technological advancement; whereas scientific education such as STEM subjects is important for obtaining skills, decent work and the jobs of the future, as well as for breaking down gender stereotypes and biases that unjustly regard these as typically masculine fields;
Amendment 36 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital S (new)
Recital S (new)
S. whereas 1 in 3 women have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime;
Amendment 37 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital T (new)
Recital T (new)
T. whereas women’s and girls’ rights are still not adequately safeguarded in many parts of the world and the role for civil society, in particular women’s rights organisations, is becoming increasingly under threat in many countries;
Amendment 38 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 46 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 54 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 67 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 79 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 97 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 111 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure the full integration of the convention into the future EU directive on combatting gender-based violence;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Condemns all forms of female genital mutilation, forced and underage marriage, trafficking, “honour” violence and “honour” killings; calls for the EU and global actors to specifically target these issues;
Amendment 116 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Condemns all kinds of targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; reiterates UN Security Council Resolution 1820 (2008) stating that rape and other forms of sexual violence constitute crimes against humanity or war crimes;
Amendment 121 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to facilitate better cross-border communication and training to ensure a more efficient targeting of human traffickers who use borders as loopholes to further exploit their victims, the overwhelming majority of whom are women; notes that this has become even more relevant in the aftermath of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 122 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Calls on the EU to ensure the integration of a gender perspective in Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, increasing the role of women in humanitarian aid and post-conflict reconstruction operations, transitional justice and the promotion of human rights; also calls for the EU to address trafficking and sexual and gender-based violence, and ensure sustained access to essential and life- saving health services in Ukraine;
Amendment 127 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Calls for Russia to be held accountable for all breaches of human rights against women and girls, including but not limited to, all accounts of sexual violence and rape; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war, to protect and help victims and increase their access to justice;
Amendment 129 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Calls on all remaining Member States to fully ratify the Istanbul convention which represents a key means of forging a Europe which confronts and tackles all forms of gender-based violence and offers prevention mechanisms to reduce the number of future victims; calls on the Council to conclude the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention without delay;
Amendment 133 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6 i. Encourages non-EU states to ratify the Istanbul Convention, improve women’s rights and strongly fight against all forms of gender-based violence;
Amendment 138 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6 k. Stresses that gender equality is a core value of the EU and one of its common and fundamental principles;
Amendment 139 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Amendment 142 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6 m. Regrets the backsliding in the rights for LGBTI women in some Member States, such as Poland, who face increasing barriers and hostility to living a life free from discrimination; Recall’s Ursula Von Der Leyen’s 2020 State of the Union speech where she declares that "LGBTI-free zones are humanity free zones. And they have no place in our Union.";
Amendment 145 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 n (new)
Paragraph 6 n (new)
6 n. Condemns all forms of violence against LGBTI+ people across the EU and wider world; Calls on the EU and the Member States to up its efforts to combat violence, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGBTI+ citizens;
Amendment 146 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 p (new)
Paragraph 6 p (new)
6 p. Calls for the EU and the Member States to promote gender equality and SRHR in all their external actions, including in multilateral and bilateral forums;
Amendment 147 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 r (new)
Paragraph 6 r (new)
6 r. Calls on the EU to promote equal opportunities to access education around the world; Strongly urges the EU, including European External Action Service (EEAS), to counteract the appalling denial of girls’ education which represents a contravening of children’s human rights; recalls the particular significance of girls’ education in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan;
Amendment 148 #
2022/2049(INI)
6 s. Calls on Member States to promote and encourage STEM learning from an early age to ensure that girls and women are not at an unfair disadvantage when later seeking employment in the scientific and technical sectors; recalls that equal opportunity to access the fields of science and technology are a prerequisite to ensure that women and girls can fully enjoy their human rights;
Amendment 82 #
2022/2040(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to submit legislative measures in order to secure strategic stocks of basic foodstuffs at the level of the Member States to prevent food crisis in the EU. If needed, these stocks could be used by World Food Programme to mitigate severe food crises in third countries;
Amendment 71 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) From a toxicological point of view, substances with more than one constituent (‘multi-constituent substances’)s for which the information is available for this constituent are no different from mixtures composed of two or more substances. In accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council39, aimed to limit animal testing, data on multi- constituentsubstances is to be generated under the same conditions as data on any otheris to be developpedon substances, while data on individual constituents of a substance is normally not to be generated, except where individual constituents are also substances registered on their own. Where data on individual constituents is available, multi- constituent substances should be evaluated and classified following the same classification rules as mixtures, unless Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 provides for a specific provision for those multi- constituent substances. _________________ 39 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 87 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) It is normally not possible to sufficiently assess the endocrine disrupting properties for human health and the environment and the persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile properties of a mixture or of a multi-constituenta substance on the basis of data on that mixture or substance. The data for the individual substances of the mixture or for the individual constituents of the multi- constituent substance should therefore normally be used as the basis for hazard identification of those multi-constituent substances or mixtures. However, in certain cases, data on those multi- constituent substances themselves may also be relevant. This is the case in particular where that data demonstrates endocrine disrupting properties for human health and the environment, as well as persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile properties, or where it supports data on the individual constituents or substances in the mixture. Therefore, it is appropriate that data on multi-constituent substancsubstances or mixtures are used in those cases.
Amendment 107 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Harmonised classification and labelling proposals need not necessarily be limited to individual substances and could cover a group of similar substances, where such similarity based on a scientific evidence approach and justification allows for similar classification of all substances in the group. The purpose of such grouping is to alleviate the burden on manufacturers, importers or downstream users, the Agency and the Commission in the procedure for harmonisation of classification and labelling of substances. It also avoids testing of substances when similar substances can be classified as a group.
Amendment 140 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 7a
Article 5 – paragraph 7a
Amendment 152 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
A multi-constituent substance containing at least one constituent, in the form of an individual constituent, an identified impurity or an additive for which relevant information referred to in paragraph 1 is available, shall be examined in accordance with the criteria set out in this paragraph, using the available information on those constituents as well as on the substance, unless Annex I lays down a specific provision.
Amendment 205 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
(7a) In Article 17, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. A substance or mixture classified as hazardous and contained in packaging shall bear a label or fold-out label including the following elements: " Or. en (Regulation 1272/2008)
Amendment 207 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 17 paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 paragraph 1 – point a
(7b) In Article 17, in paragraph 1, point a is replaced by the following: "(a) the name, address and telephone number of the supplier(s); distributers who do not change the product or packaging may use the provided label unchanged." Or. en (Regulation 1272/2008/EC)
Amendment 208 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
(7b) In Article 17, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. The label shall be written in the official language(s) of the Member State(s) where the substance or mixture is placed on the market, unless the Member State(s) concerned provide(s) otherwise.Suppliers may use more languages on their labels or fold-out labels than those required by the Member States, provided that the same details appear in all languages used. " Or. en (Regulation 1272/2008)
Amendment 215 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
(10a) In Article 25, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: "6. Where a mixture contains any substance classified as hazardous, it shall be labelled in accordance with Part 2 of Annex II.The statements shall be worded in accordance with Part 3 of Annex III and shall be placed in the supplemental information section of the label.The label shall also include the product identifier referred to in Article 18 and the name, address and telephone number of the supplier of the mixture. Distributers who do not change the product or its packaging may use the provided label unchanged." Or. en (Regulation 1272/2008/EC)
Amendment 222 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. In case of a change regarding the classification and labelling of a substance or a mixture, which results in the addition of a new hazard class or in a more severe classification, or which requires new supplemental information on the label in accordance with Article 25, the supplier shall ensure thupdate the label is updated within 612 months after the supplier has received the results of the new evaluation referred to in Article 15 (4) were obtained.
Amendment 223 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Where a change regarding the classification and labelling of a substance or a mixture is required other than that referred to in paragraph 1, tThe supplier shall ensure that the label is updated within 18 months after the results ofsupplier has received the new evaluation referred to in Article 15(4) were obtained.
Amendment 225 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 30 – paragraph 3a new
Article 30 – paragraph 3a new
3a. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be applicable to distributers who do not modify the product, its packaging or label.
Amendment 228 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 31 – title
Article 31 – title
Amendment 51 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and the Council28 constitutes the main Union legal instrument on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting the victims of this crime. That Directive sets out a comprehensive framework to address trafficking in human beings by establishing minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions. It also includes common provisions to strengthen prevention and protection of all victims, taking into account the gender perspective. _________________ 28 Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA, OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1–11.
Amendment 52 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Member States should also note that the offence of harbouring described in Article 2(1) also means that the exploited victims are housed at disproportionately high prices in housing that is not proportionate to the rent. Harbouring therefore also means cases where either the trafficker himself or another landlord takes advantage of the ignorance or lack of alternatives of the exploited victims and makes substantial profits from this. Another landlord does not have to be part of the criminal infrastructure of the traffickers. It is sufficient that the landlord takes advantage of the predicaments that the traffickers have brought about.
Amendment 55 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The EU Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings 2021-202529 sets out a policy response adopting a multi- disciplinary and comprehensive approach from prevention through protection of victims, to prosecution and conviction of traffickers. It included a series of actions to be implemented with the strong involvement of civil society organisations. In order to address evolving trends in the area of trafficking in human beings, as well as shortcomings identified by the Commission, and to further step up efforts against this crime, it is necessary, nevertheless, to amend Directive 2011/36/EU. Identified threats and trends, which require the adoption of new rules concern in particular regarding the modi operandi of traffickers, including the commission or facilitation of offences concerning trafficking in human beings by means of information and communication technologies. Identified shortcomings of the criminal law response requiring an adaptation of the legal framework relate to offences concerning trafficking in human beings committed in the interest of legal persons, to the data collection system, and to the national systems aimed at the early identification of, targeted and specialised assistance to and support for victims of trafficking and of the cooperation and coordination at EU level. _________________ 29 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the EU Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings 2021–2025, COM(2021) 171 final, 14.4.2021.
Amendment 70 #
2022/0426(COD)
(5) An increasing number of offences concerning trafficking in human beings is committed or facilitated by means of information or communication technologies. T leading to a sharp increase of victims exploited online. The online dimension has become a significant and growing threat in regards to trafficking in human beings as traffickers use the iInternet and social media inter alia toas a method to establish comprehensive trafficking networks, communicate with other traffickers, recruit, advertise or exploit victims, exercise control and organise transport and accommodations. Internet and social media are also used to distribute exploitative materials. Information technology also hampers timely and geographical detection of the crime and identification of the victims and perpetrators. It is therefore important to explicitly include the online dimension of the crime into the legal frameworkin all its aspects and the linkage between the online and offline dimension of the crime into the legal framework in all its dimensions and to address it from prevention to prosecution.
Amendment 74 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In combatting trafficking in human beings, full use is to be made of existing instruments on the freezing and confiscation of proceeds and instrumentalities of crime, such as Directive EU/XX/YY of the European Parliament and of the Council [Proposed Directive on asset recovery and confiscation]30 . The use of frozen and confiscated instrumentalities and proceeds from the offences referred to in Directive 2011/36/EU to support victims’ assistance and protection, including compensation of victims, should be made a priority. Member States should, to that effect, establish a national victims fund based on the confiscated assets and Union trans- border law enforcement counter-trafficking activities, should be encouraged. _________________ 30 COM (2022) 245.
Amendment 82 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to enhance the national prevention capability to identify victims at an early stage, and to refer them to the appropriate and specialised protection, assistance and support services, it is necessary to establish by laws, regulations or administrative provisions National Referral Mechanisms in the Member States. Establishing formal national referral mechanisms and appointing national focal points for the referral of victims are essential measures to enhance cross-border cooperation and coordination.
Amendment 85 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In order to ensure sufficient protection, support and assistance to potential victims of trafficking, it is necessary to ensure that victims are not charged with administrative or criminal offences or excluded from physical and psychological support measures because of their residence status.
Amendment 89 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) International protection and residence status applications are conditional on the cooperation of the victim with competent authorities to ensure sufficient incentives for collaboration leading to an effective investigation, thus addressing the cynical business of traffickers and ensuring an access point for law enforcement to combat trafficking networks.
Amendment 90 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) Given that 3 out of 4 trafficking cases concern women and that women and men are often trafficked for different purposes, it is important to have a gender- specific approach where appropriate in regards to support and assistance measures.
Amendment 105 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The collection of accurate and coherent data and the timely publication of collected data and statistics are fundamental to ensure full knowledge on the scope of trafficking in human beings within the Union. Introducing a requirement for Member States in cooperation with relevant EU Agencies to collect and report to the Commission statistical data on trafficking in human beings every year in a harmonised way is expected to constitute a relevant step to enhance the general understanding of the phenomenon and to ensure the adoption of data- informed policies and strategies. Due to the importance of having up-to-date statistical data as soon as possible it is appropriate to determine the date of the application of the article on data collection at the earliest point in time, which is the entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 107 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In the light of the Stockholm Programme and with a view to developing a consolidated Union strategy against trafficking in human beings aimed at further strengthening the commitment of, and efforts made, by the Union and the Member States to prevent and combat such trafficking, Member States should, in order to commend the good work done by the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator in coordinating the EU’s response to trafficking in human beings and developing knowledge and findings on the various aspects of trafficking in human beings, including research into the gender dimension and the particular vulnerability of children, facilitate the tasks of an anti- trafficking coordinator, which may include for example improving coordination and coherence, avoiding duplication of effort, between Union institutions and related agencies as well as between Member States and inter-national actors, contributing to the development of existing or new Union policies and strategies relevant to the fight against trafficking in human beings or reporting to the Union institutions.
Amendment 139 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
In Article 2, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. Exploitation shall include, as a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, including begging, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, or the exploitation of criminal activities, or the removal of organs. It shall also include cases of in-person interaction and intimate acts committed remotely through the misuse of information and communication technologies." Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 164 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 7 – Paragraph 2 (new)
Article 7 – Paragraph 2 (new)
In article 7, the following paragraph is added: 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that their competent authorities are entitled to trace, freeze, manage and confiscate, in accordance with Directive EU/XX/YY of the European Parliament and of the Council [Proposed Directive on asset recovery and confiscation]32 , the proceeds derived from, and instrumentalities used or intended to be used for the commission, or contribution to the commission, of the offences referred to in this Directive. 2. Member States shall, in accordance with the basic principles of their legal systems, take the necessary measures to reverse the burden of proof in order to facilitate the freezing and confiscation in cases referred to in Articles 2 and 3. _________________ 32 COM (2022) 245.
Amendment 171 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 8
Article 8
in Article 8, the following paragraphs are added: "1. Member States shall, in accordance with the basic principles of their legal systems, take the necessary measures to ensure that competent national authorities are entitled not to prosecute or impose penalties on victims of trafficking in human beings for their involvement in criminal activities which they have been compelled to commit as a direct consequence of being subjected to any of the acts referred to in Article 2. 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the competent national authorities take decisions referred to in paragraph 1 depending on the efficient cooperation of the victim in the criminal investigation, prosecution or trial, if this conditionality is considered necessary for the prosecution by the competent authorities. 3. In accordance with the principle of non-discrimination, the principle of protection of victims and the right to effective access to justice, Member States shall ensure support and prevention measures apply to all victims in order to avoid their re-victimisation. 4. Member States shall support a close cooperation between law enforcement authorities and competent non-governmental organizations, which have already an established trustful link with European and national law enforcement agencies, in order to support a linkage between victims and law enforcement with regards to the significance of the testimony of victims and their willingness to cooperate for the prosecution of any act referred to in Article 2 and 3." Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 177 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 9
Article 9
Article 9 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall ensure that investigation into or prosecution of offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3 is not dependent on reporting or accusation by a victim or their legal representative and that criminal proceedings may continue even if the victim has withdrawn his or her statement or formal accusation. 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable, where the nature of the act calls for it, the prosecution of an offence referred to in Articles 2 and 3 for a sufficient period of time after the victim has reached the age of majority. 3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that persons, units or services responsible for investigating or prosecuting the offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3 are trained accordingly. , in a gender sensitive way. 4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that effective investigative tools, such as those which are used in organised crime or other serious crime cases are available to persons, units or services responsible for investigating or prosecuting the offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3. 5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that penalties caused by an offence referred to in Articles 2 and 3 are reduced in case of a user’s voluntary willingness to cooperate in the investigation. 6. Member States shall, in accordance with the basic principles of their legal systems, take the necessary measures to ensure that competent national authorities are entitled not to prosecute or impose penalties for an offence referred to in Article 18a (1), if the accused person is cooperating with the authorities and the testimony given is of substantial value for the prosecution of offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3." Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 182 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 d (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
In Article 11, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that assistance and support are provided to victims before, during and for an appropriate period of time after the conclusion of criminal proceedings in order to enable them to exercise the rights set out in Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA, and in this Directive. in a child and gender sensitive approach. This assistance and support should be available even if the victim does not want to pursue charges." Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 184 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 e (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 e (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
In Article 11, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a person is provided with specialised physical and psychological assistance and support as soon as the competent authorities have a reasonable-grounds indication for believing that the person might have been subjected to any of the offences referred to in Articles 2 and 3. " Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 197 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In Article 11, the following paragraph is inserted: Member States shall ensure that victims of human trafficking can claim international protection or similar forms of protection provided by national legislation where the willingness of victims to cooperate with national law enforcements is sufficiently assessed.
Amendment 202 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 f (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 f (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
In Article 11, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: "5. The assistance and support measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be provided on a consensual and informed basis, and shall include at least standards of living capable of ensuring victims’ subsistence through measures such as the provision of appropriate and safe accommodation and material assistance, as well as necessary medical treatment including psychological assistance, counselling and information, and translation and interpretation services where appropriate. , together with providing the resources for their economic and social recovery through access to training and employment. As for child victims, they should have access to specialised child protection and support services, including child friendly shelters and facilities." Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 219 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 g (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 g (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
In Article 16, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the specific actions to assist and support child victims of trafficking in human beings, as referred to in Article 14(1), take due account of the personal and special circumstances of the unaccompanied child victim. Law enforcement authorities should be adequately trained for assisting and supporting unaccompanied minors." Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 221 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 h (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 h (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Amendment 230 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 i (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 i (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
In Article 18, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall take appropriate measures, such as education and training, with a specific attention to the online dimension, to discourage and reduce the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation related to trafficking in human beings. " Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 233 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 j (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 j (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
In Article 18, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Member States shall take appropriate action, including through the Internet, such as information and awareness-raising campaigns, research and education programmes, for potential victims, specifically targeted at women and girls and potential users, promotion of digital literacy and skills, in a gender sensitive and child friendly way and where appropriate in cooperation with relevant civil society organisations and other stakeholders such as online platforms, aimed at raising awareness and reducing the risk of people, especially children, becoming victims of trafficking in human beings. " Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 240 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 k (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 k (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
In Article 18, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. Member States shall promote regular specialised training for officials likely to come into contact with victims or potential victims of trafficking in human beings, including front-line police officers, judges, welfare officers, social workers and hospital workers aimed at enabling them to identify and deal with victims and potential victims of trafficking in human beings. " Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 271 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 l (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 l (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 19
Article 19
Article 19 is replaced by the following: "Member States shall take the necessary measures to establish national rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms. The tasks of such mechanisms shall include the carrying out of assessments of trends in trafficking in human beings, the measuring of results of anti-trafficking actions, including the gathering of statistics in close cooperation with relevant civil society organisations active in this field, and reporting. The information and data shall be collected in cooperation with the relevant EU agencies to ensure efficient cross-border collaboration." Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 274 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 19 a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 a – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The data collection shall be done in cooperation with relevant EU agencies.
Amendment 293 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 m (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 m (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 20
Article 20
Article 20 is replaced by the following: "In order to contribute to a coordinated and consolidated Union strategy against trafficking in human beings, Member States shall facilitate the tasks of an anti- trafficking coordinator (ATC). In particular, Member States shall transmit to the ATC the information referred to in Article 19, and the data referred to in 19a, on the basis of which the ATC shall contribute to reporting carried out by the Commission every two years on the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human beings. " Or. en (32011L0036)
Amendment 77 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) This Regulation concerns the recognition in a Member State of the parenthood of a child as established in another Member State. It aims to protect the fundamental rights and other rights of children in matters concerning their parenthood in cross-border situations, including their right to an identity31 , to non-discrimination32 and to a private and family life33 , taking the best interests of the child as a primary consideration34 . This Regulation also aims to provide legal certainty and predictability and to reduce litigation costs and burden for families, national courts and other competent authorities in connection with proceedings for the recognition of parenthood in another Member State. To attain these aims, this Regulation should require Member States to recognise for all purposes the parenthood of a child as established in another Member State. Facilitating the regulatory framework to recognise parenthood in all EU countries is primarily in the best interest of the child so as to ensure children’s right to identity, nationality, non-discrimination and succession and maintenance rights are protected across the EU. _________________ 31 Article 8 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 32 Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. 33 Article 9 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Articles 7 and 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. 34 Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 81 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Under the Treaties, the competence to adopt substantive rules on family law, such as rules on the definition of family and rules on the establishment of the parenthood of a child, lies with the Member States. However, pursuant to Article 81(3) TFEU, the Union can adopt measures concerning family law with cross-border implications, in particular rules on international jurisdiction, on applicable law and on the recognition of parenthood. Measures to recognise parenthood in all EU countries are an important part of strengthening, facilitating and encouraging free movement within the EU, including the right to return back to the Member State of origin and continue the life that was built while away.
Amendment 83 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In conformity with the Union’s competence to adopt measures on family law with cross-border implications, the 2010 ‘European Council Stockholm programme – An open and secure Europe serving and protecting citizens’40 invited the Commission to consider the problems encountered with regard to civil status documents and the access to registers of such documents and, in the light of its findings, to submit appropriate proposals and consider whether the mutual recognition of the effects of civil status documents could be appropriate, at least in certain areas. The Commission Action Plan Implementing the Stockholm Programme41 envisaged a legislative proposal for dispensing with the formalities for the legalisation of documents between Member States and a legislative proposal on the mutual recognition of the effects of certain civil status documents, including as regards birth, parenthood and adoption. Points out that findings could serve to remedy the lack of existing legal protections which have even culminated in European children, including girls, being rendered stateless and denied equal treatment. _________________ 40 OJ C 115 of 4.5.2010, p. 1. 41 COM(2010) 171 final.
Amendment 85 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) While the Union has competence to adopt measures on family law with cross- border implications such as rules on international jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition of parenthood between Member States, to date the Union has not adopted provisions in those areas as regards parenthood. The Member States’ provisions currently applicable in these areas differ. In order to increase the safety of children and to make it easier for families to live in the EU, it is of great importance that the Union adopts regulations that make parenthood legal across national borders as a prerequisite for gender equality.
Amendment 87 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) As a result of the absence of Union provisions on international jurisdiction and applicable law for the establishment of parenthood in cross-border situations and on the recognition of parenthood between Member States, families may encounter difficulties in having the parenthood of their children recognised for all purposes within the Union, including when they move to another Member State or return to their Member State of origin. All families, regardless of how they came about, must have the right to be a family on equal terms in society as a means of promoting gender equality.
Amendment 89 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Children derive a number of rights from parenthood, including the right to an identity, a name, nationality (where governed by ius sanguinis), custody and access rights by their parents, maintenance rights, succession rights and the right to be legally represented by their parents. The non-recognition in a Member State of the parenthood established in another Member State can have serious adverse consequences on children’s fundamental rights and on the rights that they derive from national law. This may prompt families to start litigation to have the parenthood of their child recognised in another Member State, although those proceedings have uncertain results and involve significant time and costs for both families and the Member States’ judicial systems. Ultimately, families may be deterred from exercising their right to free movement for fear that the parenthood of their child will not be recognised in another Member State for the purposes of rights derived from national law. To allow families to fall outside the system on which society is built, is to discriminate against children and their families: their rights to security and dignity must be upheld. To deny some families the right to exist is to deny them of the dignity of the individual and is contrary to our European way of life and the promotion of gender equality.
Amendment 91 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In 2020 the Commission announced measures47 to ensure that the parenthood established in a Member State would be recognised in all other Member States. This initiative was included in the 2020 EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy48 and the 2021 EU Strategy on the rights of the child49 as a key action to support equality and the rights of children. The European Parliament welcomed the Commission’s initiative in its 2021 Resolution on LGBTIQ rights in the EU50 and in its 2022 Resolution on the protection of the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings51 . In the European Union, both parenthood, civil union and marriage between people of all genders recognised in one EU country should be recognised throughout the EU. _________________ 47 State of the Union Address by Commission President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary, 20 September 2020. 48 Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025, COM(2020) 698 final. 49 EU Strategy on the rights of the child, COM(2021) 142 final. 50 European Parliament resolution of 14 September 2021 on LGBTIQ rights in the EU (2021/2679(RSP)). 51 European Parliament resolution of 5 April 2022 on the protection of the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings (2021/2060(INI)).
Amendment 92 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Women, girls and all other childrens’ right to free movement is impinged if the whole family unit is not recognised. This Regulation should not affect the rights that a child derives from Union law, in particular the rights that a child enjoys under Union law on free movement, including Directive 2004/38/EC. For instance, Member States must already today recognise a parent-child relationship for the purposes of permitting children to exercise, with each of their two parents, the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States without impediment, and to exercise all the rights that the child derives from Union law. This Regulation does not provide for any additional conditions or requirements for the exercise of such rights.
Amendment 95 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989 ('UN Convention on the Rights of the Child') requires States Parties to respect and ensure the rights of children without discrimination of any kind, and to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or punishment on the basis of the circumstances of the child's parents. Under Article 3 of the said Convention, in all actions by, amongst others, courts and administrative authorities, the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration. Children should never be punished or discriminated against because of what the child's family constellation looks like or how the family originated.
Amendment 97 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 4 November 1950 (‘European Convention of Human Rights’) lays down the right to respect for private and family life, while Article 1 of Protocol No. 12 to the said Convention provides that the enjoyment of any right set forth by law must be secured without discrimination on any ground, including birth. The European Court of Human Rights has interpreted Article 8 of the Convention as requiring all States within its jurisdiction to recognise the legal parent-child relationship established abroad between a child born out of surrogacy and the biological intended parent, and to provide for a mechanism for the recognition in law of the parent-child relationship with the non-biological intended parent (for example through the adoption of the child)54 . It is of great importance to the European way of life that the European Union facilitates the recognition of parentage regardless of how the child was born or what the child's family looks like, such as the gender of the parents and without any special procedure being required. _________________ 54 For example, Mennesson v. France (Application no 65192/11, Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 26 June 2014) and Advisory Opinion P16- 2018-001 (Request no. P16-2018-001, Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 10 April 2019).
Amendment 99 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Court of Justice has confirmed that the essential characteristics of Union law have given rise to a structured network of principles, rules and mutually interdependent legal relations linking the Union and its Member States, and its Member States with each other. This legal structure is based on the fundamental premiss that each Member State shares with all the other Member States, and recognises that they share with it, a set of common values on which the Union is founded, as stated in Article 2 TEU. That premiss implies and justifies the existence of mutual trust between the Member States that those values will be recognised. In accordance with the principle of mutual recognition, parenthood established in one Member State shall also be recognised in other Member States without any special procedure being required irrespective of the gender of the parents.
Amendment 101 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Pursuant to Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (‘TEU’), equality and non-discrimination are amongst the values on which the Union is founded and which are common to the Member States. Article 21 of the Charter prohibits discrimination on grounds of, amongst others, birth. Article 3 TEU and Article 24 of the Charter provide for the protection of the rights of the child, and Article 7 of the Charter provides for everyone’s right to respect for their private and family life. Children's rights must never be discriminated against because of how the child was born or what the child's family composition looks like.
Amendment 106 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To achieve its aims, it is necessary and appropriate for this Regulation to bring together common rules on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition or, as the case may be, acceptance of court decisions and authentic instruments on parenthood, regardless of how the child came into being or what the family constellation looks like, as well as rules on the creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood in a Union legal instrument which is binding and directly applicable.
Amendment 109 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) For the purposes of this Regulation, parenthood, also referred to as filiation, may be biologic, genetic, by adoption or by operation of law. Also for the purposes of this Regulation, parenthood should mean the parent-child relationship established in law, and should cover the legal status of being the child of a particular parent or parents. This Regulation should cover the parenthood established in a Member State of both minors and adults, including a deceased child and a child not yet born, whether to a single parent, a de facto couple, a married couple or a couple in a relationship which, under the law applicable to such relationship, has comparable effects, such as a registered partnership. This Regulation should apply regardless of the nationality of the child whose parenthood is to be established, and regardless of the nationality of the parents of the child. This regulation should apply regardless of how the child came into being or what the family constellation looks like. The term ‘parent’ in this Regulation should be understood, as applicable, as referring to the legal parent, the intended parent, the person who claims to be a parent or the person in respect of whom the child claims parenthood.
Amendment 113 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The requirements for the recording of parenthood in a register should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation. It should therefore be the law of the Member State in which the register is kept that should determine under what legal conditions and how the recording must be carried out, and which authorities are in charge of checking that all requirements are met and that the documentation presented or established is sufficient or contains the necessary information. In order to avoid duplication of documents, the national registration authorities should accept the documents drawn up in another Member State by the competent authorities whose circulation is provided for by this Regulation. In particular, the European Certificate of Parenthood issued under this Regulation should constitute a valid document for the recording of parenthood in a register of a Member State. As the procedure for the issuance of the European Certificate of Parenthood and its contents and effects should be uniform in all Member States as set out in this Regulation, and the European Certificate of Parenthood should be issued in conformity with the rules on jurisdiction and applicable law laid down in this Regulation, the authorities involved in the registration should not require that the European Certificate of Parenthood be first transposed into a national document on parenthood. This should not preclude the authorities involved in the registration from confirming the conditions necessary to establish the authenticity of the European Certificate of Parenthood or from asking the person applying for registration to provide such additional information, in a way that does not add bureaucratic burden, as required under the law of the Member State in which the register is kept, provided that information is not already included in the European Certificate of Parenthood. The competent authority may indicate to the person applying for registration how the missing information can be provided. The effects of recording the parenthood in a register (for example, depending on the national law, whether registration establishes parenthood or only provides evidence of the parenthood already established) should also be excluded from the scope of this Regulation and be determined by the law of the Member State in which the register is kept. The document obtained by the parents should be available in all EU official languages to ensure and guarantee comprehension by the respective national authorities and that the language used should be gender inclusive.
Amendment 119 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) Proceedings on the establishment of parenthood under this Regulation should, as a basic principle, provide children below the age of 18 years who are subject to those proceedings and who are capable of forming their own views, in accordance with the case law of the Court of Justice, with a genuine and effective opportunity to express their views and, when assessing the best interests of the child, due weight should be given to those views. This Regulation should, however, leave the question of who will hear the child and how the child will be heard to be determined by the national law and procedure of the Member States. In addition, while remaining a right of the child, hearing the child should not constitute an absolute obligation although it should be assessed taking into account the best interests of the child. t is already an established concept that all EU countries recognise that children have the right to a personal relationship and direct contact with both parents whatever their gender may be, even if the parents live in different countries. In addition, while remaining a right of the child, hearing the child should not constitute an absolute obligation although it should be assessed taking into account the best interests of the child. Notes that the national, local or other administrative court shall decide in the best interests of the child on parent’s (irrespective of their gender) custody rights, visiting arrangements and determine the child's place of residence.
Amendment 121 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) By way of exception, where the law applicable as a rule results in the establishment of parenthood as regards only one parent (for example, only the genetic parent in a same-sex couple), either of two subsidiary laws, namely the law of the State of nationality of either parent or the law of the State of birth of the child, may be applied to establish parenthood as regards the second parent (for example, the non-genetic parent in a same-sex couple). Given that, in those cases, both the parenthood as regards one parent and the parenthood as regards the other parent would be established in accordance with one of the laws designated as applicable by this Regulation, the parenthood as regards each parent, including where established by the authorities of different Member States, should be recognised in all other Member States under the rules of this Regulation where the parenthood as regards each parent has been established by the authorities of a Member State whose courts have jurisdiction under this Regulation. Simplifying the processes for recognising parenthood for same-sex couples in the European Union is in the best interest of the children and their families regardless of the family’s gender composition.
Amendment 123 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) Considerations of public interest should allow courts and other competent authorities establishing parenthood in the Member States to disregard, in exceptional circumstances, certain provisions of a foreign law where, in a given case, applying such provisions would be manifestly incompatible with the public policy (ordre public) of the Member State concerned. However, the courts or other competent authorities should not be able to apply the public policy exception in order to set aside the law of another State when doing so would be contrary to the Charter and, in particular, Article 21 thereof, which prohibits discrimination. Underlines that EU member states need to recognise a parent-child relationship for the purposes of permitting a child to exercise without impediment, with each parent, the right to move and reside freely within the territory of all the member states as guaranteed in Article 21(1) Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the application of which is key to ensuring gender equality.
Amendment 127 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) Mutual trust in the administration of justice in the Union justifies the principle that court decisions establishing parenthood in a Member State should be recognised in all Member States without the need for any recognition procedure, as it is important to avoid unnecessary administration that delays the procedure which would divert valuable time away from promoting gender equality. In particular, when presented with a court decision given in another Member State establishing parenthood that can no longer be challenged in the Member State of origin, the competent authorities of the requested Member State should recognise the court decision by operation of law without any special procedure being required and update the records on parenthood in the relevant register accordingly.
Amendment 130 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) The recognition in a Member State of court decisions on parenthood matters given in another Member State should be based on the principle of mutual trust. Therefore, the grounds for non-recognition should be kept to the minimum in the light of the underlying aim of this Regulation, which is to facilitate the recognition of parenthood and to protect effectively children’s rights and the best interests of the child in cross-border situations. All families, regardless of how they came about, must have the right to be a family irrespective of the gender composition on equal terms in society.
Amendment 131 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) Authentic instruments which have no binding legal effect in the Member State of origin but which have evidentiary effects in that Member State should have the same evidentiary effects in another Member State as they have in the Member State of origin, or the most comparable effects. When determining the evidentiary effects of such an authentic instrument in another Member State or the most comparable effects, reference should be made to the nature and the scope of the evidentiary effects of the authentic instrument in the Member State of origin. The evidentiary effects which such an authentic instrument should have in another Member State will therefore depend on the law of the Member State of origin. Notes that evidentiary effects should not be hindered by linguistic barriers and that language in all documents shall be gender inclusive.
Amendment 136 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) In order for the recognition of the parenthood established in a Member State to be settled speedily, smoothly and efficiently, children or their parent(s) should be able to demonstrate easily the children’s status in another Member State. It is an important step to reduce bureaucracy and increase access to free movement in the European Union as a means of promoting gender equality. To enable them to do so, this Regulation should provide for the creation of a uniform certificate, the European Certificate of Parenthood, to be issued for use in another Member State. In order to respect the principle of subsidiarity, the European Certificate of Parenthood should not take the replace of internal documents which may exist for similar purposes in the Member States.
Amendment 137 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
Recital 77
(77) The authority that issues the European Certificate of Parenthood should have regard to the formalities required for the registration of parenthood in the Member State in which the register is kept. The authority should facilitate and work for minimal administrative burden for the families of all gender compositions who apply for the declaration. For that purpose, this Regulation should provide for an exchange of information on such formalities between the Member States.
Amendment 138 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 99 a (new)
Recital 99 a (new)
(99a) Underlines that the lack of parental recognition can ensure harmful ramifications for children within families in all their diversity, such as depriving them of their rightful succession, or their right to have any one of their parents act as their legal representative in matters such as medical treatments, childcare and education.
Amendment 139 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 99 b (new)
Recital 99 b (new)
(99b) Underscores how some types of families often face a burden in establishing filiation through court systems and the legal costs that such a process entails. Whereas having legal certainty on recognition will reduce serious concerns and problems that some families face when traveling or moving in the EU.
Amendment 140 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 99 c (new)
Recital 99 c (new)
(99c) The parents' gender should not be an obstacle to the child's right to guardianship. The fact that children of same-sex parents fall outside the social system creates legal uncertainty, and the children's rights must be guaranteed. LGBTI families have the same rights to move freely across international borders as any other family.
Amendment 141 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 99 d (new)
Recital 99 d (new)
(99d) The woman must always have the right to decide over her own body, also in the case of altruistic surrogacy.
Amendment 153 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall be applied by the courts and other competent authorities of the Member States in observance of the fundamental rights and principles laid down in the Charter, in particular Article 21 thereof on the right to non- discrimination, as long as the aforementioned Member State courts have not been found to infringe EU rule of law including in cases of LGBTI homophobia, or do not meet the standards for judicial independence.
Amendment 166 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 48 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) another authority which, under national law, has competence to deal with parenthood matters which is recognised and approved by European regulators.
Amendment 167 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 – point h
Article 49 – paragraph 3 – point h
(h) any other relevant information which the applicant deems useful for the purposes of the issuance of the Certificate.
Amendment 168 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
(ha) the certificate shall be available in all EU official languages and braille as well as be gender inclusive.
Amendment 171 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 55 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The issuing authority shall in cases of name changes comply with the national law and issue new certificates with all requested legal name changes regardless of gender.
Amendment 172 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The challenge shall be lodged before a court in the Member State of the issuing authority in accordance with the law of that Member State and where applicable in cooperation with national equality bodies.
Amendment 236 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. In addition to the labelling requirements laid down in Article 11, Member States may provide for further labelling requirements, for the purpose of identifying the extended producer responsibility scheme or a deposit and return system other than those referred to in Article 44(1). This does not apply to micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3), first half-sentence.
Amendment 267 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Packaging should be designed, manufactured and commercialised in such a way as to allow for its re-use or high- quality recycling, and to minimise its impact on the environment during its entire life-cycle and the life cycle of products, for which it was designed. A deviation from Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC may be justified correspondingly, for example with regard to the use of readily recyclable single-use packaging instead of reusable packaging.
Amendment 357 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
For reusable packaging, the assessment of compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph 1 shall take into account the function of reusable packaging as referred to in Article 10. Micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3) first half-sentence are exempt from the obligations in this paragraph.
Amendment 360 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph 1 shall be demonstrated in the technical information concerning the packaging referred to in Annex VII. Micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3) first half-sentence are exempt from the obligations in this paragraph.
Amendment 369 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where Union legislation requires information on the packaged product to be provided via a data carrier, a single data carrier shall be used for providing the information required for both the packaged product and the packaging. The obligations referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 shall not apply to micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(1), first half- sentence.
Amendment 372 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(9a) The obligations referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 shall not apply to micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3), first half-sentence.
Amendment 375 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the manufacturer and the importer have complied with the requirements set out in Article 13(5) and (6) and Article 16(3) respectively. These inspection obligations do not apply to micro- enterprises as defined in Article 22(3), 1st half-sentence.
Amendment 466 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) To increase their effectiveness and ensure the equal treatment of economic operators, the re-use and refill targets should be placed on the economic operators with the possibility of exceptions in accordance with Art. 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC if, according to a life cycle assessment, the use of easily recyclable single-use packaging is more environmentally beneficial than the use of reusable packaging. In cases of targets for beverages, they should be additionally placed also on the manufacturers, as these actors are able to control the packaging formats used for the products they offer. The targets should be calculated as a percentage of sales in reusable packaging within a system for re- use or through refill or, in case of transport packaging, as a percentage of uses. The targets should be material neutral. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of targets for re-use and refill, the power to adopt an implementing act in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty on the methodology for their calculation, should be delegated to the Commission.
Amendment 473 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) Certain uses of single use transport packaging formats are not necessary, as there is a wide range of well-functioning reusable alternatives. In order to ensure that such alternatives are effectively used, it is appropriate to require economic operators, when transporting products between different sites of the same economic operator or between the economic operator and the linked or partner enterprises, to use only reusable transport packaging with respect to packaging formats such as pallets, foldable plastic boxes, plastic crates, intermediate bulk containers, both rigid and flexible, or drums. The same obligation should, for the same reasons, apply to economic operators transporting products within one Member State. Exceptions should be possible if, according to a life cycle assessment, the use of easily recyclable single-use packaging is more beneficial to the environment than the use of reusable packaging.
Amendment 479 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70
Recital 70
(70) Achieving re-use and refill targets can be challenging for smaller economic operators. Therefore, certain economic operators should be exempted from the obligation to meet the packaging re-use targets if they place less than a certain volume of packaging on the market, or fulfil the definition of micro-company under Commission Recommendation 2003/36160, or have the sales area, including all storage and dispatch areas, under a certain surface limit. The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to establish re-use and refill targets for other products, to lay down further exemptions for other economic operators or to exempt specific packaging formats covered by the reuse or refill targets in case of severe hygiene, food safety or environmental issues preventing the achievement of these targets. The Commission should also establish requirements for the preparation of life cycle assessments according to which exemptions from the obligation to use reusable packaging pursuant to Art. 4(2) Directive 2008/98/EC can be justified. _________________ 60 Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (notified under document number C(2003) 1422) (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
Amendment 531 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 103
Recital 103
(103) Deposit and return systems should be obligatory for single use plastic beverage bottles and metal beverage containers. Member States might also decide to include other packaging in these systems, in particular single use glass bottles, andiming to complement existing collection schemes in an ecological sense regarding resource efficiency and environmental protection. Member States should ensure that deposit and return systems for single-use packaging formats, in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, are equally available for reusable packaging, where technically and economically feasible. They should consider establishing deposit and return systems also for reusable packaging. In such situations, a Member State should be allowed, while observing the general rules laid down in the Treaty and complying with the provisions set out in this Regulation, adopt provisions which go beyond the minimum requirements set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 537 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 103 a (new)
Recital 103 a (new)
(103a) Single use packaging made from paper, cardboard, and carton shall be given priority status in this Regulation as compared to single use plastic packaging, in light of their significantly lower enviornmental impact.
Amendment 545 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 108
Recital 108
(108) As a specific packaging waste generation prevention measure, Member States should actively encourage the re-use and refill solutions, unless the use of easily recyclable single-use packaging proves to be the better option according to a life cycle assessment. They should support the establishment of systems for re-use and refill and monitor their functioning and compliance with the hygiene standards. Member States are encouraged to take also other measures, such as setting up deposit and return systems covering reusable packaging formats, using economic incentives or establishing requirements for final distributors to make available a certain percentage of other products than those covered by re-use and refill targets in reusable packaging or through refill provided that such requirements will not result in fragmentation of single market and creation of trade barriers.
Amendment 555 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. Producers shall be obliged to register in the register referred to in paragraph 1. They shall, to that end, submit an application for registration in each Member State where they make packaging available on the market for the first time. Micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3) first half-sentence 1 are exempted. Where a producer has appointed a producer responsibility organisation as referred to in Article 41(1), the obligations set out in this Article shall be met by that organisation, unless otherwise specified by the Member State in which the register is established.
Amendment 584 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3) first half-sentence are exempt from the obligations set forth in paragraphs 1 to 3.
Amendment 679 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 31
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 31
(31) ‘design for recycling’ means design of packaging, including individual components of packaging, in order to ensure its recyclability with state-of-the-art collection, sorting and recycling processes, giving priority to mechanical recycling processes;
Amendment 907 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Point (a) shall apply from [OP: Please insert the date = 36 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] 1 January 2030 and point (e) shall apply at the latest from 1 January 2035.
Amendment 931 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Recyclable pPackaging shall, from 1 January 2030,[OP: Please insert the date = 36 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] comply with the design for recycling criteria as laid down in the delegated acts, based on established guidelines, adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 and, from 1 January 2035, also with the recyclability at scale requirements laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 6. Where such packaging complies with those delegated acts, it shall be considered to comply with paragraph 2, points (a) and (e).
Amendment 948 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1333 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 11 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. By 31 December 2026, the Commission shall publish a report assessing: (a) the possibility to introduce new bio- based feedstock targets for plastic packaging; (b) requirements for bio-based feedstock;the Commission shall consider the existing sustainable criteria laid down in Article 29 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 when assessing requirements for non- fossil bio-based feedstock. 2.Based on the assessment set out in the report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to supplement this Regulation in order to: (a) establish bio-based targets used in plastic packaging; (b) establish sustainability requirements for bio-based feedstocks to be eligible to contribute towards the targets.
Amendment 1338 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Amendment 1346 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: please insert the date = 24 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and very lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio- waste treatment facilities.
Amendment 1645 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligations mentioned in (a) and (b) if they comply with the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises in accordance with the rules set out in the Commission Recommendation 2003/361.
Amendment 1687 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Economic operators using sales packaging as e-commerce packaging or reusable packaging as e-commerce or transport shall be exempted from the obligation laid down in paragraph 1. They shall nevertheless ensure that such sales packaging complies with the requirements in Article 9.
Amendment 1784 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1800 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1829 #
2022/0396(COD)
Amendment 1864 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1892 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1915 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1952 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point b
Amendment 1956 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
This obligation does not apply to food businesses as defined in Article 3, point (2), of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, which are engaged in logistics and wholesale B2B distribution and large scale industrial production and processing.
Amendment 1968 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b
Amendment 1983 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point a
(a) from 1 January 20305 years after publication of the implementing acts pursuant to Article 27 (4), 10 % of such packaging used is reusable packaging within a system for re- use;
Amendment 1993 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point b
Amendment 2023 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point b
Amendment 2057 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
This obligation applies to pallets, boxes, excluding cardboard, trays, plastic crates, intermediate bulk containers, drums and canisters, of all sizes and materials, excluding cardboard and including flexible formats.
Amendment 2081 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 13 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 13 – subparagraph 2
This obligation applies to pallets, boxes, excluding cardboard, plastic crates intermediate bulk containers, and drumplastic crates, of all sizes and materials, excluding cardboard, including flexible formats.
Amendment 2102 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 14 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligation to meet targets in paragraphs 1 to 10, if they use single-use packaging that fulfils the criteria of high quality recycling.
Amendment 2107 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15
Article 26 – paragraph 15
15. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets in paragraphs 2 to 6 if, during a calendar year, they have a sales area of not more than 100 m2, including also all storage and dispatch areas and if it is not technically feasible to use reusable packaging or to obtain access to the infrastructure necessary for the functioning of a re-use system.
Amendment 2117 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets in this article when duly justified by concerns related to public health, food hygiene and safety, product integrity or environmental issues.
Amendment 2121 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15 b (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets in this article if, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC, they can show that alternative packaging formats deliver a better overall environmental outcome justified by life-cycle thinking, as well as a better overall economic and human health impact.
Amendment 2126 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15 c (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets in this article for specific packaging formats if, by 2025 and for at least three consecutive calendar years, the Member State in which they operate has already attained the recycling target of the respective packaging material set for 2030, as required under article 46(1) point (d).
Amendment 2133 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point a
Amendment 2145 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point c
Amendment 2150 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point c a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point c a (new)
(ca) requirements for the preparation of a life cycle assessment to justify an exemption for economic operators from the obligation to meet targets in paragraphs 1 to 10.
Amendment 2216 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall reduce the packaging waste generated per capita, as compared to the packaging waste generated per capita in 2018the year of entry into force of this Regulation as reported to the Commission in accordance with Decision 2005/270/EC, for each of the different materials contained in packaging waste detailed in Article 46, by
Amendment 2251 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. For the purpose of paragraph 2, Member States may useintroduce more stringent protective measures than those provided for by this Regulation as long as they are compatible with the Treaties. Such measures may include but are not limited to the use of economic instruments and other measures to provide incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy, such as measures referred to in Annexes IV and IVa to Directive 2008/98/EC, or other appropriate instruments and measures, including incentives through extended producer responsibility schemes and requirements on producers or producer responsibility organisations to adopt waste prevention plans. Such measuresThey shall be proportionate and non-discriminatory and be designed so as to avoid barriers to trade or distortions of competition in conformity with the Treaty.
Amendment 218 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission should regularly review the scientific evidence related to pollutants, their effects on human health and the environment and technological development. To cost-effectively mitigate emissions of air pollutants, best available technologies should be included. Based on the review, the Commission should assess whether applicable air quality standards are still appropriate to achieve the objectives of this Directive. The first review should be carried out by 31/12/2028 to assess whether air quality standards need to be updated based on the latest scientific information.
Amendment 234 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to protect human health and the environment as a whole, it is particularly important to combat emissions of pollutants at source and to identify and implement the most effective emission reduction measures at local, national and Union level , in particular when it comes to emissions from agriculture, industries, transport, heating and energy generation . Therefore, emissions of harmful air pollutants should be avoided, prevented or reduced and appropriate standards set for ambient air quality taking into account relevant World Health Organization standards, guidelines and programm. Member States shall consider the cost-effectiveness of measures and the best available technologies available for the mitigation of pollutants at the source, such as filtering technologies, when identifying emission reduction measures.
Amendment 244 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The average exposure of the population to the pollutants with the highest documented impact on human health, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), should be reduced based on WHO recommendations. This could be done by using best available technologies as identified by the 2022 EU Clean Air Tech Hub report.To this end, an average exposure reduction obligation should be introduced for these pollutants, in addition to limit values.
Amendment 249 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Fitness Check of the Ambient Air Quality Directives (Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC)45has shown that limit values are more effective in bringing down pollutant concentrations than target values. With the aim of minimising harmful effects on human health, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups and sensitive populations, and the environment limit values should be set for the concentration of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, lead, benzene, carbon monoxide, arsenic, cadmium, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and target values for cadmium, arsenic and nickelin ambient air . Benzo(a)pyrene should be used as a marker for the carcinogenic risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air. _________________ 45 Fitness check of the Ambient Air Quality Directives of 28 November 2019 (SWD(2019) 427 final).
Amendment 298 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive sets out a zerolow pollution objective for air quality, so that within the Union air quality is progressively improved to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and natural ecosystems, as defined by scientific evidence, thus contributing to a toxic-free environment at the latest by 2050.
Amendment 315 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive sets intermediate limit values, target values, average exposure reduction obligations, average exposure concentration objectives, critical levels, information thresholds, alert thresholds and long-term objectives (‘air quality standards’) to be met by the year 20305, and regularly reviewed thereafter in accordance with Article 3.
Amendment 334 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 202833, and every 510 years thereafter, and more often if substantial new scientific findings point to the need for it, the Commission shall review the scientific evidence related to air pollutants and their effects on human health and the environment relevant to achieving the objective set in Article 1 and present a report with the main findings to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 350 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In order to achieve the objectives set in Article 1, the review shall assess whether this Directive needs to be revised with a view to ensuring alignment withpproximation towards the World Health Organization (WHO) Air Quality Guidelines and the latest scientific information.
Amendment 356 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) latest scientific information from WHO and other relevant organisations,
Amendment 371 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point d a (new)
(d a) the proportionality of implementation measures,
Amendment 405 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) ‘contributions from natural sources’ means emissions of pollutants not caused directly or indirectly by human activities, including natural events such as volcanic eruptions, seismic activities, geothermal activities, wild-land fires, high-wind events, sea sprays or the atmospheric re- suspension or transport of natural particles from dry regions; emissions caused by indirect human activities shall be counted as emissions from natural sources;
Amendment 414 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)
(39 a) 'Average exposure' means the environmental pollution to which the population in a definable area is exposed over the respective averaging period.
Amendment 432 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall review the classification referred to in paragraph 1 at least every 510 years in accordance with the procedure laid down in this paragraph . However, classifications shall be reviewed more frequently in the event of significant changes in activities emitting air pollutants and modifying the result to the ambient concentrations of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), lead, benzene, carbon monoxide , arsenic, cadmium, nickel, benzo(a)pyrene or ozone .
Amendment 468 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. In zones where the levels of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter ( PM10 and PM2.5), lead, benzene, carbon monoxide , arsenic, cadmium, nickel and benzo(a)pyrene in ambient air are below the respective limit values specified in Section 1 of Annex I , Member States shall maintain the levels of those pollutants below the limit values . These limit values shall only apply from 2035 onwards and it has to be ensured that the costs are proportionate to the measures that are necessary.
Amendment 475 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. In zones in which ozone, arsenic, cadmium and nickel levels are below the ozone target value Member States shall take necessary measures to maintain those levels below the ozone target value and endeavour to attain the long-term objectives specified in Section 2 of Annex I , in so far as factors including the transboundary nature of ozone pollution and meteorological conditions so permit, and provided that any necessary measures do not entail a disproportionate cost.
Amendment 480 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall endeavour to achieve and preserve the best ambient air quality and a high level of environmental and human health protection , in line with the air quality guidelines published by the WHO and below the assessment thresholds laid down in Annex II through proportionate measures and costs.
Amendment 487 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, throughout their zones , levels of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter ( PM10 and PM2.5), lead, benzene, carbon monoxide , arsenic, cadmium, nickel and benzo(a)pyrene in ambient air, do not exceed the limit values laid down in Section 1 of Annex I. These limit values shall only apply from 2035 onwards and it has to be ensured that the costs are proportionate to the measures that are necessary.
Amendment 490 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2.. For ozone, arsenic, cadmium and nickel Member States shall ensure, by taking all necessary measures not entailing disproportionate costs, that throughout the zone levels do not exceed the ozone target values , as laid down in Section 2, Point B, of Annex I .
Amendment 495 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the average exposure reduction obligations for PM2.5 and NO2 laid down in Section 5, Point B, of Annex I, are met throughout their territorial units at NUTS 1 level, where they exceed the average exposure concentration objectives set out in Section 5, Point C, of Annex I. taking into acount proportionality between measures and costs.
Amendment 507 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that information about actual or predicted exceedances of any alert threshold or information threshold is provided to the public as soon as possible in accordance with, points 2 and 3 of Annex IX.
Amendment 509 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States may shall, for a given year, identify :
Amendment 510 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) zones where exceedances of limit values for a given pollutant are attributable to natural sources and to indirect human activities; and
Amendment 516 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide the Commission with lists of any such zones and NUTS 1 territorial units, as referred to in paragraph 1, together with information on concentrations and sources and the evidence demonstrating that the exceedances are attributable to natural sources and to indirect human activities.
Amendment 519 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission has been informed of an exceedance attributable to natural sources and to indirect human activities in accordance with paragraph 2, that exceedance shall not be considered as an exceedance for the purposes of this Directive.
Amendment 528 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where, in a given zone , conformity with the limit values for particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), sulphur dioxode (SO2) or nitrogen dioxide cannot be achieved by the deadline specified in Table 1 of Section 1 of Annex I, because of site-specific dispersion characteristics, orographic boundary conditions, adverse climatic conditions or transboundary contributions, a Member State may postpone - that deadline once by a maximum of 510 years for that particular zone , if the following conditions are met:
Amendment 545 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Derogations granted under Article 19, paragraph 5a (new), are not subject to the provisions of Article 18.
Amendment 550 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where, in given zones the levels of pollutants in ambient air exceed any limit value , laid down in Section 1 of Annex I, , Member States shall establish air quality plans for those zones as soon as possible and no later than 2 years after the calendar year during which that exceedance of any limit value was recorded. Those air quality plans shall set out proportionate and appropriate measures to achieve the concerned limit value and to keep the exceedance period as short as possible, and in any case no longer than 3 years from the end of the calendar year in which the first exceedance was reported . These measures shall only be directed against emissions sources which significantly constribute to the exceedance of the limit values.
Amendment 585 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Amendment 605 #
2022/0347(COD)
Where air quality plans shall be established in respect of several pollutants or air quality standards , Member States shall, where appropriate, establish integrated air quality plans covering all pollutants and air quality standards concerned. Zones identified according to Article 16(3), shall be listed in the air quality plan and be exempted proportionately from reduction obligations. Individual reduction practices which are tested are to be identified for these zones.
Amendment 611 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Competent authorities, which are responsible to establish air quality plans, may together with the operators of installations pursuant to Annex I of Directive 2010/75/EU agree on special conditions for the operation, substantial change or new construction of such installations if these installations contribute significantly to the limit values in the air quality plans concerned being exceeded. To be able to enable operators to convert their installations and their sites to more climate-friendly production processes under economic conditions such derogations shall be agreed. The derogations may include existing installations, which may continue to operate in the area of exceedance without additional measures for up to ten years if it is ensured that they no longer contribute significantly to the exceedance after the expiry of the period, and Article 18 of Directive 2010/75/EU does not apply to the operation of existing installations, the construction of new or the substantial change of existing installations for a period of up to ten years.
Amendment 636 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. When drawing up the short-term action plans referred to in paragraph 1 Member States may, depending on the individual case, provide for effective measures to control and, where necessary, temporarily suspend activities which contribute to the risk of the respective limit values or target values or alert threshold being exceeded. Depending on the share of the main pollution sources to the exceedances to be addressed, those short- term action plans shall consider including measures in relation to transport , construction works, industrial installations and the use of products and domestic heating. Specific actions aiming at the protection of sensitive population and vulnerable groups, including children, shall also be considered in the framework of those plans.
Amendment 666 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall establish an air quality index covering sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and ozone, and make it available through a public source providing an hourly update. The air quality index shall consider the recommendations by the WHO and build on the air quality indices at European scale provided by the European Environmental Agency.
Amendment 681 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplemening acts in accordance with Article 25 amending Annexes II to IX to take account of technical and scientific developments regarding assessment of ambient air quality, information to be included in air quality plans, and public information. Relevant stakeholders and technical experts shall be consulted by the Commission.
Amendment 687 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Amendment 688 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 693 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 696 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 700 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 705 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 710 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Amendment 714 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Amendment 718 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 4
Article 27 – paragraph 4
Amendment 719 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 5
Article 27 – paragraph 5
Amendment 722 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28
Article 28
Amendment 726 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Amendment 731 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Amendment 733 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Amendment 734 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Amendment 735 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 738 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 747 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 5
Article 28 – paragraph 5
Amendment 748 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 6
Article 28 – paragraph 6
Amendment 749 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the obligations of Member States under Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council62,Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to violations by natural and legal persons,infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall ensure that those rules are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify the Commission without undue delay of those rules and of any amendment thereof. _________________ 62 Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the protection of the environment through criminal law (OJ L 328, 6.12.2008, p. 28).
Amendment 750 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Amendment 755 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Amendment 767 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part 1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Part 1 – paragraph 1
Table 1 – Limit and target values for the protection of human health to be attained byas of 1 January 20305
Amendment 834 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part B – point 2 – point a – point ii
Annex IV – Part B – point 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) concentration levels in other areas within the zones which are spatially representative of the exposure of the general population, and
Amendment 838 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part B – point 2 – point b
Annex IV – Part B – point 2 – point b
(b) sampling points shall in general be sited in such a way as to avoid measuring micro- environments in the immediate vicinity of the sampling point, which means that a sampling point must be sited in such a way that the air sampled is spatially representative of air quality for a street segment no less than 100 m in length at locations measuring the contribution of road traffic and at least 250 m × 250 m at locations measuring the contribution from industrial sites or other sources such as ports or airports, where feasible;
Amendment 840 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part B – point 2 – point c
Annex IV – Part B – point 2 – point c
(c) urban background locations shall be located so that their pollution level is influenced by the integrated contribution from all sources upwind of the sampling point. The pollution level shall not be dominated by a single source unless such a situation is typical for a larger urban area. Those sampling points shall, as a general rule, be able to guarantee spatial representativeness for several square kilometres;
Amendment 847 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part B – point 2 – point g
Annex IV – Part B – point 2 – point g
(g) sampling points shall, where possible, also be also be spatially representative of similar locations not in the immediate vicinity of the sampling points. In the zones where the level of air pollutants is above the assessment threshold, the area which each sampling point is representative of shall be clearly defined. The whole zone shall be covered by the different areas of representativeness defined for each sampling points;
Amendment 848 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part B – point 2 – point i
Annex IV – Part B – point 2 – point i
(i) sampling points measuring arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons shall, where possible, be co-located with sampling points for PM10.
Amendment 851 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part C – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex IV – Part C – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 852 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part C – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex IV – Part C – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the flow around the sampling point inlet shall be unrestricted (in general, where possible the air must flow freely in an arc of at least 270°, or, for sampling points at the building line, of at least 180°) without any obstructions affecting the airflow in the vicinity of the inlet (at least 1,5 m away from buildings, balconies, tree crowns and other obstacles, and at least 0,5shall, where possible, be 3 m from the nearest building in the case of sampling points representing air quality at the building line);
Amendment 854 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part C – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex IV – Part C – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) in general, the sampling point inlet shall be between 0,5 m (the breathing zone)3 m and 4 m above the ground. Higher siting (up to 8m) may be appropriate if the sampling point is representative of a large area (a background location) or if measurements are to be made in street canyons at a sufficient distance from concentration fluctuations of traffic or in other specific circumstances and any derogations shall be fully documented;
Amendment 856 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part C – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex IV – Part C – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the inlet probe shall not be positioned in the immediate vicinity of sources in order to avoid the direct intake of emissions including emissions from traffic, unmixed with ambient air to which members of the public are unlikely to be exposed; For all pollutants, sampling points shall be at between 3 and 5 m from the edge of the roadway. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term "edge of the roadway" means the strip separating motorised traffic from other areas.
Amendment 857 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part C – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex IV – Part C – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) for the deposition measurements in rural background locations, the guidelines and criteria of EMEP shall apply as far as practicable;
Amendment 860 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – Part D – point 3
Annex IV – Part D – point 3
3. The documentations shall include any deviation from the mandatory micro- scale siting criteria, their underlying reasons and the likely impact on measured levelswhich are to be determined according to scientific criteria, and the likely impact on publicly accessible measured levels. The effects on the measurement results, especially on measurements at traffic locations, must be quantified, and the respective measurement results shall be corrected accordingly.
Amendment 918 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VIII – Part B – point 2 – point a
Annex VIII – Part B – point 2 – point a
(a) reduction of emissions from stationary sources by ensuring that polluting small and medium-sized stationary combustion sources (including for biomass, gas-and wood-fired stoves, coal and boilers) are fitted with emission control equipment, such as filtering technologies, or replaced, and that the energy efficiency of buildings is improved;
Amendment 395 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 415 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 20305, Member States shall ensure that an integrated urban wastewater management plan is established for agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and above.
Amendment 421 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 31 December 20235, Member States shall establish a list of agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. where, considering historic data and state- of-the-art climate projections, one or more of the following conditions apply:
Amendment 428 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 444 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that an integrated urban wastewater management plan is established for agglomerations referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 478 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20305, Member States shall ensure that discharges from 50 % of urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] are subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4.
Amendment 490 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4.
Amendment 498 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 202530, Member States shall establish a list of areas on their territory that are sensitive to eutrophication and update that list every five years starting on 31 December 20305.
Amendment 508 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that for 50 % of the agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. that are discharging into areas included in the list referred to in paragraph 2 and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into those areas .
Amendment 522 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 20405, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e.
Amendment 532 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 580 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 203045, Member States shall ensure that 50 % of discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5.
Amendment 590 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 20350, Member States shall ensure that all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5.
Amendment 599 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On 31 December 203045, Member States shall have established a list a list of areas on their national territory where the concentration or the accumulation of micro-pollutants represents a risk for human health or the environment. Member States shall review that list every five years thereafter and update it if necessary.
Amendment 627 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20350, Member States shall ensure that for 50 % of the agglomerations of between 150 000 p.e and 100 000 p.e., urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 637 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 204055, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 150 000 p.e and 100 000 p.e.
Amendment 643 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 846 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by 31 December 202530 for urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above and the collecting systems connected to them;
Amendment 857 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by 31 December 20305 for urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. and the collecting systems connected to them.
Amendment 865 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that the total annual energy from renewable sources, as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, producgenerated at national level on- or off-site by urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above by their owners or their operators, or bought from external sources, is equivalent to at least:
Amendment 884 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 50 % of the total annual energy used by such plants by 31 December 20307;
Amendment 899 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) 75 % of the total annual energy used by such plants by 31 December 203542;
Amendment 914 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) 100 % of the total annual energy used by such plants by 31 December 20407.
Amendment 929 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
This notification shall be immediate in case of incidental pollution that may significantly affect downstream water bodies.
Amendment 976 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 977 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 995 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
When a public health emergency due to SARS-CoV-2 is declared by the competent authority responsible for public health in the Member State, the presence of SARS- CoV-2 and its variants shall be monitored in urban wastewaters from at least 70 % of the national population and at least one sample shall be taken per week for agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and more. This monitoring shall continue until this competent authority declares that the public health emergency due to SARS- CoV-2 has ended.
Amendment 1012 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [OP please insert the date = the last day of the secondfourth year after the date of entry in force of this Directive], Member States shall identify the risks caused by urban wastewater discharges to the environment and human health and at least those related to the following:
Amendment 1124 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) Annexes VIII and X to Directive 2000/60/EC, and the Annex to Directive 2008/105/EC, Annex I to Directive 2006/118/EC and Part B of Annex II to Directive 2006/118/EC;
Amendment 1125 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 1130 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) at least twoone samples per year, with maximum 6 months between the samples, for agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and more;
Amendment 1133 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) at least one sample every 24 years for agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e.
Amendment 1198 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1204 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) if technically feasible, the volume or estimated volume of urban wastewater collected and treated per year or per billing period for the household or the connected entity in cubic meter, together with yearly trends and the price of urban wastewater collection and treatment for the household (cost per litre and cubic meter);
Amendment 1206 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 1213 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1219 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25
Article 25
Amendment 1240 #
2022/0345(COD)
Amendment 1286 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part B – point 6
Annex I – Part B – point 6
Amendment 1340 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point a
Annex V – point 2 – point a
Amendment 1400 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I - Table 2 - Row 2
Annex I - Table 2 - Row 2
Total 2 1 mg/L 90 Molecular absorption phosphorus spectrophotometry 0,5 mg/L
Amendment 1403 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I - Table 2 - Row 3
Annex I - Table 2 - Row 3
Total nitrogen 613 mg/L 85 Molecular absorption spectrophotometry
Amendment 76 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The review of the list of priority substances in Part A of Annex I to Directive 2008/105/EC has concluded that several priority substances are no longer of Union wide concern and should therefore no longer be included in Part A of Annex I to that Directive. Those substances should therefore be considered as river basin specific pollutants and included in Part C of Annex II to Directive 2008/105/EC together with their corresponding EQS. Considering that those pollutants are no longer considered to be of Union wide concern, the EQS need only be applied where those pollutants could still be of significant national or regional or local concern.
Amendment 120 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 2000/60/EC
Article 2 – point 35)
Article 2 – point 35)
(35) ‘Environmental quality standard’ means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment or a trigger value for the adverse effect on human health or the environment of such a pollutant or group of pollutants measured using an appropriate effectscience-based method.’;
Amendment 187 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
The watch list shall contain a maximum of five substances or groups of substances and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs or excessive bureaucracy for the competent authorities. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst those substances for which the information available indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. This watch list shall include substances of emerging concern.
Amendment 213 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Amendment 217 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 222 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 225 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Amendment 226 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2006/118/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Amendment 278 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The watch list shall contain a maximum of 10 substances or groups of substances at any one time, and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs or bureaucracy for the competent authorities. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst the substances for which the information available indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. The watch list shall include substances of emerging concern.
Amendment 104 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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–
The Committee on [Agriculture and Rural Development] calls on the Committee on [the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety], as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the [The sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115].
Amendment 274 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
–
–
– The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 279 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 The word "Regulation" should be replaced throughout the whole text with the word "directive".
Amendment 289 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union sets out the clear objective that supplies should be secured and that food should be available to consumers at reasonable prices.
Amendment 291 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council37 established a framework to achieve a sustainable use of pesticidelant protection products by reducing the risks and impacts of the use of pesticidelant protection products on human health and the environment. The evaluation38 of that Directive found that it has not achieved its overall objectives and that the Member States did not implement it in a satisfactory manner. This conclusion was confirmed in reports from the Commission to the European Parliament and Council in 201739 and 202040 . (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) __________________ 37 Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71). 38 [Reference to be inserted.] 39 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Member State National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2017)587 final. 40 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the experience gained by Member States on the implementation of national targets established in their National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2020) 204 final.
Amendment 292 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council37 established a framework to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides by reducing the risks and impacts of the use of pesticides on human health and the environment. The evaluation38 of that Directive found that it has not achieved its overall objectives and that the Member States did not implement it in a satisfactory manner. This conclusion was confirmed in reports from the Commission to the European Parliament and Council in 201739 and 202040 . __________________ 37 Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71). 38 [Reference to be inserted.] 39 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Member State National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2017)587 final. 40 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the experience gained by Member States on the implementation of national targets established in their National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2020) 204 final.
Amendment 301 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides41 noted that the Union must act without delay to transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides and called on the Commission to propose an ambitious Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament re-affirmed its call for binding reduction targets in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system42 . __________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.
Amendment 302 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The European Parliament resolution of 21 March 2022 on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the Union in light of Russian invasion in Ukraine noted that the Union must act to implement measures and use available tools to strengthen their food supply chains.
Amendment 305 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 311 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In the communication from the Commission to the European Council of 22 March 2023, it was expressed that the Commission had too little data and could not make a clear impact assessment of the present proposal on food security in individual member states and impacts on individual crops.
Amendment 314 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The rules concerning biocidal products are laid down in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , and an evaluation of that Regulation is planned. It is therefore not appropriate to introduce new rules on the use of biocidal products in this Regulationn order to achieve the goals, it is necessary that the regulation mentioned should be revised, especially with regard to the approval period and test mechanism. __________________ 46 Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 317 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation], of reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management.
Amendment 334 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Amendment 336 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 344 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 346 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In the final report of the Conference on the Future of Europe, published on 9 May 2022, when it comes to the proposals on agriculture, food production, biodiversity and ecosystems, pollution, citizens ask the Union in particular to significantly reduce the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, in line with the existing targets, while still ensuring food security, and support for research to develop more sustainable and natural- based alternatives. Citizens ask for more research and innovations, including in technological solutions for sustainable production, plant resistance, and precision farming, and more communication, advisory systems, and training for and from farmers as well as asking the Union to protect insects, in particular indigenous and pollinating insects.55 __________________ 55 Conference on the Future of Europe – Report on the Final Outcome, May 2022, Proposals 1 and 2, pp. 43-44.
Amendment 348 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Amendment 354 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Amendment 360 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Biological control agents are aplant protection products are a possible sustainable control alternative to the use of chemical products for the control of harmful organismlant protection products. As noted in Council Decision (EU) 2021/110257 , biological control agenplant protection products have a growing importance in sustainable agriculture and forestry and have an instrumental role to play in the success of integrated pest management and organic farming. Access to biological controlplant protection products facilitates moving away from chemical plant protection products. It is appropriate to encourage farmers to switch to low input agricultural methods including organic farming. It is therefore appropriate to define the concept of biological control as a basis for Member States to set indicative targets to increase the percentage of crops on which biological control agents are used. __________________ 57 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1102 of 28 June 2021 requesting the Commission to submit a study on the Union’s situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents within the territory of the Union and a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study (OJ L 238, 6.7.2021, p. 81).
Amendment 361 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Amendment 366 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 366 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Amendment 376 #
2022/0196(COD)
Amendment 383 #
Amendment 383 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
Amendment 387 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
Amendment 389 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Amendment 390 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Amendment 394 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d
Amendment 398 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e
Amendment 399 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e
Amendment 404 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f
Amendment 405 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Member States should draft and publish national action plans. In order for the Member State national action plans to be effective, they should contain quantitative objectives, references to binding national 2030 reduction targets as , outlining possible ways to reduce the uset out in national law, together with related indicative targets set out in the national action plans, measures, timetables and indicators to reduce risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment. This will allow for a structured approach to the setting of quantitative objectives and targets, with a clear link to the national 2030 reduction targets. In order to monitor comf plant protection products in a sustainable manner. The national action pliance with the provisions of this Regulation, Member States should also be required to report annually on targets and precise quantitative data relating to compliance with provisions on use, training, application equipment and integrated pest managements shall be submitted to the European Commission.
Amendment 414 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point i
Amendment 415 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point ii
Amendment 422 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point iii
Amendment 425 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to achieve the Union-wide reduction targets (‘Union 20305 reduction targets’) as well as national 2030 reduction targets, it is necessary to increase the availability and use of biological control and other non-chemical alternatives. Availability of these alternativelow hazardous plant protection products as wiell incentivise the adoption of low pesticide-input pest management practices such as organic farmingas in precision farming and new types of application.
Amendment 439 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The implementation of policies and measures in the areas of sustainable use of plant protection products has an impact on the environment, public health and working conditions. Member States should therefore ensure that the public and social partners are given sufficient opportunities to participate in and to be consulted on the preparation of Member State national action plans in accordance, where applicable, with Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council58 shall be informed on the national action plans. __________________ 58 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30).
Amendment 444 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to ensure consistency and complementarity with related legislation, Member State national action plans should take into account Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council59 , Council Directive 92/43/EEC60 , Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council61 , Council Directive 91/676/EEC62 , Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council63 , Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council64 and Regulation xxx/xxx on nature restoration [reference to adopted act to be inserted] and should be consistent with the Common Agricultural Policy (“CAP”) Strategic Plans drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council65 . __________________ 59 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 60 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7). 61 Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1). 62 Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1). 63 Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (OJ L 152, 11.6.2008, p. 1). 64 Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 1). 65 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 451 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Union 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
Amendment 453 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Economic instruments, including those unaccess to new financial instruments outsider the CAP that provide support to farmers, can play a crucial role in the achievement of objectives relating to the sustainable use of plant protection products and, in particular, reducing the use of chemical plant protection products. Member States have to show in their national CAP Strategic Plans that their implementation of the CAP contributes to and supports other relevant Union legislation and their objectives, including objectives under this Regulation.
Amendment 463 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 466 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest controllant protection that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rules in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical plant protection products should only be used when all other control means have been exhausted. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors or there is a risk of a significant loss of yield or quality. These records are also required for aerial applications.
Amendment 474 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 481 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) To avoid unnecessary duplication, the Commission should establishmay provide a standard template for Member States to integrate records kept by professional users of actions taken in line with integrated pest management with those kept under Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
Amendment 484 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to facilitate compliance with integrated pest management, it is necessary to lay down crop-specific rulguidelines that a professional user mustay follow in relation to the specific crop and region in which the professional user operates. Such rulguidelines should convert the requirements of integrated pest management into verifiable criteria that apply to the specific crop. To ensure that the crop-specific rules are in accordance with the requirements of integrated pest management, detailed rules should be laid down as to what they should contain and the Commission should verify their development, implementation and enforcement on the grounddetermine the requirements of integrated pest management.
Amendment 487 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
Member States 2030 [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
Amendment 491 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to verify compliance by professional users with integrated pest management, an electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register should be maintained with the aim of verifying compliance with the rules on integrated pest management set out in this Regulation and supporting the development of Union policy. Access to the register should also be granted to national statistical authorities for the development, production and dissemination of official statistics in accordance with Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council66 . This register should record any preventative measure or intervention and the reasons for that preventative measure or intervention. This will provide the competent authorities with the information necessary to verify whether a professional user has carried out a decision-making process, in accordance with integrated pest management, before determining the specific preventative measure or intervention. The register should also contain details in relation to advice required annually in support of integrated pest management in order to verify that such strategic longer term planning in relation to integrated pest management is taking place. __________________ 66 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
Amendment 494 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date – 612 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall adopt national targets in its national legislation to achieve by 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] a reduction, set in accordance with this Article, from the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173, of the following:
Amendment 497 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date – 618 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall adopt national targets in its national legislation to achieve by 2030 a reduction set in accordance with this Article, from the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, of the followingspecify, in its national action plan, the measures to be taken to work towards the Union 2030 reduction targets:
Amendment 500 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to ensure that plant protection products and related application equipment are used in a manner that protects human health, the health of a professional user and the environment, it is necessary to provide for general requirements on professional users in relation to the training required to use certain plant protection products or application equipment, the use of more hazardous plant protection products and the need to comply with inspection requirements for application equipment in professional use.
Amendment 507 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the use and risk of chemical plant protection products as defined in Annex I (‘national 2030 reduction targetwith a flexibility of 10% (‘national [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] target range 1’);
Amendment 513 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the use of more hazardous plant protection products as defined in Annex I (‘national 2030 reduction targetwith a flexibility of 10% (‘national [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] target range 2’).
Amendment 518 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(2) Member States should establish measures, referred to in paragraph 1, based on sound scientific and statistical principles, taking into account, when appropriate: a) the principles of integrated pest management b) the availability of economic and technically reasonable non-chemical measures as an alternative to chemical treatment c) the development of techniques for more precise and better targeted application of plant protection products, such as those employed in precision farming (spot spraying, band spraying, robotics, etc.) d) structure of the crops and expected changes in the acreage of the crops due to climatic changes e) harmful organisms present on the territory of the Member State concerned f) change or expected change in the pest profile between 2017 and 2030, for example, the emergence, spread and development of new pests, changes in the biology of pests or a change in pest resistance status g) increase or expected increase between 2017 and 2030 in the use of chemical plant protection products to comply with requirements relating to the control of invasive species or Union quarantine pests h) increase or expected increase between 2017 and 2030 in the use of chemical plant protection products to comply with import requirements of third countries i) food security requirements j) reduction potential, understood as the degree of reduction in the use of certain plant protection products that does not lead to a reduction in the production of individual cultivated plants k) already achieved reduction of the use or risk of chemical plant protection products, or the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, since 2011 l) differences in the use of plant protection products per harvested unit of agricultural land between the Member State in question and the EU average m) proportion of active substances used in the total quantity that are authorised for use in organic production n) differences in the use of active substances per area unit against the same pest in organic and conventional farming o) active substances that are not used in primary production and may cause a distortion to the statistics regarding the use and risk of plant protection products
Amendment 520 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 521 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The aquatic environment and drinking water supplies are especially sensitive to plant protection products. In order to protect the aquatic environment, the use of plant protection products in and around surface waters areas should therefore be prohibited. Member States should have in place appropriate measures to avoid deterioration of surface and groundwater as well as coastal and marine waters and allow achievement of good surface and groundwater status, to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water supplies from the impact of plant protection products. In addition, ibe restricted as far as possible and only permitted under clearly defined exceptions. It is important that professional users, during compulsory training, are trained in how to minimise or eliminate applications of certain plant protection products classified as “harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects”, “very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects” or “toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects”. It is also important that professional users arshall be trained during compulsory training on the importance of giving preference to low risk plant protection products or non-chemical alternatives, use of drift reducing technology and risk mitigation measures.
Amendment 521 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the two national reduction targets listed in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, are collectively referred to as the ‘national 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets’.
Amendment 528 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 529 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Precision farming refers to agricultural management systems carefully tailoring crop managementsuch as cultivation, crop protection or fertilization to fit localised conditions such as those found within land parcels. The application of existing technology, including the use of Union space data and services (Galileo and Copernicus), has the potential to significantly reduce pesticide usage. It is therefore necessary to provide for a legislative framework that incentivises the development of precision farming. Application of plant protection products from an aircraft, including application by planes, and helicopters and drones, is usually less precise than other means of application and may therefore potentially cause adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Aerial manned application should therefore be prohibited, with limited derogations on a case-by-case basis where it has a less negative impact on human health and the environment than any alternative application method or there is no viable alternative application method. It is also necessary to record the numbers of aerial applications carried out on the basis of permits granted for aerial application in order to have clear data on how many aerial applications for which permits were granted actually took place.
Amendment 535 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 536 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) It is however likely that certain unmanned aircraft (including drones) will allow for the targeted aerial application of plant protection products. Such unmanned aircraft are likely to help reduce the use of plant protection products due to targeted application and consequently help reduce the risks to human health and the environment compared to use of land- based application equipment. It is therefore appropriate to set criteria in this Regulation for an exemption of certain unmanned aircraft from the prohibition of aerial application. It is also appropriate to defer the application of this exemption for 3 years given the current state of scientific uncertainty.
Amendment 536 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 537 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 544 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Given the importance of advice on the use of plant protection products as a means to support their use in a manner that protects human health and the environment in accordance with integrated pest management, it is important that advisors are adequately and continuously trained.
Amendment 548 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Sale of a plant protection product is an important element in the distribution chain because it allows distributors to provide the necessary information to support its proper use. Specific advice on safety instructions for human health and the environment should be available to the purchaser or end user at the time of sale in order to allow questions to be answered that will facilitate the correct use of the relevant plant protection product. For non- professional users, general information should be available under applicable law at point of sale on safe use, handling and storage of plant protection products and on disposal of the packaging of such products, since those users do not generally have the same practical knowledge as professional users.
Amendment 550 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Amendment 551 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) It is essential that Member States establish and maintain systems of both initial and follow-up training for distributors,systems for advisors and professional users of plant protection products and certification systems to record such training, in order to ensure that those operators are fully aware of the potential risks to human health and the environment and of the appropriate measures to reduce those risks as much as possible. The training for advisors should be more extensive than that of distributors and professional users since they need to be able to support the proper implementation of integrated pest management and crop- specific rulguidelines. The use or purchase of a plant protection product authorised for professional use must be limited to persons in possession of a training certificate. In addition, in order to ensure safe use of plant protection products for human health and the environment, distributors should be required to provide both professional and non- professional purchasers of plant protection products with product specific information at point of sale.
Amendment 556 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to ensure a planned approach to harmful organism control techniquesplant protection control across a number of growing seasons with a view to minimising the use of chemical plant protection products as much as possible and to ensure a proper implementation of integrated pest management, professional users should be required to regularly consult trained, independent advisors on pest management, so that plant protection products are only used as a last resort.
Amendment 562 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 563 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Considering the possible risks to human health and the environment from the use of plant protection products, the public should have access to better information on the overall impacts of the use of such products through awareness- raising programmes, information passed on through distributors and other appropriate measures.
Amendment 563 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 565 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 567 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its national target for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products referred to in paragraph 4 to a percentage that is a mid-point between the figure related to intensity as laid down in the second subparagraph of this paragraph and the figure related to the use and risk as laid down in the third subparagraph of this paragraph. Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national target to that percentage.
Amendment 570 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 572 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In order to minimise the adverse impacts of plant protection products on human health and the environment, it is necessary to provide for systems for regular technical inspection of application equipment in professional use. Given the potentially reduced impact of application equipment in professional use which represents a very low scale of use, it is also appropriate to allow Member States to lay down less stringent inspection requirements and provide for different inspection intervals in relation to such equipment. In addition, due to the relatively low cost of purchasing new handheld application equipment and knapsack sprayers compared to the costs of inspection, it is appropriate to provide for the possibility of national derogations from the mandatory inspection of such equipment, subject to the carrying out of a risk assessment covering the risks to human health and the environment posed by such equipment. That assessment should include an estimation of the scale of use of the equipment. To ensure compliance with the inspection requirements, it is necessary to require that each Member State establish a register of application equipment in professional use and keep that register up to date. As some of the application equipment does not have unique IDs, it is necessary to make provision for the supply of a unique ID to such application equipment to ensure that all equipment is physically identified. The member states are required to ensure through regular checks that the application devices are subject to ongoing testing.
Amendment 577 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 578 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to monitor progress achieved in the reduction of risks and adverse impacts to human health and the environment from the use of plant protection products it is necessary to continue using the system of harmonised risk indicators established under Directive (EU) 2009/128/EC and ensure that an ongoing evaluation of the system is carried out.
Amendment 579 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
Amendment 584 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 50% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;
Amendment 589 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 594 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 65% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is more than 140% of the Union average.
Amendment 595 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 597 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 607 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) where a Member State has increased the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, or has made a smaller reduction than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, a figure that is established by adding to 50% the difference between the reduction or, as applicable, increase achieved and the Union average reduction, but without surpassing 70%.
Amendment 609 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 610 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 611 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 615 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 616 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its national target for the use of the more hazardous plant protection products referred to in paragraph 4 to a percentage that is a mid- point between the figure related to intensity as laid down in the second subparagraph of this paragraph and the figure related to use as laid down in the third subparagraph of this paragraph. Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national target to that percentage.
Amendment 618 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 recognises the need for urgent action to protect biodiversity. There is evidence of a widespread reduction of species, in particular insects and pollinators, in the Union. Biodiversity loss is, amongst other factors, driven by the use of plant protection products, while Member States actions under current Union policy instruments have not yet been able to stop this trend of biodiversity loss and globally. It is therefore essential to ensure that plant protection products are used in such a way as to mitigate the risk of harmful effects of such products on wildlife, through a number of measures including training, inspection of application equipment in professional use and protection of the aquatic environment and sensitive areas.
Amendment 620 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 624 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
Amendment 624 #
2022/0196(COD)
(a) 35% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is less than 70% of the Union average;
Amendment 625 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In order to enforce the obligations set out in this Regulation, Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and ensure that those rules are enforced. The penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. It is also important to provide for Member States to recover costs related to carrying out obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges in order to ensure that adequate financial resources are available to competent authorities.
Amendment 633 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
Amendment 633 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 50% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;
Amendment 637 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
Amendment 638 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
Amendment 641 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) In order to assess whether this Regulation reaches its objectives effectively and efficiently, is coherent and still relevant and provides added value at Union level the Commission should carry out an evaluation in 2027, with a special focus on the required points of the Council Decision (EU) 2022/2572 of 19 December 2022 by which the Commission has been requested to submit a study complementing the impact assessment of the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘SUR proposal’) of this Regulation.
Amendment 643 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 65% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is more than 140% of the Union average.
Amendment 644 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 645 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 647 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) where a Member State has achieved a greater reduction in the use of the more hazardous plant protection products than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, a figure that is established by subtracting from 50% the difference between the reduction achieved and the Union average reduction;
Amendment 654 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) where a Member State has increased the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, or has made a smaller reduction than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, a figure that is established by adding to 50% the difference between the reduction or, as applicable, increase achieved and the Union average reduction, but without surpassing 70%.
Amendment 656 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) The implementation of this Regulation by Member States will result in new and enhanced obligations for farmers and other pesticides users. Some of them constitute statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council78 , which, in accordance with that Regulation, farmers must comply with to receive CAP payments, whereas other requirements, which go beyond the baseline of mandatory requirements, may be rewarded with additional payments under voluntary regimes like eco-schemes pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Article 31(5), points (a) and (b), and Article 70(3), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 provide that the CAP funding is only available for practices implemented under an eco- scheme or agri-environmental-climate commitment which go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and the standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land established under that Regulation and the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law. Since farmers and other users need to be financially supported in their transition toward a more sustainable use of pesticides, Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 needs to be amended to allow the financing of requirements imposed in accordance with this Regulation during a transitional periodit is necessary to provide access to new financial resources and also ensure that no CAP funding should be used in this context. This exceptional option for Member States to provide additional funding for measures taken in implementing this Regulation should apply to any obligation for farmers and other users resulting from the application of this Regulation, including compulsory farming practices imposed by the crop-specific rules for integrated pest management. Further, pursuant to Article 73(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, investments by farmers to comply with new requirements imposed by Union law may be supported for a maximum of 24 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding. Similarly, a longer transition period should be set out for investments complying with requirements imposed on farmers in accordance with this Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should therefore be amended accordingly. __________________ 78 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013, OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.
Amendment 656 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 662 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) The application of this Regulation should be deferred in order to allow competent authorities and operators to prepare for the requirements introduced by it, and shall enter into force the earliest after 18 months.
Amendment 662 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Amendment 670 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Amendment 671 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Amendment 677 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9
Article 5 – paragraph 9
Amendment 678 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9
Article 5 – paragraph 9
Amendment 682 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
Article 5 – paragraph 10
Amendment 686 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
Article 5 – paragraph 10
(10.) If a Member State fails to adopt a national 2030 reduction targettarget range for [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after application of this Regulation], by … [OJ: please insert the date – 6 months after the date of application of this Regulation], that target shall be deemed to be either 50%; or, where the percentage would be above 50% in accordance with paragraph 5 or paragraph 6, that higher percentage.
Amendment 693 #
Amendment 697 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 704 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 710 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 717 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Amendment 728 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Amendment 733 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Amendment 742 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Amendment 755 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Article 7 – title
Publication of Union and national 2030 reduction tartrends in Union reduction targets and national target rangets trends by the Commission for ... [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation]
Amendment 760 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Amendment 769 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 779 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter III – title
Chapter III – title
III NATIONAL ACTION PLANS AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION
Amendment 780 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date – 1824 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall draft and publish on a website a national action plan containing the following information:
Amendment 783 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 784 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the national 2030 reduction targets adopted in accordance with Chapter IIquantitative targets, objectives, measures and timetables to contribute to the achievement of the EU-wide 2030 reduction in areas falling within the scope of the Regulation;
Amendment 792 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 793 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 799 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 800 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 803 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 805 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 815 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Amendment 823 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point h
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national law, innovation and the development and use of non-chemical pest control methods;
Amendment 835 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) other planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national law, the sustainable use of plant protection products in line with integrated pest management principles, including those contained in crop-specific rules as set out in Article 15(1).
Amendment 838 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) other planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national law, the sustainable use of plant protection products in line with integrated pest management principles, including those contained in crop-specific rulguidelines as set out in Article 15(1).
Amendment 844 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) Member States may adopt measures tailored to the specific needs related to the specific climatic conditions and crops in the regions;
Amendment 845 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i b (new)
(ib) The provisions of this regulation do not prevent Member States from implementing further targets, provisions or measures;
Amendment 849 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Each Member State shall review its national action plan at least every 35 years from the first publication. As a result of the review a Member State may amend its national action plan. Member States shall publish amended versions of their national action plans and shall provide amended national action plans to the Commission without delay.
Amendment 850 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 855 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The updated versions of the published national action plans published until and including 2030 shall contain the information listed in the first subparagraph, points (a) to (i).
Amendment 856 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 857 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 864 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 866 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 867 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 869 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Amendment 871 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Amendment 874 #
Amendment 877 #
2022/0196(COD)
9 IProvision of further information on national 2030 reduction targets in connection with the adoption of the national action plans.
Amendment 881 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Amendment 882 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 886 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 888 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a list of at least the 5 active substances that most strongly influence the trend in the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, and of the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, as determined by applying the methodology set out in Annex I, during the 35 years preceding the adoption of the national action plan;
Amendment 889 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 891 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a list of the crops on which each of the active substances referred to in point (a) are most widely used and the number of hectares of each crop treated and a reference to the crop-specific guidelines referred to in Article 15(1), if there are any;
Amendment 893 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 896 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 903 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Infor eachmation ofn the pests referred to in point (c), a list of non-chemical methods used or likely to be available by 2030.availability of biological control agents and other alternative measures
Amendment 904 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) a list of information on professionally used application devices for which the Member State applies different control requirements in accordance with Article 32(1);
Amendment 905 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Amendment 906 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) Member States' contribution to the Union-wide reduction targets for 2030 using the calculation methodology set out in [...].
Amendment 907 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 909 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 912 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 913 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 918 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 919 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 922 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 923 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 925 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 929 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 932 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 933 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 937 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Article 10
Annual progress and implementation 1. By 31 August every year, but not sooner than [OP: please insert the date – 30 months after the date of application of this Regulation], each Member State shall submit to the Commission an annual progress and implementation report containing the information listed in Annex II. 2. The annual progress and implementation report shall include: (a) all trends in progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targets as set out in Part 1 of Annex II, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication; (b) all trends in progress towards achieving national indicative targets set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a), and Article 9(4) ), calculated annually as the difference between the extent of use in the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan in accordance with Article 9(1) and the calendar year ending 20 months prior to the publication of the relevant annual progress and implementation report; (c) all other quantitative data in relation to implementation of this Regulation as set out in Part 2 of Annex II; (d) the outcome of the evaluation of the results of each harmonised risk indicator carried out in accordance with Article 36(1); (e) all trends in progress towards achieving an increase in the utilised agricultural area under organic farming referred to in Article 8(1), point (d). 3. Each Member State shall publish its annual progress and implementation report on a website and inform the Commission thereof. 4. The Commission may request a Member State to include further details in its annual progress and implementation report. Within 2 months of receipt of the Commission’s request, the Member State concerned shall respond to the request and shall publish its response on the website referred to in paragraph 3. 5. The Commission shall publish annual progress and implementation reports of the Member States on a website. 6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex II in order to take into account data relevant to the sustainable use of plant protection products.rticle 10 deleted reports
Amendment 940 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 941 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 August everyWithin a period of two years, but not sooner than [OP: please insert the date – 30 months after the date of application of this Regulation], each Member State shall submit to the Commission an annual progress and implementation report containing the information listed in Annex II.
Amendment 944 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Amendment 946 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The annual progress and implementation report shall include:
Amendment 947 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 953 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) all trends in progress towards achieving the nationalEU-wide 2030 reduction targets as set out in Part 1 of Annex II, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication;
Amendment 955 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 956 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) all trends in progress towards achieving national indicaquantitative objectives, targets and measures set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a), and Article 9(4) ), calculated annually as the difference between the extent of use in the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan in accordance with Article 9(1) and the calendar year ending 20 months prior to the publication of the relevant annual progress and implementation reportand Article 8(1), points (a) to (d);
Amendment 958 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 959 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 960 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 961 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 962 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 964 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Amendment 965 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. EAfter submission to the Commission, each Member State shall publish its annual progress and implementation report on a website and inform the Commission thereof.
Amendment 967 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 969 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 972 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 974 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Amendment 976 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall publish annual progress and implementation reports of the Member States on a website.
Amendment 977 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Amendment 979 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex II in order to take into account data relevant to the sustainable use of plant protection products.
Amendment 983 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
11 Commission’s analysis of annual progress and implementation reports
Amendment 984 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Amendment 988 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 992 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 996 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Member States’ progresscontribution towards achieving the nationalEU-wide 2030 reduction targets.
Amendment 997 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 998 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 999 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Following the analysis referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may make a recommendation to a Member State to take any of the following actionfurther measures:
Amendment 1000 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 1001 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 1002 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1003 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1006 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1007 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1009 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 1010 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 1012 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1014 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. Where, on the basis of its analysis of the annual progress and implementation reports, the Commission concludes that the progress achieved is insufficient for the collective achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, it shall propose measures and exercise its other powers at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of those targets. Such measures shall take into consideration the level of ambition of contributions to the Union 2030 reduction targets by Member States set out in the national 2030 reduction targets adopted by themcontribution towards achieving the Union 2030 reduction targets is insufficient, it may propose measures in order to ensure the collective achievement of those targets.
Amendment 1018 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1029 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by applying Article 13the integrated pest management framework where no crop- specific rulguidelines have been adopted for the relevant crop and area in accordance with Article 15 by the Member State in which they operate;
Amendment 1032 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by applying Article 13 where no crop-specific rulguidelines have been adopted for the relevant crop and area in accordance with Article 15 by the Member State in which they operate;
Amendment 1034 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by applying crop-specific rulguidelines adopted by the Member State in which they operate for the relevant crop and area in accordance with Article 15 and performing the actions set out in Article 13(8).
Amendment 1036 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by applyingtaking into account the crop- specific rulguidelines adopted by the Member State in which they operate for the relevant crop and area in accordance with Article 15 and performing the actions set out in Article 13(8).
Amendment 1041 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. AdvisorsSufficient information shall providbe madvice that is consistent withe available to the professional user with regard to the applicable crop- specific rulguidelines and with integrated pest management.
Amendment 1044 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Advisors shall provide advice that is consistent with the applicable crop- specific rulguidelines and with integrated pest management.
Amendment 1050 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1055 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Professional users shall first applydefine what the farm-level objectives are (e.g. conservation tillage, minimal tillage, carbon farming objectives, organic farming or seed production), in order to be able to weigh up the measures accordingly, and furthermore shall initially consider measures that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products for the prevention or suppression of harmful organisms before resorting to application of chemical plant protection products.
Amendment 1069 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 1070 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 1077 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 3
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 3
Amendment 1080 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 6
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 6
Amendment 1091 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1099 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Professional users shall use biological controls, physical and other non-chemical methods. Professional users may only use chemical methods if they are necessary to achieve acceptable levels of harmful organism control after all other non-chemical methods as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 have been exhausted and where any ofthe most suitable method based on the principles of integrated pest management, taking into account the following conditions has been satisfied:
Amendment 1107 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Professional users shall use biological controls, physical and other non- chemical methods. Professional users mayshall only use chemical methods if they are necessary to achieve acceptable levels of harmful organism control afterif all other non- chemical methods as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 have been exhausted and whereor any of the following conditions has been satisfied:
Amendment 1113 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the results ofexperience with and monitoring of harmful organisms show, based on recorded observation, that chemical plant protection measures need to be applied in a timely manner because of the presence of a sufficiently high number of harmful organisms.
Amendment 1117 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) whereif justified by a decision- support system, or by an advisor who meets the conditions laid down in Article 23, the professional user decides, by way of a recorded decision,, the professional user decides to use chemical plant protection products methods for preventative reasons.
Amendment 1118 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) where justified by a decision- support system, or by an advisor who meets the conditions laid down in Article 23, the professional user decides, by way of a recorded decision, to use chemical plant protection products methods for preventative reasons.
Amendment 1125 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Professional users shall apply plant protection products that are as specific as possible to control the harmful organisms and have the least side effects on human health, non-target organismss specifically as possible and thare environmentconomically justifiable.
Amendment 1129 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Professional users shall keep the use of chemical plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that do not exceed the levels that are absolutely necessary to control the harmful organisms and that do not increase the risk for development of resistance in populations of harmful organisms. Where possible, professional users shallare to use the following measures:
Amendment 1132 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 1133 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point d
Amendment 1135 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1136 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1137 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1145 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9
Article 13 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
Amendment 1146 #
Amendment 1150 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1164 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1169 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. A professional user shall enter an electronic record of each application of a plant protection product under Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in the electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register referred to in Article 16. A professional user shall also enter an electronic record specifying whether the application was done by aerial or land- based equipment. In the case of aerial application, a professional user shall specify the type of equipment used.
Amendment 1173 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. In order to ensure a uniform structure of the entries to be made by professional users in the electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt a standard template for such entries. Any such template shall include fields for inputting records that need to be kept in accordance with Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and shall require the use of a recognisable ID. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 41(2).
Amendment 1177 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – title
Article 15 – title
15 Implementation of integrated pest management using crop-specific rulguidelines
Amendment 1181 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt agronomic requirements based on the principles of integrated pest management controls that must be adhered to when growing or storing a particular crop and are designed to ensure that chemical crop protection is only usconsidered after all other non- chemical methods have been exhausted and when a threshold for intervention is reached (‘crop-specific rules’). The crop-specific rulguidelines shall implement the principles of integrated pest management, set out in Article 13, for the relevant crop and be set out in a binding legal act.
Amendment 1182 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt agronomic requirements based on integrated pest management controls that must be adhered to when growing or storing a particular crop and are designed to ensure that chemical crop protection is only used after all other non-chemical methods have been exhausted and when a threshold for intervention is reached (‘crop-specific rulguidelines’). The crop-specific rulguidelines shall implementtemise the principles of integrated pest management, set out in Article 13, for the relevant crop and be set out in a binding legal act.
Amendment 1190 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall establish appropriate incentives to prompt professional users to implement crop- or sector-specific guidelines for integrated pest management on a voluntary basis. Public authorities or organisations representing particular professional users may draw up such guidelines. Member States shall refer to those guidelines that they consider relevant and appropriate in their National Action Plans.
Amendment 1192 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority, body or agency responsible for ensuring that the crop- specific rulguidelines are scientifically robust and comply with this Article.
Amendment 1196 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority responsible for ensuring that the crop-specific rulguidelines are scientifically robust and comply with this Article.
Amendment 1197 #
2022/0196(COD)
Amendment 1205 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. By … [OP: please insert the date = the first day in the month following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation ] each Member State shall have in place effective and enforceafeasible crop-specific rulguidelines, for crops covering an area that accounts for at least 9075 % of its utilised agricultural area (excluding kitchen gardens). Member States shall determine the geographic scope of those rulguidelines taking account of relevant agronomic conditions, including, the type of soil and crops and the prevailing climatic conditions.
Amendment 1207 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
(a) Member States may at any time extend the crop-specific guidelines to other types of crop.
Amendment 1208 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1212 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. At least 9 months prior to the point in time when a crop-specific rulguideline becomes applicable under national law, the Member State shall perform all of the following actions:
Amendment 1215 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) publish a draft for public consultationthe competent authority shall publish a draft on a website;
Amendment 1216 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 1219 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) submit the draft that takes into accinform the Commission abount the comments as referred to in point (b) to the Commissionpublication of the draft.
Amendment 1222 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1227 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission is notified of a draft in accordance with paragraph 4, point (c)informed of the publication of a draft, it may, within 6two months of receipt of the draft object to its adoption by a Member State, if it considers that the draft does not comply with the criteria set out in paragraph 6. If the Commission objects, the Member State shall refrain from adopting the draft until it has amended the text so as to remedy the shortcomings identified in the Commission’s objections. The absence of a reaction from the Commission in accordance with this paragraph to a draft crop–specific rule shall not prejudice any action or decision which might be taken by the Commission under other Union actsnotification of publication of the draft, submit a proposal for amendment to the Member State. If the Commission issues a recommendation, the Member State may amend where appropriate.
Amendment 1232 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The crop-specific rulguidelines shall convertidentify, for individual crops, the requirements of integrated pest management laid down in Article 13 into verifiable criteria by, among others, spec, clarifying the following inter alia:
Amendment 1234 #
2022/0196(COD)
6. The crop-specific rulguidelines shall convert the requirements of integrated pest management laid down in Article 13 into verifiable criteria by, among others, specifying the following:
Amendment 1241 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) the non-chemical interventions involving cultural, physical and biological control which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are tomay be made;
Amendment 1243 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
Amendment 1245 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) if available, the low-risk plant protection products or alternatives to chemical plant protection products which are effectivauthorised for use against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1250 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
Amendment 1253 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
(d) chemical plant protection products that are not low-risk plant protection products and that are effectivauthorised for use against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1256 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
Amendment 1264 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
(e) theany quantitative criteria or conditions under which chemical plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhaustedtaken into consideration;
Amendment 1272 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) the measurable criteria or conditions under which more hazardous plant protection products may bare used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted.;
Amendment 1274 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) the measurable criteria or conditions under which more hazardous plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted.
Amendment 1276 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
Amendment 1286 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. Each Member State shall review its crop-specific rules annuallyguidelines every three years and update them where necessary, including when it is needed to reflect changes in the availability of harmful organism control tools.
Amendment 1287 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. Each Member State shall review its crop-specific rules annuallyguidelines every three years and update them where necessary, including when it is needed to reflect changes in the availability of harmful organism control tools.
Amendment 1289 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1296 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. A Member State that is planning to update a crop-specific rulguideline shall, at least 6 months before the update becomes applicable under national lawis published:
Amendment 1297 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – point a
(a) publish a draft of the updated rules for public consultationthe competent authority shall publish a draft on a website;
Amendment 1298 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – point b
Amendment 1299 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – point c
(c) submit the draft that takes into accinform the Commission abount the comments as referred to in point (b) to the Commissionpublication of the draft.
Amendment 1301 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Amendment 1307 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Where the Commission is notified of the publication of a draft under paragraph 8, it may, within 3three months of receipt of the draft object to the updat, submit to the Member State a proposal for amendment regarding of the crop-specific rule by a Member State, if it considers that the draft does not comply with the criteria set out in paragraph 6. If the Commission objects, the Member State shall refrain from updating the crop-specific rule until it has amended the text so as to remedy the shortcomings identified in the Commission’s objections. The absence of a reaction from the Commission in accordance with this paragraph to a draft crop–specific rule shall not prejudice any action or decision which might be taken by the Commission under other Union acts.
Amendment 1310 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 10
Article 15 – paragraph 10
(10.) A Member State with significant climatic or agronomic differences between regions, shall adoptmay publish crop-specific rulguidelines for each of those regions.
Amendment 1312 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 10
Article 15 – paragraph 10
(10.) A Member State with significant climatic or agronomic differences between regions, shall adopt crop-specific rulguidelines for each of those regions.
Amendment 1315 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 11
Article 15 – paragraph 11
(11.) Each Member State shall publish all of its crop-specific rulguidelines on a single website.
Amendment 1316 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 11
Article 15 – paragraph 11
(11.) Each Member State shall publish all of its crop-specific rules on a single websiteguidelines.
Amendment 1320 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 13
Article 15 – paragraph 13
(13.) By … [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 7 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the adoption and enforcement ofpublication of the crop- specific rulguidelines in the Member States and the compliance of those rulguidelines with Article 15.
Amendment 1325 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – title
Article 16 – title
Electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register
Amendment 1326 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – title
Article 16 – title
16 Electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register
Amendment 1328 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or competent authorities to establish and maintain an electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register or registers within 18 months of the entry into force of this regulation.
Amendment 1329 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or competent authorities to establish and maintain an electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register or registers.
Amendment 1331 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register or registers shall contain all of the following information for a period of at least 3 years from date of entry, starting 18 months after the entry into force of this regulation:
Amendment 1333 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register or registers shall contain all of the following information for a period of at least 3 years from date of entry:
Amendment 1335 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1336 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) any preventative measure or intervention and the reasons for that preventative measure or intervention entered in accordance with Article 14(16(2);
Amendment 1337 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1338 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1343 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 1344 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 1345 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Where a professional user takes a plant protection measure involving chemical plant protection products, said user shall enter the following information in the electronic register for the use of plant protection products: (a) A professional user shall record the organisation/name of the company of its adviser and the date of the last advice given.The professional user shall make those records available to the competent authority referred to in Article 15(2) upon request. (b) A professional user shall enter an electronic record of each application of a plant protection product under Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in the electronic plant protection product use register referred to in Article 16.A professional user shall also record the type of application technique. (c) In order to ensure a uniform structure of the entries to be made by professional users in the electronic plant protection product use register in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt a standard template for such entries. Such a template shall contain input fields for the commercial name of the plant protection product, the date of use, the application rate per hectare, the area covered and the crop for which the plant protection product was used, as well as the name of the professional user and the type of application technique.
Amendment 1346 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 b (new)
(1b) The records referred to in Article 16(2) shall be made in writing in the electronic register within 7 days of the application, but not later than 31 December of the year of application.
Amendment 1348 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1352 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1354 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1355 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1359 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1362 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7
Article 16 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1364 #
Amendment 1365 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 1366 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) has been issued with a training certificate for following courses for professional users in accordance with Article 25, or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5), and
Amendment 1371 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1373 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1375 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the equipment has successfully passed inspection and the results have been recorded in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use in accordance with Article 31(6);
Amendment 1376 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1377 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1383 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1393 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1397 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 1399 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1404 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1406 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1416 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1426 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1427 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1431 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1432 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1444 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1445 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1451 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1452 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1471 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 1473 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1519 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1535 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 1555 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1574 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Advice on the use of a plant protection product to a professional user may only be given by an advisor for whom a training certificate has been issued for following courses for advisors in accordance with Article 25 or who has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 1583 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1587 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1593 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1597 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1601 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1602 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1610 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1612 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1613 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1620 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1623 #
2022/0196(COD)
(c) extensive tTraining for advisors on the subjects listed in Annex III with particular emphasis on the application of integrated pest management.
Amendment 1628 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1630 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1635 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Amendment 1638 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 1639 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 1650 #
2022/0196(COD)
(g) the validity period of the training certificate or entry in the central electronic register.
Amendment 1653 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1658 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1661 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1667 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 9
Article 25 – paragraph 9
9. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 or an appointed body referred to in paragraph 1 shall withdraw a training certificate if it was incorrectly issued or renewed or shall correct an entry in the central electronic register if it was incorrectly introduced.
Amendment 1672 #
Amendment 1675 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to establish, oversee and monitor the operation of a system of independenexpert advisors for professional users. That system may make use of the impartial farm advisors referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 2021/2115, who must be regularly trained and can be funded under Article 78 of the same regulationshall comprise advisors trained in accordance with Article 25.
Amendment 1677 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1684 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1689 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Each professional user shall consult an independent advisor at least once aevery six years for the purposes of receiving the strategic advice referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 1693 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. An expert advisor referred to in paragraph 3 shall provide strategic advice on the following subjects:
Amendment 1708 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to provide information to the public, in particular through awareness-raising programmes, on the occurrence of harmful organisms and the associated risks for food quality and in relation to the risks associated with the use of plant protection products.
Amendment 1712 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall establish a website or websites dedicated to providing information on the occurrence of harmful organisms and risks associated with the use of plant protection products. That information may be provided directly or by providing links to relevant websites of other national or international bodies.
Amendment 1718 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the risk assessments that plant protection products must undergo prior to authorisation and upon renewal or re- authorisation, and the science backing the safe use of plant protection products and the potential risks to human health and the environment through acute or chronic effects relating to the use of plant protection products;
Amendment 1724 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) the occurrence and spread of the main pests and their impact on crops and harvested products.
Amendment 1731 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g
Amendment 1758 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – title
Article 29 – title
29 Electronic rRegister of application equipment in professional use
Amendment 1762 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP please insert the date = first day of the month following 9 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], an owner of application equipment in professional use shall enter the fact that he or she is the owner of the application equipment in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the Member State in which the owner uses the equipment has exempted that equipment from inspection in accordance with Article 32(3).
Amendment 1764 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. If application equipment in professional use is sold, the seller and the buyer shall enter the fact of the sale, within 30 days after the sale, in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the application equipment in professional use has been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). A similar obligation to enter a transfer of ownership in the electronic register applies in the case of any other changes of ownership of application equipment in professional use that has not been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3).
Amendment 1766 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1769 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1772 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex V in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
Amendment 1774 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) establish and maintain a central electronic register to record information on all application equipment in professional use in the Member State;
Amendment 1776 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) use the central electronic register to receive and process third party entries regarding ownership, transfer of ownership, sale, withdrawal from use and return to and use of application equipment in professional use;
Amendment 1783 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall carry out official controls to verify compliance by operators with the provisions of this Regulation relating to application equipment. Member States shall take appropriate follow-up measures to remedy any specific or systemic shortcomings identified through controls performed by the Commission experts in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4. They shall give the necessary assistance to ensure that the Commission experts have access to all premises or parts of premises, and goods, and to information, including computer systems, relevant for the execution of their duties.
Amendment 1786 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1789 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1793 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 or a body designated by it shall inspect application equipment in professional use every three years, starting from the date of first purchase. TEvery three years from the date of purchase, the user of application equipment in professional use shall be inspected by the competent authority shall ensureferred that there is sufficient staff, equipment and other resources necessary for the inspection of allo in Article 30 or by a body designated by that authority. An exemption shall be established for new application equipment to providue for inspection, within the three year cycl five years after the date of first purchase.
Amendment 1799 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1802 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) issued by the competent authority, institution or body referred to in Article 30 to the owner of application equipment in professional use where that equipment complies with the requirements listed in Annex IV; and
Amendment 1807 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) recorded by that competent authority in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 1811 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 8
Article 31 – paragraph 8
8. A record as referred to in paragraph 6positive certificate of inspection shall be valid for threfive years unless the Member State provides for a different inspection interval pursuant to Article 32.
Amendment 1814 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 10
Article 31 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex IV in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
Amendment 1817 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. Before laying down less stringent inspection requirements and different inspection intervals as referred to in paragraph 1, a Member State shall carry out a risk assessment on their potential impacts on human health and the environment. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 shall maintain a copy of the risk assessment for control by the Commission.
Amendment 1820 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. A Member State may exempt from inspection referred to in Article 31 handheld application equipment or knapsack sprayers, in professional use, based on a risk assessment on their potential impact on human health and the environment, which shall include an estimation of the scale of use. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 shall maintain a copy of the risk assessment for control by the Commission.
Amendment 1837 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2030 reduction targets and the two national 2030 reduction targets until and including 2030... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets and the two national ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets until and including ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
Amendment 1845 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the two Union and two national 2030 reduction targets annually until and including 2030Union reduction targets and two national ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets annually until and including ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
Amendment 1854 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex VI in order to take into account technical progress, including progress in the availability of statistical data, and scientific and agronomic developments. Such delegated acts may modify the existing harmonised risk indicators or provide for new harmonised risk indicators, which may take into account Member States’ progress towards achieving the target of having 25% of their utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030 as referred to in Article 8(1), point (d).
Amendment 2147 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 12a, a competent authority designated by a Member State may permit a professional user to use a plant protection product in a sensitive area for a limited period with a precisely defined start and end date that is the shortest possible but does not exceed 60 days, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
Amendment 2158 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2159 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2166 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2167 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2172 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2176 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2180 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 2181 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 2186 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Amendment 2187 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Amendment 2195 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The measures referred to in Article 18 remain Union and national law as well as the restrictions of the competent authorities in the field of control and containment of quarantine pests, pests referred to in Articles 29 and 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, vectors of the above pests and invasive species unaffected.
Amendment 2202 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 2203 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2204 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited on all surface waters and within 3 metres of such waters. This 3 metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk-mitigation techniques; Along water bodies which, according to the national water management plan, have a "moderate", "unsatisfactory" or "poor" ecological status as a result of substance pollution in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC), the use of all plant protection products is prohibited on a width of at least 10 m to standing water bodies and at least 5 m to flowing water bodies.
Amendment 2214 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Plant protection products may not be applied to bodies of water, with the exception of small bodies of water of minor importance for water management purposes, within 10 metres of the water body concerned, measured from the upper edge of the bank or, if there is no upper edge, from the mean water level line. By way of derogation from the first sentence, the minimum distance to be maintained shall be five metres if there is closed year- round vegetation cover. Tillage for vegetation renewal may be carried out once within five-year periods. The first five-year period shall start at XXX (to be inserted). If, when a given plant protection product is authorised, application-related provisions are laid down as regards greater distances or the plant protection equipment to be used, this shall be without prejudice to the obligation to comply with these provisions. The first to the fourth sentences shall not apply where a Member State has adopted or adopts provisions laying down different distances from bodies of water.
Amendment 2216 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The competent authority may authorise derogations from the first and second sentences of paragraph 1 in order to prevent significant agricultural, forestry-related or other economic harm or to protect native fauna and flora, in particular against invasive species.
Amendment 2236 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) the aerial application has a less negative impact on human health and the environment than any alternative application method either because the aerial application equipment can be deployed on the relevant terrain in a faster timescale than land-based equipment and avoids a situation where the number of plant pestathogens increases due to the longer time period required for land-based deployment or because it minimizes soil erosiondamages to the soil structure when adverse weather conditions make the land unsuitable for land vehicles, and all of the following conditions are met:
Amendment 2240 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
(ii) the aircraft is equipped with accessories that constitute the best available technology to accurately applyies the plant protection products and to reduces spray drift;
Amendment 2242 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii
Amendment 2251 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 2253 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) the name of the plant protection product or products or the active ingredient;
Amendment 2255 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point e
Amendment 2256 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2266 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where certain categories of unmanned aircraft fulfil the criteria set out in paragraph 2, a Member State may exempt aAerial application by such unmanned aircraft from the prohibition laid down in Article 20(1) prior to any aerialwill not be prohibited for targeted application of plant protection products.
Amendment 2268 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where certain categories of unmanned aircraft fulfil the criteria set out in paragraph 2, a Member State may exempt aerial application by such unmanned aircraftircrafts pursuant to Article 2 shall be exempted from the prohibition laid down in Article 20(1) prior to any aerial application of plant protection products.
Amendment 2270 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2271 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. An aerial application by an unmanned aircraft may be exempted by the Member State from the prohibition laid down in Article 20(1) where factors related to the use of the unmanned aircraft demonstrate that the risks from its use are lower than the risks arising from other aerial equipment and land-based application equipment. These factors shall include criteria relating toMember states may create a register listing makes of unmanned aerial vehicles available for the application of plant protection products up to 6 months after the entry into force of this regulation. Member States can use the following criteria for the register:
Amendment 2277 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the weather conditions, including wind speed in which the unmanned aerial vehicle can be operated;
Amendment 2278 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the area and crop to be sprayed, including its topography in which the unmanned aerial vehicle can be operated;
Amendment 2279 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 2282 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) potential use of unmanned aircraft in conjunction with real time kinematic precision farming in certain cases;
Amendment 2283 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 2286 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point g
Amendment 2287 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States have the possibility to set criteria for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, for example: (1) to set the level of training required for pilots operating an unmanned aircraft;
Amendment 2291 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 supplementing this Regulation to specify precise criteria in relation to the factors set out in paragraph 2 once technical progress and scientific developments allow for the development of such precise criteriatechnical qualifications, use or training.
Amendment 2292 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 supplementing this Regulationcan supplement this Regulation and inform the Member States to specify precise criteria in relation to the factors set out in paragraph 2 once technical progress and scientific developments allow for the development of such precise criteria.
Amendment 2295 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP: please insert the date of application of this Regulation], Member States shall have in place effective measures and establish the necessary structures to facilitate in a manner that does not endanger human health or the environment, the safe disposal of any unused plant protection products, any dilute solupreparations containing plant protection products and any packaging of plant protection.
Amendment 2298 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) disposal of obsolete plant protection products and remnantsor remnants that are no longer authorized or in use and their packaging.
Amendment 2300 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2303 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Manufacturers, distributors and professional users shall ensure that plant protection products are stored in specific storage facilities for plant protection products that are constructed in such a way as to prevent unwanted releases and are marked as storage facilities for plant protection products.
Amendment 2305 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Manufacturers, distributors and professional users shall ensure that location, size, ventilation and construction materials of the storage facility are suitable to prevent unwanted releases and to protect human health and the environment.
Amendment 2312 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Advice on the use of a plant protection product to a professional user may only be given by an advisor for whom a training certificate has been issued for following courses for advisors in accordance with Article 25 or who has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2324 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A distributor shall only sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2325 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A distributor shall only sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2330 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Where a purchaser is a legal person, a distributor may sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a representative of the purchaser of the plant protection product when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the representative is the holder of a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2333 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Where a purchaser is a legal person, a distributor may sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a representative of the purchaser of the plant protection product when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the representative is the holder of a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a centraln electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2335 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2336 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. A distributor shall direct a purchaser of a plant protection product to read its label prior to use and to use the product in accordance with the instructions on the label and shall inform the purchaser of the website referred to in Article 27.
Amendment 2344 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. Each distributor shall ensure that it has sufficient staff that hold a training certificate for following courses for distributors issued in accordance with Article 25 orand has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) available at the time of sale to provide adequate responses to purchasers of plant protection products at the moment of sale on their use, related health and environmental risksthe necessary knowledge of the health and environmental risks relating to storage and handling and of the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks.
Amendment 2346 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5. Each distributor shall ensure that it has sufficient staff that hold a training certificate for following courses for distributors issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) available at the time of sale to provide adequate responses to purchasers of plant protection products at the moment of sale on their use, related health and environmental risks and the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks if questioned.
Amendment 2348 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2349 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2354 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Amendment 2363 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) initial and follow up tTraining to professional users and distributors on the subjects listed in Annex III;
Amendment 2365 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 2369 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) extensive tTraining for advisors on the subjects listed in Annex III with particular emphasis on the application of integrated pest management.
Amendment 2375 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or authorities responsible for the implementation of the system for the training and certification of all training referred to in paragraph 1 and, for issuing and renewing training certificates, updating the central electronic register, providing proof of entry in the central electronic register andand for overseeing that the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out by the body that provided the training.
Amendment 2376 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or authorities responsible for the implementation of the system for the training and certification of all training referred to in paragraph 1 and for issuing and renewing training certificates, updating the central electronic register, providing proof of entry in the central electronic registerproviding proof and overseeing that the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out by the body that provided the training.
Amendment 2382 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. A training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall contain the following information:
Amendment 2384 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 2385 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 2393 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point f
Amendment 2395 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point g
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point g
(g) the validity period of the training certificate or entry in the central electronica register.
Amendment 2401 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 shall provide electronic proof of entry in a central electronic register to a professional user, distributor or advisor at the time the entry is made. Such electronic proof shall include a record of the period of validity of the entry in the central electronic register.
Amendment 2404 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. A training certificate or an entry in a centraln electronic register shall be valid for 106 years in the case of an independent distributor or professional user and for 5 years in the case of an advisor. Trainings may at last partially also be delivered in a virtual format, where appropriate and feasible.
Amendment 2410 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7. Subject to paragraph 6, a training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall only be made or renewed if the holder of the certificate or the person whose name has been entered in the central electronic register demonstrates satisfactory completion of an initial and follow up training or extensive training referred to in paragraph 1, point (a) or (c).
Amendment 2414 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 9
Article 25 – paragraph 9
9. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 or an appointed body referred to in paragraph 1 shall withdraw a training certificate if it was incorrectly issued or renewed or shall correct an entry in the central electronica register if it was incorrectly introduced.
Amendment 2417 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 10
Article 25 – paragraph 10
Amendment 2422 #
Amendment 2423 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to establish, oversee and monitor the operation of a system of independenexpert advisors for professional users. That system may make use of the impartial farm advisors referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 2021/2115, who must be regularly trained and can be funded under Article 78 of the same regulationshall comprise advisors trained in accordance with Article 25.
Amendment 2425 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. EWithin 6 months after entering into force, each Member State shall designate a competent authority to establish, oversee and monitor the operation of a system of independent advisors for professional users. That system may make use of the impartial farm advisors referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 2021/2115, who must be regularly trained and can be funded under Article 78 of the same regulation.
Amendment 2426 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2429 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that any advisor registerindependent advisor must be able to demonstrate, if requested inby the system referred to in that paragraph (‘competent authority in accordance with paragraph 1, that the independent advisor’) is free from any conflict of interest and, in particular, is not in a situation which, directly or indirectly, could affect their ability to carry out their professional duties in an impartial manner.
Amendment 2433 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2438 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Each professional user shall consult an independent advisor at least once aevery 6 years for the purposes of receiving the strategic advice referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 2440 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Amendment 2448 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) precision farming techniques, including use of space data and services;
Amendment 2451 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) where chemical plant protection products are necessary, mMeasures to effectively minimise risks to human health and the environment, in particular to biodiversity, including pollinators, from such use, including risk mitigation measures and techniques.
Amendment 2458 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to provide information to the public, in particular through awareness-raising programmes, on the occurrence of harmful organisms and the associated risks for food quality and in relation to the risks associated with the use of plant protection products.
Amendment 2463 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall establish a website or websites dedicated to providing information on the appearance of harmful organisms and on risks associated with the use of plant protection products. That information may be provided directly or by providing links to relevant websites of other national or international bodies.
Amendment 2468 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the potentialrisk assessments that plant protection products must undergo before authorization and in the event of an extension or re-authorisation, and the scientific arguments for the safe use of plant protection products and the risks to human health and the environment throug, with acute or chronic effects relatingwhich may be due to the use of plant protection products;
Amendment 2475 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) The occurrence and spread of the most important pests and their impact on plants and crops.
Amendment 2489 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point e
Amendment 2494 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g
Amendment 2497 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – title
Article 28 – title
Information on acute and chronic poisoning and occupational diseases
Amendment 2500 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to maintain or put in place systems for gathering and keepingThe European Commission is developing, maintaining and setting up a system within the framework of the European Occupational Diseases Statistics (EODS) to collect the following information on acute and chronic cases of poisoning incidents arising fromand occupational diseases as a result of exposure of persons to plant protection products: within 2 years of the entry into force of this regulation includes the following points:
Amendment 2512 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) Medical certificate on the case of poisoning
Amendment 2513 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 31 AugustDecember every year, each Member State shall submit to the Commission shall publish a report containing the following information:
Amendment 2516 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 2518 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish the format for the submission of the information and data referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 41(2)is obligated to guarantee that sensitive data is collected with due regard to data protection and only entered into the system with explicit consent from the data subject.
Amendment 2519 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Member States may refer to the system for recording acute and chronic poisoning and occupational diseases on a publicly accessible website.
Amendment 2523 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 2524 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – title
Article 29 – title
Amendment 2531 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP please insert the date = first day of the month following 9 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], an owner of application equipment in professional use shall enter the fact that he or she is the owner of the application equipment in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the Member State in which the owner uses the equipment has exempted that equipment from inspection in accordance with Article 32(3).
Amendment 2533 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. If application equipment in professional use is sold, the seller and the buyer shall enter the fact of the sale, within 360 days after the sale, in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the application equipment in professional use has been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). A similar obligation to enter a transfer of ownership in the electronic register applies in the case of any other changes of ownership of application equipment in professional use that has not been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). An exception to the recording of application devices in the register within 60 days applies in the context of a family farm takeover and must be made no later than the next due inspection for plant protection devices.
Amendment 2538 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2540 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2542 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex V in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
Amendment 2545 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) establish and maintain a central electronic register to record information on all application equipment in professional use in the Member State;
Amendment 2549 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) use the central electronic register to receive and process third party entries regarding ownership, transfer of ownership, sale, withdrawal from use and return to use of application equipment in professional use;
Amendment 2563 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall carry out official controls to verify compliance by operators with the provisions of this Regulation relating to application equipment. Member States shall take appropriate follow-up measures to remedy any specific or systemic shortcomings identified through controls performed by the Commission experts in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4. They shall give the necessary assistance to ensure that the Commission experts have access to all premises or parts of premises, and goods, and to information, including computer systems, relevant for the execution of their duties.
Amendment 2570 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2573 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2583 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2590 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) recorded by that competent authority in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 2595 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 10
Article 31 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex IV in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
Amendment 2601 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) spraying equipment mounted on trains or aircraft according to Article 20;
Amendment 2603 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. Before laying down less stringent inspection requirements and different inspection intervals as referred to in paragraph 1, a Member State shall carry out a risk assessment on their potential impacts on human health and the environment. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 shall maintain a copy of the risk assessment for control by the Commission.
Amendment 2605 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Hand-held application devices or knapsack sprayers with a volume of up to 100 litres are generally excluded from Chapter VIII (application equipment).
Amendment 2606 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2609 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2613 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 2614 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 2616 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – title
Article 33 – title
Amendment 2618 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each competent authority designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 30 shall establish and maintain a central electronic register to record:
Amendment 2620 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) records of inspections and certificates as set out in Article 31(6) and (7)(b);
Amendment 2624 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) where there has been a transfer of ownership, the date of each transfer and the name and address of previous owners within the last five yearsthe transfer;
Amendment 2625 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the tank sizeVolume of the tank in litres for containers for application of plant protection products in liquid form;
Amendment 2626 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the work width of the horizontal spray boom, if applicable;
Amendment 2629 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) in the case of boom sprayers, whether section and/or nozzle control through geospatial localisation technology is present or absent on the application equipment;
Amendment 2631 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) for equipment older than three years, the date of eachthe last inspection carried out in accordance with Article 31;
Amendment 2632 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point k
Amendment 2637 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Article 34 – title
Methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two national and two Union wide 20305 reduction targets
Amendment 2638 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2030 reduction targets and the two national 2030 reduction targets until and including 2030... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets and the two national ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets until and including ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
Amendment 2641 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2030 reduction targets and the two nationalwide 20305 reduction targets until and including 2030 is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
Amendment 2648 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the two... Union reduction and two national 2030 reduction targets annually until and including 2030... [OP: please insert the dates – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets annually until and including ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
Amendment 2650 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the two Union and two national 2030 reduction targets annuallywide until and including 20305 and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
Amendment 2657 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress in relation to harmonised risk indicators 1, 2 and 2a, at both Union and Member StateUnion level, is laid down in Annex VI. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
Amendment 2658 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3
Article 35 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2660 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2662 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex VI in order to take into account technical progress, including progress in the availability of statistical data, and scientific and agronomic developments. Such delegated acts may modify the existing harmonised risk indicators or provide for new harmonised risk indicators, which may take into account Member States’ progress towards achieving the target of having 25% of their utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030 as referred to in Article 8(1), point (d).
Amendment 2670 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5
Article 35 – paragraph 5
5. By… [OP please insert the date = first day of the month following 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall complete an evaluation of harmonised risk indicators 1, 2 and 2a. This evaluation shall be based on scientific research from the Joint Research Centre and extensive consultation of stakeholders, including Member States, scientific experts and civil society organisations. The evaluation shall include the methodologies tomay be used in formulating new and modifying existing harmonised risk indicators in accordance with paragraph 4.
Amendment 2675 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36
Article 36
Amendment 2676 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall evaluate the results of each calculation of (a) progress towards achieving each of the two national 2030 reduction... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets as referred to in Article 34 and (b) harmonised risk indicators at Member State level, as referred to in Article 35, each time the calculations are performed.
Amendment 2680 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall evaluate the results of each calculation of (a) progress towards achieving each of the two nationalUnion wide 20305 reduction targets as referred to in Article 34 and (b) harmonised risk indicators at Member State level, as referred to in Article 35, each time the calculations are performed.
Amendment 2694 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Member States shallmay lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take the measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall without delay notify the Commission of those rules and of those measures and shall notify it, without delay, of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 2695 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
Article 39
Amendment 2746 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 1
Annex I – subheading 1
METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE TWO UNION AND TWO NATIONAL 20305 REDUCTION TARGETS
Amendment 2747 #
Amendment 2757 #
Amendment 2794 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 4
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 4
4. The baseline for reduction target 1 shall be set at 100, and is equal to the average result of the above calculation for the period 20151-20178.
Amendment 2799 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 6
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 6
6. The Commission shall calculate the progress towards achieving reduction target 1 in accordance with Article 34(2) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which progress towards the reduction target 1 is being calculated.
Amendment 2806 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 3
3. The baseline for reduction target 2 shall be set at 100, and is equal to the average result of the above calculation for the period 20151-20178.
Amendment 2810 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 5
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 5
5. The Commission shall calculate progress towards achieving reduction target 2 in accordance with Article 34(2) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which progress towards reduction target 2 is being calculated.
Amendment 2817 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – subheading 1
Annex II – subheading 1
DATA TO BE PROVIDED IN ANNUAL PROGRESS AND IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS BY 31 AUGUSTDECEMBER OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR
Amendment 2824 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Amendment 2827 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. the percentage of professional users failing to comply with the obligation to keep electronic records on integrated pest management implementation;
Amendment 2828 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Amendment 2832 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Amendment 2833 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Amendment 2836 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Amendment 2839 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 11
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 11
Amendment 2841 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 12
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 12
Amendment 2842 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 13
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 13
13. the percentagenumber of registered application equipment in professional use and due for inspection that has been inspected;
Amendment 2843 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 14
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 3 – point 14
Amendment 2844 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2853 #
Amendment 2887 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III a (new)
Annex III a (new)
Amendment 2888 #
Amendment 2894 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV a (new)
Annex IV a (new)
Amendment 2918 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 2 – point 6
Annex VI – Section 2 – point 6
6. The Commission shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 1 at Union level in accordance with Article 35(2) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 1 is being calculated.
Amendment 2920 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 2 – point 7
Annex VI – Section 2 – point 7
7. The Member States shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 1 at national level in accordance with Article 35(3) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 1 is being calculated.
Amendment 2938 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 6
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 6
6. The Commission shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 2 at Union level in accordance with Article 35(2) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 2 is being calculated.
Amendment 2940 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 7
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 7
7. The Member States shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 2 at national level in accordance with Article 35(3) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 2 is being calculated.
Amendment 2943 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 8
Annex VI – Section 3 – point 8
8. With effect from 1 January 2027, the methodology of harmonised risk indicator 2 shall be eventually replaced by the methodology of harmonised risk indicator 2a referred to in section 4 of this Annex.
Amendment 2958 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 4 – point 6
Annex VI – Section 4 – point 6
6. The Commission shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 2a at Union level in accordance with Article 35(2) of this Regulation. This shall be done for the first time in 2027 using data from calendar years 2022 to 2025, and subsequently for each calendar year, at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 2a is being calculated.
Amendment 2959 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 4 – point 7
Annex VI – Section 4 – point 7
7. The Member States shall calculate and publish the results of harmonised risk indicator 2a at national level in accordance with Article 35(3) of this Regulation. This shall be done for the first time in 2027 using data from calendar years 2022 to 2025, and subsequently for each calendar year, at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which harmonised risk indicator 2a is being calculated.
Amendment 193 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on nature restoration and development (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 203 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) It is necessary to lay down rules at Union level on the restoration of ecosystems to ensure the recovery and development to biodiverse and resilient nature across the Union territory. Restoring ecosystems also contributes to the Union climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation objectives.
Amendment 208 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The European Green Deal43 has set out an ambitious roadmap to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, aiming to protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural capital, and to protect the health and well- being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. The EU’s goals are to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss. As part of the European Green Deal, the Commission has adopted an EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203044 .source: https://commission.europa.eu/strategy- and-policy/priorities-2019- 2024/european-green-deal/agriculture- and-green-deal_en _________________ 43 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The European Green Deal, 11.12.2019 (COM (2019) 640 final). 44 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, Bringing nature back into our lives, 20.5.2020, COM(2020) 380 final.
Amendment 219 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In its resolution of 9 June 202149 , the European Parliament strongly welcomed the commitment to draw up a legislative proposal with binding nature restoration targets, and furthermore considered that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-, habitat- and species-specific restoration targets should be included, covering forests, grasslands, wetlands, peatlands, pollinators, free- flowing rivers, coastal areas and marine ecosystems. Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has triggered energy and food supply challenges, exacerbating existing food systems vulnerabilities, already weakened under the effect of climate change and the COVID 19 pandemic. Therefore, all objectives must be reviewed in relation to these events, with a special role for the guarantee of food safety. (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktan k/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2022)733667) _________________ 49 European Parliament resolution of 9 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives (2020/2273(INI)).
Amendment 224 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In a two-way process, climate change is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss, but destruction of ecosystems undermines nature’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and protects against extreme weather, thus accelerating climate change and increasing vulnerability to it. This explains why the two crises must be tackled together with holistic policies that address both issues simultaneously and not in silos.
Amendment 228 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 sets out a commitment to legally protect a minimum of 30 % of the land, including inland waters, and 30 % of the sea in the Union, of which at least one third should be under strict protection, including all remaining primary and old- growth forests. The criteria and guidance for the designation of additional protected areas by Member States51 (the ‘Criteria and guidance’), developed by the Commission in cooperation with Member States and stakeholders, highlight that if the restored areas comply or are expected to comply, once restoration produces its full effect, with the criteria for protected areas, those restored areas should also contribute towards the Union targets on protected areas. The Criteria and guidance also highlight that protected areas can provide an important contribution to the restoration targets in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, by creating the conditions for restoration efforts to be successful. This is particularly the case for areas which can recover naturally by stopping or limiting some of the pressures from human activities. Placing such areas, including in the marine environment, under strict protection, will, in some cases, be sufficient to lead to the recovery of the natural values they host. Moreover, it is emphasised in the Criteria and guidance that all Member States are expected to contribute towards reaching the Union targets on protected areas set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, to an extent that is proportionate to the natural values they host and to the potential they have for nature restoration. _________________ 51 Commission Staff Working Document Criteria and guidance for protected areas designations (SWD(2022) 23 final).
Amendment 230 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 sets out a commitment to legally protect a minimum of 30 % of the land, including inland waters, and 30 % of the sea in the Union, of which at least one third4 % should be under strict protection, including all remaining primary and old- growth forests. The criteria and guidance for the designation of additional protected areas by Member States51 (the ‘Criteria and guidance’), developed by the Commission in cooperation with Member States and stakeholders, highlight that if the restored areas comply or are expected to comply, once restoration produces its full effect, with the criteria for protected areas, those restored areas should also contribute towards the Union targets on protected areas. The Criteria and guidance also highlight that protected areas can provide an important contribution to the restoration targets in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, by creating the conditions for restoration efforts to be successful. This is particularly the case for areas which can recover naturally by stopping or limiting some of the pressures from human activities. Placing such areas, including in the marine environment, under strict protection, will, in some cases, be sufficient to lead to the recovery of the natural values they host. Moreover, it is emphasised in the Criteria and guidance that all Member States are expected to contribute towards reaching the Union targets on protected areas set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, to an extent that is proportionate to the natural values they host and to the potential they have for nature restoration. _________________ 51 Commission Staff Working Document Criteria and guidance for protected areas designations (SWD(2022) 23 final).
Amendment 237 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) At the COP 15 the nations supported the 23 targets for 2030 in the landmark biodiversity agreement and to ensure that areas under agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry are managed sustainably, in particular through the sustainable use of biodiversity, including through a substantial increase of the application of biodiversity friendly practices, such as sustainable intensification, agroecological and other innovative approaches contributing to the resilience and long- term efficiency and productivity of these production systems and to food security, conserving and restoring biodiversity and maintaining nature’s contributions to people, including ecosystem functions and services . https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/ip_22_7834 https://prod.drupal.www.infra.cbd.int/sites /default/files/2022-12/221219-CBD- PressRelease-COP15-Final_0.pdf
Amendment 242 #
2022/0195(COD)
(13) It is appropriate to set an overarching objective for ecosystem restoration to foster economic and societal transformation, the creation of high-quality jobs and sustainable growth. Biodiverse ecosystems such as wetland, freshwater, forest as well as agricultural, sparsely vegetated, marine, coastal and urban ecosystems deliver, if in good condition, a range of essential ecosystem services, and the benefits of restoring degraded ecosystems to good condition and the sustainable agricultural activity and forest management in all land and sea areas far outweigh the costs of restoration. Those services contribute to a broad range of socio-economic benefits, depending on the economic, social, cultural, regional and local characteristics.
Amendment 248 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Member States should cooperate bilaterally and within regional and sub- regional cooperation mechanisms to protect biodiverse ecosystems especially if the ecosystems extend beyond the borders (cross border management). When ecosystems extend the borders of a Member State, national restoration and development plans should be extended to common regional restoration or development plans.
Amendment 249 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The United Nations Statistical Commission adopted the System of Environmental Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA)54 at its 52nd session in March 2021. SEEA EA constitutes an integrated and comprehensive statistical framework for organising data about habitats and landscapes, measuring the extent, condition and services of ecosystems, tracking changes in ecosystem assets, and linking this information to economic and other human activity. A reference to food security should be considered and included. _________________ 54 https://seea.un.org/sites/seea.un.org/files/d ocuments/EA/seea_ea_white_cover_final.p df.
Amendment 257 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Living nature plays an important role in many climate-relevant processes (e.g. binding and release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, water cycle, absorption of solar radiation). Changes in the biosphere therefore always have consequences for the climate system. At the same time climate change has both direct and indirect effects on nature, which should be taken into account to protect biodiversity. The geographical distribution of animal and plant species on Earth is determined to a large extent by climate. Changes in temperature and precipitation and in the frequency of extreme events have a direct influence on the annual rhythm, behaviour, reproduction, competitiveness and feeding relationships of species, competitive ability and feeding relationships of species. This can lead to major shifts in their distribution areas and in the species composition and structure of entire ecosystems. Indirect impacts on biodiversity arise from human responses to climate change, whether through adaptation of land use patterns, measures to protect populations from extreme events, or measures to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. The changes can be profound and affect large areas. Depending on how they are shaped, they can have positive and/or negative consequences for nature conservation.
Amendment 263 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Union climate policy is being revised in order to follow the pathway proposed in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 to reduce net emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990. In particular, the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2018/841 and (EU) 2018/199961 aims to strengthen the contribution of the land sector to the overall climate ambition for 2030 and aligns the objectives as regards accounting of emissions and removals from the land use, land use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) sector with related policy initiatives on biodiversity. That proposal emphasises the need for the protection and enhancement of nature-based carbon removals, for the improvement of the resilience of ecosystems to climate change, for the restoration of degraded land and ecosystems, and for rewetting peatlands. It further aims to improve the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals ofrom land subject to protection and restoration. In this context, it is important that ecosystems in all land categories, including forests, grasslands, croplands and wetlands, are in good condition, which corresponds to the climatic regions, in order to be able to effectively capture and store carbon. _________________ 61 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2018/841 as regards the scope, simplifying the compliance rules, setting out the targets of the Member States for 2030 and committing to the collective achievement of climate neutrality by 2035 in the land use, forestry and agriculture sector, and (EU) 2018/1999 as regards improvement in monitoring, reporting, tracking of progress and review (COM/2021/554 final).
Amendment 273 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In the final report of the Conference on the Future of Europe, citizens call on the Union to protect and restore biodiversity, the landscape and oceans, eliminate pollution and to foster knowledge, awareness, education, and dialogues on environment, climate change, energy use, and sustainability while at the same time ensuring food security.63 _________________ 63 Conference on the Future of Europe – Report on the Final Outcome, May 2022, Proposal 2 (1, 4, 5) p. 44, Proposal 6 (6) p. 48.
Amendment 280 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Soils are an integral part of terrestrial ecosystems. The Commission’s 2021 Communication ‘EU Soil Strategy for 2030’64 outlines the need to restore degraded soils and enhance soil biodiversity. The interests of landowners and land managers should be adequately taken into account. _________________ 64 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. EU Soil Strategy for 2030 Reaping the benefits of healthy soils for people, food, nature and climate (COM/2021/699 final).
Amendment 287 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) A framework and guidance67 already exist to determine good condition of habitat types protected under Directive 92/43/EEC and to determine sufficient quality and quantity of the habitats of species falling within the scope of that Directive. Restoration targets for those habitat types and habitats of species can be set based on that framework and guidance. However, such restoration will not be enough to reverse biodiversity loss and recover all ecosystems. Therefore, additional obligationproduction-integrated commitments should be established based on specific indicators in order to enhance biodiversity at the scale of wider ecosystems while at the same time guaranteeing food security. _________________ 67 DG Environment. 2017, “Reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive: Explanatory notes and guidelines for the period 2013-2018” and DG Environment 2013, “Interpretation manual of European Union habitats Eur 28”.
Amendment 292 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Building on Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC and in order to support the achievement of the objectives set out in those Directives, Member States should put in place restoration measures to ensure the recovery of protected habitats and species, including wild birds, across Union areas, also in areas that fall outside Natura 2000.
Amendment 293 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) Voluntary and participatory approaches are preferable to regulatory measures in order to increase the acceptance of all actors in the implementation of the restoration and development objectives.
Amendment 300 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Deadlines should therefore be established for putting in place restoration measures within and beyond Natura 2000 sites, in order to gradually improve the condition of protected habitat types across the Union as well as to re-establish them until the favourable reference area needed to achieve favourable conservation status of those habitat types in the Union is reached. In order to give the necessary flexibility to Member States to put in place large scale restoration efforts, it is appropriate to group habitat types according to the ecosystem to which they belong and set the time-bound and quantified area-based targets for groups of habitat types. This will allow Member States to choose which habitats to restore first within the group.
Amendment 301 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) If the favourable conservation status is not reached, a review should be carried out to determine why the favourable conservation status could not be achieved.
Amendment 303 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Similar requirements should be set for the habitats of species that fall within the scope of Directive 92/43/EEC and habitats of wild birds that fall within the scope of Directive 2009/147/EC, having special regard to the connectivity needed between both of those habitats in order for the species populations to thrive. Thereby intra-specific interactions that occur between individuals of the same species and inter-specific interactions that occur between two or more species need to be examined and taken into account.
Amendment 310 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to ensure that the restoration and development measures are efficient and that their results can be measured over time, it is essential that the areas that are subject to such restoration and development measures, with a view to improving the condition of habitats that fall within the scope of Annex I to Directive 92/43/EEC, to re-establish those habitats and to improve their connectivity, show a continuous improvement until good condition is reached. To measure the efficiency of the restoration and development measures, EU-wide common standards should apply.
Amendment 312 #
2022/0195(COD)
(31a) Successful habitat restoration requires understanding species life cycles and interactions, and the food, water, nutrients, space, and shelter that is necessary to sustain species populations. In some areas, restoration may not succeed in re-establishing the full assemblage of native species or the full extent of the original ecosystem’s structure and function due to environmental conditions such as climate change. In these cases, new ecosystems and habitats need to be developed.
Amendment 323 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) It is important to ensure a gradual increase of the quality and quantity of the habitats of species that fall within the scope of Directive 92/43/EEC, as well as habitats of wild birds falling within the scope of Directive 2009/147/EC, taking into account product-integrated commitments across the territory of Member States and ultimately of the Union, until it is sufficient to ensure the long-term survival of those species.
Amendment 327 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) It is important that the areas covered by habitat types falling within the scope of this Regulation do not deteriorate as compared to the current situation, considering the current restoration needs and the necessity not to further increase the restoration needs in the future. It is, however, appropriate to consider the possibility of force majeure, which may result in the deterioration of areas covered by those habitat types, as well as unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change, or as a result of a plan or project of overriding public interest, for which no less damaging alternative solutions are available, to be determined on a case by case basis, or of a plan or project authorised in accordance with Article 6(4) of Directive 92/43/EEC and on measures which are introduced to guarantee food security. Member States should provide scientific evidence for these exceptions.
Amendment 346 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) To support the restoration and non- deterioration of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine habitats, Member States haveshould ensure, as far as possible, the continued, long-term and sustainable impact of the restoration and development measures, including, where appropriate, the possibility to designate additional areas as ‘protected areas’ or ‘strictly protected areas’, to implement other effective area- based conservation measures, and to promote private land conservation measures.
Amendment 347 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) To support the restoration and non- deterioration of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine habitats, Member States haveshould ensure, as far as possible, the continued, long-term and sustainable impact of the restoration measures, including, where appropriate, the possibility to designate additional areas as ‘protected areas’ or ‘strictly protected areas’, to implement other effective area-based conservation measures, and to promote private land conservation measures.
Amendment 355 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)
Recital 43 a (new)
(43a) With artificial light increasing, light pollution has become a pertinent issue. Its sources include building exterior and interior lighting, advertising, commercial properties, offices, factories, streetlights, and illuminated sporting venues. Light pollution is a driver of insect declines. Many insects are drawn to light, but artificial lights can create a fatal attraction. Declining insect populations negatively impact all species that rely on insects for food or pollination. Some predators exploit this attraction to their advantage, affecting food webs in unanticipated ways.
Amendment 357 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 b (new)
Recital 43 b (new)
(43b) The sealing off of surfaces in cities has significant effects on factors such as biodiversity, water retention and heat stress. Gardens should be given special attention in this respect as depaving gardens can have large effects on water retention and urban heat stress at local level.
Amendment 363 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 a (new)
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) Urban green space designated in existing land-use plans of local authorities or through other local instruments of spatial function assignment shall be considered, especially those that are indicated for networking functions within the biotope network, for example urban green spaces that are enabling the exchange between flora and fauna. Where possible, data measurement tools for a more detailed individual assessment of green spaces, where green roofs, individual trees and private gardens, for example, can also be taken into account.
Amendment 370 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 requires greater efforts to restore freshwater ecosystems and the natural functions of rivers. The restoration of freshwater ecosystems should include efforts to restore the natural longitudinal and lateral connectivity of rivers as well as their riparian areas and floodplains, including through the removal of barriers with a view to supporting the achievement of favourable conservation status for rivers, lakes and alluvial habitats and species living in those habitats protected by Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC, and the achievement of one of the key objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, namely, the restoration of at least 25 000 km of free-flowing rivers. When removing barriers, Member States should primarily address obsolete barriers, which are those that are no longer needed for renewable energy generation, inland navigation, water supply or other uses, without restricting the use of hydroelectric power.
Amendment 376 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45 a (new)
Recital 45 a (new)
(45a) Member States should ensure that Union environmental law is applied to the deployment of energy from renewable sources, the related transmission and distribution network elements as well as storage facilities based on the principle that the species protection refers to the entire population and not to the individual specimens.
Amendment 380 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) In the Union, pollinators have dramatically declined in recent decades, with one in three bee species and butterfly species in decline, and one in ten such species on the verge of extinction. Pollinators are essential for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, human wellbeing and food security, by pollinating wild and cultivated plants. Almost EUR 5 000 000 000 of the EU’s annual agricultural output is directly attributed to insect pollinators70 . _________________ 70 Vysna, V., Maes, J., Petersen, J.E., La Notte, A., Vallecillo, S., Aizpurua, N., Ivits, E., Teller, A., Accounting for ecosystems and their services in the European Union (INCA). Final report from phase II of the INCA project aiming to develop a pilot for an integrated system of ecosystem accounts for the EU. Statistical report. Publications office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021.
Amendment 385 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 387 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
(48) The proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products [for adoption on 22 June 2022, include title and number of the adopted act when available] aims to regulate one of the drivers of pollinator decline by prohibiting the use of pesticides in ecologically sensitive areas, many of which are covered by this Regulation, for example areas sustaining pollinator species which the European Red Lists76 classify as being threatened with extinction. Agricultural and forest ecosystems that are dedicated to the production of food, fodder and renewable raw materials are of specific socio-economic importance. Their production function should not be undermined. _________________ 76 European Redlist - Environment - European Commission (europa.eu)
Amendment 396 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) Sustainable, resilient and biodiverse agricultural ecosystems are needed to provide safe, sustainable, nutritious and affordable food. Biodiversity-rich agricultural ecosystems also increase agriculture’s resilience to climate change and environmental risks, while ensuring food safety and security and creating new jobs in rural areas, in particular jobs linked to organic farming as well as rural tourism and recreation. Therefore, the Union needs to improve the biodiversity in its agricultural lands, through a variety of existing practices beneficial to or compatible with the biodiversity enhancement, including extensive agriculture. Extensive agriculture is vital for the maintenance of many species and habitats in biodiversity rich areas. There are many extensive agricultural practices which have multiple and significant benefits on the protection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and landscape features such as precision agriculture, new breeding techniques, organic farming, agro-ecology, agroforestry and low intensity permanent grassland.
Amendment 398 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) Restoration measures need to be put in place to enhance the biodiversity of agricultural ecosystems across the Union, including in the areas not covered by habitat types that fall within the scope of Directive 92/43/EEC. In the absence of a common method for assessing the condition of agricultural ecosystems that would allow setting specific restoration targets for agricultural ecosystems, it is appropriate to set a generalthat fall within the scope of Directive 92/43/EEC. The obligation to improve biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems and measure the fulfilment of that obligation on theshould basise ofn existing indicators taking into account product- integrated commitments.
Amendment 410 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) High-diversity landscape features on agricultural land, non productive areas and land use with high diversity in rural areas, including buffer strips, rotational or non-rotational fallow land, hedgerows, organic farmland, compensation areas, intercrops, extensive farmland, individual or groups of trees, tree rows, field margins, patches, ditches, streams, small wetlands, terraces, cairns, stonewalls, small ponds and cultural features, provide space for wild plants and animals, including pollinators, prevent soil erosion and depletion, filter air and water, support climate change mitigation and adaptation and agricultural productivity of pollination-dependent crops. Productive trees that are part of arable land agroforestry systems and productive elements in non-productive hedges can also be considerd as high biodiversity landscape features provided that they do not receive mineral fertilizers or pesticide treatment and if harvest takes place only at moments where it would not compromise high biodiversity levels. Therefore, a requirement to ensure an increasing trend for the share of agricultural land with high-diversity landscape features in rural areas should be set out. Such a requirement would enable the Union to achieve one of the other key commitments of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, namely, to cover at least 10 % of agricultural area with high-diversity landscape features. Increasing trends should also be achieved for other existing indicators, such as the grassland butterfly index and the stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils.
Amendment 415 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) High-diversity landscape features on agricultural land, non-productive areas and land use with high diversity in rural areas, including buffer strips, rotational or non-rotational fallow land, hedgerows, organic farmland, compensation areas, intercrops, extensive farmland, individual or groups of trees, tree rows, field margins, patches, ditches, streams, small wetlands, terraces, cairns, stonewalls, small ponds and cultural features, provide space for wild plants and animals, including pollinators, prevent soil erosion and depletion, filter air and water, support climate change mitigation and adaptation and agricultural productivity of pollination-dependent crops. Productive trees that are part of arable land agroforestry systems and productive elements in non-productive hedges can also be considerd as high biodiversity landscape features provided that they do not receive mineral fertilizers or pesticide treatment and if harvest takes place only at moments where it would not compromise high biodiversity levels. Therefore, a requirement to ensure an increasing trend for the share of agricultural land with high- diversity landscape features should be set out. Such a requirement would enable the Union to achieve one of the other key commitments of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, namely, to cover at least 104 % of agricultural area with high-diversity landscape features. Increasing trends should also be achieved for other existing indicators, such as the grassland butterfly index and the stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils.
Amendment 419 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is focused on social, environmental and economic goals and aims to support and strengthen environmental protection, including biodiversity. The policy has among its specific objectives to contribute to halting and reversing biodiversity loss, enhance ecosystem services and preserve habitats and landscapes. The new CAP conditionality standard Nr. 8 on Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC 8)77 , requires beneficiaries of area related payments to have at least 4% of arable land at farm level devoted to non- productive areas and features, including land lying fallow and to retain existing landscape features. The 4% share to be attributed to compliance with that GAEC standard can be reduced to 3 % if certain pre-requisites are met78 . That obligation will contribute to Member States reaching a positive trend in high-diversity landscape features on agricultural land. In addition, under the CAP, Member States have the possibility to set up eco-schemes for agricultural practices carried out by farmers on agricultural areas that may include maintenance and creation of landscape features or non-productive areas. Similarly, in their CAP strategic plans, Member States can also include agri- environment-climate commitments including the enhanced management of landscape features going beyond conditionality GAEC 8 and/or eco- schemes. LIFE nature and biodiversity projects will also help to put Europe's biodiversity on agricultural land on a path to recovery by 2030, by supporting the implementation of Directive 92/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EC as well as the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. _________________ 77 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013, OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1, 78 Where a farmer commits to devote at least 7% of his/her arable land to non- productive areas or features, including land lying fallow, under an enhanced eco- scheme or if there is a minimum share of at least 7 % of arable land at farm level that includes also catch crops or nitrogen fixing crops, cultivated without the use of plant protection products.
Amendment 420 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) Restoration and rewetting79 of organic soils80 in agricultural use (i.e. under grassland and cropland use) constituting drained peatlands help achieve significant biodiversity benefits, an important reduction of green-house gas emissions and other environmental benefits, while at the same time contributing to a diverse agricultural landscape. Member States can choose from a wide range of restoration measures for drained peatlands in agricultural use spanning from converting cropland to permanent grassland, water level management, and extensification measures accompanied by reduced drainage, to full rewetting with the opportunity of paludicultural use, photovoltaic systems or the establishment of peat-forming vegetation. In case where an ecosystem is so affected by human activity or its natural condition is such that it may be unfeasible or unreasonably expensive to achieve good status, less stringent environmental objectives may be set on the basis of appropriate, evident and transparent criteria, and all practicable steps should be taken to prevent any further deterioration of the status of the ecosystem. The most significant climate benefits are created by restoring and rewetting cropland followed by the restoration of intensive grassland. Member States shall draft national restoration and development plans in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, outlining voluntary measures that landowners and land managers can choose to implement in rural areas. To allow for a flexible implementation of the restoration target for drained peatlands under agricultural use Member States may count the restoration measures and rewetting of drained peatlands in areas of peat extraction sites as well as, to a certain extent, the restoration and rewetting of drained peatlands under other land uses (for example forest) as contributing to the achievement of the targets for drained peatlands under agricultural use. _________________ 79 Rewetting is the process of changing a drained soil into a wet soil. Chapter 1 of IPCC 2014, 2013 and Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands, Hiraishi, T., Krug, T., Tanabe, K., Srivastava, N., Baasansuren, J., Fukuda, M. and Troxler, T.G. (eds). 80 The term ‘organic soil’ is defined in IPCC 2006, 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T. and Tanabe K. (eds).
Amendment 426 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) In order to reap the full biodiversity benefits, restoration and rewetting of areas of drained peatland should extend beyond the areas of wetlands habitat types listed in Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC that are to be restored and re-established. Data about the extent of organic soils as well as their greenhouse gas emissions and removals are monitored and made available by LULUCF sector reporting in national greenhouse gas inventories by Member States, submitted to the UNFCCC. Restored and rewetted peatlands can continue to be used productively in alternative ways. For example, paludiculture, the practice of farming on wet peatlands, can include cultivation of various types of reeds, certain forms of timber, blueberry and cranberry cultivation, sphagnum farming, and grazing with water buffaloes. Such practices should be based on the principles of sustainable management and aimed at enhancing biodiversity so that they can have a high value both financially and ecologically. Paludiculture can also be beneficial to several species which are endangered in the Union and can also facilitate the connectivity of wetland areas and of associated species populations in the Union. Funding for measures to restore and rewet drained peatlands and to compensate possible losses of income can come from a wide range of sources, including expenditure under the Union budget and Union financing programmes. Programmes for long-term financing are to be developed for this purpose.
Amendment 435 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) The new EU Forest Strategy for 203081 outlined the need to restore forest biodiversity. Forests and other wooded land cover over 43,5 % of the EU’s land space. Forest ecosystems that host rich biodiversity are vulnerable to climate change but are also through their multifunctional use a natural ally in adapting to and fighting climate change and climate-related risks, including through their carbon-stock and carbon-sink functions, and provide many other vital ecosystem services and benefits, such as the provision of timber and wood, food and other non-wood products, climate regulation, soil stabilisation and erosion control and the purification of air and water. _________________ 81 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 (COM/2021/572 final).
Amendment 437 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Restoration measures need toshould be put in place to enhance the biodiversity of forest ecosystems across the Union, including in the areas not covered by habitat types falling within the scope of Directive 92/43/EEC. In the absence of a common method for assessing the condition of forest ecosystems that would allow for the setting of specific restoration targets for forest ecosystems, it is appropriate to set a general obligation to improve biodiversity in forest ecosystems and measure the fulfilment of that obligation on the basis of existing indicators, such as standing and lying deadwood, the shThe focus should be on improving biodiversity and the resilience of forest ecosystems and, where possible, to measure on the basis of existing and new indicators, such as the share of forests with uneven-aged structure, forest connectivity, dead wood lying and standing in quantity per hectare; vertical structure richness (single layer, multi-layered, multi-layered); location and climate-related tree species composition as a share of the total forest area; nutrient sustainability in representative areas; change in percent of forest stand; share of timber construction in the construction volume and share of wood chemically valued in the volume of wood; area of forests with uneven-aged structure, forest connectivity, the commonhere effective measures have been taken to increase resilience to climate change; ecosystem service water protection; research ecosystem services health, recreation and education in the forest and tree species composition. In view of the ever- increasing risk of forest bfird index82 , and the stock of organic carbon. _________________ 82 Common bird index (EU aggregate) - Products Datasets - Eurostat (europa.eu)es caused by climate change, Member States should take into account when setting the targets of increasing the proportion of deadwood, the share of forests with uneven age structure and the networking of forests, the risk of forest fires.
Amendment 446 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57 a (new)
Recital 57 a (new)
(57a) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 sets the target of planting at least three billion climate-adapted additional trees by 2030 in all habitats, while respecting ecological principles. This objective should be fully incorporated into this Regulation. This initiative counteracts the continuing trend of net decline in forest land and the loss of trees in urban areas in the Union, contributes to some of the restoration objectives set out in this Regulation and strengthens the production of wood and other by-products such as fruit and honey. Over time, it will also contribute to increasing the forest area as well as the trees in urban areas and other landscape components in the Union, thus increasing the CO2 sink and CO2 storage in the soil. The new EU Forest Strategy for 2030 sets out a roadmap for the implementation of this objective, based on the general principle of planting and maintaining the right tree in the right place and for the right purpose.
Amendment 452 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) To ensure synergies between the different measures that have been, and are to be put in place to protect, conserve and restore nature in the Union, Member States should take into account, when preparing their national restoration plans: the conservation measures established for Natura 2000 sites and the prioritised action frameworks prepared in accordance with Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC; measures for achieving good ecological and chemical status of water bodies included in river basin management plans prepared in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC; marine strategies for achieving good environmental status for all Union marine regions prepared in accordance with Directive 2008/56/EC; national air pollution control programmes prepared under Directive (EU) 2016/2284; national biodiversity strategies and action plans developed in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as conservation measures adopted in accordance with Regulation 1380/2013 and technical measures adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council83 The conservation measures established for Natura 2000 sites and the prioritised action frameworks prepared in accordance with Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC should be reviewed in light of the objectives of this regulation and adjusted if necessary. _________________ 83 Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105).
Amendment 462 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) In order to ensure coherence between the objectives of this Regulation and Directive (EU) 2018/200184 , Regulation (EU) 2018/199985 and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources86 , in particular, during the preparation of national restoration plans, Member States should take account ofintroduce measures which do not hinder the potential for renewable energy projects to make contributions towards meeting nature restoration objectives. _________________ 84 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82). 85 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1). 86 Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive 93/12/EEC (OJ L 350, 28.12.1998, p. 58).
Amendment 466 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) Considering the importance of addressing consistently the dual challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change, the restoration of biodiversity and the guarantee of food security should take into account the deployment of renewable energy and vice versa. The Communication on REPowerEU: Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy87 states that Member States should swiftly map, assess and ensure suitable land and sea areas that are available for renewable energy projects, commensurate with their national energy and climate plans, the contributions towards the revised 2030 renewable energy target and other factors such as the availability of resources, grid infrastructure and the targets of the EU Biodiversity Strategy. The Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency88 and the Commission recommendation on accelerating permitting for renewable energy projects and facilitating Power Purchase Agreements89 , both adopted on 18 May 2022, also provide for the identification of renewables go-to areas. Those are specific locations, whether on land or sea, particularly suitable for the installation of plants for the production of energy from renewable sources, other than biomass combustion plants, where the deployment of a specific type of renewable energy is not expected to have significant environmental impacts, in view of the particularities of the selected territory. Member States should give priority to artificial and built surfaces, such as rooftops, transport infrastructure areas, parking areas, waste sites, industrial sites, mines, artificial inland water bodies, lakes or reservoirs, and, where appropriate, urban waste water treatment sites, as well as degraded land not usable for agriculture. In the designation of renewables go-to areas, Member States should avoid protected areas and consider their national nature restoration plans. Member States should coordinate the development of national restoration plans with the designation of the renewables go-to areas. During the preparation of the nature restoration plans, Member States should ensure synergies withpriority to the already designated renewables go-to areas and ensure that the functioning of the renewables go-to areas, including the permitting procedures applicable in the renewables go-to areas foreseen by Directive (EU) 2018/2001, remain unchanged and not be in conflict with a certain form of renewables. _________________ 87 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions REPowerEU: Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (COM/2022/108 final). 88 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency, COM/2022/222 final. 89 Commission recommendation on speeding up permit-granting procedures for renewable energy projects and facilitating Power Purchase Agreements, C(2022) 3219 final.
Amendment 479 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
Recital 65
(65) The European Environment Agency (the ‘EEA’) should support Member States in preparing the national restoration plans, as well as in monitoring progress towards meeting the restoration and development targets and obligations. The Commission should assess whether the national restoration plans are adequate for achieving those targets and obligations. In order to meet these restoration and development targets, monitoring systems and intermediate targets need to be established to check whether the measures are leading to changes that meet the targets.
Amendment 495 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70
Recital 70
(70) The achievement of the objectives and obligations set out in this Regulation requires significant human and financial resources. Resources are needed not only for the designation, assessment and verification of habitat types, but also sufficient financial resources to compensate to the extent necessary the management restrictions or additional expenditure associated with the implementation, in particular on land used for agriculture and forestry. To ensure the achievement of the targets and obligations set out in this Regulation, it is therefore of utmost importance that adequate private and public investments are made in restoration, Member States should integrate expenditure for biodiversity objectives, including in relation to opportunity and transition costs resulting from the implementation of the national restoration plans, in their national budgets and reflect how Union funding is used. Regarding the Union funding, expenditure under the Union budget and Union financing programmes, such as the Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)96 , the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF)97 , the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)98 , the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Cohesion Fund99 and the Just Transition Fund100 , as well as the Union framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe101 , contributes to biodiversity objectives with the ambition to dedicate 7,5 % in 2024, and 10 % in 2026 and in 2027 of annual spending under the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework102 to biodiversity objectives. For the farmer, the demand for more extensive farming of agricultural land with higher requirements and standards will lead to lower yields, an increased effort and higher costs. The result is possible competitive disadvantages in a globalised market. At the same time, as part of the Green Deal, the requirements for farmers will continue to rise not only in the area of biodiversity protection, but also in the field of environmental, climate protection and animal welfare. The resources of the Common Agricultural Policy through the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) must therefore be deposited with corresponding additional appropriations. In addition to increased environmental, climate and animal welfare objectives and the increasing need to finance adaptation measures to climate change, the Common Agricultural Policy must continue to ensure the supply of high-quality and healthy food to the population at reasonable prices, to a sufficient extent to ensure income for family farms and to strengthen rural areas. The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)103 is a further source of funding for the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems. With reference to the LIFE Programme, special attention should be given to the appropriate use of the Strategic Nature Projects (SNaPs) as a specific tool that could support the implementation of this Regulation, by way of mainstreaming available financial resources in an effective and efficient way. _________________ 96 Regulation (EU) 2021/783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 establishing a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE), and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013 (OJ L 172, 17.5.2021, p. 53). 97 Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 (OJ L 247, 13.7.2021, p. 1). 98 Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 laying down certain transitional provisions for support from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the years 2021 and 2022 and amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards resources and application in the years 2021 and 2022 and Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards resources and the distribution of such support in respect of the years 2021 and 2022 (OJ L 437, 28.12.2020, p. 1). 99 Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 60). 100 Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing the Just Transition Fund (OJ L 231 30.06.2021, p. 1). 101 Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1290/2013 and (EU) No 1291/2013(OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 1). 102 Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (OJ L 433I , 22.12.2020, p. 11). 103 Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 17).
Amendment 502 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70 a (new)
Recital 70 a (new)
(70a) Notwithstanding the current expenditure under the Union budget and Union financing programmes, in view of the revision of the multiannual financial framework and the preparation of a multiannual financial framework for the next programming period, and in view of facilitating the implementation of this Regulation, the Commission should present new budgetary options such as the reallocation of funds and the establishment of a permanent dedicated nature restoration fund.
Amendment 507 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
(72) Member States should promote a fair and cross-society approachThe involvement of owners, land users and their representatives, broad public and stakeholder support for the recovery and their taking over of responsibility are necessary conditions for the successful implementation of this Regulation. Member States should promote a fair, open, transparent, inclusive, effective and cross-society approach by involving owners and land users in the preparation and, implementation and revision of their national restoration plans, by including processes for participation of the public and by considering the needs of local communities and stakeholders. Member States should also actively promote awareness of the importance of biodiversity and the restoration of nature, and should address young people through programmes and concrete projects, as well as through education and general information.
Amendment 516 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
Recital 74
(74) In line with the commitment in the 8th Environment Action Programme to 2030107 , Member States should phase out environmentally harmful subsidies at national level, making the best use of market-based instruments and green budgeting tools, including those required to ensure a socially fair transition, and supporting businesses and other stakeholders in developing standardised natural capital accounting practices. _________________ 107 [Reference to be added when the 8th EAP has been published].
Amendment 526 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
Recital 76
(76) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in order to specify the method for monitoring pollinators, to specify the methods for monitoring the indicators for agricultural ecosystems listed in Annex IV to this Regulation and the indicators for forest ecosystems listed in Annex VI to this Regulation, to develop a framework for setting the satisfactory levels of pollinators, of indicators for agricultural ecosystems listed in Annex IV to this Regulation and of indicators for forest ecosystems listed in Annex VI to this Regulation, and to specify the methods for monitoring urban green space and of urban tree canopy cover, to set out a uniform format for the national restoration plans, to set out the format, structure and detailed arrangements for reporting data and information electronically to the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council108 . _________________ 108 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 530 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
Recital 77
(77) The Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Regulation. Pursuant to paragraph 22 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making, that evaluation should be based on the criteria of efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, coherence and EU value added and should provide the basis for impact assessments of possible further measures. In addition, the Commission should assess the need to establish additional restoration targets, based on common methods for assessing the condition of ecosystems not covered by Articles 4 and 5, taking into account the most recent scientific evidence.
Amendment 537 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the continuous, long-term and sustained recovery of biodiverse and resilient nature across the Union’s land and sea areas through the restoration of ecosystemsmaintenance, enhancement, restoration and development of ecosystems while guaranteeing food security;
Amendment 558 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put in place, without delay, effective and area-based restoration and development measures which together shall cover,maintain, enhance or restore by 2030, at least 20 % of the Union’s land and sea areas in need of restoration and, by 2050, all ecosystems in need of restoration while guaranteeing food security. All measures shall not prevent any sustainable use.
Amendment 615 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) 'development' means to create ecosystems in areas where lost species cannot be brought back due to a change of the environment and climate;
Amendment 623 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘good condition’ means a state where the key characteristics of an ecosystem, namely its physical, chemical, compositional, structural and functional state, and its landscape and seascape characteristics, reflect the high level of ecological integrity, stability and resilience necessary to ensure its long-term maintenance and productivity;
Amendment 655 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
(7a) 'sustainable forest management' means the stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way, and at a rate, that maintains their biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, vitality and their potential to fulfil, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social functions, at local, national, and global levels, and that does not cause damage to other ecosystems;
Amendment 656 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
(7 b) 'sustainable agricultural activity' is an agricultural activity in a Member State of the European Union if it is carried out in accordance with the provisions set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 laying down rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common Agricultural Policy and to be financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (CAP Strategic Plans);
Amendment 657 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
(7 c) 'production-integrated commitments' are measures to promote biodiversity that are integrated into agricultural or forestry production;
Amendment 671 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘urban green space’ means all green urban areas; broad-leaved forests; coniferous forests; mixed forests; natural grasslands; moors and heathlands; transitional woodland-shrubs and sparsely vegetated areas -; green roofs, green walls and private gardens as found within cities or towns and suburbs calculated on the basis of data provided by the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service as established by Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council110 ;and based on existing land-use plans of local authorities or other local instruments of spatial function assignment. _________________ 110 Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 69).
Amendment 682 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15a) ‘restoration of the natural connectivity of rivers and natural functions of the related floodplains’ means: (i) the removal or the equipment of artificial structures in order to ensure the sufficient free-flowing character of water, sediment, nutrients, matter and organisms along river systems; (ii) the rehabilitation of hydrological, morphological and biological connectivity between wetlands, floodplains and their river channels; and (iii) the recovery of fluvial processes in general, which are necessary to support a healthy freshwater ecosystem.
Amendment 694 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 b (new)
(15 b) ‘wetting’ means any deliberate action aimed at bringing the water level of a drained peat land, i.e. the position relative to the surface, as far as possible, close to the original peat land;
Amendment 710 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration and development measures that are necessary to improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex I which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I thain the Member State and in the respective biogeographical region listed in Annex I which are not in good condition taking into account the food security. Such measures shall be in place on the area until it is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 650 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050 respecting production-integrated commitments .
Amendment 718 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Following the availability of a revised Union-wide methodology for the status survey of habitat types and species protected under the Habitats Directive, Member States shall put in place the restoration and development measures that are necessary to improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex I which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I that is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 60 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050, respecting production-integrated commitments.
Amendment 725 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The restoration and development measures referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be taken exclusively in the areas protected by Directive 92/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EC (Natura 2000 sites).
Amendment 734 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Once the data on habitat types referred to in Article 19(8) are available, Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to re-establish the habitat types listed in Annex I in areas not covered by those habitat types, provided that climatic conditions still allow this. Such measures shall be in place on areas representing at least 30 % of the additional overall surface needed to reach the total favourable reference area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, at least 650 % of that surface by 2040, and 100 % of that surface by 2050, taking into account all areas and land uses equally for this purpose and respecting production- integrated commitments.
Amendment 755 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures for the terrestrial, coastal and freshwater habitats of the species listed in Annexes II, IV and V to Directive 92/43/EEC and of the terrestrial, coastal and freshwater habitats of wild birds covered by Directive 2009/147/EC that are necessary to improve the quality and quantity of those habitats, including by re-establishing them, and to enhance connectivity, until sufficient quality and quantity of those habitats is achieved respecting production-integrated commitments.
Amendment 761 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The determination of the most suitable areas for restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be based on the best available knowledge and the latest scientific evidence of the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex I, measured by the structure and functions which are necessary for their long-term maintenance including their typical species, as referred to in Article 1(e) of Directive 92/43/EEC, and of the quality and quantity of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. Areas where the habitat types listed in Annex I are in unknown condition shall be subject to monitoring and reporting without delay and shall be considered as not being in a good condition if no such monitoring and reporting are in place after three years of this regulation coming into force.
Amendment 780 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The restoration and development measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall consider the need for improved connectivity between the habitat types listed in Annex I and take into account the ecological requirements of the species referred to in paragraph 3 that occur in those habitat types and the food security.
Amendment 793 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that the areas that are subject to restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 show a continuous improvement in the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex I until good condition is reached, and a continuous improvement of the quality of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3, until the sufficient quality of those habitats is reached. Member States shall entake appropriate and effective measures that areas in which good condition has been reached, and in which the sufficient quality of the habitats of the species has been reached, do not deteriorate irreversibly by human or non- human actions.
Amendment 801 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Article 4 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that areas where the habitat types listed in Annex I occur do not deterioratesignificantly deteriorate in relation to the objectives of the Directive 92/43/EEC to promote the maintenance of biodiversity, taking account of economic, social, cultural and regional requirements and food security.
Amendment 805 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Article 4 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that areas where the habitat types listed in Annex I occur do not deteriorate irreversibly by human or non-human actions.
Amendment 816 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. (7a) where, due to the different requirements of the habitat types listed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex I and of the species referred to in paragraph 3, the obligations referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7 are not complied with, it shall be weighed for the benefit of which habitat types or species restoration measures are taken. Non-compliance with the obligations relating to the other habitat types or species is justified by this.
Amendment 819 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. If Member States, due to the regional specificities, cannot meet the obligations referred to in paragraphs 6 and 7 and Article 9(4), exceptions are justified.
Amendment 820 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Article 4 – paragraph 8
Amendment 835 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point a a (new)
(aa) to guarantee food security;
Amendment 846 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point b
(b) unavoidable habitat transformations or other circumstances, which are directly caused by climate change; or
Amendment 851 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point c
(c) a project of overriding public interest for which no less damaging alternative solutions are available, to be determined on a case by case basis for which Member States have to provide evidence for these exceptions.
Amendment 872 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point c a (new)
(ca) measures to maintain food security, production of food and renewable resources.
Amendment 895 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point a a (new)
(aa) to guarantee food security;
Amendment 908 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point b
(b) unavoidable habitat transformations or other circumstances which are directly caused by climate change: or
Amendment 934 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 10 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 10 – point a
(a) an increase of habitat area in good condition for habitat types listed in Annex I until at least 90 % is in good condition and until the favourable reference area for each habitat type in each biogeographic region of their territory is reached;
Amendment 1007 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. The restoration measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall consider the need for improved connectivity between the habitat types listed in Annex II and take into account the ecological requirements of the species referred to in paragraph 3 that occur in those habitat types and guarantee food security.
Amendment 1056 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 8 – point a a (new)
(aa) to guarantee food security;
Amendment 1069 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 8 – point c
(c) a project of overriding public interest for which no less damaging alternative solutions are available, to be determined on a case by case basis for which Member States are to provide evidence for these exceptions.
Amendment 1108 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point a a (new)
(aa) to guarantee food security;
Amendment 1166 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that there is no net loss of urban green space, at aggregated national level and of urban tree canopy cover by 2030, compared to 2021, in all cities and in towns and suburbs. Member States shall cooperate with local and regional authorities, as well as managing authorities for achieving this based on existing legal frameworks.
Amendment 1178 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that there is an increase in the total national area of urban green space in cities and in towns and suburbs of at least 35 % of the total area of cities and of towns and suburbs in 2021, by 2040, and at least 510 % by 2050. Member States shall cooperate with local and regional authorities, as well as managing authorities. In addition Member States shall ensure:
Amendment 1196 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a minimum of 120 % urban tree canopy cover in all cities and in towns and suburbs by 2050; and
Amendment 1203 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a net gain of urban green space that is integrated into existing and new buildings and infrastructure developments, including through renovations and renewals as well as deconstruction and unsealing, in all cities and in towns and suburbs. Member States shall provide the necessary provisions to ensure the long-term permanence of new urban green spaces;
Amendment 1215 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) a reduction of the sealing of surfaces in private gardens;
Amendment 1217 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) to reduce light pollution.
Amendment 1256 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall remove the barriers to longitudinal and lateral connectivity of surface waters identified under paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with the plan for their removal referred to in Article 12(2), point (f). When removing barriers, Member States shall primarily address obsolete barriers, which are those that are no longer neededwithout actual or potential use for renewable energy generation, inland navigation, flood protection, water supply or other uses.
Amendment 1267 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall opt to complement the removal of the barriers referred to in paragraph 2 by the measures necessary to improve the natural functions of the related floodplains.
Amendment 1282 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1291 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission will evaluate the current status of pollinator populations and, based on this, establish scientific indicators and propose measures to achieve positive trends in pollinator populations.
Amendment 1292 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1298 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1309 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take into account social and economic requirements put in place the restoration and development measures necessary to enhance biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems, in addition to the areas that are subject to restoration and development measures under Article 4(1), (2) and (3) taking into account climate change, food security and securing socially and economically viable agricultural production.
Amendment 1321 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall achieve through sustainable agricultural activity an increasing trend at national level of each of the following indicators in agricultural ecosystems, as further specified in Annex IV, measured in the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation until 31 December 2030, and every three years thereafter, until the satisfactory levels, identified in accordance with Article 11(3), are reached:
Amendment 1329 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1340 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1353 #
2022/0195(COD)
(c) share of agricultural landland in rural areas with high-diversity landscape features, non- productive areas and other land use with high biological diversity.
Amendment 1372 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall put in place restoration measures to ensure that the common farmland bird index at national level based on the species specified in Annex V, indexed on … [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] = 1001.01.2020, reaches the following levels:
Amendment 1377 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) 110 by 20305, 120 by 20405 and 130 by 20505, for Member States listed in Annex V with historically more depleted populations of farmland birds;
Amendment 1383 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) 105 by 20305, 110 by 20405 and 115 by 20505, for Member States listed in Annex IV with historically less depleted populations of farmland birds.
Amendment 1390 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1392 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
For organic soils in agricultural use constituting drained peatlands, Member States shall put in place restoration measures. Member States are obliged to develop a strategy for the protection, restoration and sustainable use of peatlands. The strategy should be set up and implemented in cooperation with land managers and landowners. Those measures shall be in place on at least:
Amendment 1418 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 30 % of such areas by 2030, of which at least a quartersixth shall be rewetted;
Amendment 1433 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 50 % of such areas by 2040, of which at least halfa quarter shall be rewetted;
Amendment 1461 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
In addition, Member States may put in place restoration measures to rewet organic soils that constitute drained peatlands under land uses other than agricultural use and peat extraction and count those rewetted areas as contributing, up to a maximum of 240%, to the achievement of the targets referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c).
Amendment 1470 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall take measures to maintain cover-up, deforestation and depletion of extensively managed agricultural land, in particular extensive grassland in border yields and in the mountain area.
Amendment 1481 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration and development measures necessary to enhance biodiversity and resistance of forest ecosystems, in addition to the areas that are subject to restoration and development measures pursuant to Article 4(1), (2) and (3).
Amendment 1493 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall achieve through sustainable forest management an increasing trend at national level of each of the following indicators in forest ecosystems, as further set out in Annex VI, measured in the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation until 31 December 2030, and every three yearssix thereafter, until the satisfactory levels identified in accordance with Article 11(3) are reached:
Amendment 1497 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall achieve an increasing trend at national level of each of the following indicators in forest ecosystems, as further set out in Annex VI, measured in the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation until 31 December 2030, and every threesix years thereafter, until the satisfactory levels identified in accordance with Article 11(3) are reached:
Amendment 1505 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) standing deadwooddead wood lying and standing in quantity per hectare;
Amendment 1509 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1513 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) vertical structure richness (single layer, multi-layered, multi-layered);
Amendment 1525 #
Amendment 1527 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 1536 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
Amendment 1545 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) location and climate-related tree species composition as a share of the total forest area;
Amendment 1551 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(fb) regular review of nutrient sustainability in representative areas;
Amendment 1555 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f c (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f c (new)
(fc) change in percent of forest stand;
Amendment 1556 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f d (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f d (new)
(fd) share of timber construction in the construction volume and share of wood chemically valued in the volume of wood;
Amendment 1557 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f e (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f e (new)
(fe) area of forests where effective measures have been taken to increase resilience to climate change;
Amendment 1558 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f f (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f f (new)
(ff) ecosystem service water protection;
Amendment 1559 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f g (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f g (new)
(fg) ecosystem services health, recreation and education in the forest;
Amendment 1560 #
Amendment 1578 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Planting 3 billion additional trees Member States shall contribute to the achievement of the Union’s objective of planting at least three billion climate- adapted additional trees in all habitats by 2030 in defining and implementing the restoration measures to meet the objectives and obligations set out in Articles 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Amendment 1581 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b Preservation of the effects of restoration measures 1. Member States shall ensure the continuous, long-term and sustained effects of the restoration measures referred to in Articles 4 to 10a, in accordance with Article 12(2), point (i), through effective means, including, when applicable, by the designation of protected areas, by the implementation of other effective area-based conservation measures, or by promoting private land conservation measures, taking into account the ecological requirements of the restored areas while guaranteeing food security. 2. When restoration measures apply to primary and old-growth forests, Member States shall strictly protect them.
Amendment 1587 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare national restoration pland development plans involving owners, land users and their representatives and carry out the preparatory monitoring and research needed to identify the restoration measures that are necessary to meet the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10a and the Union’s overarching objectives as set out in Article 1, taking into account the latest scientific evidence.
Amendment 1611 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) the favourable reference area taking into account the documented losses over at least the last 70 years and the projected changes to environmental conditions due to climate change;
Amendment 1623 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv
(iv) the areas most suitable for the re- establishment of habitat types in view of ongoing and projected changes to environmental conditions due to climate change and the conflicting preconditions of different habitat types and species;
Amendment 1630 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the sufficient quality and quantity of the habitats of the species required for achieving their favourable conservation status, taking into account the areas most suitable for re-establishment of those habitats, and the connectivity needed between habitats in order for the species populations to thrive, as well as ongoing and projected changes to environmental conditions due to climate change and the conflicting preconditions of different habitat types and species.
Amendment 1651 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall set, by 2030 at the latest, satisfactory levels for each of the indicators referred to in Articles 8(1), 9(2) and 10(2), through an open and effective process and assessment, based on the latest scientific evidence and, if available, the framework referred to in Article 17(9) and taking into account the funding provided.
Amendment 1663 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall identify and map the agricultural and forest areas in need of restoration, in particular the areas that, due to intensification or other management factors, are in need of enhanced connectivity and landscape diversityfrastructure measures and settlement activities, are in need of enhanced connectivity and landscape diversity. The type of restoration and development measures recommended in these areas and how restrictions of use and property disadvantages are compensated shall be determined in agreement with the landowner of the area concerned. To this end, the competent authority designated by the Member State shall seek contractual arrangements with landowners or other beneficial owners in order to safeguard the implementation, restriction or omission of the management and use of land under private law.
Amendment 1685 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
(ca) the food security.
Amendment 1687 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall coordinate the development of national restoration plans with the designation of the renewables go- to areas. During the preparation of the nature restoration plans, Member States shall ensure synergies with the already designated renewables go-to areas and ensure that the functioning of the renewables go-to areas, including the permitting procedures applicable in the renewables go-to areas foreseen by Directive (EU) 2018/2001 remain unchanged. Member States shall ensure that in the permit-granting processes the relevant administrative bodies base their decisions on the principle that the species protection refers to the national population and not to the individual specimens of the species.
Amendment 1697 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States shall ensure that Union environmental law is applied to the deployment of energy from renewable sources, the related transmission and distribution network elements as well as storage facilities on the basis of the principle that the species protection refers to the entire population and not to the individual specimens.
Amendment 1707 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point c
(c) measures for achieving good ecological and chemical status of water bodies included in river basin management plans prepared in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC without prejudice to the exemptions set out in articles 4(3), 4(4), 4(5) and 4(7) thereof;
Amendment 1762 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 11
Article 11 – paragraph 11
11. Member States shall ensure that the preparation of the restoration or development plan is open, inclusive and effective and that the public as well as all the stakeholders affected by restoration measures is given early and effective opportunities to participate in its elaboration. Consultations shall comply with the requirements set out in Articles 4 to 10 of Directive 2001/42/EC.
Amendment 1772 #
Amendment 1774 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 11 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. The paragraphs 1 to 11 also apply when regional and sub-regional restoration or development plans are prepared (cross border management).
Amendment 1779 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall provide the possibility of adjustment and correction measures of the national restoration and development plan.
Amendment 1780 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall cooperate bilaterally and within regional and sub- regional cooperation mechanisms to protect biodiverse ecosystems especially if the ecosystems extend beyond the borders. When ecosystems extend the borders of a Member State, national restoration and development plans shall be extended to common regional restoration or devlopment plans.
Amendment 1812 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the inventory of barriers and the barriers identified for removal in accordance with Article 7(1), the plan for their removal in accordance with Article 7(2) and an estimate of the length of free- flowing rivers to be achieved by the removal of those barriers by 2030 and by 2050, and any other measures to re- establish the natural functions of floodplains in accordance with Article 7(3); without restricting the use of hydroelectric power;
Amendment 1821 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the monitoring of the areas subject to restoration or development in accordance with Articles 4 and 5, the process for assessing the effectiveness of the restoration or development measures put in place in accordance with Articles 4 to 10 and for revising those measures where needed to ensure that the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10 are met or revised;
Amendment 1846 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point l
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point l
(l) the estimated financing needs for the implementation of the restoration measures, which shall include the description of the support to stakeholders and compensation for property-related disadvantages of the landowners concerned affected by restoration measures or other new obligations arising from this Regulation, and the means of intended financing, public or private, including (co-) financing with Union funding instruments;
Amendment 1859 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point n
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point n
(n) a summary of the process for preparing and establishing the national restoration plan, including information on public participation and the landowners affected by potential restoration measures and of how the needs of local communities and stakeholders have been considered and how ownership rights have been respected;
Amendment 1872 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point o a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point o a (new)
(oa) a dedicated section explaining how to ensure that the implementation of the recovery plans does not lead to a depopulation of agricultural and forestry production in third countries and to ensure self-sufficiency with regional, high-quality food and biogenic raw materials;
Amendment 1896 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States shall submit a draft of the national restoration plan referred to in Articles 11 and 12 to the Commission by… [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following 2436 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 1901 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the draft national restoration plans within sixnine months of the date of receipt. When carrying out that assessment, the Commission shall act in close cooperation with the Member State concerned.
Amendment 1905 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. When assessing the draft national restoration or development plan, the Commission shall evaluate its compliance with Article 12, as well as its adequacy for meeting the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, as well as the Union’s overarching objectives referred to in Article 1, the specific objectives referred to in Article 7(1) to restore at least 25 000 km of rivers into free-flowing rivers in the Union by 2030 and the 2030 objective of covering at least 10% of the Union’s agricultural area with high-diversity landscape features as well as ensuring that the implementation of the recovery plans does not lead to migration of agricultural and forestry production to third countries and that self-supply with regional, high- quality food and biogenic raw materials can be ensured.
Amendment 1913 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. When assessing the draft national restoration plan, the Commission shall evaluate its compliance with Article 12, as well as its adequacy for meeting the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, as well as the Union’s overarching objectives referred to in Article 1, the specific objectives referred to in Article 7(1) to restore at least 25 000 km of rivers into free-flowing rivers in the Union by 2030 and the 2030 objective of covering at least 10% of the Union’s agricultural area with high-diversity landscape features.
Amendment 1916 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. When assessing the draft national restoration plan, the Commission shall evaluate its compliance with Article 12, as well as its adequacy for meeting the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, as well as the Union’s overarching objectives referred to in Article 1, the specific objectives referred to in Article 7(1) to restore at least 25 000 km of rivers into free-flowing rivers in the Union by 2030 and the 2030 objective of covering at least 104% of the Union’s agricultural area with high-diversity landscape features.
Amendment 1926 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may address observations to Member States within sixnine months of the date of receipt of the draft national restoration plan.
Amendment 1941 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6
Article 14 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall finalise, publish and submit to the Commission the national restoration plan within sixnine months from the date of receipt of observations from the Commission.
Amendment 1950 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall review their national restoration plan at least once every 10 years, in accordance with Articles 11 and 12, taking into account progress made in the implementation of the plans, the best available scientific evidence as well as available knowledge of changes or expected changes in environmental conditions due to climate change and the financing needs and its availability.
Amendment 1960 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. When it becomes apparent that the measures set out in the national restoration or development plan will not be sufficient to comply with the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, based on the monitoring in accordance with Article 17, Member States shall revise the national restoration planor development plan, revise the measures and targets and include supplementary measures.
Amendment 1965 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Based on the information referred to in Article 18(1) and (2) and the assessment referred to in Article 18(4) and (5), if the Commission considers that the progress made by a Member State is insufficient to comply with the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, the Commission may request the Member State concerned to submit an updated draft national restoration plan with supplementary measures provide additional measures, including a description of the funding required for this purpose . That updated national restoration plan with supplementary measures shall be published and submitted within six months from the date of receipt of the request from the Commission.
Amendment 1981 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that members of the public, in accordance with national law, that have a sufficientlegitimate interest or that maintain the impairment of a right as well as affected landowners and managers, have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or an independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of the national restoration plans and any failures to act of the competent authorities, regardless of the role members of the public have played during the process for preparing and establishing the national restoration plan.
Amendment 1988 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall determine what constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right, consistently with the objective of providing the public with wide access to justice. For the purposes of paragraph 1, any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed to have rights capable of being impaired and their interest shall be deemed sufficient in accordance with the Aarhus convention.
Amendment 1993 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Review procedures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fair, and equitable, timely and free of charge or not prohibitively expensive, and shall provide adequate and effective remedies, including injunctive relief where necessary and based on the latest scientific evidence.
Amendment 2019 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 2030 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) the progress towards the planting of three billion climate-adapted additional trees referred to in Article 10a.
Amendment 2049 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The monitoring in accordance with paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c), of this Article, concerning the stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils and the share of agricultural land with high- diversity landscape features, and (e) concerning the standing deadwood, the lying deadwood, the share of forests with uneven-aged structure, the coverage of climate-adopted trees, the forest connectivity and the stock of organic carbon, shall be carried out at least every three years, and, where possible, every year. The monitoring in accordance with that paragraph, point (c) concerning the grassland butterfly index, that paragraph, points (d) and (e) concerning the common forest bird index, and that paragraph, point (f) concerning pollinator species shall be carried out every year. The monitoring in accordance with that paragraph, points (g) and (h), shall be carried out at least every six years and shall be coordinated with the reporting cycle under Article 17 of Directive 92/43/EEC.
Amendment 2113 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2122 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2130 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2138 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2143 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2156 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Amendment 2159 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 concerning the development of a uniform and scientifically sound survey and evaluation methodology to ensure a Union-wide standard for the establishment of a database as referred to in Article 4. Based on this, Union-wide recovery targets will be set.
Amendment 2160 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20 to develop a uniform and scientifically based collection and analysis methodology in order to ensure a Union-wide standard for the establishment of a data base as referred to in Article 4. Building on this, Union-wide recovery objectives will be set.
Amendment 35 #
2022/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Those objectives can be attained only by means of a Union network for the collection of farm sustainability data (hereinafter referred to as ‘data network’), based on data collectors existing in each Member State, enjoying the confidence of the parties concerned. Member States or responsible national authorities should endeavour to modernise data collection modes as far as possible. In order to reduce the administrative burden for farmers and data collectors, with the aim to avoid the duplication of data requests and data collection and to enrich the FSDN data set, the principle of collecting data once and re-useing it multiple times should be applied for the purposes of this Regulation. Therefore, all existing relevant data collected in accordance with other relevant Union legal acts should be relied on and reused, such as data collected on the basis of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council26a. The Open Data Directive 27 will be considered. The use of digital solutions should be promoted, including re- use of data and data sharing with other sources. It should be provided for that the system based exclusively on farm accountancy offices may be extended in view of collecting environmental and social variables and that the data collection may be based both on regular and special surveys depending on the informative needs. _________________ 27 Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information. PE/28/2019/REV/1.
Amendment 81 #
2022/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority for FSDN may useIn order to limit the administrative burden on farmers and other relevant stakeholders, the competent authority for FSDN shall, where possible, use and rely on other data sources in order to collect and re-use relevant existing or already- collected data to feed the FSDN surveys.
Amendment 85 #
2022/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009
Amendment 79 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) It is therefore appropriate for Directive 2010/75/EU to address the right for compensation for damages suffered by individuals. To ensure that individuals can defend their rights against damages to health caused by violations of Directive 2010/75/EU and thereby ensure a more efficient enforcement of that Directive, non-governmental organisations promoting the protection of human health or the environment, including those promoting the protection of consumers and meeting any requirements under national law, as members of the public concerned, should be empowered to engage in proceedings, as the Member States so determine, either on behalf of or in support of any victim, without prejudice to national rules of procedure concerning representation and defence before the courts. Member States usually enjoy procedural autonomy to ensure an effective remedy against violations of Union law, subject to the respect of the principles of equivalence and effectivity. However, experience shows that while there is overwhelming epidemiologic evidence on the negative health impacts of pollution on the population, in particular as regards air, it is difficult for the victims of violations of Directive 2010/75/EU under the procedural rules on the burden of proof generally applicable in the Member States to demonstrate a causality link between the suffered harm and the violation. As a result, in the majority of cases, victims of violations of Directive 2010/75/EU do not have an effective way to obtain compensation for the harm caused by such violations. To strengthen the rights of individuals to obtain compensation for violations of Directive 2010/75/EU and to contribute to a more efficient enforcement of its requirements throughout the Union, it is necessary to adaptfacilitate the burden of proof applicable to such situations. Therefore, when an individual can provide sufficiently robust evidence to give rise to a presumption that the violation of Directive 2010/75/EU is at the origins of the damage caused to the health of an individual, or has significantly contributed to it, it should be for the defendant to rebut that presumption in order to escape his liability.
Amendment 87 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 5 – paragraph (4) (new)
Article 5 – paragraph (4) (new)
Amendment 110 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – points (f a) (new) – (f b) (new) – (f c) (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – points (f a) (new) – (f b) (new) – (f c) (new)
Amendment 119 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 2, after point (c)
Article 13 – paragraph 2, after point (c)
Without prejudice to Union competition law, information considered as confidential business information or commercially sensitive information shall only be shared with the Commission and with the following individuals having signed a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement: civil servants and other public employees representing Member States or Union agencies, and representatives of non-governmental organisations promoting the protection of human health or the environment. The exchange of information considered as confidential business information or sensitive commercial information shall remain limited to what is required to draw up, review and, where necessary, update BAT reference documents, and such confidential business information or sensitive commercial information shall not be used for other purposes..
Amendment 125 #
2022/0104(COD)
Amendment 129 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point v
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point v
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (bb) (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (bb) (new)
Amendment 132 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vi
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vi
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (b c) (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (b c) (new)
Amendment 135 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vii
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (d) – subpoint (iii) (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (d) – subpoint (iii) (new)
Amendment 137 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Amendment 138 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The European Green Deal announced a revision of Union measures to address pollution from large industrial installations, including reviewing the sectoral scope of the legislation and how to make it fully consistent with climate, energy and circular economy policies. In addition, the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Farm to Fork Strategy also call for reducing pollutant emissions at source, including sources not currently within the scope of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council69 . Addressing pollution from certain agro- industrial activities thus requires their inclusion within the scope of that Directive. __________________ 69 Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control); OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17-119.
Amendment 149 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Amendment 160 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Rearing of pigs, poultry and cattle cause significant, while contributing to food security, cause pollutant emissions into the air and water. In order to reduce such pollutant emissions, including ammonia, methane, nitrates and greenhouse gas emissions and thereby improve air, water and soil quality, it is necessary to lower the threshold above which pigs and poultry installations are included within the scope of Directive 2010/75/EU and to include also cattle farming within that scope. Relevant BAT requirements take into consideration the nature, size, density, design like free- ventilated stables, trade-offs with animal welfare and complexity of these installations, including the specificities of pasture based cattle rearing systems, where animals are only seasonally reared in indoor installations, and the range of environmental impacts they may have. The proportionality requirements in BATs aim to incentivise farmers to implement the necessary transition towards increasingly environmentally friendly agricultural practices.
Amendment 161 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a
Amendment 206 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 c (new)
Article 27 c (new)
Amendment 207 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 c (new)
Article 27 c (new)
Amendment 208 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 c (new)
Article 27 c (new)
Amendment 211 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new)
Article 27 d (new)
Amendment 213 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new)
Article 27 d (new)
Amendment 215 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 (new) – paragraph 1
Article 27 (new) – paragraph 1
Amendment 216 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27d (new) – paragraph 1 – first part
Article 27d (new) – paragraph 1 – first part
Amendment 225 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 1 – second part
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 1 – second part
Amendment 229 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2
Amendment 231 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2 – first part
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2 – first part
Amendment 234 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to ensure that Directive 2010/75/EU continues meeting its objectives to prevent or reduce emissions of pollutants and achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment, while not affecting sustainable European farming, based on the principles of respecting animal welfare, healthy and sustainable food production and promotion of small-scale and family farming, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to supplement that Directive in order to establish operating rules containing requirements for activities relating to rearing of poultry, pigs and cattle, and to amend Annexes I and Ia to that Directive by adding an agro-industrial activity to ensure that it meets its objectives to prevent or reduce pollutants emissions and achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment and pigs. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201677 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 77 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making; OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14.
Amendment 238 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2 – second part
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2 – second part
Amendment 244 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 3
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 3
Amendment 247 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79a – paragraph 4
Article 79a – paragraph 4
4. Where there is a claim for compensation in accordance with paragraph 1, supported by evidence from which a causality link may be presumed between the damage and the violation, Member States shall ensure that the onus is on the person responsible for the violwho made the allegation to prove that the violation did not cause or contribute to the damage.
Amendment 251 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 4
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 4
Amendment 253 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) It is therefore appropriate for Directive 2010/75/EU to address the right for compensation for damages suffered by individuals. To ensure that individuals can defend their rights against damages to health caused by violations of Directive 2010/75/EU and thereby ensure a more efficient enforcement of that Directive, non-governmental organisations promoting the protection of human health or the environment, including those promoting the protection of consumers and meeting any requirements under national law, as members of the public concerned, should be empowered to engage in proceedings, as the Member States so determine, either on behalf orf or in support of any victim, without prejudice to national rules of procedure concerning representation and defence before the courts. Member States usually enjoy procedural autonomy to ensure an effective remedy against violations of Union law, subject to the respect of the principles of equivalence and effectivity. However, experience shows that while there is overwhelming epidemiologic evidence on the negative health impacts of pollution on the population, in particular as regards air, it is difficult for the victims of violations of Directive 2010/75/EU under the procedural rules on the burden of proof generally applicable in the Member States to demonstrate a causality link between the suffered harm and the violation. As a result, in the majority of cases, victims of violations of Directive 2010/75/EU do not have an effective way to obtain compensation for the harm caused by such violations. To strengthen the rights of individuals to obtain compensation for violations of Directive 2010/75/EU and to contribute to a more efficient enforcement of its requirements throughout the Union, it is necessary to adaptfacilitate the burden of proof applicable to such situations. Therefore, when an individual can provide sufficiently robust evidence to give rise to a presumption that the violation of Directive 2010/75/EU is at the origins of the damage caused to the health of an individual, or has significantly contributed to it, it should be for the defendant to rebut that presumption in order to escape his liability.
Amendment 268 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79 a (new) – paragraph 2
Article 79 a (new) – paragraph 2
Amendment 272 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79 a (new) – paragraph 4
Article 79 a (new) – paragraph 4
Amendment 279 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘installation’ means a stationary technical unit within which one or more activities listed in Annex I, in Annex Ia or in Part 1 of Annex VII are carried out, and any other directly associated activities on the same site which have a technical connection with the activities listed in those Annexes and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution;;
Amendment 290 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point e
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex I – paragraph 3.6 (new)
Annex I – paragraph 3.6 (new)
Amendment 293 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point i
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point i
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex I – paragraph 6.5
Annex I – paragraph 6.5
6.5. Disposal or recycling of animal carcases or animal by-products of Category 1 within the meaning of Article 8 or Category 2 within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009, with the exception of liquid manure, guano, stomach and intestinal contents, milk, milk products, colostrum, eggs and egg products with a treatment capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day..
Amendment 338 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 b
Amendment 343 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 c
Amendment 417 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 428 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Amendment 516 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f a
Amendment 521 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f b
Amendment 533 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f a – f c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f a – f c
Amendment 602 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Without prejudice to Union competition law, information considered as confidential business information or commercially sensitive information shall only be shared with the Commission and with the following individuals having signed a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement: civil servants and other public employees representing Member States or Union agencies, and representatives of non-governmental organisations promoting the protection of human health or the environment. The exchange of information considered as confidential business information or sensitive commercial information shall remain limited to what is required to draw up, review and, where necessary, update BAT reference documents, and such confidential business information or sensitive commercial information shall not be used for other purposes..
Amendment 610 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Without prejudice to Union competition law, information considered as confidential business information or commercially sensitive information shall only be shared with the Commission and with the following individuals having signed a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement: civil servants and other public employees representing Member States or Union agencies, and representatives of non-governmental organisations promoting the protection of human health or the environment. The exchange of information considered as confidential business information or sensitive commercial information shall remain limited to what is required to draw up, review and, where necessary, update BAT reference documents, and such confidential business information or sensitive commercial information shall not be used for other purposes..
Amendment 650 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point iii
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a
Amendment 659 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point v
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point v
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b b
Amendment 664 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vi
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vi
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b c
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b c
Amendment 680 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vii
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d – subpoint iii
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d – subpoint iii
Amendment 697 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14a
Article 14a
Amendment 791 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Amendment 824 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a
Amendment 962 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 d (new)
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(15d) In Article 21, paragraph 3 a (new) is inserted as follows: 3a. In case undertakings are implementing deep industrial transformations towards EU objectives of a circular and climate neutral economy, the competent authority shall exempt the operator from the reconsideration and updating of permit conditions for the activities concerned until the transformation is completed.
Amendment 1059 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 c – title
Article 27 c – title
Amendment 1060 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 c – paragraph 1
Article 27 c – paragraph 1
Amendment 1070 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27d – number
Article 27d – number
Amendment 1081 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d – title
Article 27 d – title
Amendment 1088 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d – paragraph 1
Article 27 d – paragraph 1
Amendment 1123 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d – paragraph 2
Article 27 d – paragraph 2
Amendment 1158 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d – paragraph 3
Article 27 d – paragraph 3
Amendment 1230 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 24
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 24
Directive 2010/75/EU
Chapter VIa – title
Chapter VIa – title
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR INTENSIVE REARING OF POULTRY, AND PIGS AND CATTLE
Amendment 1246 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70a – paragraph 1
Article 70a – paragraph 1
This Chapter shall apply to the activities set out in Annex Ia which reach the capacity thresholds set out in that Annex. intensive rearing of poultry and pigs: (a) with more than 40000 places for poultry, (b) with more than 2000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg), or (c) with more than 750 places for sows.
Amendment 1250 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70b
Article 70b
Amendment 1254 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70b – title
Article 70b – title
Amendment 1259 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70b – paragraph 1
Article 70b – paragraph 1
Amendment 1272 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – title
Article 70c – title
Permits and simplified registration
Amendment 1275 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that no installation falling within the scope of this Chapter is operated without a permit and that its operation complies with the operating rules referred to in Article 70i. In case of stables on family farms or free-ventilated stables or pasture, permits are not needed.
Amendment 1282 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 70c – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, Member States may provide for a specific procedure for the registration of farms rearing animals covered in this Chapter. The procedure for registration referred to in the first subparagraph shall be laid down in a binding act and include at least a requirement for a notification to the competent authority by the farmer of the intention to operate its activity. Member States shall use any similar pre-existing procedure for the registration in order to avoid creating an administrative burden.
Amendment 1285 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 70c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the installationfarm, its building and its activities
Amendment 1288 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 70c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the capacity of the installationbuilding where the rearing takes place;
Amendment 1292 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
(d) the sources of emissions from the installationbuilding where the rearing takes place;
Amendment 1295 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 70c – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) the nature and quantities of foreseeable emissions from the installation into each mediumbuilding where the rearing takes place, into each medium under normal operating conditions.
Amendment 1313 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 4
Article 70c – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take necessary measures to ensure that the operatofarmer informs the competent authority, without delay, of any planned substantial change to the installationsfarm and farm buildings where the rearing takes place, falling within the scope of this Chapter which may have consequences for the environment. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall reconsider and update the permit.
Amendment 1319 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – number
Article 70d – number
Amendment 1322 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 70d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1323 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – paragraph 1– subparagraph 2
Article 70d – paragraph 1– subparagraph 2
Amendment 1325 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – paragraph 2
Article 70d – paragraph 2
Amendment 1329 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – paragraph 3
Article 70d – paragraph 3
Amendment 1392 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission shall establish operating rules containing requirements consistent with the use of best available techniques for the activities listed in Annex Ireferred to in Article 70a, which shall include the following:
Amendment 1407 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The operating rules shall take into account inter alia the nature, type, size and density of these installations and the specificities of pasture based cattle rearing systems, where animals are only seasonally reared in indoor installations.
Amendment 1542 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79a – paragraph 2
Article 79a – paragraph 2
Amendment 1550 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79a – paragraph 4
Article 79a – paragraph 4
Amendment 1558 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79a – paragraph 4
Article 79a – paragraph 4
4. Where there is a claim for compensation in accordance with paragraph 1, supported by evidence from which a causality link may be presumed between the damage and the violation, Member States shall ensure that the onus is on the person responsible for the violation to prove that the violation did not cause or contribute to the damage. This shall not apply to violation related to activities referred to in Article 70a.
Amendment 1581 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 34
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 34
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ia
Annex Ia
Amendment 1621 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point e
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point e
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex I – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point 3.6
Annex I – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point 3.6
Amendment 1639 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point i
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point i
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex I – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6 – point 6.5
Annex I – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6 – point 6.5
6.5. Disposal or recycling of animal carcases or animal by-products of Category 1 within the meaning of Article 8 or Category 2 within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009, with the exception of liquid manure, guano, stomach and intestinal contents, milk, milk products, colostrum, eggs and egg products with a treatment capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day..
Amendment 1652 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II
Annex II
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ia – number
Annex Ia – number
Amendment 1659 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II
Annex II
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ia – paragraph 1
Annex Ia – paragraph 1
Amendment 1678 #
2022/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II
Annex II
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ia – paragraph 2
Annex Ia – paragraph 2
Amendment 93 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Where harmonised standards lay down the rules for the assessment of performances with regard to essential characteristics relevant for the construction codes of Member States, harmonised standards should be rendered mandatory for purpose of application of this Regulation, as only such standards reach the goal of permitting the free circulation of products, whilst ensuring the Member States’ ability to request safety and environmental, including climate-related, product characteristics in view of their specific national situation. differences in climate, geology and geography and other different conditions prevailing in the Member States.When pursued together, these two goals require that products are assessed by a single assessment method, therefore the method needs to be mandatory. However, voluntary standards can be used to make product requirements, specified for the relevant product family or category by Delegated Acts, even more concrete, following the path of Decision 768/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council. In line with Decision 768/2008, those standards should be able to provide a presumption of conformity with the requirements covered by them.
Amendment 109 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
Amendment 112 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation establishes harmonised rules for the making available on the market and direct installation of construction products, regardless of whether undertaken in the framework of a service or not, by establishing:
Amendment 113 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) harmonised rules on how to express the environmental, including climate, and safety performance of construction products in relation to their essential characteristics;
Amendment 116 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) environmental, including climate, functional and safety product requirements for construction products.
Amendment 119 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Regulation also establishes obligations incumbent on economic operators dealing with construction products or their components or with products that could be regarded as construction products whilst not being intended by their manufacturer to be construction products.
Amendment 121 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘essential characteristics’ means those characteristics of the product which relate to the basic requirements for construction works as set out in Annex I Part A Point 1 or the environmental characteristics which have been listed in Annex I Part A Point 2;
Amendment 132 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The basic requirements for construction works, set out in Annex I Part A Point 1 shall constitute the basis for the identification of essential characteristics of construction products. The essential characteristics of construction products shall be identified by the Commission, taking into account the regulatory needs of the Member States. The identified essential characteristics, together with the essential environmental characteristics listed in Annex I, Part B, shall form the basis for the preparation of standardisation requests and harmonised technical specifications.
Amendment 135 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The essential characteristics specidentified in accordance with paragraph 1 or the essential environmental characteristics listed in Annex I Part A Point 2 and the methods for their assessment shall be laid down in standards which are rendered mandatory for purposes of application of this Regulation. The essential characteristics of products shall be identified in view of the basic requirements for construction works, taking account of the regulatory needs of Member States.
Amendment 136 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission mayshall issue standardisation requests in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 laying down the basic principles and corner stones for the establishment of these essential characteristics and their assessment methods. These standardisation request may include a request to determine the threshold levels and classes of performance in relation to these essential characteristics and which of the essential characteristics may or shall be declared by manufacturers. These standardisation requests shall be issued in accordance with the working plan established in accordance with Article 93a.
Amendment 138 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 140 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 142 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 and in order to cover the regulatory needs of Member States and to pursue the goals of Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Commission is empowered to supplement this Regulation by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 87While priority shall be given to the elaboration of standards the Commission is empowered to supplement this Regulation by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 87 and after consultation of the relevant European standardisation organisations and European stakeholder organisations receiving Union financing under Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, by establishing, for particular product families and categories, voluntary or mandatory essential characteristics and their assessment methods in any of the following cases:
Amendment 144 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) there are undue delays in the adoption of certain standards referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 4(2) by the European standardisation organisations, whilst an undue delay is given where the European standardisation organisation does not submit a standard within the time- frame set out inree years after having received the standardisation request;
Amendment 146 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) the standardisation request has not been accepted by any of the European standardisation organisations;
Amendment 147 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point d
Amendment 148 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point e
Amendment 149 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) references to standards referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 4(2)there is a need to adapt the standards which have been established by European standardisation organisations but which cannot be published in the Oofficial Jjournal for the reasons set out in Article 34(4) or other legal reasons;
Amendment 154 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. IWhile priority shall be given to the elaboration of standards in order to cover the regulatory needs of Member States and to pursue the environmental, safety and harmonisation goals of Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Commission is empowered to supplement this Regulation, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 87, after consultation of the relevant European standardisation organisations and European stakeholder organisations receiving Union financing under Regulation (EU) No 1025/201 by determining, for particular product families and categories, the following:
Amendment 159 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Amendment 184 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Unless product safety or the safety of construction works or their performance is thereby negatively impacted, the manufacturer shas the following obligationsll if technically possible and economically reasonable and feasible:
Amendment 188 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) design and manufacture products and their packaging in such a way that their overall environmental, including climate sustainability reaches the state of the art level, unless a lower level:
Amendment 192 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) is proportionate when compared to the environmental sustainability improvement triggered by them at the level of the construction works; andor
Amendment 193 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) is either necessary to improve the environmental sustainability at the level of the construction works.
Amendment 198 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) under the conditions set out in point (a)(i) and (ii) give preference to recyclable materials and materials gained from recycling or otherwise unused by- products;
Amendment 206 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) make available, in product databases, instructions for use and on permalinks or QR-Codes of their own websites, information on how to repair the products and any additional information necessary for repairing, including relevant warnings;
Amendment 209 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) make available on the market itself or by specially designated distributors or by manufacturers of spare parts, with reasonably short delivery time, spare or equivalent parts for their products for 10 years after the last product of the respective type has been placed on the market or directly installed and inform proactively about this availability;
Amendment 213 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j
(j) accept to regain free of charge, directly or via their importers and distributors, ownership of surplus and unsold products that are in a state equivalent to the one in which they were placed on the market, unless more than 5 years have passed since the product was placed on the market for the first time.
Amendment 221 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Amendment 224 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6
Article 22 – paragraph 6
Amendment 239 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 83 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where Member States provide incentives for a product category covered by a delegated act establishing performance classes in accordance with Article 4(4), point (a) or a “traffic-light-labelling” in accordance with Article 22(5), those incentives shall aim at the highest two populated classes / colour codes, or at higher classes / better colour codes.
Amendment 241 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 83 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where a delegated act defines classes of performance are defined in relation to more than one sustainability parameter, it shall be indicated therein in relation to which parameter this Article should be implemented.
Amendment 242 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 83 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States may also provide incentives for the promotion of environmentally friendly construction products.
Amendment 243 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 2
Article 83 – paragraph 2
Amendment 252 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 1
Article 84 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to supplement this Regulation by delegated acts according to Article 87 by establishing sustainability requirements applicable to public contracts, including implementation, monitoring and reporting of those requirements by Member Statethat may be applied by Member States to public contracts.
Amendment 255 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2
Article 84 – paragraph 2
2. Requirements adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 for public contracts awarded by contracting authorities, as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU or Article 3, point (1) of Directive 2014/25/EU, or contracting entities, as defined in Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU, may take the form of mandatovoluntary technical specifications, selection criteria, award criteria, contract performance clauses, or targets, as appropriate.
Amendment 258 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. When establishing requirements pursuant to paragraph 1 for public contracts, the Commission shallmay take into account the following criteria:
Amendment 268 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 91 – paragraph 1
Article 91 – paragraph 1
No sooner than 84 years after the date of application of this Regulation, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Regulation and of its contribution to the functioning of the internal market and the improvement of the environmental sustainability of products and construction works and built environment. The Commission shall present a report on the main findings to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of the Regions. Member States shall provide the Commission with the information necessary for the preparation of that report.
Amendment 289 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Harmonised technical specifications shall tocover the extent possible coverssential characteristics "environmental sustainability" which comprises the following essnvironmential characteristics related to life cycle assessmentimpact indicators:
Amendment 292 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) climate change effects Global Warming Potential total (GWP—total) (mandatory);
Amendment 295 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) Global Warming Potential fossil fuels (GWP—fossil) (mandatory);
Amendment 297 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
(a b) Global Warming Potential biogenic (GWP—biogenic) (mandatory);
Amendment 300 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point a c (new)
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point a c (new)
(a c) Global Warming Potential land use and land use change (GWP—luluc) (mandatory);
Amendment 301 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ozone depletionDepletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer [ODP) (mandatory);
Amendment 303 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP) (mandatory);
Amendment 305 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) eEutrophication aquatic freshwaterpotential, fraction of nutrients reaching freshwater end compartment (EP-freshwater) (mandatory);
Amendment 307 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) eutrophication aquatic marinepotential, fraction of nutrients reaching marine end compartment (EP-marine)(mandatory);
Amendment 309 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) eutrophication terrestrialpotential, Accumulated Exceedance (EP - terrestrial) (mandatory);
Amendment 312 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) photocformation potential of troposphemrical ozone (POCP) (mandatory);
Amendment 314 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) abiotic depletion –potential for non- fossil resources (ADP minerals, & metals; ) (mandatory);
Amendment 316 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) abiotic depletion –for fossil fuelsresources potential (ADP-fossil) (mandatory);
Amendment 317 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point j
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) water (user) deprivation potential, deprivation-weighted water consumption (WDP) (mandatory);
Amendment 319 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
Amendment 321 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point l
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point l
Amendment 323 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point m
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point m
Amendment 325 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point n
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point n
Amendment 327 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point o
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point o
Amendment 330 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point p
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 2 – point p
Amendment 332 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 3
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 3
For the essential characteristic "environmental sustainability", all environmental impact indicators a) to m) must be declared as a whole. Harmonised technical specifications shall indicate that for the essential characteristic of climate change effects under point (a)"environmental sustainability" it is mandatory for the manufacturer to declare the performance of the product as set out in Articles 11(2) and 22(1).
Amendment 335 #
2022/0094(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 4
Annex I – Part A – point 2 – paragraph 4
Amendment 158 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In light of commercial practices and Union jurisprudence clarity is required on the use of a geographical indication in the sale name of a processed product of which the product designated by the geographical indication is an ingredient. It should be ensured that such use is made in accordance with fair commercial practices and does not weaken, dilute or is not detrimental to the reputation of the product bear, if there is no misuse, evocation or imitation withing the geographical indication. A consent of a large majority of the producers of geographical indications concerned should be required to allow such a usemeaning of Article 27(1).
Amendment 176 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) The procedures for registration, amendment and cancellation of geographical indications, including the scrutiny and the opposition procedure, should be carried out in the most efficient way. This can be achieved by using the assistance for the scrutiny of the applications provided by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). While a partial outsourcing to EUIPO has been considered, the Commission would remain responsible for registration, amendment and cancellation, due to a strong relation with the Common Agricultural Policy and to the expertise needed to ensure that specificities of wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products are adequately assessed.
Amendment 179 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
Recital 39 a (new)
(39a) According to the Special Report drafted by the European Court of Auditors1a, since the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding in 2018 between the Commission and the EUIPO, there has been no improvements in the length of the procedures regarding the analysis of GI product. _________________ 1a Special report 06/2022: EU intellectual rights - Protection not fully waterproof
Amendment 200 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) In order to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining sustainability standards and laying down criteria for the recognition of existing sustainability standards; clarifying or adding items to be supplied as part of accompanying information; entrusting the EUIPO with the tasks related to scrutiny for opposition and the opposition procedure, operation of the register, publication of standard amendments to a product specification, consultation in the context of cancellation procedure, establishment and management of an alert system informing applicants about the availability of their geographical indication as a domain name, scrutiny of third country geographical indications other than geographical indications under the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications34, proposed for protection pursuant to international negotiations or international agreements; establishing appropriate criteria for monitoring performance of the EUIPO in the execution of the tasks entrusted to it; laying down additional rules on the use of geographical indications to identify ingredients in processed products; laying down additional rules for determining the generic status of terms; establishing the restrictions and derogations with regard to the sourcing of feed in the case of a designation of origin; establishing restrictions and derogations with regard to the slaughtering of live animals or with regard to the sourcing of raw materials; laying down rules for determining the use of the denomination of a plant variety or of an animal breed; laying down rules which limit the information contained in the product specification for geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down further details of the eligibility criteria for traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down additional rules to provide for appropriate certification and accreditation procedures to apply in respect of product certification bodies; laying down additional rules to further detail protection of traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down for traditional specialities guaranteed additional rules for determining the generic status of terms, conditions for use of plant variety and animal breed denominations, and relation to intellectual property rights; defining additional rules for joint applications concerning more than one national territory and complementing the rules of the application process for traditional specialities guaranteed guaranteed; complementing the rules for the opposition procedure for traditional specialities guaranteed to establish detailed procedures and deadlines; supplementing the rules regarding the amendment application process for traditional specialities guaranteed; supplementing the rules regarding the cancellation process for traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down detailed rules relating to the criteria for optional quality terms; reserving an additional optional quality term, laying down its conditions of use; laying down derogations to the use of the term ‘mountain product’ and establishing the methods of production, and other criteria relevant for the application of that optional quality term, in particular, laying down the conditions under which raw materials or feedstuffs are permitted to come from outside the mountain areas. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making35. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 34 https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/detail s.jsp?id=3983 35 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 205 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation lays down the rules on the following quality schemes:
Amendment 208 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products.
Amendment 235 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘traditional’ and ‘tradition’, associated with a product originating in a geographical area, means proven historical usage of the name by producers in a community for a period that allows transmission between generations; this period is to be at least 30 years and the said usage may embrace modifications necessitated by changing hygiene and safety practices;
Amendment 241 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘product certificationdelegated bodies’ means bodies within the meaning of Title II, Chapter III, of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 which certify that products designated by geographical indications or traditional specialities guaranteed comply with the product specification.
Amendment 253 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission and the Member States shall process and make public the personal data received in the course of the procedures for registration, approval of amendments, cancellation, opposition, granting of transitional period and control pursuant to this Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Regulation (EU) 2019/787, in accordance with Regulations (EU) 2018/1725 and (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 271 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) to promote and strengthen traditional local and regional products and the preservation of known-how
Amendment 275 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. This Title covers wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, including foodstuffs and fishery and aquaculture products, listed under Chapters 1 to 23 of the combined nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/8743 , and the additional agricultural products under the combined nomenclature headings and codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation. _________________ 43 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).
Amendment 285 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘geographical indication’, unless otherwise stated, means designations of origin and geographical indications of wine, as defined in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, designations of origin and geographical indications of agricultural products, as defined in Article 48 of this Regulation and geographical indications of spirit drinks, as defined in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787, that are applied for or entered in the Union register of geographical indications referred to in Article 23;
Amendment 291 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 315 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State shall scrutinise the application for registration in order to check that it meets the conditions for registration of the respective provisions for wine, spirit drinks or agricultural products as appropriate.
Amendment 326 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 332 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A producer group may agree on sustainability undertakings to be adhered to in the production of the product designated by a geographical indication. Such undertakings shall aim to apply a sustainability standard higher than mandated by Union or national law and go beyond good practice in significant respects in terms of social, environmental or, economic or animal health and welfare undertakings. Such undertakings shall be specific, shall take account of existing sustainable practices employed for products designated by geographical indications, and may refer to existing sustainability schemes.
Amendment 341 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The sustainability undertakings referred to in paragraph (1) shallmay be included in the product specification or developed in separate initiatives.
Amendment 354 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Amendment 361 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 366 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Amendment 381 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall scrutinise anyconduct the examination of the application for registration that it receives pursuant to Article 16(1). Such scrutiny shall consist of a check that there are no manifest errors,. The Commission shall verify that the information provided in accordance with Article 15 is complete and that the single document referred to in Article 13 is precise and technical in nature. It shall take into account the outcome of the national procedure carried out by the Member State concerned. It shall focus in particular on the single document referred to in Article 13.
Amendment 388 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Where, based on the scrutiny carried out pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission considers that the conditions laid down in this Regulation and in Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) 2019/787, as appropriate, are fulfilled, it shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union the single document and the reference to the publication of the product specification.
Amendment 400 #
2022/0089(COD)
2. The Commission shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the deadline to perform the scrutiny referred to in Article 17(2) and toshall inform the applicant of the reasons for the delay where it receives a communication from a Member State, concerning an application for registration in accordance with Article 9(6), which:
Amendment 411 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. An opposition shall claim that the application could infringe the conditions laid down in this Regulation, Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 or (EU) 2019/787, as appropriate, and give reasons. An opposition that does not contain the said claim shall be void.
Amendment 414 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall checkonduct the examination of the admissibility of the opposition. If the Commission considers that the opposition is admissible, it shall, within 5 months from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union invite the authority or the person that lodged the opposition and the authority or the applicant producer group that lodged the application to engage in appropriate consultations for a reasonable period that shall not exceed 3 months. At any time during that period, the Commission may, at the request of the authority or the applicant producer group, extend the deadline for the consultations by a maximum of 3 months.
Amendment 420 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. The authority or the person that lodged the opposition and the authority or applicant producer group that lodged the application shall start appropriate consultations without undue delay. They shall provide each other with the relevant information to assess whether the application for registration complies with this Regulation, Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 or (EU) 2019/787, as appropriate.
Amendment 430 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 10
Article 19 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 84 supplementing this Regulation by detailed procedures and deadlines for the opposition procedure, for the official submission of comments by national authorities and persons with a legitimate interest, which will not trigger the opposition procedure and by rules on entrusting its tasks set out in this Article to EUIPO.
Amendment 434 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the proposed geographical indication does not comply with the definition of the geographical indication or with the requirements referred to in this Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2019/787 as the case may be;
Amendment 448 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 6
Article 23 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall retain documentation related to the registration of a geographical indication in digital or paper form for the period of validity of the geographical indication, and in case of cancellation. In case of cancellation, the documentation is retained for 10 years thereafter.
Amendment 453 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Where a producer group has been recognised by the national authorities in accordance with Article 33, or a third country authority, that group shall be identified as the representatives of the rights' holder of the geographical indication in the Union register of geographical indications and in the official extract referred to in paragraph (1).
Amendment 460 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where a recognised producer group does not exist, a producer group or in exceptional and duly justified cases, an individual producer which is the only producer having a legitimate interest may apply for the approval of an amendment to the product specification of a registered geographical indication;
Amendment 464 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where a recognised producer group does not exist, a producer group or in exceptional and duly justified cases, an individual producer which is the only producer having a legitimate interest may apply for the approval of an amendment to the product specification of a registered geographical indication.
Amendment 469 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. A standard amendment shall be considered as a temporary amendment when it concerns a temporary change in the product specification resulting from the imposition of obligatory sanitary and phytosanitary measures by the public authorities or a temporary amendment necessary because the consequences of a natural disaster or, adverse weather condition, geopolitical event or any exceptional circumstances formally recognised by the competent authorities.
Amendment 474 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7. Applications for Union amendments submitted by a third country or by producers groups, or in exceptional and duly justified case an individual producer in a third country shall contain proof that the requested amendment complies with the laws on the protection of geographical indications in force in that third country.
Amendment 496 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Amendment 517 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Amendment 530 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
(1) Article 27 is without prejudice to the use of a geographical indication by operators in conformity with Article 36 to indicate that a processed product contains, as an ingredient, a product designated by that geographical indication provided that such if there is no unlawful misuse, is made in accordance with honest commercial practices and does not weaken, dilute or is not detrimental to the reputation of the geographical indicationmitation or evocation within the meaning of Article 27(1).
Amendment 532 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Amendment 533 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. The name of a geographical indication designating a productproduct used as an ingredient shall notmay be used in the food name of the related processed product, except in cases of an agreement with a producer group representing two thirds of the producers, labelling or packaging device or advertising of a processed product subject to the existence of authorisation and control provisions to allow the recognised producer group to ensure a fair use of the GI name.
Amendment 535 #
2022/0089(COD)
Amendment 547 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. A producer group shall be set up on the initiative of interested stakeholders, including farmers, farm suppliers, intermediate processors and finaland may be composed of producers or processors, as specified by the competent national authorities with regard to constitution rules, and according to the nature of the product concerned. Member States shall verify that the producer group operates in a transparent and democratic manner and that all producers of the product designated by theWithout prejudice to Article 32.2, national authorities may, in accordance with national laws, define the tasks, powers and responsibilities granted to a producer group. Member States may lay down rules to ensure that only one group can operate for each geographical indication enjoy right ofand that membership inof the group. Member States may provide that public officials, and other stakeholders such as consumer groups, retailers and suppliers, also participate in the works of the producer group. and participation in operating costs is compulsory for all GI producers. A producer group may be set up at the initiative of a Member State.
Amendment 554 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) take legal action, including but not limited to action before the civil and criminal courts, to ensure protection of the geographical indication and of the intellectual property rights that are directly connected with it;
Amendment 556 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) agree sustainability undertakings, whether or not included in the product specification or as a separate initiative, including arrangements for verification of compliance with those undertakings and assuring adequate publicity for them notably in an information system provided by the Commission;
Amendment 576 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) to be consulted in regard to the protection of their name, in the context of international trade negotiations;
Amendment 616 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 7
Article 37 – paragraph 7
Amendment 625 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. When performing the controls and enforcement activities provided for in this Title, the responsible competent authorities and product certificationdelegated bodies shall comply with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/625. However, Title VI, Chapter 1, of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall not apply to controls of geographical indications.
Amendment 626 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. When performing the controls and enforcement activities provided for in this Title, the responsible competent authorities and product certificationdelegated bodies shall comply with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/625. However, Title VI, Chapter 1, of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 shall not apply to controls of geographical indications.
Amendment 635 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) one or more product certificationdelegated bodies to which responsibilities have been delegated as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2017/625, Title II, Chapter III.
Amendment 637 #
2022/0089(COD)
(b) one or more product certificationdelegated bodies.
Amendment 640 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – title
Article 40 – title
Public information on competent authorities and product certificationdelegated bodies
Amendment 641 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall make public the names and addresses of the competent authorities and product certificationdelegated bodies referred to in Article 39(3) and keep that information up-to-date.
Amendment 642 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall make public the names and addresses of the competent authorities and product certificationdelegated bodies referred to in Article 39(4) and update that information periodically.
Amendment 643 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may establish a digital portal where the names and addresses of the competent authorities and product certificationdelegated bodies referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are made public.
Amendment 644 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – title
Article 41 – title
Accreditation of product certificationdelegated bodies
Amendment 645 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The product certificationdelegated bodies referred to in Article 39(3), point (b) and Article 39(4), point (b) shall comply with and be accredited in accordance with:
Amendment 660 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. The proof of certificationompliance referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made available on request to enforcement authorities, customs or other authorities in the Union engaged in verifying the use of geographical indications on goods declared for free circulation or placed on the internal market. The producer may make the proof of certificationompliance available to the public or to any person who requests such proof in the course of business.
Amendment 688 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) products and/or products names that, without prejudice to the rules referred to in Article 5(2), are contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality and may not be placed on the internal market.
Amendment 690 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 5
Article 48 – paragraph 5
5. For the purposes of paragraphs (1), point (b) and (2), point (b), ‘other characteristic’ may include traditional production practices, traditional product attributes and farming practices that protect environmental value including biodiversity, habitats, nationally recognised environmental zones and landscape.
Amendment 693 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 48 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In duly justified cases and in order to take into account natural constraints affecting agricultural production in certain mountain or disadvantaged areas, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act laying down the conditions under which slaughtering can take place outside of the geographical area;
Amendment 742 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 93 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 93 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In Article 93 the following paragraph is added: 1a. For the purpose of Article 93(1), point (a) and, point (b) ‘other characteristic’ may include traditional production practices, traditional product attributes and farming practices that protect environmental value including biodiversity, habitats, nationally recognised environmental zones and landscape.
Amendment 745 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94
Article 94
Amendment 752 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 94 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The sustainability undertakings referred to in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to requirements for compliance with hygiene, safety standards and competition rules.
Amendment 756 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94 a (new)
Article 94 a (new)
Amendment 757 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94 b (new)
Article 94 b (new)
(2b) Article 94b is inserted as follows: 1. A producer group may agree on economic, environmental, or social sustainability undertakings to be adhered to in the production of the product designated by a designation of origin or a geographical indication. Such undertakings shall be specific, shall take account of existing sustainable practices employed for products designated by designations of origin or geographical indications, and may refer to existing sustainability schemes. 2. The sustainability undertakings referred to in paragraph (1) may be included in the product specification or developed in separate initiatives. 3. The sustainability undertakings referred to in paragraph (1) shall be without prejudice to requirements for compliance with hygiene, safety standards and competition rules.
Amendment 758 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Amendment 763 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 2
Article 103 – paragraph 2
(3a) Article 103 paragraph 2 is modified as follows: 2. A protected designation of origin and a protected geographical indication, as well as the wine using that protected name in conformity with the product specifications, shall be protected against: (a) any direct or indirect commercial use of that protected name, including the use for products used as ingredients: (i) by comparable products not complying with the product specification of the protected name; (ii) in so far as such use exploits, weakens, dilutes or is detrimental to the reputation of a designation of origin or a geographical indication;
Amendment 766 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 767 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(3c) In Article 103 the following paragraph is added: 2a. Where a designation of origin or a geographical indication is registered under this Regulation, the application for registration of a traditional term the use of which would contravene Article 103(2) shall be refused.
Amendment 769 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 4
Article 103 – paragraph 4
(3d) In Article 103, paragraph 4 is modified as follows: 4. The protection referred to in paragraph 2 also applies with regard to: (a) goods entering the customs territory of the Union without being released for free circulation within the customs territory of the Union; (b) goods sold by means of distance selling, such as electronic commerce; (c) goods produced in EU and destined to be exported and commercialised in third countries. For goods entering the customs territory of the Union without being released for free circulation within that territory, the group of producers or any operator that is entitled to use the protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication shall be entitled to prevent all third parties from bringing goods, in the course of trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation there, where such goods, including packaging, come from third countries and bear without authorisation the protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication.
Amendment 770 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)
Regulation (EU) 2013/1308
Article 103 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(3e) In Article 103,the following paragraph is added: 4 a. The name of a designation of origin or a geographical indication used by an operator to indicate that the product has been aged in casks, barrels or other containers where a designation of origin or a geographical indication aged shall be subject to the existence of authorisation and control provisions to allow the producer group to ensure a fair use of the name.
Amendment 772 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 f (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 f (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 4 b (new)
(3f) In Article 103 the following paragraph is added: 4b. The group of producers or any operator that is entitled to use the designation of origin or geographical indication shall been titled to prevent all third parties from bringing goods, in the course of trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation there, where such goods, including packaging, come from third countries and are in breach of paragraph (2).
Amendment 775 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 g (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 g (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 4 c (new)
(3g) In Article 103 the following paragraph is added: 4c. Each Member States shall take appropriate administrative and judicial steps to prevent or stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, as referred to in paragraph 1, that are produced or marketed in that Member State. To that end Member States shall designate the authorities that are responsible for taking these steps in accordance with procedures determined by each individual Member State.
Amendment 776 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 h (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 h (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 a (new)
Article 103 a (new)
(3h) The following Article 103a is added: Ingredients in processed products 1. The name of a designation of origin or geographical indication used as an ingredient in a processed product may be referred to in the list of ingredients, provided that such use is made in accordance with honest commercial practices and does not weaken, dilute or is not detrimental to the reputation of the designation of origin or geographical indication. 2. The name of a designation of origin or a geographical indication used as an ingredient may be used in the food name, labelling or packaging device of a processed product subject to the existence of authorisation and control provisions to allow the producer group to ensure a fair use of the GI name. 3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the use of a designation of origin or geographical indication to identify products aged in casks, barrels or containers.
Amendment 779 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 i (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 i (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 b (new)
Article 103 b (new)
Amendment 783 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 j (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 j (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 105 – paragraph 1
Article 105 – paragraph 1
(3j) Article 105, paragraph 1 is replaced with the following: 1. A recognised producer group may apply for the approval of an amendment to the product specification of a registered designation of origin or geographical indication. Where such a group does not exist, a producer group having a legitimate interest or, in exceptional and duly justified cases, an individual producer which is the only producer of the designation of origin or geographical indication may submit an application to amend a product specification. Producers may only submit an application to amend the specification for the designation of origin or geographical indication product they produce.
Amendment 784 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 k (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 k (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 105 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(3k) In Article 105 the following paragraph is added: 1a. Amendments to a product specification shall be classified into two categories as regards their importance: (a) Union amendments, requiring an objection procedure at Union level; and (b) standard amendments to be dealt with at Member State or third country level. For the purposes of this Regulation, an amendment shall be a Union amendment if it entails a change of the single document and: (a) includes a change in the name of the protected designation of origin or the protected geographical indication; (b) entails further restrictions on the marketing of the product. Any other amendment to a product specification of are registered geographical indication, that is not a Union amendment in accordance with this paragraph, shall be considered as a standard amendment. 'Temporary amendment’ means a standard amendment concerning a temporary change in the product specification resulting from the imposition of obligatory sanitary and phytosanitary measures by the public authorities or linked to the consequences of natural disasters or adverse weather conditions or the consequences of an exceptional geopolitical event formally recognised by the competent authorities.
Amendment 785 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 l (new)
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 l (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 105 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 105 – paragraph 1 b (new)
(3l) In Article 105 the following paragraph is added: 1b. Union amendments shall be scrutinised and approved by the Commission. The approval procedure shall follow the procedure laid down in Article 94 and Articles 96 to 99, mutatis mutandis. Applications for approval of Union amendments submitted by third countries or by third country producers groups or in exceptional and duly justified case an individual producer in a third country shall contain proof that the requested amendment complies with the laws on the protection of designations of origin or geographical indications in force in that third country. Applications for approval of Union amendments shall relate exclusively to Union amendments. If an application for a Union amendment also relates to standard amendments, the parts relating to standard amendments shall be deemed as not having been submitted, and the procedure for Union amendments shall apply only to the parts relating to that Union amendment. The scrutiny of such applications shall focus on the proposed Union amendments.
Amendment 4 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas women are more likely than men to work in the informal economy and whereas their importance for the rural economy is not acknowledged, which means that their role and importance in rural areas are overlooked and their importance for the rural economy is not recognised due to their participation in the informal rural economy;
Amendment 11 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the gender employment gap is more pronounced in rural areas than in cities, and young women are more likely to leave rural areas;
Amendment 12 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the EU economy and society face multiple challenges regarding the demographic change, the digitalisation of the economy and society, increasing European and global integration and the transition to an almost CO2 neutral economy, lifestyles and work patterns; whereas rural areas are often particularly affected by these challenges;
Amendment 15 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas rural areas are the place of residence and work for many people and as well the location of enterprises from all sectors of the economy, in particular of small and medium-sized enterprises, whereas they are the place of production of agriculture and forestry but also perform important ecological functions and provide space for leisure and recreation;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women perform more than one function; whereas women are enabl in the context of their individual family and professional ties and, in this diversity of roles, also make a significant contribution to progress and innovation at all levels of society and to an increase in the quality of life, especially in rural areas; whereas women in rural areas are drivers of the transition to a greener society and economy;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas only 30 % of farms across the EU are managed by women; whereas SMEs are predominant in rural region and, if they do, farms tend to be smaller, with lower incomes and less access to financial support; whereas rural regions are dominated by SMEs;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas social protection for women working in agriculture is an essential element of modern and sustainable rural development;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas in the EU the proportion of rural inhabitants with at least basic digital skills in 2019 is 14 percentage points lower than that of urban residents (48 % vs. 62 %);
Amendment 45 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the economy and society as a whole benefit from the geographically decentralised economic structure in rural areas, i.e. the distribution of small and medium-sized enterprises not only in a few locations, but widely distributed in many locations, whereas such a distribution structure supports decentralised value creation and associated decentralised income opportunities, especially in rural areas, thus enabling vital rural areas; whereas the multiple opportunities in rural areas allow citizens and especially women to build up and benefit from creative living and work situations;
Amendment 51 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas services of general interest play an important role in rural areas and in achieving the objective of territorial cohesion, whereas it is important to promote mobility in rural areas that is widely available, efficient and affordable and taking into account the SDGs;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas it is necessary to advance the digital agenda in rural areas and develop a comprehensive broadband infrastructure and sustainable jobs in order to maintain and strengthen the competitiveness, digital participation, equal living conditions and a better work- life balance;
Amendment 57 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas there are often difficulties in accessing adequate health and care services in rural areas that includes deficits in local health services and unusually long waiting times to see certain specialists, whereas cross-border healthcare services can offer a better option to patients in situations where the most appropriate treatment or the nearest hospital is in another Member State;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and member States to design rural areas in such a way that women of all generations remain in their immediate vicinity and take entrepreneurial initiatives and thus contribute to revitalisation and development;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines the diversity of rural actors and their importance for the sustainability of rural areas;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the needs of women in rural areas to be addressed through appropriate – and where necessary pepolicies to be designed that take into account the needs of women in rural areas, such as adequate, where appropripatetic –, mobile healthcare, childcare and care for the elderly, thereby promoting women’s social security rights, including maternity leave or pension rights, and women’s access to available EU funds;
Amendment 111 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on Member States to intensify their efforts to support live-long learning, professional education and guidance systems, with the close involvement of municipalities and the promoters of such measures from business organisations and chambers, as this can contribute significantly to promoting gender balanced employment in rural areas;
Amendment 114 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls onfor the Member States to create a ubiquitous and seamlessmultitude of opportunities in rural areas to be exploited and for the development of a comprehensive broadband infrastructure, as well as to enable creative housliving and work opportunities, andsituations and to create quality jobs that facilitate the reconciliation of work and family life.;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for better access to high- quality public services and infrastructure, in particular digital infrastructure, and for the deployment of widely available, efficient and affordable mobility opportunities that meet the SDGs;
Amendment 124 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on Member States to facilitate multimodality and to provide easy and comfortable transitions from one mode of transport to another; emphazises that in order to ensure that mobility chains are as seamless and accessible as possible, better infrastructure conditions must be created; reiterates that his includes infrastructure standardisation, in particular to facilitate cross-border projects and mobility;
Amendment 131 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to design funding programs or support measures in such a way that the bureaucratic burden is easily manageable for smaller businesses and stakeholders; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that individuals or smaller initiatives are also able to overview and apply for funding opportunities and are given assistance in doing so;
Amendment 136 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further promote cross- border health and care services, especially in rural areas, and to pay particular attention to this aspect in the revision of Directive2011/24/EU, thereby reducing bureaucratic barriers to the provision and use of cross-border health and care services and to establish a better interaction between different healthcare systems;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Decade on Healthy Ageing 2021-2030 and the WHO Framework for countries to achieve an integrated continuum of long-term care,
Amendment 47 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
Citation 23 a (new)
— having regard to the 2021 Long- term care report prepared by the Social Protection Committee (SPC) and the European Commission (DG EMPL) on “Trends, challenges and opportunities in an ageing society”,
Amendment 100 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas care encompasses services to address the physical, psychological and social needs of dependents, as well as support to guarantee the equal exercise of rights, dignity, autonomy, inclusion and well-being for all members of society, provided by either formal or informal carers;
Amendment 143 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas silent age discrimination and unmet, unseen and unrecognized care needs are still a persisting problem in care in Europe;
Amendment 182 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care services and the staff shortages in the care sector, as well as the burden and lack of support to informal carers, and whereas across the EU, more than half of COVID-19 related fatalities have been recorded in long-term care settings;
Amendment 230 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the care sector needs significant investment, resources and reform, especially in elderly care;
Amendment 234 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow; whereas patient- centred, community-based and home care can better support the autonomy of persons in need for care and support; whereas residential care often does not meet the standards of supporting independence of persons using these services and are often associated with the end of life, rather than regarded as places to live and strive in dignity, and places of participation in social and cultural life;
Amendment 242 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas changing the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care; whereas that shift has been may improve the quality; whereas national differences in social policy should be respected with regard too slowthe principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 285 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas 6.3 million professionals work in long-term care, among whom women (81 %) are overrepresented and there are increasing numbers of platform workers, as well as migrant and mobile workers; whereas 8 million new jobs are expected to be created over the next decade in both the social care and healthcare sectors;
Amendment 296 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas 7.7 million women in the EU remain out of the labour market due to their care responsibilities;
Amendment 311 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas 80 % of all long-term care in Europe is provided by informal carers, overwhelmingly women, mostly unpaid and/or without adequate support, and often with a negative impact on their physical and mental health, well-being and social inclusion, with women providing approximately two-thirds of care, which makes care an extremely gendered issue;
Amendment 344 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the gender pay gap in the EU stands at 14.1% and has only changed minimally over the last decade and the gender pension gap is even wider;
Amendment 346 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas strong sectoral segregation, unequal share of paid and unpaid work, the glass ceiling and pay discrimination still persist in the EU labour market and equal pay for equal work has not been fulfilled and these serious structural issues have been neglected by all the EU Member States;
Amendment 354 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas women in the EU carry out 13 hours more of unpaid care and housework per week than men; whereas 7.7 million women in the EU remain out of the labour market owing to their care responsibilities;
Amendment 357 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas underpaid or non-paid women take care of other women, whereas women live longer than men and represent the majority of the people receiving care, both in formal care institutions and in private homes;
Amendment 392 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas more than one third of people over 65 years of age are living with two or more non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity or respiratory diseases1a; _________________ 1a https://www.efpia.eu/media/636465/its- time-to-power-up-health-systems.pdf
Amendment 438 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that according to the principle 18 in the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) ‘Everyone has the right to affordable long-term care services of good quality, in particular home-care and community-based services’; notes that expanding the care workforce and increasing the provision of care services will be a prerequisite for fulfilling this principle;
Amendment 444 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that care services are of varying types -- from early childhood care and education, to care services for elderly and care for persons with disabilities --, and notes that care and its differing policy approaches need to be developed and recreated according to individuals’ needs;
Amendment 457 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports the Commission's ambition for a proposal for a Council Recommendation on a “European Care Strategy”; urges the Commission to adopt a comprehensive and holistic approach to care which includes adequate use of screening, early detection and prevention for non-communicable diseases (NCDs); urges the Commission to focus on strengthen EU's resilience in crises situations such as health crises; urges the Commission to promote research, innovation as well as business development in life-science;
Amendment 461 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the Commission’s “NCD Roadmap” and its focus areas which include: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, mental health and neurological disorders and determinants of health; urges the Commission to address the broader societal burden of NCD's including the gender-related inequalities for NCD carers; regrets, however, that other important NCDs have not been included in the scope such as Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.;
Amendment 475 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the need to increase fsecure the sound ing for bothvestment level in the care infrastructure across the EU, both public and private, formal and informal care across the EU, to guarantee equal access for dependants to affordable quality care services, as well as an active professional life for carers, and therefore calls on the Member States to make the best use of the European structural and investment funds, including the ESF+, as well as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, for investing in care;
Amendment 491 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that a substantial proportion of care models, services and facilities are outdated and that care recipients should be placed at the centre of care plan, below the modern quality criteria and does not meet the physical, social and psychological needs and wishes of the people in need of care, and that people in need of care should be placed at the centre of care plans and all stages of the design, implementation and evaluation of care policies and services;
Amendment 501 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 505 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Believes that those planning, programming and providing care services have the responsibility to be aware of the users’ needs and that care services for elderly and persons with disabilities must be planned and developed with the participation of the users;
Amendment 583 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that adequate and accessible social protection systems and support to families is essential and calls on the competent national authorities to ensure adequate and accessible social protection systems and integrated child protection systemsto encourage more to participate in the labour market;
Amendment 593 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to provide continuous holistic support to parents, including parental entitlements and measures that encourage a more substantial role for men in the sharing of care responsibilities, including for very young childrencan make sharing of care responsibilities between parents possible; recognises national differences in social policy and stresses that respect for subsidiarity is of the essence;
Amendment 612 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to reform and integrate their social services and protection systems in such a way as to provide effective and equal access to care services throughout the life course, taking a personalised and patient-centered approach, in order to enhance access to care, the continuity of care, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation and, whenever possible, independent living and inclusion in the community;
Amendment 633 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that accessibility derives from a combination of cost and flexibility; believes that in this respect different forms of care service provision should be available, such as in in-home and community-based settings, both public and private, care at home and in home-like settings, and that furthermore a family member should either be able to voluntarily provide care or be subsidised to procure the care services;
Amendment 638 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights the need to support the development of online services, the training to increase digital competencies of the cared and their carers, and improving of internet access and connections to improve the quality of care and to benefit from technology in offering quality care in all stages of life; notes that health technology can be the biggest unequalizer or connector depending on its genuine accessibility;
Amendment 643 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Member States to explore the possibility of integrating in their social protection systems solutions that allow a more personalised approach;
Amendment 644 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Notes that the populations benefitting from long-term care go beyond the elderly and include people living with rare diseases for whom care is provided throughout all lifecycles, with a majority of rare diseases having their onset during childhood;
Amendment 663 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the free movement of persons and workers is one of the key pillars of the EU, but that challenges to cross-border care remain; calls for the protection of different societal models and the social security rights of all mobile care workers and care receivers; recognises national differences in social policy and stresses that respect for subsidiarity is of the essence;
Amendment 678 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Repeats its call for a common definition of disability, as well asCalls for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including the definition of disability, result in a common approach to disability on EU level and a more mutual recognition of disability statuses in the Member States;
Amendment 717 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Encourages the Member States to promote the provision of adequate, inclusive and accessible care, technical aids and housing for people with disabilities of all ages, as well as support to their families and network; notes that special efforts should be made to promote de-institutionalization including in the field of mental health;
Amendment 719 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to form a platform and to call up a summit of experts, social partners, interest groups, patient organisations, carers organisations and care recipients and their representatives to discuss and develop community-based care fit for 2030;
Amendment 732 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to start an initiative on environmentally sustainable care and pay attention and support green care projects and greening of care overall;
Amendment 749 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that between 40 and 50throughout the EU, 44 million people in the EUare provideing informal care on a regular basislong-term care at least once a week; notes that this work tends to be long term and can hinder formal labour market participation, resulting in a loss of income and aggravating the gender pay and pension gap;
Amendment 752 #
2021/2253(INI)
19a. Notes that informal care is an extremely gendered issue as women are overrepresented in providing informal care activities, making up around 60% of informal carers, and providing informal care for more hours than men;
Amendment 753 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights that an ageing European population has led to a growing prevalence of NCDs which has increased the number of informal carers in the EU; underlines that most informal carers in the EU are women;
Amendment 758 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Notes that of elderly people aged more than 65, 8% or more than 7 million people receive informal care in the EU; for people aged 75 and above, the number relying on informal care amounts to 11%;
Amendment 760 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Notes that at least 8% of all children in Europe are involved in the provision of informal long-term care, with a negative impact on their physical and mental health, educational experience, employability and social inclusion;
Amendment 763 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Stresses that informal carers must have their needs assessed and addressed in their own right, without being conditional on the services or supports of the cared-for person;
Amendment 764 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 769 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the need forto develop a common European minimum definition for informal care, a commitment by Member States, and Council Recommendations on informal care including national recommendations, including respect for the right to self- determination of persons receiving care;
Amendment 774 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for common European guidelines and status for informal carers as informal care is currently not adequately recognized and acknowledged in terms of different forms of informal care;
Amendment 785 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, and a work-life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipientwork towards a common definition of informal care to achieve further mutual recognition in the Member States;
Amendment 788 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level oesent to the Council for approval a European Carers programme and individually a European iInformal cCarers programme, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, and a work-life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipients;
Amendment 797 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support civil society organisations supporting and representing informal carers, in order for these organisations to bring their perspective and contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of policies concerning informal care;
Amendment 828 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Member States to increase investments in care services and their quality, and in special measures that allow carers to maintain an active professional life;
Amendment 833 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Encourages the Member States to reflect periods spent on care responsibilities in pension schemes, with a view to reducing and eventually closing the gender pension gap;
Amendment 845 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to ensure decent working conditions for all workers in the care sector, both formal and informal, and to adopt high standards of occupational health and safety, in line with andor beyond the ambition of the recently adopted EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027;
Amendment 876 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in generalensure adequate wages;
Amendment 918 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive; stresses that only an equalrecognises the importance of making shareing of care responsibilities between men and women by means of non-transferable and adequately paid leave periodsparents possible, which would enable more women to increasingly engage in full-time employment and achieve a work- life balance; recognises national differences in social policy and stresses that respect for subsidiarity is of the essence;
Amendment 965 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Underlines the need to recognise the entrepreneurial potential of women in the care sector who can contribute with innovations such as new technologies; notes that women are overrepresented as professionals working in the care sector and are an valuable and untapped source of entrepreneurial potential in Europe;
Amendment 970 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Notes that there is a need to recognize and value care also economically in European economies, budgeting and statistics;
Amendment 971 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Stresses the impact of green environments, daily access to different forms of nature and outdoors in good quality living conditions of people needing care, notes that studies show that access to nature has substantial benefits for both physical and mental health of all people, especially those needing care, and highlights the need to facilitate access to nature and outdoors for people dependent on care as well as to support nature-based solutions in the care sector;
Amendment 995 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Member States to increase investments and invest EU funds in care services and their quality, including the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the EU4Health Programme and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), in care infrastructure and facilitate accessible and affordable services for all;
Amendment 998 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the provision of funding for all types of care services through the European Social Fund+ and other financial instruments, which aim to fund social infrastructure;
Amendment 1002 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)
Paragraph 30 d (new)
30d. Calls for a European framework to strategically upskill and reskill workers and to formally recognise carers’ skills through a certification process;
Amendment 1003 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 e (new)
Paragraph 30 e (new)
Amendment 1004 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 f (new)
Paragraph 30 f (new)
30f. Calls on the Commission to set up a European Expert Group on Care, bringing together public authorities, European NGOs representing people who draw on care, service providers, as well as other stakeholders, such as researchers, to create innovative care solutions, to ensure future-proof care systems and to phase out institutionalized care and replace it with community-based or home-based care and/or use of personalized budgets and personalised design of care;
Amendment 1005 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Member States to formulate and revise their care policies in permanent dialogue with social partners, experts, civil society and representative organisations of care recipients and carers; and to encourage civil dialogue between civil society NGOs and public authorities at national and EU level to support in creating effective social care policy solutions which fit the needs of the people on the ground;
Amendment 1020 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls for an external scientific and ethical evaluation on the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the care sector, on the actions of the European Union as a whole as well as on the actions of the Member States, and for an evaluation on the level of preparedness that the EU now has for pandemics;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2243(INI)
Ba. whereas not all Member States explicitly cover multiple discrimination and intersectional discrimination in their national legislation1a; _________________ 1a ‘A comparative analysis of gender equality law in Europe 2020’
Amendment 59 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a key challenge in operationalising intersectionality and addressing intersecting forms of discrimination is the absence of intersectional equality data, including data disaggregated by race and ethnicity; which leads to serious shortcomings as far as the assessment of the situation of minorities and the implementation and impacts of policy measures is concerned; whereas the collection of such data should be provided voluntarily and according to data protection standards 2a _________________ 2a https://www.enar-eu.org/external- resources-equality-data/ Equality data collection: Facts and Principles
Amendment 74 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Amendment 86 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas half of all trans women experience discrimination when searching for employment; whereas only 20 % of women with disabilities are in full-time employment in the EU and have significantly lower incomes 3a, whereas estimates indicate that 22 % are at risk of poverty or social exclusion; _________________ 3a https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/89- 503-x/2015001/article/14695-eng.htm
Amendment 90 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas older women and older people from ethnic minorities and immigrant groups are often victims of simultaneous acts of discrimination on different grounds;
Amendment 104 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Amendment 108 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas women, particularly young women and those with migrant background and low levels of educational attainment are especially susceptible to precarious work conditions 6a ; _________________ 6a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2020/662491/IPOL_STU(20 20)662491_EN.pdf
Amendment 118 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas racialised women, women from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, such as women in poverty or those living in outermost regions or rural areas, migrant women, women with disabilities and LGBTIQ people face additional barriers and violence in accessing healthcare and health information, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), as a result of discriminatory laws and policies, stigma and stereotypes;
Amendment 122 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas racialised women, women from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, women with disabilities and LGBTIQ people face additional barriers and violence in accessing healthcare, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), as a result of discriminatory laws and policies, stigma and stereotypes;
Amendment 147 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the COVID19 pandemic has exacerbated existing structural gender inequalities, in particular for girls and women from marginalised groups and the reports of domestic violence due to confinement have risen rapidly; whereas the pandemic has put many women from marginalised groups below the poverty line as they were more likely to lose their jobs and significantly deepened the existing inequalities;
Amendment 152 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas high-quality, inclusive, comprehensive and appropriate education on equality, respect and tolerance starting at a very early stage is the best tool for tackling racism and discrimination on multiple grounds and building inclusive societies 7a ; _________________ 7a https://rm.coe.int/ecri-general-policy- recommendation-no-10-key-topics- combating-racism-a/16808b75f7
Amendment 159 #
Amendment 160 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for EU policymaking to address and eliminate intersecting forms of discrimination and calls for the polices and actions under the Union of Equality to be reviewed, strengthened , enhanced and adapted if necessary;and for an EU framework on intersectional discrimination with cross- cutting objectives and measures to be promoted; recognises the need to mainstream equality into EU policies and create inclusive solutions that protect the most marginalised and vulnerable in our communities;
Amendment 178 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 217 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for positive action measures, such as quotas, for women facing intersectionalaction against discrimination in public institutions, including in the EU institutions, as a way to promote public institutions that reflect the diversity of society;
Amendment 229 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the Member States and the EU to provide implicit bias and awareness- raising training courses and campaigns within their institutions, including in judicial institutions, asylum processing and intake centres, education, and for the police, healthcare professionals and other civil servants, and to address the effects of the implicit biases on decisions, actions and interactions generated resulting from persistent stereotypes, and the under- representation of certain groups in these sectors;
Amendment 234 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to earmark funding under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme to grassroots civil society organisations led by and for women facing intersectional discrimination and to design grants specificallynsure sufficient funding opportunities for projects which are aimed at combating intersectional discrimination in the EU;
Amendment 235 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to support Member States with targeted Erasmus + projects which could also serve as a tool for empowering girls and women that face multiple barriers and discrimination due to their descent and which could support and facilitate their transition to the labour market;
Amendment 239 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for special attention to be paid, in particular in the care sector, that would allow effective prevention of labour exploitation, gender-based violence and other forms of bad treatment as well as facilitate claiming the labour rights and rights of potential victims of exploitation the majority of whom are women, also from most marginalised groups and of different decent, whose representation is disproportionately high in care sector;
Amendment 241 #
2021/2243(INI)
11c. notes that it is substantial to reach out to young women from the diaspora and marginalised groups, many of whom work in care services and who frequently face discrimination on the labour market and who are often overqualified and underemployed in their jobs,
Amendment 249 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for awareness-raising campaigns to combatthrough variety of means including targeted campaigns and trainings to combat discrimination, unconscious bias, the gender and diversity segregation of the labour market, with the aim of countering prevalent prejudices, as manifested in the structural barriers faced by Roma and Muslim women, trans migrants and asylum seekers, and women with disabilities among others;
Amendment 258 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to support the creation of new legal pathwaysmeasures, including legal pathways according to the national context across sectors, including for medium- and low-skilled workers, that promote autonomy, decent work and social inclusion amongst women including women of most marginalised groups or women from diaspora;
Amendment 259 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls onEncourages the Member States to support the creation of new legal pathways across sectors, including for medium- and low-skilled workers,measures that promote autonomy, decent work and social inclusion;
Amendment 263 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to develop specific worklife balance measures to allow most marginalised women to reconcile work, education and professional advancement with their family obligations as well as to counter discrimination and bias which continue to affect them on the labour market, in education and everyday life;
Amendment 264 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the promotion of entrepreneurship among migrant women can offer great opportunities for their integration and foster their economic independence and empowerment;
Amendment 265 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Member States and encourages them to ensure human rights education, fight against racism and discrimination on various and multiple grounds as well as promotion of equality and non-discrimination in education at every level of schooling starting early on so as to increase participation and social inclusion rates among girls and women from the diaspora ;
Amendment 267 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Recognises the role of schools and teachers in promoting equality, gender equality, respect, awareness-raising and non-discrimination; stresses that better intercultural sensitivity among school personnel and more inclusive educational systems in Member States could encourage girls and young women from minority ethnic groups to improve their educational achievements.
Amendment 271 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to ensure universal health coverage and to urgently remove the barriers that exist to healthcare for all, including for undocumented migrants; facilitate access to healthcare for all women from marginalised groups, including migrant women; notes that there is a substantial lack of data on women from marginalised groups and migrant women accessing health services especially mental health services 8a ; _________________ 8a https://www.oecd.org/wise/covid-19- and-well-being-1e1ecb53-en.htm
Amendment 282 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to adopt and implement strategies, policies and programmes to advance the SRHR of marginalised groups of women and to eradicate the systemic,, where necessary, existing financial, legal, practical and social barriers they face;
Amendment 283 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls onEncourages the Member States to adopt and implement strategies, policies and programmes to advance the SRHR of marginalised groups of women and to eradicate the systemic, financial, legal, practical and social barriers they face;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas organic agriculture offers many environmental benefits and has the potential to help the agricultural sector play its part in the fight against climate change and adaptation to climate change and in addressing key challenges such as soil fertility and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that Member States should engage all stakeholders, especially organic farmers and associations, the agri-food sector along the value chain, local and regional authorities, consumer and private sector representatives and the hospitality industry, including large-scale caterers, in a consultative process when adopting their national OAPs to achieve the best possible synergies;
Amendment 111 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges that organic production often involves higher production costs and, therefore, needs higher market prices to recover those costs; points out that higher consumer prices may represent a barrier to expansion but that they are necessary to ensure the continuation of organic farming and its further uptake; notes that higher prices must be backed by corresponding performance, in this case process quality;
Amendment 224 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the potential of short, local and seasonal food supply chains and direct marketing opportunities for organic producers and rural economies to deliver economic and environmental benefits by securing incomes and preserving and creating employment, while contributing to animal welfare, as well as environmental, biodiversity and climate protection; points out that market development holds a key to the sustainable development of the organic sector;
Amendment 236 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s support for the development of bio-districteco-regions within Member States, as they are multifunctional in nature and create synergies between farmers, consumers, processing companies, retailers, the hospitality industry and cultural enterprises;
Amendment 241 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the fundamental importance of expanding the structured exchange of knowledge and best practices on organic farming among Member States and farmers; believes in the benefits of growing collaboration between scientists, advisory services or consultants, the education sector, farmers and society in this respect; highlights the important role to be played by farm advisory services, which Member States must include in their CAP strategic plans, in the development of the organic sector;
Amendment 248 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Is convinced that good information on organic farming in vocational education, e.g. in production, processing, artisanal food production and kitchens, is an important element and a foundation for the development of the organic sector;
Amendment 265 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for research and innovation to overcome restrictions in organic agriculture, such as the availability of organic protein feed, vitamins, plant protection products, fertilisers and genetic resources, to further develop robust farming systems and to encourage meeting societal expectations on biodiversity, climate change or adaptation, animal welfare and efficient resource use; welcomes the Commission’s intention to earmark Horizon Europe funding in this respect; calls on the Commission to stimulate and foster cooperation between research communities working on organic and conventional food and farming;
Amendment 302 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Supports the Commission’s intention to extend the EU Market Observatories’ analysis to organic products; stresses the importance of intensifying collection and improving availability of accurate and timely data, including at regional level, on the organic sector, particularly on production, consumption, trade within the EU and with non-EU countries and delivery on sustainability, including farm gate and retail prices, consumer preferences, supply chain structures, added value and farmers’ share in supply chains, in order to shape and monitor EU policy on organic production, evaluate consumption and production trends and increase transparency and confidence in the organic sector through determining environmental, economic and social effects;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to ensure that at least 10 % of the funding allocated to them under the scheme every yearmade available to them every year for implementation of the scheme is earmarked for educational measures in order to render those measures more frequent and widespread;
Amendment 136 #
2021/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the products for distribution should becontinue to be conventional, regional, preferably unprocessed, organic and originate in the EU; calls on the Commission to introduce requirements to ensure that the products comply with objective criteria, including health, environmental and ethical considerations, seasonality, variety, the availability of local produce, and giving priority to short supply chains; stresses that in the case of bananas, fair-trade products from third countries may only be given priority when equivalent products originating in the EU are not available; emphasises that products should reflect local eating habits and crop types as far as possible;
Amendment 174 #
2021/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission and the Member States to reduce the administrative burden of implementing the scheme, particularly in the context of distribution measures to improve participation rates and the use of national budgets; considers that one way of streamlining the scheme could be to simplify the procurement procedures, to extend running times and to reduce the inspection effort so that schools wishing to participate do not have to shoulder the administrative burden;
Amendment 8 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 31 May 2011 on women entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 23 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)
Citation 32 a (new)
— having regard to the work of the EU Platform on Combatting Homelessness, launched in June 2021.
Amendment 30 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the technological and digital revolution we are witnessing increases the digital progress and new business opportunities and whereas this technological and digital revolution changes economic patterns, social systems and the labour market and whereas everyone in our society, especially women, must have the chance to participate in this prosperity;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas gender equality in the labour market, achieved by increasing social and economic wellbeing, benefits not only women but the economy and society as a whole;
Amendment 32 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas gender mainstreaming is an important tool for the integration of gender equality in all EU policies, measures and actions to promote equal opportunities and combat all forms of discrimination against women;
Amendment 33 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Amendment 37 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the employment rate of women has even fallen more sharply than it did during the 2008 recession due to the increase of unpaid care work for dependants and household and educational care services, and has also resulted in a lower labour intensity, leading to significant increases in women’s poverty; whereas according to estimates for 2019 in the EU-27, women are particularly affected by the risk of poverty (AROP), with the poverty rate standing at 25.1 % before social transfers and 17.1 % after such transfers;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic will have great economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service sector, the self-employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women;
Amendment 41 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas poverty in general, and thus also women’s poverty, is multidimensional, and thereforefor this reason we need to combat all causes and consequences of all facets of women's poverty includesing not only material deprivation, but also a lack of access to many different resources and even an inability to fully exercise the rights of citizenship; whereas synergies between various actions carried out and political measures supporting gender equality, employment, education, taxation and housing can help combat deep-rooted causes of poverty and social exclusion more efficiently; whereas the impact of poverty on women and men is different and that therefore other indicators (such as age, life expectancy, income inequalities, gender pay gap, type of household, social transfers) need to be considered as well;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women's poverty increases the risk of homelessness, the access to adequate housing and energy poverty, emphasizes as well the need for tailored policy measures specifically for single parents;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas synergies between various actions carried out and political measures supporting gender equality, employment, training, taxation, family and housing can help combat deep-rooted causes of poverty and social exclusion more efficiently;
Amendment 55 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas although work in highly female-dominated sectors is essential and of high socioeconomic value, it is undervalued and lower paid than work in male-dominated sectors; whereas there is an urgent need to reassess the adequacy of wages in female-dominated sectors related to their social and economic value and to advance on minimum wages, minimum income and pay transparency in EU regulationsand to ensure adequate pay for all, to eliminate unfair practices and a downgrading of social protection standards and to promote equal opportunities while respecting the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas although work in highly female-dominated sectors is essential and of high socioeconomic value, it is undervalued and lower paid than work in male-dominated sectors; whereas there is an urgent need to reassess the adequacy of wages in female-dominated sectors related to their social and economic value and to advance on minimum wages, minimum income and pay transparency in EU regulations; while respecting national competence and subsidiarity;
Amendment 67 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas policies targeted at increasing the participation of women in the fields related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and AI, and the adoption of a multi-level approach to address the gender gap in all levels of education and employment in the digital sector need to be further promoted;
Amendment 69 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in some Member States women are largely unemployed or work part-time due to child care responsibilities and other forms of long-term care and are thus exposed to a higher risk of poverty among seniors;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas women who live in rural areas are particularly affected by poverty; whereas many women who live in rural areas are not even registered on the labour market or as unemployed; whereas the rate of unemployment among women in rural areas is extremely high, and those who are employed have very low incomes; whereas women in rural areas have limited access to education;
Amendment 71 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas girls outperform boys in school but often encounter greater difficulties or are prevented from translating this educational success into professional accomplishment by familial and other pressures;
Amendment 76 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas investment in universal services, including care servicea common European approach in addition to Member States policies in the care sector would create an important added value; whereas women are responsible for the majority of caring duties; whereas caring for children or relatives is named by women in the EU as the most common reason for reducing working hours or withdrawing from the labour market; whereas women often take short-term, part time or precarious, and even informal employments, thas a positive impact on women’s fundamental rightst can be adapted to a caregiving schedule, what affects their short and long-term earnings and contributions to pension funds; whereas career choices profoundly affect a carer’s economic independence in old age, affecting the gender pension gap and the risk of poverty;
Amendment 79 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas women more often than men take the responsibility for the care of elderly or ill family members as well as for children and put their careers on hold more regularly, which prevents them making pension plans, forging a career and fully participating in the market, thereby diminishing their overall income;
Amendment 88 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas women have a lowthe average gender employment rate gap stands aret 11,5% with women disproportionally highly represented in low-paid, precarious and dead-end job sectors; whereas women are more affected by flexible work forms, atypical and flexible contracts(part-time work, temporary work).whereas the gender pay gap stands at 14.1 %;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas women have a lower employment rate and are disproportionally highly represented in low-paid, precarious and dead-end job sectors; whereas women face pregnancy and maternity discrimination; whereas the gender pay gap stands at 14.1 %;
Amendment 94 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas women have been working in the frontline of the pandemic and also in the services sector, which has been particularly affected by the current crisis; whereas this has led to an increase in female unemployment rates and thus a higher likelihood of poverty for women in the EU; whereas women have also tended to partake a disproportionate amount of uncompensated childcare work, even if enforced lockdowns have meant that men increased their household participation in comparison to the years prior to the pandemic;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the pension entitlements gap averages at almost 30 % as a result of the imbalances created by persistent lifelong inequalities; whereas this pension gap means that women fall below the poverty line as they get older; whereas eliminating the pension gap will lead to greater social inclusion throughout the whole life cycle;
Amendment 109 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 118 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the current EU model of socio-economic governance is harmful to the EU’s commitmeit is important to reduce inequalities and eradicate poverty, in particular women’s poverty resulting from a lifetime of discrimination;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
Amendment 123 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. Whereas the Action Plan of the European Social Pillar has the specific aim to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty by at least 15 million, of which 5 million children, by 2030.
Amendment 126 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
L b. Whereas the European Social Charter recognises the right of all workers, and thus also female workers, to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families, and the right to equal pay for work of equal value. It establishes the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion, and it contributes to reducing the existing pay gap between men and women.
Amendment 128 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas only 20.7 % of women with disabilities and 28.6 % of men with disabilities are in full-time employment; whereas in some Member States, persons with disabilities often lose their disability entitlements upon taking up employment, which increases their risk of in-work poverty;
Amendment 129 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that, according to Eurostat, there are currently 64.6 million women and 57.6 million men living in poverty in the Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men is different. Calls on the Commission to develop an ambitious 2030 European anti- poverty strategy, with concrete targets for reducing poverty and a focus on ending women’s poverty and the risk of intergenerational poverty;.
Amendment 134 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance that we need to stand for policies that take into account the demographic challenge and promote equal opportunities for all, particularly those that are most hit by the crisis, such as vulnerable groups, families, the young generation, and the elderly and that all business opportunities offered by the current technological and digital revolution should focus on women;
Amendment 143 #
2021/2170(INI)
2. Underlines that women’s poverty needs to be as well analysed from an intersectional approach, including migrant and ethnic origin, age, race and sexual or gender orientation; calls for the EIGE’s Gender Equality Index to be incorporated into the social scoreboard; calls on the EIGE to provide data disaggregated intersectionally and by gender, and calls on the Member States to use this data in order to better address country-specific challenges;
Amendment 144 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Commission and Member States to effectively address inequalities women face, tackling their main components thus barriers in the labour market, as well as access to affordable quality services such as child care and long term care services and to promote access to public pension schemes for self-employed people, inactive persons, the unemployed (either short or long term), or those in ‘atypical’ employment;
Amendment 152 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to put forward a ‘care deal for Europeannouncement for a ‘European Care Strategy’, which should take a holistic, gender-sensitive and lifelong approach to care while envisaging legislative measures and investment at EU level; calls on Member States to create incentives for employers to promote a better work-life balance;
Amendment 155 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of gender mainstreaming and tailoring the economic policy response to the COVID- 19 pandemic to adapt it to the specific needs of women, to the structure of their economic activities, such as for example by boosting microfinancing for female entrepreneurs;
Amendment 157 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee sufficient financial protection, not only for people with life-long employment, but also for those who provide unpaid care work for dependants and household and educational care services, who are in precarious employment or who experience long periods of unemployment;
Amendment 164 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the pivotal role of women working in the social, care and retail sectors that keep our societies functioning, as shown by the COVID-19 crisis; calls for typically female-dominated work to be reassessed and revaluated and for cross- sector gender-neutral job evaluation tools to be developed and applied in order to better assess and more fairly remunerate female-dominated workin order to better assess and fairer remunerate female- dominated work while at the same time strengthening women's entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
Amendment 165 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the pivotal role of women working in the social, care cleaning, education and retail sectors that keep our societies functioning, as shown by the COVID-19 crisis; calls for typically female-dominated work to be reassessed and revaluated and for cross- sector gender- neutral job evaluation tools to be developed and applied in order to better assess and more fairly remunerate female- dominated work;
Amendment 167 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that in order to tackle the multidimensionality of women’s poverty, it is necessary to overcome the segregation of unpaid domestic care work mainly performed by women and to introduce flexitime in order to allow women and men to better reconcile their professional life with their private life (time use policy);. Stresses that in-work poverty needs to be addressed at its root causes, such as but not limited to education and training. Calls on the Commission to urge Member States to invest in qualitative education and training, to share good practices and to have specific attention for life-long learning.
Amendment 180 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. stresses the importance to raise and increase awareness about consequences of women’s choices in the labour market and the importance of their economic independence to prevent from poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 184 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Emphasises that empowering women as citizens and economic actors is critical to our economies and our societies, and to tackling poverty; stresses in this regard the necessity to facilitate the combination of work and family life, as women in particular seek to adjust their careers for family life and care responsibilities;
Amendment 187 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Expresses its concern that women with children are discriminated against in the workplace because they are mothers and not because their job performance is inferior to that of their peers; urges the Member States to actively promote a positive image of mothers as employees;
Amendment 188 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Stresses the importance of incentives for employers to promote a better work-life balance during the entire period of employment;
Amendment 189 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the crucial role of high- quality public services in combatting women’s poverty, in particular services for early childhood education and care, or care for other dependent persons such as elderly people; calls on Member States to establish appropriate mechanisms to recognise this life achievement;
Amendment 195 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out the importance of promoting women’s empowerment through women’s education, training, life-long learning, which are of vital importance in order to fight stereotypes and combat persisting inequalities together with addressing women’s employment rate and underrepresentation in certain sectors like STEM and AI;
Amendment 197 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on Member States to ensure the reconciliation of work and family life for parents by providing high-quality and viable childcare services with flexible opening hours in cities as well as rural areas;
Amendment 198 #
2021/2170(INI)
6 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote and increase the visibility of female role models in stereotypically male professions and STEM-professions (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) in order to make these professions more accessible and attractive to girls and young women; thus combating the risk of poverty among women and benefiting from their innovative power;
Amendment 200 #
2021/2170(INI)
6 b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen EU education programs while at the same time aligning training and education with the needs of the economy and society of the future; Calls on the Commission to improve access to upskilling and lifelong learning for women;
Amendment 205 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 214 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender into all transport-related legislation, policies, programmes and actions and to include gender criteria and work-life balance in the design of mobility, housing and urban planningequality into all policies, programmes and actions and establish better work-life balance policies and adequate measures to guarantee better maternity and significantly more and longer paternity leaves, flexible working hours, on-site childcare facilities, care services or telework;
Amendment 215 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender into all transport-related legislation, policies, programmes and actions and to include gender criteria and work-life balance in the design of mobility, affordable housing and urban planning;
Amendment 216 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender into all transport-related legislation, policies, programmes and actions and to include gender criteria and work-life balance in the design of mobility, housing and urban planning;
Amendment 221 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines the importance to enable women, particularly those most at risk of poverty, to pursue their careers on a full-time basis or, if they prefer, to have access to part-time work or work with flexible hours;
Amendment 224 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the EU and its Member States to integrate a gender perspective into policies and practices that address homelessness, to develop a specific strategy to combat women’s homelessness and to ensure that services work appropriately and effectively to meet the needs of homeless women; . Calls on all actors to integrate this gender perspective in the EU Platform against homelessness. Is convinced that the principle of housing first can play an important role in fighting homelessness and calls for the roll-out of these projects in all Members States.
Amendment 226 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the EU and its Member States to integrate a gender perspective into policies and practices that address homelessness, access to affordable and adequate housing and energy, and to develop a specific strategyies to combat women’s homelessnesthese problems and to ensure that services work appropriately and effectively to meet the needs of homeless women;
Amendment 227 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to design a special programme to fight against women’s digital poverty in order to equip women with the necessary skills to operate safely in the digital environment and foster their ability to become entrepreneurs and founders of SMEs contributing to the twin transition;
Amendment 233 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to propose proactive measures through the European agricultural fund for rural development to promote women’s employment and socio-economic development in rural areas; Encourages the Member States, in cooperation with regional and local authorities, to help improve the quality of life of women in rural areas in order to reduce the risk of poverty while providing quality educational programmes aimed at empowering rural women, as well as quality employment conditions including teleworking possibilities and decent incomes for this group;
Amendment 244 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to systematically examine and address women’s in-work poverty in all its forms and causes and stresses that work poverty can be addressed at some of its root causes and components, such as education, training, care services which are determinant and have thus to be considered in policy making;
Amendment 250 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all new gender-fair fiscal policy, including taxation, tackles and eliminates socioeconomic andpolicies take into account the gender perspective and to introduce specific measures such as credits for caring periods, to eliminate gender inequalities in all their dimensions;
Amendment 259 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to take the gender dimension into account when reforming pension systems and adapting the retirement age and to consider the differences between the work patterns of women and men, including all unpaid work practices, and the higher risk of discrimination of women in the labour market, in particular older women; calls on Member States to design their pension systems in such a way as to reduce poverty;
Amendment 266 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to include in their pension retribution credit periods of unpaid care work to the carer’s pension contribution, irrespective of whether the care is provided to underage children, elderly persons, or sick or disabled persons;
Amendment 274 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Uunderlines thate importance of gender mainstreaming has to be applied at all levels of the EU budgetary process in order to transform revenues and expenditures into social investment and to achieve gender equality and eliminate women’s poverty; in all relevant programmes in the 2022 budget and of the implementation of gender-responsive budgeting to achieve gender equality and eliminate women’s poverty; calls, in this context, on the Commission to accelerate the introduction of an effective, transparent and comprehensive methodology, in close cooperation with Parliament, to measure relevant gender expenditure, as set out in the Interinstitutional Agreement, in order to be able to show tangible results for the 2022 budget and in view of the extension of the methodology to all MFF programmes; calls, furthermore, for the swift implementation of the EU gender equality strategy 2020-2025 and the need for additional actions, in particular training and initiatives to foster gender equality and fight gender bias;
Amendment 284 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that the EU’s fiscal capacity urgently requires the revision of the currentCalls for the economic and social governance sto that it contributes to reachingbe consistent with the achievement of gender equalitiy objectives and ending female poverty and does not just include austerity measures;
Amendment 291 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to investigate the barriers to female entrepreneurship and especially conduct a comprehensive analysis of women’s access to finance, helping to end women’s poverty in Europe by empowering them to become founders and entrepreneurs;
Amendment 23 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas female entrepreneurs and self-employed are an under-utilised source of economic growth and job creation; whereas supporting this groupelf-employment needs to be recognised as a form of work which helps to create jobs and reduce unemployment; whereas supporting female entrepreneurs and self-employed can strengthen EU competitiveness;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 49 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas some private companies have included actions such as mentoring, networking and support to increase women's access to finance and technology to support women's entrepreneurship as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies;
Amendment 104 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 105 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the necessity and importance of recognising and promoting women entrepreneurs and investors as role models; notes, in this regard, the EU Prize for Women Innovators 2021 and the European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors, which encourages women to consider entrepreneurship as a career; calls on the European Commission to highlight prominent female entrepreneurs and investors as role models by launching a Europe-wide campaign raising awareness about the potential of entrepreneurship targeting predominantly women and conducting case studies of women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Encourages the European Commission to strengthen various networks focusing on female entrepreneurship on European level to boost innovation and cooperation between national, EU and international networks; notes that further cooperation can strengthen the internal market of the European Union;
Amendment 129 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for the need to recognize the entrepreneurial potential of women in all sectors and education fields including the female-dominated as for example in healthcare and teaching;
Amendment 130 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Highlights the need to provide further training and retraining opportunities to employees and those moving from employment to self- employment; calls on the Commission to promote lifelong learning for all; highlights that the entrepreneurial dimension shall also be recognized in all youth programmes on the European level;
Amendment 132 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Highlights the need for one stop shops who offer e.g. courses and training within a wide range of disciplines e.g. accounting and marketing to entrepreneurs with both a little or no experience or qualifications; notes this initiative can encourage more women to become entrepreneurs;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States and the Commission to boost awareness and to facilitate easier access to funds for women entrepreneurs and self- employedinance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed including alternative forms of financing making sure finance is available and reach the female entrepreneurs and self- employed; notes that female entrepreneurs are more likely to use alternative sources such as crowdlending and funding platforms; notes that in certain cases microcredits have proven to be successful in motivating more women to start their own business; urges the Commission to establish a European network of gender- conscious investors; considers that such a network will be able to provide women-led companies with relevant connections, networks and funding opportunities;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to systematically track and monitor gender-disaggregated data across the whole Union to ensure high-quality data on EU and national funding programmes; highlights that this could serve as a basis for more informed policy decisions in the future; notes that a women’s entrepreneurial dimension has to be recognized in the formation of business- and SME-related policies to ensure an adequate policy framework that supports more female entrepreneurship and innovation by diversity;
Amendment 173 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Highlights the need to develop Europe’s innovation ecosystem to empower more women to create sustainable and profitable businesses and innovation to strengthen EU competitiveness, economic growth and job creation;
Amendment 175 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Emphasises the need of guidance, simplified forms, procedures and processes to help self-employed female entrepreneurs navigate in the regulatory landscape for example in order to export; notes that microbusinesses and SME’s in particular already struggle with the resources to navigate and manage compliance obligations across Member States; encourages the Commission and Member States to evaluate and where necessary improve the guidance and administration;
Amendment 176 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Welcomes the Commission’s better regulation agenda; believes that the Commission’s willingness to implement the ‘one in, one out’ approach is an important step towards minimizing administrative burdens on businesses, including start-ups and SMEs, making it more attractive for women to become entrepreneur or self-employed;
Amendment 177 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Calls on Member States to consider enhanced tax incentives or flexible tax structures to improve framework conditions for entrepreneurship and self-employment; points as an example to the taxation of entrepreneurs in their early stage, taxing of only revenue or delaying tax payments in order to secure capital can make it more attractive for women to become entrepreneur or self-employed;
Amendment 186 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as elderly and flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging more women to take part in entrepreneurship; welcomes actions already taken by Member States on this matter; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity;
Amendment 11 #
2021/2039(INI)
— having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU;
Amendment 19 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period;
Amendment 24 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
— having regard to Special report N10/2021:"Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget: time to turn words into action.https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/E CADocuments/SR21_10/SR_Gender_mai nstreaming_EN.pdf;
Amendment 52 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the provision of services should be based on data-driven identification of needs, with budgetary resources being allocated on the basis of this research; whereas gender-responsive budgeting consists of understanding the impact of budgetary and policy decisions on gender equality and adjusting public expenditure and revenue accordingly;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the European Parliament can be a leader for other Parliamentary bodies in its promotion of gender equality;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas the European Parliament can learn from the best practices of businesses, civil society and other parliamentary bodies in gender mainstreaming its structures and processes;
Amendment 62 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas work-life balance in the European Parliament was greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, often resulting in longer working hours for both Members and staff facilitated by digital tools; stresses that working from home is not a substitute for childcare;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
E d. whereas the European Parliament as an employer and a role model institution for society as a whole can benefit from motivated and healthy employees, that should be able to avail of work-life balance throughout their entire career;
Amendment 78 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increasing number of women involved in politics, with the European Parliament showing considerable leadership in this area with 40% of elected Parliamentarians being women, but stresses that we are far from reaching gender parity;
Amendment 87 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the adoption of gender action plans by all Parliament committees; notes, however, the lack of monitoring and implementation of these plans; emphasises that the Gender Mainstreaming Network of the European Parliament is responsible for mainstreaming a gender inclusive approach into committees and delegations, and their work;
Amendment 102 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on the need to introduce binding quotas in the upcoming revision of the EU electoral lawEncourages all institutions and EU Member States to take account of the need for a gender inclusive European Parliament when crafting revisions to electoral laws; Further encourages political parties at both national and EU level to introduce quotas when deciding electoral candidates; Calls for support mechanisms and best practices to be shared with political parties to that end;
Amendment 111 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the lack ofAsks that the European Parliament services advance gender- responsive recruitment procedures in Parliament;
Amendment 118 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for an impact assessment of the consequences of implementing a fixed gender balance requirement across all parliamentary structures, including committees, delegations and missions; proposes that such a horizontal approach could amount to 40% of either gender to be considered as achieving gender balance in all Parliamentary structures and bodies;
Amendment 120 #
2021/2039(INI)
Amendment 129 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the political groups to establish internal rules ensuring gender equality in their internal functioning; calls for best practice guides and advice to be made available to political groups to that end;
Amendment 143 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Requests the collection of data on vertical and horizontal representation of the staff of the political groups and of anonymised data on pay gaps for Members’ assistants, group staff orand administrative staff to ensure pay transparency;
Amendment 144 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Requests that data be gathered as to the proportion of Parliamentary staff who are working part time, to be broken down by gender; calls for action to be taken on the basis of these figures should they find a significant imbalance to assess whether Parliament can facilitate additional supports should staff wish to return to full time work;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point b
Paragraph 14 – point b
b. carry out an external evaluation of Parliament’s existing Anti-Harassment Committee dealing with complaints about sexual harassment among staff, making best use of in-house Parliamentary resources; stresses that Members can only be adjudicated on by their peers and voters;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c
Paragraph 14 – point c
c. to ensure a more comprehensive and holistic analysis of complaints and remedies, recompose the anti-harassment bodies to include external legal, medical and therapeutic experts as are already working in the European Parliament;
Amendment 155 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d
Paragraph 14 – point d
d. introduce mandatorycalls on the services to ensure that the anti- harassment training for Members by making it a prerequisite for signing the Code of Appropriate Behaviouris easily accessible, including through making the courses available in more languages and through targeted outreach through Heads of Delegation; calls on the political groups to encourage their Members to undertake the anti- harassment training;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 166 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Regrets that currently fathers on parental leave after the birth of a child only receive a fixed allowance rather than 100% of their salary, which is a major disincentive to availing of this leave; Notes that if mothers extend their maternity leave after the birth of a child through parental leave that they also only receive a fixed allowance; Calls for the salary received during parental leave to be 100%, regardless of which parent is on leave;
Amendment 168 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Calls for exploration of genuine parental, including maternity, leave for MEPs, including the possibility of temporary replacement while on leave, thus ensuring that constituents are not unrepresented while their Member is on leave and also ensuring that Members are not under pressure to return to work immediately; stresses that the decision to make use of a temporary replacement would be the choice of the relevant Member;
Amendment 169 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15 d. Welcomes the flexible structures and accommodation made for breastfeeding mothers within the European Parliament;
Amendment 170 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15 e. Welcomes the allowances that are available to families of European Parliament employees;
Amendment 171 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 f (new)
Paragraph 15 f (new)
15 f. Stresses that amending the functioning of the Parliament in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic should also take into account the work- life balance of both Members and staff; calls therefore for consideration of a more flexible working structure, to be balanced with the requirements of a well- functioning and strong Parliament;
Amendment 172 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 g (new)
Paragraph 15 g (new)
15 g. Calls for an examination by the European Parliament services as to the impact that menopause has on the working life of Parliament employees; stresses that this should be evidence-based and include guidance on medical and lifestyle management of midlife and menopausal symptoms using national and international guidelines;
Amendment 173 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 h (new)
Paragraph 15 h (new)
15 h. Calls for consideration of menopause in sickness and attendance management policies;
Amendment 183 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the institutionalisation of the Gender Mainstreaming Network in the Rules of Procedurethrough a standing discussion item in the agendas of Committee meetings;
Amendment 189 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Commits to working more closelyEncourages closer work with the European Institute for Gender Equality toby delivering regular training on gender mainstreaming for Members, group staff, parliamentary assistants, Parliamentary services and staff of committee secretariats;
Amendment 196 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Commits to modifying the Rules of Procedure to include a specific procedure for gStresses that gender mainstreaming amendments in all committees are the responsibility of Members of the Gender mMainstreaming amendmentNetwork; regrets that this work is very ad hoc thus far and should be implemented on a more structured basis;
Amendment 200 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 207 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the commitment in the gender action plan roadmap to ensure that conferences include gender-balanced panels and experts, with the possibility to examine the gender equality dimension in the specific area of focus;
Amendment 224 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission to carry out a gender impact assessment for each legislative proposal; commits to carrying out apublished gender impact assessment for each own initiative legislative reportproposal;
Amendment 232 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Regrets that, overall, gender mainstreaming has not yet been applied across the EU budget; urges the European Commission to act on the recommendations of the European Court of Auditors in this regard;
Amendment 286 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for the establishment of a working group composedincorporation of representatives of each political group and chaired by the gender mainstreaming standing rapporteurs of Parliamentinto the High Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity to steer the work in that area;
Amendment 78 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas many innovations of the pharmaceutical industry are not really offering breakthrough improvements for the patients but are either so-called ‘me- too’ pharmaceuticals, which are just another substance for the same indication without major benefits or offer only minor improvements with significantly higher costs; whereas it would be beneficial for patients if the framework for the pharmaceutical industry in Europe would better incentivize real breakthrough innovations;
Amendment 79 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the strategy must focus more on the innovative potential of European pharmaceutical research, in particular that conducted by SMEs and MidCaps, in order to strengthen Europe for the future; whereas close links must therefore be established with current and future EU strategies, whilst steps are taken to ensure that no additional administrative burdens are imposed on the undertakings in question;
Amendment 190 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to propose as soon as possible a legal framework to encourage innovation for new antibiotics with incentives either comparable to the area of orphan drugs or paediatrics or new innovative incentives to stimulate innovation to bring new antibiotics the market;
Amendment 218 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission, where appropriate in dialogue with the Member States, to work on a framework for pharmaceutical legislation and a reimbursement system that favours real breakthrough innovations for patients and incentivizes less so-called ‘me too’ pharmaceuticals which do not have an added value or highly expensive pharmaceuticals that offer only minor improvements for patients;
Amendment 568 #
2021/2013(INI)
18 a. Underlines – especially in view of the experiences of the COVID-19 crisis – the importance of drug repurposing as a faster way to new treatment options and therefore demands five years of data protection for valuable innovation on known substance; in addition, underlines that a framework which supports the marketing and use of the drug with the approved new label claim - instead of off- label use - should be urgently considered to make drug repurposing attractive in the EU;
Amendment 596 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that the EU’s open strategic autonomy is linked to the availability of sufficient medicines in all Member States at all times; calls on the Commission, therefore, to diversify and thereby strengthen medicine supply chains and to further develop and expand European production sites for essential medicines, in particular those operated by SMEs and MidCaps; calls on the Commission to develop an early-warning system for medicine shortages which draws on a European information network focusing on supply problems; calls on the Commission to enhance cooperation between the public and private sectors and to monitor industry compliance with the requirement to provide timely and transparent information on the availability of medicines; calls on the Commission to develop a mechanism to safeguard transparency in production and supply chains in emergencies;
Amendment 698 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to secure supply chains and Europe's open strategic autonomy by diversifying supply chains for essential medicines and critical product components, focusing also on European production sites for the European pharmaceutical industry, which consists mostly of SMEs and MidCaps, by ensuring that public procurement rules take greater account of this objective and are more conducive to efforts to achieve it;
Amendment 27 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that methane in the agricultural sector has been reduced by 22% since 1990;
Amendment 32 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that innovative technologies in the area of animal feed are promising, but in some cases have not yet been authorised for use;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that methane sources are diffuse and very variable across Member States;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Notes that that represents a significant challenge as regards measurement, reporting and verification and must be taken into account when mitigation actions are disseminated and reported on;
Amendment 46 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Notes that methane is a short-lived greenhouse gas;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Notes that, because atmospheric methane is short-lived, constant methane emissions do not cause additional warming, but, rather, maintain the existing warming effect;
Amendment 51 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Amendment 52 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Notes that, with regard to methane, the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report gives different values for the 100- year warming potential (GWP100) for biogenic methane (GWP100: 28) and fossil methane (GWP100: 30) and that the values are presented differently in the IPCC report;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector; highlights the need to screen all measures so as to establish whether they are compatible with the other objectives of a sustainable agricultural policy, such as, for instance, animal welfare;
Amendment 172 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the fact that the overall strategy for reducing emissions from livestock farming must also take into account possible effects on international agricultural trade and the possible transfer of emissions to third countries;
Amendment 181 #
2021/2006(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to take account of the difference between biogenic and fossil methane emissions in the design and implementation of the methane strategy;
Amendment 109 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a – point i
Amendment 124 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 127 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 130 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The Union’s renewable energy policy aims to contribute to achieving the climate change mitigation objectives of the European Union in terms of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In the pursuit of this goal, it is essential to also contribute to wider environmental objectives, and in particular the prevention of biodiversity loss, which is negatively impacted by the indirect land use change associated to the production of certain biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. Contributing to these climate and environmental objectives constitutes a deep and longstanding intergenerational concern for Union citizens and the Union legislator. As a consequence, the changes in the way the transport target is calculated should not affect the limits established on how to account toward that target certain fuels produced from food and feed crops on the one hand and high indirect land-use change-risk fuels on the other hand. In addition, in order not to create an incentive to use biofuels and biogas produced from food and feed crops in transport, Member States should continue to be able to choose whether count them or not towards the transport target. If they do not count them, they may reduce the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target accordingly, assuming that food and feed crop-based biofuels save 50% greenhouse gas emissions, which corresponds to the typical values set out in an annex to this Directive for the greenhouse gas emission savings of the most relevant production pathways of food and feed crop-based biofuels as well as the minimum savings threshold applying to most installations producing such biofuels.
Amendment 187 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the amount of renewable fuels and renewable electricity supplied to the transport sector leads to a greenhouse gas intensity reduction of at least 136 % by 2030, compared to the baseline set out in Article 27(1), point (b), in accordance with an indicative trajectory set by the Member State; Member States shall require suppliers, for this reduction, to comply with the following intermediate targets: · 6 % by 31 December 2021, · 9% by 31 December 2024, · 10 % by 31 December 2025, · 11 % by December 2026 · 12 % by December 2027, · 13,5 % by December 2028, · 15 % by December 2029, · 16 % by December 2030.
Amendment 192 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the share of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from the feedstock listed in Part A of Annex IX in the energy supplied to the transport sector is at least 0,2 % in 2022, 0,51 % in 2025 and 2,26 % in 2030, and the share of renewable fuels of non-biological origin is at least 2,6 % in 2030.
Amendment 204 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
For the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources referred to in Article 7 and of the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, shall be no more than one percentage point higher than the share of such fuels in the final consumption of energy in the transport sector in 2020 in that Member State, with a maximum of other than high ILUC-risk feedstock, shall be no more than 7 % of final consumption of energy in the transport sector in that Member State.;
Amendment 232 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point b a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4 (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4 (new)
(ba) The following subparagraph is added: Any addition to the list of feedstocks set out in Part A of Annex IX shall be accompanied by an increase of the targets set out in point b) of Article 25 (1), corresponding to the sustainable potential of these feedstock.
Amendment 237 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
— (a) in the case of solid biomass fuels, in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 520 MW,
Amendment 247 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b a) The article 29 paragraph 3 point (c) point ii last sentence is replaced by the following: unless the removal of the harvested material is not prohibited in the protected area statutes and thus the production of that raw material did not interfere with those nature protection purposes;
Amendment 249 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b b (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b b) The article 29 paragraph 3 point (d) point ii last sentence is replaced by the following: unless the harvesting of the raw material is necessary to preserve its status as highly biodiverse grassland.
Amendment 261 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Member States shall take measures to ensure that energy from biomass is produced in a way that minimises undue distortive effects on the biomass raw material market and harmful impacts on biodiversity. To that end , they shall take into account the waste hierarchy as set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC and the cascading principle referred to in the third subparagraph.
Amendment 279 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
Amendment 331 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex V – part C – point 18
Annex V – part C – point 18
18. For the purposes of the calculations referred to in point 17, the emissions to be divided shall be eec + el + esca + those fractions of ep, etd, eccs and eccr that take place up to and including the process step at which a co-product is produced. In the case of eccr CO2 from fermentation that is captured and re-used for replacing fossil- based CO2 shall be considered an emission saving that is entirely allocated to the biofuel and bioliquids resulting from fermentation. If any allocation to co- products has taken place at an earlier process step in the life-cycle, the fraction of those emissions assigned in the last such process step to the intermediate fuel product shall be used for those purposes instead of the total of those emissions. In the case of biogas and biomethane, all co- products that do not fall under the scope of point 7 shall be taken into account for the purposes of that calculation. No emissions shall be allocated to wastes and residues. Co- products that have a negative energy content shall be considered to have an energy content of zero for the purposes of the calculation. Wastes and residues including all wastes and residues included in Annex IX shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions up to the process of collection of those materials irrespectively of whether they are processed to interim products before being transformed into the final product. Residues that are not included in Annex IX and fit for use in the food or feed market shall be considered to have the same amount of emissions from the extraction, harvesting or cultivation of raw materials, eec as their closest substitute in the food and feed market that is included in the table in part D. In the case of biomass fuels produced in refineries, other than the combination of processing plants with boilers or cogeneration units providing heat and/or electricity to the processing plant, the unit of analysis for the purposes of the calculation referred to in point 17 shall be the refinery;
Amendment 346 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex IX – part C
Annex IX – part C
(b a) c) Part C. Biomass fuel feedstocks for use in stationary installations outside the transport sector, including the following points: 1. Biomass fraction of residues and waste in the primary food processing industry: a) beet pulp (only self-use internal to sector) b) herbs& leaves from beet washing c) cereal husks and fruit shells d) biomass fraction of industrial waste not fit for use in the food and feed chain e) the fibrous fraction of sugar beet after extraction of the diffusion juice, leaves and tails and other liquors obtained after sugar extraction 2. Biomass fraction of sludge from waste water treatment in the primary food processing industry;
Amendment 647 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point b a (new) Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point b a (new) Directive (EU) 2018/2001
(ba) in paragraph 6 the following subparagraph is added: “3a. Any addition to the list of feedstocks set out in Part A of Annex IX shall be accompanied by an increase of the targets set out in point b) of Article 25 (1), corresponding to the sustainable potential of these feedstock.”
Amendment 669 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
— (a) in the case of solid biomass fuels, in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 520 MW,
Amendment 688 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a b (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ab) in paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point (c), point ii, is replaced by the following: “(ii) for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, subject to their recognition in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 30(4), unless evidence is provided thatthe removal of the harvested material is not prohibited in the protected area statutes and thus the production of that raw material did not interfere with those nature protection purposes;”;
Amendment 689 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a c (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ac) paragraph 3, subparagraph 1, point c point ii is replaced by the following: "(ii) for the protection of rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems or species recognised by international agreements or included in lists drawn up by intergovernmental organisations or the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, subject to their recognition in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 30(4), unless evidence is provided that the productionthe harvesting of thate raw material did not interfis necessary to preserve with those nature protection purposes;s status as highly biodiverse grassland.
Amendment 697 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1a
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1a
This paragraph, with the exception of the first subparagraph, point (c), also applies to biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass, originating from a country or subnational entity or forest sourcing area which does not meet the criteria set out in paragraph 6a or 6b.;
Amendment 710 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2a
Article 29 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2a
The first subparagraph, with the exception of points (b) and (c), and the second subparagraph also apply to biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass, originating from a country or subnational entity or forest sourcing area which does not meet the criteria set out in paragraph 6a or 6b.;
Amendment 723 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural or forest biomass from a country or subnational entity or forest sourcing area which does not meet the criteria set out in paragraph 6a or 6b, taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c), shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008, unless evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting of that raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil and compliance on national, subnational, or forest sourcing area level, in line with the criteria to minimise the risk of using forest biomass derived from unsustainable production referred to in paragraph 6, can be reported by competent authorities.;
Amendment 732 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a
(da) the following new paragraph 5a is inserted: Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass taken into account for the purposes referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained in a country that is not Party to the Paris Agreement”;
Amendment 947 #
2021/0218(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex IX – part B a (new)
Annex IX – part B a (new)
Amendment 36 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ( ‘European Climate Law’), the Union has enshrined into legislation the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union domestic reduction commitment of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) of at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030. It ensures that sectors not covered by the ETS play their part in achieving the targets of the European Climate Law. There is therefore no need for further intermediate targets and legislative proposals. The proposals and other legislative initiatives of the ‘Fit for 55’ package are in line with the Paris Agreement. __________________ 32 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 66 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Union’s economy and its level of emissions to a degree that cannot yet be fully quantified. On the other hand, the Union is deploying its largest stimulus package ever, also having a potential impact on the level of emissions. Regard should be had to ensuring that the targets of this Regulation do not cause food production to be relocated outside of Europe and that the sectors concerned remain internationally competitive. Due to those uncertainties, it is appropriate to review the emissions data in 2025 and, if necessary, readjust the annual emission allocations.
Amendment 72 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In addition to that flexibility, a limited quantity of net removals and net emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) may be taken into account for Member States’ compliance under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 (‘the LULUCF flexibility’). This will give the sectors concerned enough leeway to achieve the Regulation’s targets in a cost-effective manner. In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed until 2030, it is appropriate to limit the use of the LULUCF flexibility by separating the use of such flexibility into two separate time periods, each capped by a limit corresponding to half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2018/842. It is also appropriate to bring the title of Annex III in line with the amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 carried out by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 202037 . As a consequence, there is no longer a need for Regulation (EU) 2018/842 to provide for a legal basis allowing the Commission to adopt delegated acts to amend the title of its Annex III. Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should therefore be deleted. __________________ 37 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21).
Amendment 80 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Some Member States will face major challenges in meeting the Regulation’s targets. It is therefore important to ensure flexibility, anticipation and transferability. The introduction of minimum contributions by sector would not only place the targets at risk but also prevent them from being achieved.
Amendment 81 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 b (new)
Recital 18 b (new)
(18b) In setting the targets of this Regulation, account must be taken of the fact that Member States are not starting from a level playing field either between or within different sectors. Achieving the reduction targets must not compromise the agricultural sector's ability to ensure food security in Europe and the world.
Amendment 82 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 c (new)
Recital 18 c (new)
(18c) This Regulation calls on the Commission to establish a roadmap for determining the EU’s targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after 2030 in the sectors covered by Article 2. The Commission is also invited to examine how the agricultural sector can be merged with the LULUCF sectors after 2030. A regulatory impact assessment must be carried out prior to the introduction of any legislative measure.
Amendment 84 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1
Article 1
1. In Article 1, “30%” is replaced is amended as follows: ‘This Regulation lays down obligations on Member States with respect to their minimum contributions for the period from 2021 to 2030 to fulfilling the Union’s target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by “40%” % below 2005 levels in 2030 in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation and contributes to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement. It also lays down rules on gradually aligning burden sharing between Member States, on determining annual emission allocations and for the evaluation of Member States’ progress towards meeting their minimum contributions.’;
Amendment 89 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 91 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
(2a) Article 3a is added: ‘Article 3a The classification of sustainability criteria for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels is governed by EU Directive 2018/2001.’
Amendment 109 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
(3a) Article 5(4) is amended as follows: ‘(4) A Member State may transfer up to 5 % of its annual emission allocation for a given year to other Member States in respect of the years 2021 to 2025, and up to 10 % in respect of the years 2026 to 2030. The receiving Member State may use that quantity for compliance under ArtMember States shall inform the Commission of any actions taken pursuant to this paragraph, and the transfer pricle 9 for the given year or for subsequent years until 2030. per tonne of CO2 equivalent.’ Or. de (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32018R0842&from=EN#d1e636-26-1)
Amendment 117 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(ba) In Article 7, paragraph 1a is inserted: ‘1a. After 2030, the LULUCF and agricultural sectors will be merged under a separate instrument. A thorough impact assessment should be conducted prior to this merger.’
Amendment 118 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
(bb) 5a. Paragraph 3 of Article 8 is replaced by the following: The Commission shall issue an opinion regarding the robustness of the corrective action plans submitted in accordance with paragraph 1 within four months of receipt of those plans. The Member State concerned shall take full account of the Commission’s opinion and shall revise its corrective action plan accordingly. If the Member State concerned does not to address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, it shall provide its reasoning.
Amendment 121 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
(2) If the greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State in the period from 2021 to 2025 referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 exceeded its removals, as determined in accordance with Article 12 of that Regulation, the Central Administrator shall deduct from that Member State’s annual emission allocations an amount equal to those excess greenhouse gas emissions in tonnes of CO2 equivalent for the relevant years.’. If a Member State exceeds its emission allocations for two consecutive years, it shall provide reasoning in a report to the Commission and explain what changes it will make to its long-term national strategy.
Amendment 43 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Any ties between the Commission proposal for a directive as regards corporate sustainability reporting and the Commission proposal for a Pay Transparency Directive should await the possible adoption of the Pay Transparency Directive. Additionally, any possible ties between the directives should respect labour market models of the Member States as well as the subsidiarity principle.
Amendment 44 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2 b) Studies showing that companies which take into account diversity in their board and management composition may e.g. improve the quality of their leadership and decision-making - especially in relation to performance on sustainability issues - should be welcomed. Diversity must be perceived as a tool of EU innovation, competitiveness and business potential. In this regard, efforts already made by companies to diversify boards and management should be welcomed. Equally, efforts made by public and private funds which implement diversity policies should also be welcomed. Notes in this regard the initiative Diversity Commitment, which is the first initiative in the world, where private funds have committed themselves to measuring and tracking representation on gender and to reporting annually and publicly on their findings.
Amendment 45 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 c (new)
Recital 2 c (new)
(2 c) Additional EU funding should be reserved for research into the topic of diversity, company management, business development, innovation and sustainability. Such research should look broadly at characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, culture, age, disability, professional experience and education to fully grasp all sides to diversity in the companies’ boards and management.
Amendment 46 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 d (new)
Recital 2 d (new)
(2 d) The association of the upcoming sustainable corporate governance initiative - which has now twice been given a ‘red light ’by the Commission’s internal Regulatory Scrutiny Board - with this directive on corporate sustainability reporting should be carefully examined. Thus, companies should not be obliged to report on their plans to tackle issues related to this initiative.
Amendment 47 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 e (new)
Recital 2 e (new)
(2 e) The association of the ‘EU minimum wage initiative’ with this directive on corporate sustainability reporting should be carefully examined. Thus, companies should not be obliged to report on their plans to tackle issues related to this initiative.
Amendment 51 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The ultimate beneficiaries of better sustainability reporting by undertakings are individual citizens and savers. Savers who want to invest sustainably will have the opportunity to do so, while all citizens should benefit from a stable, sustainable and inclusive economic system. To realise these benefits, the sustainability information disclosed in undertaking’s annual reports first has to reach two primary groups (‘users’). The first group of users consists of investors, including asset managers, who want to better understand the risks and opportunities that sustainability issues pose to their investments and the impacts of those investments on people (including to advance societal issues such as gender equality and diversity) and the environment. The second group of users consists of organisations, including non- governmental organisations and social partners, and other stakeholders that wish to better hold undertakings to account for their impacts on people and the environment. Other stakeholders may also make use of sustainability information disclosed in annual reports. The business partners of undertakings, including customers, may rely on this information to understand, and where necessary report on, the sustainability risks and impacts through their own value chains. Policy makers and environmental agencies may use such information, in particular on an aggregate basis, to monitor environmental and social trends, to contribute to environmental accounts, and to inform public policy. Few individual citizens and consumers directly consult undertaking’s reports, but they may use such information indirectly such as when considering the advice or opinions of financial advisers or non-governmental organisations. Many investors and asset managers purchase sustainability information from third party data providers, who collect information from various sources, including public corporate reports.
Amendment 58 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 b (new)
Recital 18 b (new)
(18 b) Underlines that companies should be able to focus on reporting information about those aspects of sustainability, including gender equality and diversity, which are 1) most relevant to the company, with regard to e.g. sector and size and 2) their user groups, e.g. customers or investors.
Amendment 67 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In the absence of policy action, the gap between users’ information needs and the sustainability information reported by undertakings is expected to grow. This gap has significant negative consequences. Investors are unable to take sufficient account of sustainability-related risks and opportunities in their investment decisions. The aggregation of multiple investment decisions that do not take adequate account of sustainability-related risks has the potential to create systemic risks that threaten financial stability. The European Central Bank and international organisations such as the Financial Stability Board have drawn attention to those systemic risks, in particular in the case of climate. Investors are also less able to channel financial resources to undertakings and economic activities that address and do not exacerbate social and environmental problems, which undermines the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth. Non-governmental organisations, social partners, communities affected by undertakings’ activities, and other stakeholders are less able to hold undertakings accountable for their impacts on people and the environment. This creates an accountability deficit, and may contribute to lower levels of citizen trust in businesses, which in turn may have negative impacts on the efficient functioning of the social market economy. The lack of generally accepted metrics and methods for measuring, valuing, and managing sustainability-related risks is also an obstacle to the efforts of undertakings to ensure that their business models and activities are sustainableHowever, it is necessary to include the possibilities and respective preconditions of the reporting undertakings and bring them to a good consideration. This is the only way to ensure that large companies with more than 500 employees are not overburdened with reporting obligations.
Amendment 67 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Sustainability reporting standards should be coherent with other Union legislation, which address the subjects touched upon in this directive. Those standards should in particular be aligned with the disclosure requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088, and they should take account of underlying indicators and methodologies set out in the various delegated acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/852, disclosure requirements applicable to benchmark administrators pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council55 , the minimum standards for the construction of EU climate transition benchmarks and EU Paris- aligned benchmarks; and of any work carried out by the European Banking Authority in the implementation of the Pillar III disclosure requirements of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. Standards should take account of Union environmental legislation, including Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council56 and Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 , and should take account of Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU58 and its annexes, and their updates. Other relevant Union legislation, including Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council59 , and requirements laid down in Union law for undertakings as regards directors’ duties and due diligence, should also be taken into account. Underlines that international sustainability standards exist and are currently being developed and improved. As far as international standards are sufficient, European standards should be aligned to minimize administrative burdens and strengthen seamless free- trade in and outside FTA’s. This should include alignment with international reporting standards on social issues, such as gender and diversity profile of the company. _________________ 55 Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2014/17/EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 1). 56 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32). 57 Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1). 58 Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1). 59 Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17).
Amendment 69 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The report on the review clause of Directive 2014/95/EU, and its accompanying fitness check on corporate reporting, also recognised a significant increase in information requests for information about sustainability matters to undertakings in an attempt to address the existing information gap. In addition, ongoing expectations on undertakings to use a variety of different frameworks and standards are likely to continue and may even intensify as the value placed on sustainability information continues to grow. In the absence of policy action to build consensus on the information that undertakings should report, there will be significant increases in costs and burden for reporting undertakings and for users of such information.
Amendment 71 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Articles 19a and 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU apply to and should continue to apply to large undertakings that are public-interest entities with an average number of employees in excess of 500, and to public-interest entities that are parent undertakings of a large group with an average number of employees in excess of 500 on a consolidated basis, respectively. In view of the growth of users’ needs for sustainability information, additional categories of undertakings should be required to report such information. It is therefore appropriate to require allMoreover, non-EU third country undertakings doing business on the European Single Market could be included in the Directive or should align with International Standards. In view of the growth of users’ needs for sustainability information, the information gap of these undertakings must be closed. In light of the fact that only 32% of currently 11.600 enterprises are reporting in an appropriate manner, this directive aims to close the information gap by introducing mandatory requirements for large undertakings and allparent undertakings listed on regulated markets, except micro undertakings, to report detailed sustainability information. In additof a large group that are public interest entities, with an average number of employees in excess of 500. After careful revision, all undertakings that are parentnd these requirements may also be introduced to large undertakings ofand large groups should prepare susundertakinability reporting at group levelgs listed on regulated markets.
Amendment 77 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The requirement that also large non-listed undertakings that are public interest entities with an average number of employees in excess of 500 should disclose information on sustainability matters is mainly driven by concerns about the impacts and accountability of such undertakings, including through their value chain. In this respect, all largthese undertakings should be subject to the same requirements to report sustainability information publicly. In addition, financial market participants also need information from those large non-listed undertakings.
Amendment 84 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The requirement that undertakings not established in the Union but with securities listed on regulated markets or doing business in the EU internal market should also disclose information on sustainability matters responds to the needs of financial market participants for information from such undertakings in order to understand the risks and impacts of their investments, and to comply with the disclosure requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088.
Amendment 88 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Considering the growing relevance of sustainability-related risks and taking into account that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) listed on regulated markets comprise a significant proportion of all listed undertakings in the Union, in order to ensure investor protection it is appropriate to require that also those SMEs disclose information on sustainability matters. The introduction of this requirement will help to ensure that financial market participants can include smaller listed undertakings in investment portfolios on the basis that they report the sustainability information that financial market participants need. It will therefore help to protect and enhance the access of smaller listed undertakings to financial capital, and avoid discrimination against such undertakings on the part of financial market participants. The introduction of this requirement is also necessary to ensure that financial market participants have the information they need from investee undertakings to be able to comply with their own sustainability disclosure requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088. SMEs listed on regulated markets should, however, be provided with sufficient time to prepare for the application of the requirement to report sustainability information, due to their smaller size and more limited resources, and taking account of the difficult economic circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. They should also be given the possibility to report according to standards that are proportionate to the capacities and resources of SMEs. Non- listed SMEs can also choose to use these proportionate standards on a voluntary basis. The SME standards will set a reference for undertakings that are within the scope of the Directive regarding the level of sustainability information that they could reasonably request from SME suppliers and clients in their value chainsIn light of the fact that only 32% of reportable companies comply with the European Commission's efforts, SMEs are to be excluded from any reporting obligations in a first step. Only if the still to be defined targets as well as time- dependent intermediate steps of this directive prove to be efficient in closing the information gap in the market, voluntary, proportional and simple reporting standards for SMEs shall follow.
Amendment 99 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Articles 19a(3) and 29a(3) of Directive 2013/34/EU currently exempt all subsidiary undertakings from the obligation to report non-financial information where such undertakings and their subsidiary undertakings are included in the consolidated management report of their parent undertaking, provided this includes the required non-financial information. It is necessary, however to ensure that sustainability information is easily accessible for users, and to bring transparency about which is the parent undertaking of the exempted subsidiary undertaking which is reporting at consolidated level. It is therefore necessary to require those subsidiary undertakings to publish the consolidated management report of their parent undertaking and to include a reference in their management report to the fact that they are exempted from reporting sustainability information. That exemption should also apply where the parent undertaking reporting at consolidated level is a third country undertaking reporting sustainability information in accordance with the requirements of this Directive or in a manner equivalent to EU sustainabilityinternational reporting standardframeworks.
Amendment 103 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Article 23 of Directive 2013/34/EU exempts parent undertakings from the obligation to prepare consolidated financial statements and a consolidated management report where those undertakings are subsidiaries of another parent undertaking that complies with that obligation. It should be specified, however, that the exemption regime for consolidated financial statements and consolidated management reports operates independently from the exemption regime for consolidated sustainability reporting. An undertaking can therefore still be exempted from consolidated financial reporting obligations but notand exempted from consolidated sustainability reporting obligations where its ultimate parent prepares consolidated financial statements and consolidated management reports in accordance with Union law, or in accordance with requivalent requirementrements in international frameworks if the undertaking is established in a third country, but does not prepare consolidated sustainability reporting in accordance with EU law, or in accordance with equivalent requirementinternational frameworks if the undertaking is established in a third country.
Amendment 104 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Credit institutions and insurance undertakings play a key role in the transition towards a fully sustainable and inclusive economic and financial system in line with the European Green Deal. They can have significant positive and negative impacts via their lending, investment and underwriting activities. Credit institutions and insurance undertakings other than those that are required to comply with Directive 2013/34/EU, including cooperatives and mutual undertakings, should therefore be subject to sustainability reporting requirements provided that they meet certain size criteria. Users of that information would thus be enabled to assess both the impacts of these undertakings on society and the environment and the risks arising from sustainability matters that these undertakings could face. To ensure coherence with the reporting requirements of Council Directive 86/635/EEC50 on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions, sustainability reporting Member States may choose not to apply sustainability reporting requirements to credit institutions listed in Article 2(5) of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as ‘small and non-complex institutions’ as defined in Article 4 (1) point (145) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. 51 . _________________ 50 Council Directive 86/635/EEC of 8 December 1986 on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions (OJ L 372, 31.12.1986, p. 1). 51 Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 338).
Amendment 105 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The list of sustainability matters on which undertakings are required to report should be as coherent as possiblfully in line with the definition of ‘sustainability factors’ laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088, to prevent a mismatch of information required by data users as well as information to be reported by data preparers. That list should also correspond to the needs and expectations of users and undertakings themselves, who often use the terms ‘environmental’, ‘social’ and ‘governance’ as a means to categorise the three main sustainability matters. The list of sustainability factors laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 does not explicitly include governance matters. The definition of sustainability matters in Directive 2013/34/EU should therefore be based on the definition of ‘sustainability factors’ laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088, but with the addition of governance matters.
Amendment 106 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 –– point b
Article 19b – paragraph 2 –– point b
(i) equal opportunities for all, including gender equality (gender profile) and equal pay for equal work, training and skills development, and employment and inclusion of people with disabilities;
Amendment 107 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 –– point b
Article 19b – paragraph 2 –– point b
(i a) Underlines that concepts, which companies are to report about, should be sufficiently defined in the directive to ensure compliance and lessen the administrative burden as well as the comparability of data. This goes for all relevant concepts, including e.g. “gender equality”.
Amendment 109 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Articles 19a(1) and 29a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU require undertakings to disclose information about five reporting areas: business model, policies (including due diligence processes implemented), the outcome of those policies, risks and risk management, and key performance indicators relevant to the business. Article 19a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU does not contain explicit references to other reporting areas that users of information consider relevant, some of which align with disclosures included in international frameworks, including the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. Disclosure requirements should be specified in sufficient detail to ensure that undertakings report information on their resilience to risks related to sustainability matters. In addition to the reporting areas identified in Articles 19a(1) and 29a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU, undertakings should therefore be required to disclose information about their business strategy and the resilience of the business model and strategy to risks related to sustainability matters, any plans they may have to ensure that their business model and strategy are compatible with the transition to a sustainable and climate- neutral economy; whether and how their business model and strategy take account of the interests of stakeholders; any opportunities for the undertaking arising from sustainability matters; the implementation of the aspects of the business strategy which affect, or are affected by sustainability matters; any sustainability targets set by the undertaking and the progress made towards achieving them; the role of the board and management with regard to sustainability matters; the principal actual and potential adverse impacts connected with the undertaking’s activities; and how the undertaking has identified the information that they report on. Once the disclosure of elements such as targets and the progress towards achieving them is required, the separate requirement to disclose the outcomes of policies is no longer necessary.
Amendment 113 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 117 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 119 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Articles 19a(1) and 29a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU do not specify whether the information to be reported is to be forward looking or information about past perretrospective informancetion. There is currently a lack of forward-looking disclosures, which users of sustainability information especially value. Articles 19a and 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU should therefore specify that theReported sustainability information could therepforted shalle include forward- looking and retrospective, and both qualitative and quantitative information. Reported sustainability information should also take into account short, medium and long-term time horizons and contain information about the undertaking’s whole value chain, including its own operations, its products and services, its business relationships, and its supply chain, as appropriate. Information about the undertaking’s whole value chain would include information related to its value chain within the EU and information that covers third countries if the undertaking’s value chain extends outside the EUinformation, while not endangering the commercial position of the undertaking, and should also take into account short, medium and long-term time horizons as appropriate.
Amendment 119 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c – point i
Article 19b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) the role of the undertaking’s administrative, management and supervisory bodies, including with regard to sustainability matters, and their composition as well as the gender profile of the undertaking;
Amendment 122 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Articles 19a(1) and 29a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU require undertakings to include in their non-financial reporting references to, and additional explanations of, amounts reported in the annual financial statements. Those Articles do, however, not require undertakings to make references to other information in the management report or to add additional explanations to that information. There isfore, there can currently thusbe a lack of consistency between non-financial information reported and the rest of the information disclosed in the management report. It is necessary to lay down clear requirements in this regardimportant for companies to consider which sustainability information is relevant from a financial point of view and should therefore be included in the management report, or whether, depending on the materiality for stakeholders other than those targeted by the annual report, it would be better provided in a separate document.
Amendment 124 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Undertakings under the scope of Articles 19a(1) and 29a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU may rely on national, Union- based or international reporting frameworks, and where they do so, they have to specify which frameworks they relied upon. However, Directive 2013/34/EU does not require undertakings to use a common reporting framework or standard, and it does not prevent undertakings from choosing not to use any reporting framework or standards at all. As required by Article 2 of Directive 2014/95/EU, the Commission published in 2017 non-binding guidelines for undertakings under the scope of that Directive52 . In 2019, the Commission published additional guidelines, specifically on reporting climate-related information53 . The climate reporting guidelines explicitly incorporated the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. Available evidence indicates that those non-binding guidelines did not have a significant impact on the quality of non- financial reporting by undertakings under the scope of Articles 19a and 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU , as only 32% of the reportable companies used these standards. . The voluntary nature of the guidelines means that undertakings are free to apply them or not. The guidelines can therefore not ensure on their own the comparability of information disclosed by different undertakings or the disclosure of all information that users consider relevant. That is why there is a need for mandatory common reporting standards for the undertakings originally targeted under the scope of Articles 19a and 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU (large undertakings which are public entities with an average number of employees in excess of 500) to ensure that information is comparable and that all relevant information is disclosed. Building on the double-materiality principle, standards should cover all information that is material to users. Common reporting standards are also necessary to enable the audit and digitalisation of sustainability reporting and to facilitate its supervision and enforcement. The development of mandatory common sustainability reporting standards is necessary to progress to a situation in which sustainability information has a status comparable to that of financial information. _________________ 52 Communication from the Commission Guidelines on non-financial reporting (methodology for reporting non-financial information) (C/2017/4234). 53 Communication from the Commission Guidelines on non-financial reporting: Supplement on reporting climate-related information (C/2019/4490).
Amendment 124 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
(v a) Where relevant, it is important to ensure that the information which undertakings are to disclose about social factors (including gender and diversity as elements of social factors) and governance factors, as outlined above, is in coherence with other requirements in the Accounting Directive by allowing reporting to be part of the corporate governance statement or the general management report, in accordance with article 19 and 20 of the Accounting Directive;
Amendment 126 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) No existing standard or framework satisfies the Union’s needs for detailed sustainability reporting by itselfLeading on the development of sustainability reporting standards, the European Union can contribute to the development of globally uniform standards. Information required by Directive 2013/34/EU needs to cover information relevant from each of the materiality perspectives, needs to cover all sustainability matters and needs to be aligned, where appropriate, with otherand consistent, in order to avoid duplication of obligations uander Union law to disclose sustainability information, including obligations laid down in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 inconsistencies in definitions, scope, objectives and application requirements. This makes it necessary to develop one set of reporting standards for undertakings with an average number of employees in excess of 500 that bring recent requirements together in one form. In addition, mandatory sustainability reporting standards for Union undertakings must be commensurate with the level of ambition of the European Green Deal and the Union’s climate-neutrality objective for 2050. It is therefore necessary to empower the Commission to adopt Union sustainability reporting standards, not exceeding the ambitions in international standard setting, enabling their rapid adoption and ensuring that the content of sustainability reporting standards are consistent with the Union’s needs.
Amendment 131 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) is a non-profit association established under Belgian law that serves the public interest by providing advice to the Commission on the endorsement of international financial reporting standards. EFRAG has established a reputation as a European centre of expertise on corporate reporting, and is well placed to foster coordination between European sustainability reporting standards and international initiatives that seek to develop standards that are consistent across the world. In March 2021, a multi-stakeholder task force set up by EFRAG published recommendations for the possible development of sustainability reporting standards for the European Union. Those recommendations contain proposals to develop a coherent and comprehensive set of reporting standards, covering all sustainability matters from a double-materiality perspective. Those recommendations also contain a detailed roadmap for developing such standards, and proposals for mutually reinforcing cooperation between global standard- setting initiatives and standard-setting initiatives of the European Union. In March 2021, the EFRAG President published recommendations for possible governance changes to EFRAG if it were to be asked to develop technical advice about sustainability reporting standards. These recommendations include offsetting up within EFRAG a new sustainability reporting pillar while not significantly modifying the existing financial reporting pillar. When adopting sustainability reporting standards, the Commission should take account of technical advice that EFRAG will develop. In order to ensure high-quality standards that contribute to the European public good and meet the needs of undertakings and of users of the information reported, EFRAG’s technical advice should be developed with proper due process, public oversight and transparency, accompanied by cost benefit analyses, and be developed with the expertise of relevant stakeholders. To ensure that Union sustainability reporting standards take account of the views of the Member States of the Union, before adopting the standards the Commission should consult the Member State Expert Group on Sustainable Finance referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on EFRAG’s technical advice. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) plays a role in drafting regulatory technical standards pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 and there needs to be coherence between those regulatory technical standards and sustainability reporting standards. According to Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council54 , ESMA also plays a role in promoting supervisory converge in the enforcement of corporate reporting by issuers whose securities are listed on EU regulated markets and who will be required to use these sustainability reporting standards. Therefore, ESMA should be required to provide an opinion on EFRAG’s technical advice. This opinion should be provided within twohree months from the date of receipt of the request from the Commission. In addition, the Commission should consult the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, the European Environment Agency, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Central Bank, the Committee of European Auditing Oversight Bodies and the Platform on Sustainable Finance to ensure that the sustainability reporting standards are coherent with relevant Union policy and legislation. Also the expertise and opinion of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) of the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) Foundation should be taken into account. Where any of those bodies decide to submit an opinion, they shall do so within twohree months from the date of being consulted by the Commission. _________________ 54 Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/77/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 84).
Amendment 133 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Sustainability reporting standards shouldneed to be coherent with all other Union legislation, which address the subjects touched upon in this directive. Those standards should in particular be aligned with the disclosure requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088, and they should take account ofbe fully in line with underlying criteria, indicators and methodologies set out in the various delegated acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/852, disclosure requirements applicable to benchmark administrators pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council55 , the minimum standards for the construction of EU climate transition benchmarks and EU Paris-aligned benchmarks; and of any work carried out by the European Banking Authority in the implementation of the Pillar III disclosure requirements of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. Standards should take account of Union environmental legislation, including Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council56 and Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 , and should take account of Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU58 and its annexes, and their updates. Other relevant Union legislation, including Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council59 , and requirements laid down in Union law for undertakings as regards directors’ duties and due diligence, should also be taken into account. _________________ 55 Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2014/17/EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 1). 56 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32). 57 Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1). 58 Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1). 59 Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17).
Amendment 137 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Sustainability reporting standards should be proportionate, and should not impose unnecessary administrative burden and cost on companies that are required to use them. In order to minimise disruption for undertakings that already report sustainability information, sustainability reporting standards should take account ofneed to be consistent and in line with existing standards and frameworks for sustainability reporting and accounting where appropriate. Those include the Global Reporting Initiative, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, the International Integrated Reporting Council, the International Accounting Standards Board, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, the Carbon Disclosure Standards Board, and CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project). Standards of the European Union should take account of any sustainability reporting standards developed under the auspices of International Financial Reporting Standards FoundationFRS Foundation, and in particular the ISSB. To avoid unnecessary regulatory fragmentation that may have negative consequences for undertakings operating globally, European standards should contribute to the process of convergence of sustainability reporting standards at global level.
Amendment 141 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 142 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) It should be ensured that the information reported by undertakings in accordance with the sustainability reporting standards meet the needs of users and do not place a disproportionate burden in effort and costs on those reporting. . The reporting standards should therefore specify the information that undertakings are to disclose on all major environmental factors, including their impacts and dependencies on climate, air, land, water and biodiversity. Regulation (EU) 2020/852 provides a classification of the environmental objectives of the Union. For reasons of coherence, it is appropriate to use a similar classification to identify the environmental factors that should be addressed by sustainability reporting standards. The reporting standards should consider and specify any geographical or other contextual information that undertakings should disclose to provide an understanding of their principal impacts on sustainability matters and the principal risks to the undertaking arising from sustainability matters.
Amendment 144 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
Amendment 150 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Sustainability reporting standards should specify the information that undertakings should disclose on social factors, including employee factors and human rights. Such information should cover the impacts of undertakings on people, including on human health. The information that undertakings disclose about human rights should include information about forced labour in their value chains where relevant. Reporting standards that address social factors should specify the information that undertakings should disclose with regard to the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights that are relevant to businesses, including equal opportunities for all and working conditions. The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan adopted in March 2021 calls for stronger requirements on undertakings to report on social issues. The reporting standards should also specify the information that undertakings should disclose where relevant with regard to the human rights, fundamental freedoms, democratic principles and standards established in the International Bill of Human Rights and other core UN human rights conventions, the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 162 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Undertakings in the same sector are often exposed to similar sustainability- related risks, and they often have similar impacts on society and the environment. Comparisons between undertakings in the same sector are especially valuable to investors and other users of sustainability information. Sustainability reporting standards adopted by the Commission should therefore specify both information that undertakings in all sectors should disclose and information that undertakings should disclose depending on their sector of activity. Standards should also take account of the difficulties that undertakings may encounter in gathering information from actors throughout their value chain, especially from SME suppliers and from suppliers in emerging markets and economies.
Amendment 165 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) To meet the information needs from users in a timely manner, and in particular given the urgency to meet the information needs of financial market participants subject to the requirements laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4, paragraphs 6 and 7 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088, the Commission should adopt a first set of reporting standards by 31 October 2022one and a half years after the entry into force of the Directive. That set of reporting standards should specify the information that undertakings should disclose with regard to all reporting areas and sustainability matters, and that financial market participants need to comply with the disclosure obligations laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088. The Commission should adopt a second set of reporting standards at the latest by 31 October 2023three years after the entry into force of the Directive, specifying complementary information that undertakings should disclose about sustainability matters and reporting areas where necessary, and information that is specific to the sector in which an undertaking operates. The Commission shouldall review the standards every 3 years to take account ofalign them with relevant developments, including thenewly development ofed international standards.
Amendment 174 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) To allow for the inclusion of the reported sustainability information in the European single access point, Member States should ensure that undertakings publish the duly approved annual financial statements and the management report in the prescribed electronic format, and ensure that management reports containing sustainability reporting are made available, without delay following their publication, to the relevant officially appointed mechanism referred to in Article 21(2) of Directive 2004/109/EC.
Amendment 176 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) Article 19a(4) of Directive 2013/34/EU enables Member States to exempt undertakings from including in the management report the non-financial statement required under Article 19a(1). Member States may do so where the undertaking concerned prepares a separate report that is published together with the management report in accordance with Article 30 of that Directive, or where that report is made publicly available on the undertaking's website within a reasonable period of time not exceeding 6 months, after the balance sheet date, and is referred to in the management report. The same possibility exists for the consolidated non- financial statement referred to in Article 29(a)(4) of Directive 2013/34/EU. Twenty Member States have used that option. The possibility to publish a separate report can hinders, however, the availability of information that connects financial and information on sustainability matters. It can also hinders the findability and accessibility of information for users, especially investors, who are interested in both financial and sustainability information. Possible different publication times for financial and sustainability information exacerbate this problem. Publication in a separate report can also give the impression, internally and externally, that sustainability information belongs to a category of less relevant information, which can impact negatively on the perceived reliability of the information. Undertakings should therefore reportconsider which sustainability information in the management report and Member States should no longer be allowed to exempt undertakings from the obligation tos relevant from a financial point of view and should therefore be included in the management report information on sustainability matters. Such obligation also helps to clarify the role of national competent authorities in supervising sustainability reporting, as part of, or whether, depending on the materiality for stakeholders other than those targeted by the annual report, it would be better provided in a separate document. Member States should be allowed to exempt undertakings from the obligation to include in the management report, in accordance with Directive 2004/109/ECformation on sustainability matters. In addition, undertakings required to report sustainability information should in no case be exempted from the obligation to publish the management report or sustainability as it is important to ensure that sustainability information is publically available.
Amendment 186 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57 a (new)
Recital 57 a (new)
(57a) There should not be a principle of incompatibility between a statutory audit engagement and an assurance of sustainability reporting engagement, as assurance should be allowed to be carried out by the same statutory auditor or the same audit firm.
Amendment 195 #
2021/0104(COD)
(71) Member States are invitBefore any standards are introduced for large enterprises and SMEs, the Commission needs to assess the impact of their transposition act onact on large undertakings and SMEs in order to ensure that they are not disproportionately affected, e.g. by multiplication effects or indirect costs, giving specific attention to micro-enterprises and to the administrative burden, and to publish the results of such assessments. Member States should consider introducing measures to support SMEs in applying the voluntary simplified reporting standardsTherefore, a review clause is established.
Amendment 198 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The coordination measures prescribed by Articles 19a, 19d, 29a, 30 and 33, Article 34(1), second subparagraph, point (aa), paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 34, and Article 51 of this Directive shall also apply to the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the following undertakings regardless of their legal form, provided they are large undertakings in excess of an average number of 500 employees during the financial year on their balance sheet date, operating in the European Single Market as EU or third-country undertaking:
Amendment 204 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Member States mayshall choose not to apply the coordination measures referred to in the first subparagraph to the undertakings listed in Article 2(5), points (2) to (23), of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council*3and‘small and non-complex institutions’ as defined in Article 4 (1) point (145) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.
Amendment 208 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 2 – point (17)
Article 2 – point (17)
(17) ‘sustainability matters’ means sustainability factors as defined in Article 2, point (24) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council\*4, and governance factors;
Amendment 211 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 2 – point (19)
Article 2 – point (19)
(19) ’intangibles’ means non-physical resources that contribute to the undertaking’s value creation and are equivalent to intangible assets already reported in the financial reporting framework;
Amendment 222 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 1
Article 19a – paragraph 1
1. Large undertakings and, as of 1 January 2026, small and medium-sized undertakings which are undertakings referred to in Article 2, point (1), point (a), shall include in the management which are public-interest entities exceeding on their balance sheet dates the criterion of the average number of 500 employees during the financial year shall include in the management report or in a separate sustainability report information necessary to understand the undertaking’s impacts on sustainability matters, and information necessary to understand how sustainability matters affect the undertaking’s development, performance and position, not earlier than two full financial years during which the companies have had the opportunity to adapt to the provisions and reporting standards set out in this Directive and the accompanying, adopted and published delegated acts, e.g. Directive 2020/852.
Amendment 234 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain in particular:
Amendment 236 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
(i) the resilience of the undertaking's business model and strategy to risks related to sustainability matters and climate change;
Amendment 237 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
(ii) the opportunities for the undertaking related to sustainability matters and the transition to a carbon neutral economy;
Amendment 240 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Amendment 243 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Amendment 247 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
(v) how the undertaking’s strategy has been implemented with regard to sustainability matters and climate change;
Amendment 260 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Directive 2013/34/EU
Amendment 265 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Amendment 270 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Amendment 276 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Amendment 278 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
(g) indicators relevant to the disclosures referred to in points (a) to (f), which are provided by the Commission by means of an delegated act in collaboration with the technical advice of the EFRAG and the Platform on Sustainable Finance.
Amendment 280 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Amendment 282 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Article 19a – paragraph 2
Undertakings shall report the process carried out to identify the information that they have included in the management report in accordance with paragraph 1 and in this process they shall take account of short, medium and long-term horizons.
Amendment 284 #
2021/0104(COD)
3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall contain forward- looking and retrospectiveretrospective information, and where appropriate forward looking information, and in a qualitative and quantitative information.
Amendment 287 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive
Article
Article
Amendment 292 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 3
Article 19a – paragraph 3
Member States may allow information relating to impending developments or matters in the course of negotiation to be omitted in exceptional cases where, in the duly justified opinion of the members of the administrative, management and supervisory bodies, acting within the competences assigned to them by national law and having collective responsibility for that opinion, the disclosure of such information would be seriously prejudicial to the commercial and competitive position of the undertaking, provided that such omission does not prevent a fair and balanced under standing of the undertaking's development, performance, position and impact of its activity.
Amendment 295 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 4
Article 19a – paragraph 4
4. Undertakings shall report the information referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 in accordance with the sustainability reporting standards referred to in Article 19b and after the Commission has published stringent and clear guidelines after technical advice from EFRAG.
Amendment 299 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 5
Article 19a – paragraph 5
Amendment 305 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 7
Article 19a – paragraph 7
7. An undertaking which is a subsidiary undertaking shall continue to be exempted from the obligations set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 if that undertaking and its subsidiary undertakings are included in the consolidated management report of a parent undertaking, drawn up in accordance with Articles 29 and 29a. An undertaking that is a subsidiary undertaking from a parent undertaking that is established in a third country shall also be exempted from the obligations set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 where that undertaking and its subsidiary undertakings are included in the consolidated management report of that parent undertaking and where the consolidated management report is drawn up in a manner that may be considered equivalent, in accordance with the relevant implementing measures adopted pursuant to Article 23(4), point (i), of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council*6, to the manner required by the sustainability reporting standards referred to in Article 19b of this Directive.
Amendment 309 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 7
Article 19a – paragraph 7
The Member State by which the undertaking that is exempted from the obligations set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 is governed, may require that the consolidated management report referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph is published in an official language of the Member State or in a language customary in the sphere of international finance, and that any necessary translation into those languages is certified.;
Amendment 324 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
(4) the following Articles 19b, 19c and 19d are inserted:
Amendment 325 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 1
Article 19b – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 49 to provide for sustainability reporting standards. Those sustainability reporting standards shall specify the information that undertakings are to report in accordance with Articles 19a and 29a and, where relevant, shall specify the structure, format and calculation in which that information shall be reported. In particular:
Amendment 327 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 1
Article 19b – paragraph 1
(a) by 31 October 2022one and a half years after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts specifying the information that undertakings are to report in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 19a, and at least specifyingbeing fully in line with the information correspondmatching to the needs of financial market participants subject to the disclosurereporting obligations of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of financial market participants.
Amendment 329 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 1
Article 19b – paragraph 1
(b) by 31 October 2023two years after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts specifying:
Amendment 330 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 1
Article 19b – paragraph 1
(i) complementary information that undertakings shall report with regard to the sustainability matters and reporting areas listed in Article 19a(2), where necessaryin a precise and easy accessible form;
Amendment 335 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 1
Article 19b – paragraph 1
(ii) information that the Commission deems undertakings shallnecessary to report that isare specific to the sector in which they operate.
Amendment 340 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 1
Article 19b – paragraph 1
The Commission shall, at least every threfive years after its date of application, review any delegated act adopted pursuant to this Article, taking into consideration the technical advice of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), and where necessary shall amend such delegated act to take into account relevant developments, including developments with regard to international standards.
Amendment 347 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
(a) specify the information that undertakings are to disclose about environmental factors, including information about:mirroring the definitions and requirements set out in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and the associated delegated acts.
Amendment 352 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Amendment 360 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Amendment 363 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Amendment 368 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Amendment 373 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Amendment 377 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Amendment 383 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
(b) specify the information that undertakings are to disclose about social factors, includinglimited to information about:
Amendment 386 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
(i) equal opportunities for all, including gender equality and equal pay for equal work, training and skills development, and employment and inclusion of people with disabilities;
Amendment 397 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
(ii) working conditions, including secure and adaptable employment, wages, social dialogue, and collective bargaining and the involvement of workers, work-life balance, and a healthy, safe and well- adapted work environmentin line with employees and workers standards established in the Directive 89/391/EEC ;
Amendment 405 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
(c) specify the information that undertakings are to disclose about governance factors, includinglimited to information about:
Amendment 406 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Directive 2013/34/EU
Amendment 418 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
(ii) business ethics and corporate culture, including, anti-corruption and anti- bribery;
Amendment 421 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
(iii) direct political engagementsinfluence of the undertaking, including its lobbying activities;
Amendment 424 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2
Article 19b – paragraph 2
(iv) the management and quality of relationships with business partners, includingbusiness partners management, especially payment practices towards SMEs;
Amendment 432 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 3
Article 19b – paragraph 3
3. When adopting delegated acts pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall ensure consistency with its own work and the work of global standard-setting initiatives for sustainability reporting, existing standards and frameworks for natural capital accounting, responsible business conduct, corporate social responsibility, sustainable corporate governance and other sustainable development: The Commission shall furthermore take account of:
Amendment 433 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 3
Article 19b – paragraph 3
Amendment 435 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 3
Article 19b – paragraph 3
(b) the information that financial market participants need to comply with their disclosure obligations laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 and the delegated acts adopted pursuant to that Regulation, matching the reporting capabilities of the reporting entities;
Amendment 436 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 3
Article 19b – paragraph 3
(c) the criteria set out in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/852*7whose feasibility in practice and by means of concrete templates and examples are ensured by the Commission;
Amendment 438 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 3
Article 19b – paragraph 3
(h a) (i) administrative burden and costs of the undertakings under the scope of this Regulation; In all the delegated acts listed in the Article, the Commission and its advisory bodies will ensure a coordinated and staggered approach to implementation to ensure high reporting/data quality, reliability and implementability.
Amendment 443 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19c
Article 19c
Amendment 448 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19c
Article 19c
Amendment 451 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19c
Article 19c
Amendment 459 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19d – paragraph 1
Article 19d – paragraph 1
1. Undertakings subject to Article 19a shall prepare their financial statements and their management report in a single electronic reporting format in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815*15 and shall mark-up their sustainability reporting, including the disclosures laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, in accordance with that Delegated Regulation as well as other references made to other regulations in Article 19b.
Amendment 464 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 20(1) – point g
Article 20(1) – point g
(g) a description of the diversity policy applied in relation to the undertaking's administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to gender and other aspects such as, age, or educational and professional backgrounds, the objectives of that diversity policy, how it has been implemented and the results in the reporting period. If no such policy is applied, the statement shall contain an explanation as to why this is the case.;
Amendment 468 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 1
Article 29a – paragraph 1
1. Parent undertakings of a large groupublic-interest entities which are parent undertakings of a large group exceeding on its balance sheet dates, on a consolidated basis, the criterion of the average number of 500 employees during the financial year shall include in the consolidated management report information necessary to understand the group's impacts on sustainability matters, and information necessary to understand how sustainability matters affect the group's development, performance and position.
Amendment 473 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Article 29a – paragraph 2
(i) the resilience of the group's business model and strategy to risks related to sustainability matters and climate change;
Amendment 474 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Article 29a – paragraph 2
(ii) the opportunities for the group related to sustainability matters and the transition to a carbon-neutral economy;
Amendment 478 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Amendment 481 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Amendment 485 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Article 29a – paragraph 2
(v) how the group’s strategy has been implemented with regard to sustainability matters and climate change;
Amendment 496 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Amendment 511 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Amendment 512 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Article 29a – paragraph 2
(g) indicators relevant to the relevant to the disclosures referred to in points (a) to (f), which are provided by the Commission by means of an delegated act in collaboration with the technical advice of the EFRAG.
Amendment 513 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Article 29a – paragraph 2
Amendment 516 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 3
Article 29a – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall contain, where possible, forward- looking information and information about past performance, andin qualitative and quantitative information. This information shall take into account short, medium and long-term time horizons, where appropriate.
Amendment 524 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 3
Article 29a – paragraph 3
The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall also, where appropriatpossible, include references to, and additional explanations of, other information included in the consolidated management report in accordance with Article 29 of this Directive and amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements.
Amendment 526 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 3
Article 29a – paragraph 3
Member States may allow information relating to impending developments or matters in the course of negotiation to be omitted in exceptional cases where, in the duly justified opinion of the members of the administrative, management and supervisory bodies, acting within the competences assigned to them by national law and having collective responsibility for that opinion, the disclosure of such information would be seriously prejudicial to the commercial and competitive position of the group, provided that such omission does not prevent a fair and balanced under standing of the group's development, performance, position and impact of its activity.
Amendment 532 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 5
Article 29a – paragraph 5
Amendment 540 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 7
Article 29a – paragraph 7
The Member State by which the parent undertaking that is exempted from the obligations set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 is governed may require that the consolidated management report referred to in in the first subparagraph of this paragraph is published in its official language or in a language customary in the sphere of international finance, and that any necessary translation into those languages is certified.
Amendment 558 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 1(2), Article 3(13), Article 46(2), Article 19b and Article 19cb shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of timean period in a five-year rolling process followed by a subsequent scrutiny phase by the Council and the Parliament.
Amendment 561 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 34 – paragraph 3
Article 34 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 1(2), Article 3(13), Article 46(2), Article 19b and Article 19cb may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an mend to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of that decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.;
Amendment 567 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b Directive 2013/34/EU
3a. When adopting delegated acts pursuant to Articles 19b and 19c, the Commission shall ensure consistency with the development of international standards and take into consideration technical advice from EFRAG, provided such advice has been developed with proper due process, public oversight and transparency and with the expertise of relevant stakeholders, and is accompanied by cost- benefit analyses that include analyses of the impacts of the technical advice on sustainability matters.
Amendment 568 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 34 – paragraph 3a
Article 34 – paragraph 3a
The Commission shall consult the Member State Expert Group on Sustainable Finance referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the technical advice provided by EFRAG prior to the adoption of the delegated acts referred to in Articles 19b and 19c.
Amendment 569 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 34 – paragraph 3a
Article 34 – paragraph 3a
The Commission shall request the opinion of the European Securities and Markets Authority on the technical advice provided by EFRAG, in particular with regard to its consistency with Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 and its delegated acts, Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and other legislative acts referred to in Article 19a and 19b of this Directive. The European Securities and Markets Authority shall provide its opinion within twohree months from the date of receipt of the request from the Commission.
Amendment 570 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 34 – paragraph 3a
Article 34 – paragraph 3a
The Commission shall also consult the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, the European Environment Agency, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Central Bank, the Committee of European Auditing Oversight Bodies and the Platform on Sustainable Finance established pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the technical advice provided by EFRAG prior to the adoption of delegated acts referred to in Articles 19b and 19c. Where any of those bodies decide to submit an opinion, they shall do so within twohree months from the date of being consulted by the Commission.;
Amendment 571 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point c
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 34 – paragraph 5
Article 34 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 1(2), Article 3(13), Article 46(2), Article 19b and Article 19c shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of twofour months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by twofour months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council. In all the delegated acts listed in the Article, the Commission and its advisory bodies will ensure a coordinated and staggered approach to implementation to ensure high reporting/data quality, reliability and implementability.
Amendment 574 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 51 – paragraph 2
Article 51 – paragraph 2
Amendment 576 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 51 – paragraph 2
Article 51 – paragraph 2
(b) an order requiring the natural person or the legal entity responsible to cease the conduct constituting the infringement and to desist from any repetition of that conduct;
Amendment 580 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 51 – paragraph 3
Article 51 – paragraph 3
(b) the degree of responsibility of the natural person or legal entity responsible;
Amendment 581 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive
Article
Article
(c) the financial strength of the natural person or legal entity responsible;
Amendment 582 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive
Article
Article
(d) the importance of profits gained or losses avoided by the natural person or legal entity responsible, in so far as such profits or losses can be determined;
Amendment 584 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive
Article
Article
(f) the level of cooperation of the natural person or legal entity responsible with the competent authority;
Amendment 585 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive
Article
Article
(g) previous infringements by the natural person or legal entity responsible.’.
Amendment 590 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2004/109/EC
Article 28d
Article 28d
Amendment 594 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 8(1)
Article 8(1)
Amendment 602 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point e
Directive
Article
Article
The audit report shall be signed and dated by the statutory auditor. Where an audit firm carries out the statutory audit and, where applicable, the assurance of sustainability reporting, the audit report shall bear the signature of at least the statutory auditor(s) carrying out the statutory audit and the assurance of sustainability reporting on behalf of the audit firm. Where more than one statutory auditor or audit firm have been simultaneously engaged, the audit report shall be signed by all statutory auditors or at least by the statutory auditors carrying out the statutory audit and the assurance of sustainability reporting on behalf of every audit firm. In exceptional circumstances Member States may provide that such signature(s) need not be disclosed to the public if such disclosure could lead to an imminent and significant threat to the personal security of any person.;
Amendment 607 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Articles 1 to 3 of this Directive by 1 December 2022one and a half year after the directive has entered into force. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Amendment 609 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide that the provisions referred to in the first subparagraph shall apply for financial years starting on or after 1 January 2023not earlier than two full financial years during which the undertakings have had the opportunity to adapt to the provisions and reporting standards set out in this Directive and the accompanying, adopted and published delegated acts.
Amendment 614 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 4 of this Directive shall apply to financial years starting on or after 1 January 2023not earlier than one full financial years during which the undertakings have had the opportunity to adapt to the provisions and reporting standards set out in this Directive and the accompanying, adopted and published delegated acts..
Amendment 616 #
2021/0104(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Amendment 171 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union provides that equality between women and men must be ensured in all areas, including employment, work and pay, where Article 51 of the Charter emphasises the due regard for the principle of subsidiarity.
Amendment 230 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to remove obstacles for victims of gender pay discrimination to enforce their right to equal pay and guide employers in ensuring respect of this right, the core concepts related to equal pay, such as ‘pay’ and ‘work of equal value’, should be clarified in line with the case law of the Court. This should facilitate the application of these concepts, especially for small and medium-sizedmid-cap enterprises.
Amendment 253 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to respect the right to equal pay between men and women, employers must have pay setting mechanisms or pay structures in place ensuring that there are no pay differences between male and female workers doing the same work or work of equal value that are not justified by objective and gender-neutral factors. Such pay structures should allow for the comparison of the value of different jobs within the same organisational structure. In line with the case law of the Court, tThe value of work should be assessed and compared based on objective criteria, such asincluding educational, professional and training requirements, skills, effort and responsibility, work undertaken and, the nature of the tasks involved and supply and demand for the relevant skills.49 _________________ 49 For example, Case C-400/93, Royal Copenhagen, ECLI:EU:C:1995:155; Case C-309/97, Angestelltenbetriebsrat der Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse, ECLI:EU:C:1999:241; Case C-381/99, Brunnhofer, ECLI:EU:C:2001:358; Case C-427/11, Margaret Kenny and Others v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Others [2013] ECLI:EU:C:2013:122, paragraph 28.
Amendment 276 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Member States should develop specific tools and methodologies to support and guide the assessment of what constitutes work of equal value. This should facilitate the application of this concept, especially for small and medium- sized enterprises.
Amendment 308 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Pay transparency measures should protect workers’ right to equal pay while limiting as much as possible costs and burden for employers, paying specific attention to micro and small enterprises. Where appropriate, measures should be tailored to the size of employers taking into account employers’ headcount.
Amendment 329 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Employers with at least 250 0 workers should regularly report on pay, in a suitable and transparent manner, such as including the information in their management report. Companies subject to the requirements of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council52 may also choose to report on pay alongside other worker-related matters in their management report. _________________ 52 Directive 2013/34/EU, as amended by Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 as regards disclosure of non- financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups (OJ L 330, 15.11.2014, p. 1).
Amendment 344 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) To reduce the burden on employers, Member States could decide to gather and interlink the necessary data through their national administrations allowing for a computation of the pay gap between female and male workers per employer. Such data gathering may require interlinking data from several public administrations (such as tax inspectorates and social security offices) and would be possible if administrative data matching employers’ (company/organisational level) to workers’ (individual level) data, including benefits in cash and in-kind, are available. Member States could decide to gather this information not only for those employers covered by the pay reporting obligation under this Directive, but also with regard to small and medium-sized enterprises. The publication of the required information by Member States should replace the obligation of pay reporting on those employers covered by the administrative data provided that the result intended by the reporting obligation is achieved.
Amendment 363 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Joint pay assessments should trigger the review and revision of pay structures in organisations with at least 2500 workers that show pay inequalities. The joint pay assessment should be carried out by employers in cooperation with workers’ representatives; if workers’ representatives are absent, they should be designated for this purpose. Joint pay assessments should lead to the elimination of gender discrimination in pay.
Amendment 424 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Litigation costs create a serious disincentive for victims of gender pay discrimination to claim their right to equal pay, leading to insufficient protection and enforcement of the right to equal pay. In order to remove this strong procedural obstacle to justice, successful claimants should be allowed to recover their procedural costs from the defendant. On the other hand, claimants should not be liable for successful defendant’s proceedings costs unless the claim was brought in bad faith, was clearly frivolous or if the non-recovery by the defendant would be considered unreasonable by the courts or other competent authorities under the specific circumstances of the case, for instance having regard to the financial situation of micro-enterprises.
Amendment 452 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) In implementing this Directive Member States should avoid imposing administrative, financial and legal constraints in a way which would hold back the creation and development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. Member States are therefore invited to assess the impact of their transposition act, on small and medium-sized enterprisesmid-cap companies, excluding micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from any legislation concerning gender pay transparency or minimum wages, in order to ensure that they are not disproportionately affected. Moreover, giving specific attention to micro- enterprises, to alleviate the administrative burden, and to publis and SMEs, and due to the increasing administrative burden through current legislation, a thorough analysis must be published with the results of suchan assessments how micro-enterprises and SMEs can be sustainably relieved of 30% of their administrative workload.
Amendment 467 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive applies to employers in the public and private sectors with more than 500 employees. A presumption of appropriateness shall apply to companies that are bound by or apply collective bargaining agreements.
Amendment 481 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive applies to all workers who have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by law, collective agreements and/or practice in force in each Member State with consideration to the case-law of the Court of Justice.
Amendment 533 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that employers have pay structures in place ensuring that women and men are paid equally for the same work or work of equal value. Where wage setting is ensured via collective agreements between social partners member states may entrust the social partners to ensure that women and men are paid equally for the same work or work of equal value.
Amendment 542 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that employers have pay structures in place ensuring that women and men are paid equally for the same work or work of equal value.
Amendment 570 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The tools or methodologies shall allow assessing, in regard to the value of work, whether workers are in a comparable situation, on the basis of objective criteria regarding the requirements of the work which shall include educational, professional and training requirements, skills, effort and responsibility, work undertaken and the nature of the tasks involved and work undertaken. They shall not contain or be based on criteria which are based, whether directly or indirectly, on workers’ sex.
Amendment 572 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 593 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 599 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Applicants for employment shall have the right to receive from the prospective employer information about the initial pay level or its range, based on objective, gender-neutral criteria, to be attributed for the position concerned. Such information shall be indicated in a published job vacancy notice or otherwise provided to the applicant prior to the job interview without the applicant having toprovided upon request it.
Amendment 606 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 617 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
The employer shall make easily accessible to its workers a description of the criteria used to determine pay levels and career progression for worker, whereby Member States shall give specific attention to micro-enterprises and SMEs. These criteria shall be gender-neutral.
Amendment 632 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Workers in companies with more than 200 employees shall have the right to receive information on their individual pay level and the average pay levels, broken down by sex, for categories of workers doing the same work as them or work of equal value to theirs, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4. In the case of companies that are bound by and/or apply collective bargaining agreements, a reference to the applicable collective bargaining agreement shall suffice as information.
Amendment 644 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 646 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Employers shall inform all workers, on an annual basiswithin a reasonable time frame, of their right to receive the information referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 661 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Workers shall have the possibility to request the information referred to in paragraph 1 through their representatives or an equality body.
Amendment 676 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Employers with at least 2500 workers shall provide the following information concerning their organisation, in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3, and 5:
Amendment 721 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) the pay gap between female and male workers by categories of workers broken down by ordinary basic salary and complementary or variable components. In the case of companies that are bound by and/or apply collective bargaining agreements, reference to the relevant collective bargaining agreement shall suffice.
Amendment 747 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The employer shall publish the information referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) to (f) on an annual basievery three years, collectively bargained companies every five years in a user-friendly way on its website or shall otherwise make it publicly available. The information from the previous four years, if available, shall also be accessible upon request. In addition, the employer shall share this information with the monitoring body referred to in paragraph 6.
Amendment 760 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Amendment 772 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Amendment 785 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Article 8 – paragraph 7
7. Workers and their representatives, labour inspectorates and equality bodies shall have the right to ask the employer for additional clarifications and details regarding any of the data provided, including explanations concerning any gender pay differences. The employer shall respond to such request within a reasonable time by providing a substantiated reply. Where gender pay differences are not justified by objective and gender-neutral factors, the employer shall remedy the situation in close cooperation with the. Member States may foresee that workers’ representatives, the labour inspectorate and/or the equality body may be involved in this procedure.
Amendment 787 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 7
Article 8 – paragraph 7
7. Workers and their representatives, and labour inspectorates and equality bodies shall have the right to ask the employer for additional clarifications and details regarding any of the data provided, including explanations concerning any gender pay differences. The employer shall respond to such request within a reasonable time by providing a substantiated reply. Where gender pay differences are not justified by objective and gender-neutral factors, the employer shall remedy the situation in close cooperation with the workers’ representatives, the labour inspectorate and/or the equality body.
Amendment 801 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that employers with at least 2500 workers conduct, in cooperation with their workers’ representatives, a joint pay assessment where both of the following conditions are met:
Amendment 822 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. A presumption of appropriateness applies to companies that are bound by or apply collective bargaining agreements.
Amendment 851 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. If the joint pay assessment reveals differences in average pay for equal work or work of equal value between female and male workers which cannot be justified by objective and gender-neutral criteria, the employer shall remedy the situation, in close cooperation with the workers’ representatives, labour inspectorate, and/or equality body within a reasonable time frame. Such action shall include the establishment of gender-neutral job evaluation and classification to ensure that any direct or indirect pay discrimination on grounds of sex is excluded.
Amendment 853 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. If the joint pay assessment reveals differences in average pay for equal work or work of equal value between female and male workers which cannot be justified by objective and gender-neutral criteria, the employer shall remedy the situation, in close cooperation with the workers’ representatives, labour inspectorate, and/or equality body. Such action shall include the establishment of gender-neutral job evaluation and classification to ensure that any direct or indirect pay discrimination on grounds of sex is excluded.
Amendment 885 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13
Article 13
Amendment 902 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The compensation or reparation referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure real and effective compensation for the loss and damage sustained, in a way which is dissuasive and proportionate to the damage suffered.
Amendment 912 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 921 #
2021/0050(COD)
2. Member States shall ensure that, in any legal or administrative proceedings concerning direct or indirect discrimination, where an employer failed to comply with any of the rights or obligations related to pay transparency set out in Articles 5 through 9 of this Directive, it shall be for the employere to prove that there has been no such discrimination.
Amendment 923 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Amendment 936 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 947 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the limitation periods for bringing claims are set at threone years at leamost.
Amendment 949 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that a limitation period is suspended or, depending on national law, interrupted, as soon as a claimant undertakes action by lodging a claim or bringing the claim to the attention of the employer, workers’ representatives, labour inspectorate or equality body.
Amendment 952 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 967 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, and proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall, without delay, notify the Commission of those rules and of those measures and of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 975 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that fines are applied to infringements of the rights and obligations relating to equal pay for the same work or work of equal value. They shall set a minimum level for such fines ensuring real deterrent effect. The level of the fines shallmay take into account:
Amendment 1025 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 1031 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 1057 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
This Directive shall not affect in any way the right to negotiate, conclude and enforce collective agreements and to take collective action in accordance with national law or practice. Collectively agreed pay regulations shall be subject to the presumption that discrimination on the basis of gender is excluded. Activities which are assigned to different remuneration groups on the basis of collective bargaining agreements shall not be regarded as equal or equivalent.
Amendment 1084 #
2021/0050(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. When informing the Commission, Member States shall also accompany it with a summary of the results of their assessment regarding the impact of their transposition act on small and medium- sizedmid-cap enterprises and a reference to where such assessment is published.
Amendment 5 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (new)
- having regard to its report on the European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0257
Amendment 8 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active management of farmland and effective generational renewal in the sector; there is therefore a need to continue to promote the sustainable use of forest and agriculture ecosystems (taking into account economic, social and environmental aspects), in Europe and in the rest of the world;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people and the economy1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0441
Amendment 29 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 11 October 2018 on a sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment (COM/2018/673);
Amendment 35 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; stresses that halting and reversing biodiversity loss in the EU is not only a task to be fulfilled by farmers and land owners, it is a task to be fulfilled by each economic an societal sector equally; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action by society as a whole is needed to counteract this trend;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels is needed and promotes the development of research and innovative and implementable solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trendnot only by rural areas but also urban areas and other economic and social sectors to counteract this trend while ensuring healthy, safe and affordable food security;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 46 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
Amendment 55 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for the involvement of all relevant actors at the European, national, regional and local level so that concrete actions can be taken to implement the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and to tackle the shortcomings in the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Without jeopardising the conservation objectives and requirements set within the Nature Directives, recognises that the flexibility of implementation approaches that take into account specific national circumstances contributes to the reduction and progressive resolution of conflicts and problems between nature protection and socioeconomic activities;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and approved an ambitious Climate Law report; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change represent equal threats to life on our planeapproved an ambitious Climate Law report;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recalls that the coexistence of people and large carnivores, particularly wolves, can have negative impacts in certain regions on the sustainable development of ecosystems and inhabited rural areas, including certain types of farming, which are beneficial for biodiversity;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses that extensively managed farmland (e.g. alpine regions) offers precious habitats for numerous protected species, which only find all prerequisites for their continued existence on this extensively managed farmland; highlights that a growing population of protected large carnivore species can endanger traditional forms of extensive land management, which can lead to a threat to other protected species thriving in these unique extensively managed habitats;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Highlights that some natural habitats develop better than others under changing climatic conditions and that these habitats are also in natural competition with each other (e.g. certain grassland and forest habitats); stresses that certain species ongoing population development will lead to a change in opportunity for other species population development in the future (e.g. large carnivores and their prey); recalls that in certain areas biodiversity should be managed in order to allow for a balanced development of all protected species present in a habitat;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take concrete measures to address these issues, so as not to endanger the sustainable development of rural areas, while recognising the available flexibility within Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Underlines that correct implementation of nature legislation not only falls in the responsibility of Member States, but also with the European Commission including the need for an assessment procedure to adopt the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached, in accordance with Article 19 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas agriculture supports 9.6 million jobs in Europe, Natura 2000 has been estimated to support 52 000 direct and indirect jobs in conservation management, and 3.1 million (a quarter) of tourism jobs have links to protected areas;1a _________________ 1aIEEP(2017). Natura 2000 and Jobs Scoping Study. Executive summary.
Amendment 79 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an comprehensive evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’slooking at all measures and targets combined and not in their singularity, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forestry in the EU, food security and prices, farmland availability and prices and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural and forestry production with imports;
Amendment 80 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the security of supply of food and the production of renewable energy has to be ensured when setting new targets on the Biodiversity Strategy;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas Europe accounts for more protected areas than any other region of the world and the last decades saw a great increase in both the number of protected areas and the total surface area that has received protected status;1a _________________ 1aEuropean Environment Agency (2012). Protected Areas in Europe – an Overview.
Amendment 82 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system, keeping in mind all three dimensions of sustainability; calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;
Amendment 87 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 is one of the key initiatives of the European Green Deal, which aims at making the EU’s economy sustainable and climate-neutral by 2050, protecting, conserving and sustainably using biodiversity, improving the health of citizens and ensuring the sustainability, circularity and inclusiveness of our economy;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Farm to Fork Strategy together with other policies such as the upcoming Common Agricultural Policy, the Common Fisheries Policy, and the Cohesion Policy, within their respective legal frameworks, as well as the Circular Economy Action Plan will shape the change to protect nature and conserve habitats and species;
Amendment 109 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same developing reward systems based on attractive incentives for farmers who want to improve their position as custodians of biodiversity as well as benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy;
Amendment 115 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the successful implementation of the Strategy requires an effective cooperation at EU and Member States level including civil society, public authorities and business, in particular stakeholders specifically affected by the measures foreseen in the Strategy, especially in the agriculture, fisheries, forestry and extractive sectors;
Amendment 115 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming and forestry community, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy;
Amendment 121 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the success of the Habitats Directive as an effective instrument for the conservation of biodiversity; stresses the need for more flexibility in protection measures to effectively protect humans and livestock if predators pose a danger and to the changes in conservation status;
Amendment 124 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems have potential direct and indirect economic benefits for most sectors of the economy; whereas all businesses depend on natural capital assets and ecosystem services either directly or indirectly, including through their supply chains; whereas an improved biodiversity policy with effective measures has the potential to strengthen the competitiveness of the economy and industry and to open new job and economic opportunities, for instance in the fields of environmental technology, bio-economy, tourism and recreation, nature conservation and the provision of ecosystem services;
Amendment 124 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 143 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition; recognises, however, the need for a realistic and balanced approach in the implementation of the Strategy in which all three dimensions (Society, Environment and Economy) of sustainability are acknowledged;
Amendment 146 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambitionthe ambition to reverse biodiversity loss by ensuring that by 2050 all of the world’s ecosystems are conserved, resilient and adequately protected;
Amendment 147 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its level of ambition ; recalls that there should be a coherent approach with the Farm to Fork strategy and the new EU Forest strategy;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 153 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission before proposing any targets to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment of all strategies combining the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, generational renewal, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;
Amendment 160 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that numerous protected areas and habitats only emerged through human use; stresses that for the preservation of these protected areas and habitats further management is essential;
Amendment 161 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Amendment 162 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission to establish regular evidence-based evaluations of the implementation of the Strategy, in order to adjust the measures and targets to a more restraint or ambitious approach; stresses the importance of appropriate target-related measures taking into account active market demand; calls on the Commission to submit mid-term reviews for every legislative proposal corresponding to the strategy;
Amendment 163 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Stresses that biodiversity is also crucial for safeguarding food security in the EU; highlights the important role of the European agricultural sector regarding the production of healthy, safe and affordable foods;
Amendment 164 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; highlights that agriculture and forestry do not contradict the conservation objectives of strict protection; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non- productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; highlights the need to assess potential trade-offs of non-productive areas and features on food security, land availability and prices;
Amendment 169 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the conclusions of the IPBES report of 2019, according to which nature is declining at a rate unprecedented in human history and around 1 million species are threatened with extinction; strongly regrets that the Union has neither fully met the 2020 biodiversity strategy objectives nor the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets; indicates, that in Europe climate change is the main driver behind biodiversity loss;1a _________________ 1a Dullinger, I., Gattringer, A., Wessely, J., Moser, D., Plutzar, C., Willner, W., Egger, C., Gaube, V., Haberl, H., Mayer, A., Bohner, A., Gilli, C., Pascher, K. Essl, F. & Dullinger, S. 2020: A socio- ecological model for predicting impacts of land-use and climate change on regional plant diversity. Global Change Biology.
Amendment 181 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for a well- balanced Biodiversity Strategy taking into account both environmental, economic and health aspects;
Amendment 184 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Regrets that while the Union has neither fully met the 2020 biodiversity strategy objectives nor the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets, good progress has been achieved in protecting and sustainably using biodiversity both in marine and terrestrial areas1a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/press/sustai nable-fisheries-commission-takes-stock- progress-implementation-eus-common- fisheries_en
Amendment 188 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recognises the efforts made until now by the EU Member States and by different sectors and stakeholders, especially in agriculture and forestry; highlights the fact that sustainable and effective management of natural processes is of the utmost importance for maintaining biodiversity, particularly in relation to the negative impact of climate change; acknowledges that the EU already has the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world;
Amendment 189 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Notes the significant achievements of sustainable forest management since the 1990s in increasing the land-area covered by forests in Europe by 9 % and simultaneously strengthening carbon storage in the European forests by 50 %, while maintaining the populations of common bird species1a; highlights the importance of long-term sustainable management and use of peatlands and forests, as well as protection; considers sustainable forest management as an effective way to maintain and enhance biodiversity, the vitality of forests and the adaptation to changing conditions, as well as to prevent damages, such as pests, non- native species and diseases, also in the protected areas; _________________ 1a State of Europe's Forests 2020
Amendment 193 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers; points out that the EU goal on organic production needs to be accompanied by a broad variety of promotion measures, and therefore become a production as well as a consumption target, otherwise European organic farmers are expected to suffer from market pressure;
Amendment 196 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes in the lifestyle of the whole society are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed; highlights how the pandemic has also demonstrated the importance of a resilient food system to ensure that European citizens have access to safe, affordable and high quality products even under challenging conditions and this should not be taken for granted;
Amendment 203 #
2020/2273(INI)
7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production must be market-driven and accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers;
Amendment 212 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of resilient and healthy forest ecosystems including fauna and flora, in order to maintain and enhance the delivery of the multiple ecosystem services that forests provide, such as biodiversity, clean air, clean water, water holding capacities, healthy soil and wood and non-wood raw materials;
Amendment 212 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Proposes to introduce a market- driven organic target corridor rather than a fix target after thorough and comprehensive impact assessment;
Amendment 220 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an Impact Assessment on every single target set within the Biodiversity Strategy, to ensure that every measure set increases biodiversity by itself;
Amendment 222 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that achieving the EU´s goals for the environment, climate and biodiversity will never be possible without forests that are multifunctional, healthy and sustainably and managed applying a long-term perspective, together with viable forest-based industries;
Amendment 226 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to carry out holistic and cumulative impact assessments of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forestry in and outside of the EU, and on food security and prices;
Amendment 227 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity and for carbon sequestration, while enhancing farm productivity; notes that forest can only achieve their full potential for climate and environment when they are sustainably managed, stresses therefore the need to exclude forestry from the 10% strictly protected areas;
Amendment 230 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Points out the need to develop a coherent approach to bring together biodiversity protection and climate protection in a thriving forest-based sector and bio-economy;
Amendment 233 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marineNotes the targets of protecting a maximum of 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas; believes that these targets should be set at Union level and should be achieved through a bottom-up approach through Member States’ designations while taking into account the different characteristics of each Member State such as size, share of natural areas and sustainable forest management as well as the national and local circumstances, voluntary approaches and interrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forestnationally recognised definitions to ensure consistency of collected data; notes the target of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary forests and other carbon-rich ecosystems and extensive agricultural land; while the references to strictly protected areas and primary forests require further clarification regarding their definitions; stresses that these should be binding and implemented byat Member States’ level in accordance with science-based and site-specific criteria ands well as biodiversity needand climate needs; expresses strong support for these targets to be part of a clear international framework to ensure a level playing field; highlights the need of additional financial support for land owners of protected areas; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented and proper compensation for impacted stakeholders provided;
Amendment 239 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses strong support for theTakes note of the proposed targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria andhighlights that sustainable agriculture and forestry practices do not contradict the objectives of strict protection, : stresses that before any targets are proposed, an impact assessment should be conducted, the targets should be science based and also take into account aspects like food security, generational renewal and access to land for young farmers as well as the benefits of sustainable management for biodiversity and carbon sequestration; underlines that the 10% should not mean non-intervention management as this is contradictory to biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;
Amendment 245 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the promotion of sustainable forest management in the EU has had a positive impact on forests and forest conditions and on livelihoods in rural areas, as well as on the biodiversity of forests in the EU;
Amendment 247 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Recognises that long-term public and private investments in a reinforced sustainable forest management which places equal focus on the social, environmental and economic benefits of forests can help ensure forests´ resilience and adaptive capacity, as well as achieving the transition to a circular bio- economy and the promotion of biodiversity;
Amendment 248 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs taking into account the national and local circumstances, voluntary approaches, and internationally recognized definitions to ensure consistency of collected data; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented; calls for appropriate compensation in case of management;
Amendment 253 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Underlines the importance of resilient and healthy forest ecosystems including fauna and flora, in order to maintain and enhance the delivery of the multiple ecosystem services that forests provide, such as biodiversity, clean air, water, healthy soil and wood and non- wood raw materials;
Amendment 256 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Points out that achieving the EU´s goals for environment, climate and biodiversity will never be possible without forests that are multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed applying a long- term perspective, together with viable forest-based industries;
Amendment 259 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Points out the need to develop a coherent approach to bring together biodiversity protection and climate protection in a thriving forest-based sector and bio-economy;
Amendment 270 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that for the successful conservation of protected areas, including strictly protected areas, decision-making at the site level together with the Member States should be promoted, taking into account regional characteristics within the EU and the international obligations resulting from the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to be agreed at the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity;
Amendment 274 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and, the sustainability of farmers’ incomes and food safety; considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox ofintegrated pest management requires a bigger toolbox of safe, effective and affordable crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems; stresses that any reduction target should be market-driven and suggests target corridors rather than fixed targets;
Amendment 275 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been made, a substantialfurther reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides accompanied by development of alternative sustainable protection technologies is needed; stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and, its implementation is assessed systematically and products deriving from this integrated production system are paid sufficiently; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems;
Amendment 288 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of healthy and resilient forest ecosystems, which fulfil multiple functions, and of the protection of remaining primary forests;
Amendment 291 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses its concern about a possible common EU-level definition on old-growth forests;
Amendment 298 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls the European Parliament Resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people and the economy and reiterates its call to the Commission to fully implement the Habitats Directive by developing an assessment procedure to enable the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached;
Amendment 304 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that the promotion of sustainable forest management in the EU has had a positive impact on forests and forest conditions and on livelihoods in rural areas, as well as on the biodiversity of forests in the EU;
Amendment 310 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that urban areas accounted for 22.5%of the EU’s total land area in 2014, of which cities represented 4%1a and suburbs and towns 13%, together covering one sixth of the land area, and are expected to grow; calls for a proportional share of at least one sixth of protected areas to be realised in urban areas, as this is not only crucial to contribute to the overall protection targets, but also for improving air quality, providing opportunities for recreation, and increasing overall well-being; _________________ 1aOECD: https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSet Code=BUILT_UP and Eurostat: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Territorial_typologie s_manual_-_degree_of_urbanisation
Amendment 311 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that due to market demands agricultural production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead.
Amendment 314 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Recognises that long-term public and private investments in a reinforced sustainable forest management which places equal focus on the social, environmental and economic benefits of forests can help ensure forests´ resilience and adaptive capacity, as well as achieving the transition to a circular bio- economy and the promotion of biodiversity;
Amendment 322 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Commission to set targets for using renaturation in urban areas as an opportunity;
Amendment 325 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, to clarify and harmonise the definitions and terminology, concepts and statistics in use (e.g. intact forests) and to ensure the coherence of the policies and measures adopted;
Amendment 326 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Emphasises that it is important that the EU and global biodiversity strategies have the same level of ambition, especially when it comes to the level of protection; underlines that the updated zero draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, which takes into account the outcomes of the second meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, doesn’t include a reference to strict protection; therefore, calls the Commission to ensure that any land protection target is flexible enough to allow implementation to take into account the precise conditions and opportunities of each country and rights of land and forest owners, with strict protection being a voluntary option for land and forest owners;
Amendment 327 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Emphasises the importance of peatlands, which are the largest (fossil) carbon reservoirs on earth, although they occupy only 3% of the land surface; calls for species' protection and climate reasons, that the protection of peatlands and wetland habitats should be given a particularly high priority;
Amendment 331 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for an EU-wide restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and sdegraded ecosystems, while taking into account the different characteristics of each Member State, such as its size and the percentage of its territory comprising natural areas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target,objective, other carbon- rich ecosystem- specific targets should be setopportunities for restauration could be considered, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowede need to prioritise positive incentives and voluntary bottom- up participatory process in order to increase the acceptance, motivation and commitment to biodiversity protection and restoration, and thus, calls for a careful approach towards any new legally binding instruments;
Amendment 333 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem- specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed; strongly believes that innovation is a key part of the solution to tackle the decline in biodiversity; calls for an enabling regulatory environment and incentives to facilitate market access and uptake of innovative technologies;
Amendment 365 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that specific national conditions as well as measures already in place in the individual Member States have to be taken into account with regard to the accomplishment of the EU-level targets mentioned in the Strategy in terrestrial and marine areas;
Amendment 368 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to safeguard the genetic diversity of wild species through in situ and ex situ conservation measures and to apply these measures in an integrated manner, following the One Plan Approach;
Amendment 377 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that the protection targets and associated measures should take into account the precise conditions and opportunities of each country;
Amendment 380 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses the need for cooperation with all users at all stages and appropriate compensation for restrictions in protected and strictly protected areas;
Amendment 384 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Underlines that the network of well-managed protected areas should be based on the Natura2000 network and should be complemented by additional protected areas designations by Member States on the basis binding legal requirements; stresses that the verification of the targets is only possible if the underlying data is comparable;
Amendment 386 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls for the development of definitions and criteria for the designation of “protected areas” as well as “strictly protected areas”; highlights in this respect that in protected areas sustainable agriculture and forestry could be performed and in areas with a stricter level of protection certain human activities may be allowed, which are essential to maintain cultural landscapes and which stand in line with the conservation objectives of the protected area;
Amendment 389 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Highlights the success of the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive as effective instruments for the conservation of biodiversity; stresses the need for more flexibility in protection measures to effectively protect humans and livestock if predators pose a danger or if birds cause significant impairment, and allow for changes in conservation status;
Amendment 396 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the Biodiversity Strategy’s actions must adequately tackle all five main direct drivers of change in nature: in the European Union: climate change and invasive alien species; pollution; changes in land and sea use; and direct exploitation of organisms; climate change; pollunotes that these five drivers stem from a combination of current production; and invasive alien speciconsumption patterns, population dynamics, trade, technological innovations and governance models;1a _________________ 1aIPBES (2020), The global assessment report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services;
Amendment 427 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the, soil sealing and the decline in European agricultural area and therefore calls on the Commission to establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific , conservation and restoration of soil quality; recalls the need to provide for specific indicators and an EU-wide contamination targetmparable measuring system; highlights that soil fertility and soil structure are crucial to promote high-quality standards in the European agricultural food sector;
Amendment 435 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislationsealing; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common frameworknew Soil Strategy for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target;
Amendment 439 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common frameworkprepare guidelines for Member States for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target; recalls that soil is a national competence and falls under subsidiarity;
Amendment 463 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; sees forestry as a demonstrator for a green infrastructure that provides indispensable ecosystem services for people, nature and the economy and delivers the preconditions for a smart green and regional economy; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present an EU- level strategy on desertification and land degradation;
Amendment 471 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the EU has committed to achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030, but that this target is unlikely to be achieved; calls on the Commission, therefore, to also present an EU-level strategy on desertification and land degradation;
Amendment 477 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that in the Union, urbanisation and leisure activities account for 13% of all reported pressures on nature overall, and 48 % of all marine pressures1a; _________________ 1aEuropean Environment Agency (2020). State of the Nature in the EU.
Amendment 478 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on Member States to encourage more conservation farming where possible, which reduces soil management practices to a minimum, through the use of innovative technologies such as ‘no-till-drills’, in order to help restore and build soil organic matter, soil moisture, carbon storage in the uppermost soil layers and prevent soil erosion overall;
Amendment 486 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity corresponding to the reduction targets stated in the Strategy, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans- European Network for Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked to the Trans- European Nature Network (TEN-N);
Amendment 489 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to set specific ambitious targets on urban biodiversity, nature-based solutions and green infrastructure and to develop a Trans-European Network forinclude Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) linked toin the Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N);
Amendment 496 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the importance of systematically integrating green infrastructure and nature-based solutions in urban planning, including in public spaces, public infrastructure, and the design of buildings and their surroundings to reduce soil sealing;
Amendment 499 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features, extensive farmland as well as sloping and terraced vineyards in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and features, extensive farmland as well as sloping and terraced vineyards; points out that extensively managed farmland and the cultivation of vines on slopes or terraces with drystone walls need to be taken into account as high-diversity landscape as those unique habitats can only be preserved if they are cultivated;
Amendment 505 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term,needs to go hand in hand with market developments and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legisla or extensively managed farmland (e.g. orchard meadows, alpine pastures and meadows, wet meadows) which should be cumulatively assessed before incorporated into EU legislation, in particular in light of potential trade-offs for land availability and prices, which may result in more intensive production; considers it imperative that active farmers receive more support and trainingor are provided with knowledge and training, technology and innovation as well as legal certainty in the transition towards more agroecological practices as well as appropriate remuneration of their biodiversity-friendly produced products on market;
Amendment 510 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % ofintroducing a market-oriented target corridor for agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term after a comprehensive impact assessment, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive support and trainingcumulatively assessed before being incorporated into EU legislation in particular in light of potential trade-offs for food security, land availability and prices, which may result in more intensive production; considers it imperative that farmers receive support, training, innovation as well as appropriate financial support and legal certainty in the transition towards agroecological practices;
Amendment 525 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses its support for the 2030 targets of bringing at least 25 % of agricultural land under organic farm management, which should become the norm in the long term, and ensuring that at least 10 % of agricultural land consists of high-diversity landscape features, which should be implemented at farm level, by introducing a targeted corridor whereby considering actual market demand; highlights that all targets which should both be incorporated into EU legislation; considers it imperative that farmers receive continuous support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;
Amendment 539 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights that the efficient uptake of nutrients by plants simultaneously reduces losses to the environment and supports the target of reducing nutrient loss; calls for the promotion of optimizing plant nutrition by enhancing nutrient use efficiency; supports therefore the approach of precision and smart farming, plant nutrition advisory services and management support;
Amendment 542 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that many Member States already follow as many ecological practices as possible; underlines that it must be taken into account that not all farmers have the possibility to switch to organic farming; mentions that conventional farming can also contribute to increasing biodiversity;
Amendment 549 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses the need to come up with suitable alternatives were restrictions are put in place, to ensure that farmers have access to a proper toolbox of safe, effective and affordable solutions to protect their crops and plants, as well as access to the latest knowledge, technology and the best advisory services;
Amendment 566 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that all commercial fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, with zero tolerance of illegal fishing practices and the elimination of by- catches of sensitive species which should be avoided and reduced, as far as possible;
Amendment 572 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines that the achievement of a protection objective through a conservation figure (percentage) has lower importance, than the quality of protection zones that are established, which really cover an area with an ecological value;
Amendment 610 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; cCalls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;
Amendment 616 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments and bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;
Amendment 619 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that priority for protected areas must be environmental conservation and restoration and that no activity in these areas should undermine this goal; calls on the Commission to avoid future marine renewable energy developments anCalls on the Commission, working together with Member States, to put forward criteria and guidance for appropriate management planning of designated protected areas; calls on the Commission to avoid bottom-trawling fishing within Marine Protected Areas;
Amendment 642 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated intoa stand-alone, holistic and a coherence enabler for forest-related policies, including the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; urges the Commission to address the forest-specific measures of the European Green Deal in the Standing Forestry Committee with a strong mandate from the EU Forest Strategy; reiterates that Member States continue to decide, as highlighted in the views of the Council and the Parliament on the EU Forest Strategy, on policies on forestry and forests;
Amendment 648 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines thate importance of the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the as a holistic strategy on forest related matters, which should be fully aligned and coherent with the targets of the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in, including the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorportake into account the specific situation in the Member Stateds into the Forest Strategy consultation with national authorities;
Amendment 652 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the new EU Forest Strategy must be fully aligned with the Climate Law and the Biodiversity Strategy; calls for the inclusion in the Nature Restoration Plan of specific binding targets for the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems, which should also be incorporated into the Forest Strategy;
Amendment 656 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity and for carbon sequestration, while enhancing farm productivity; notes that forests can only achieve their full potential for climate and environment when they are sustainably managed; stresses therefore the need to exclude forestry from the 10% strictly protected areas;
Amendment 667 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on proforestation, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areassustainable afforestation, the implementation of agroforestry, climate adapted reforestation and the greening of urban areas, acknowledging Member States’ legal competences concerning the implementation in the fields of forestry as well as urban and spatial planning; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives;
Amendment 671 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should be based on proforestation, the multifunctionality of forests, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectiveeconomic, social and ecological, including climate change and the biodiversity objectives related to Europe's forests;
Amendment 697 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chainReiterates its call to the Commission to present an impact assessed proposal to take action favouring the restoration of forests globally and for sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, while ensuring competitiveness of EU based businesses, especially SMEs;
Amendment 698 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence for large undertakings that ensures sustainable and deforestation-free value chainvalue chains, taking into account the heterogeneous conditions in the Member States;
Amendment 708 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Regrets in this context the decisions taken by third countries that go in the wrong direction of the EU Biodiversity objectives for 2030 such as the Brazilian decision in 2019 to allow sugarcane cultivation in the Amazon region; calls for sanctions in case of such decisions;
Amendment 715 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise environmentally friendly and nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU, while ensuring to use the full potential of biogenic resources in order to achieve the phasing-out of fossil fuels as fast as possible in order to achieve the objective of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 722 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenario; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutionsustainable management of all resources in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EUmaintain and strengthen carbon sinks in the EU in line with the objectives and practices supported in the upcoming Common Agricultural Policy;
Amendment 748 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that improves coherence and, interconnections and sustainable business models for future actions, and integrates commitments under the post- 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 752 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity thatBelieves that the European Green Deal should be the framework to improves coherence and interconnections for future actions, and integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 755 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers that sustainably managed forests and resulting wood- based products are essential in achieving the UN SDGs and European Green Deal targets and in tackling climate change by strengthening carbon stocks in forests and wood-products and by facilitating material substitution; Emphasises that to ensure consistency, these benefits should be horizontally recognised in EU's forest- related policies, including those on biodiversity;
Amendment 766 #
Amendment 768 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomNotes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made bindingreducing nutrient losses by up to 50 % which will result in the reduction in the use of fertilisers by up to 20% by 2030; stresses that those reduction targets need to be accompanied by an increase in research and development of alternative plant protection products and fertilisers as well as application methods and technologies if the EU truly wants to become the front runner in terms of sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture; calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment and the Member States to offer farmers a tool box of alternatives for plant protection and fertilisation in order to ensure the security of supply with high-quality and biodiversity-friendly produced food; calls on the co-legislators to take these targets duly into consideration in the upcoming legislative initiatives; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;
Amendment 770 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for h; recalls that before any targets be made binding, a comprehensive impact assessment on all aspects including food security and safety, social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, generational renewal, food security and prices, farmland availability and prices and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with import should be conducted; adds that all targets should be market oriented; proposes to have target corridors to take into account the national circumstances and different baselines and to remain flexible for unforeseen challenges like crises or extreme wealth and environmental reasonser situations; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified;
Amendment 774 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient los and nutrient losses deriving from all nutrient sources such as mineral and organic fertilisers by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons; stresses that urban areas and civil society, public authorities and business are equally affected by the reduction targets; recalls that these targets can only be achieved by ensuring support measures at farm level such as farm nutrition advisory services and by innovative farming solutions like precision farming both in line with the upcoming Common Agricultural Policy;
Amendment 793 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 18 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission to establish a plan for the compensation of the loss of income of farmers, which may result due to the biodiversity targets set and the interlinked decline in production;
Amendment 795 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides and nutrient losses; emphasises the importance of holistic and circular approaches, such as agro ecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust measures to reduce the need for pesticides and fertilisers, accompanied by well-defined support ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these objectives; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
Amendment 797 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the inclusion of urban and peri-urban areas; stresses that the simple development of Urban Greening Plans for cities is too unambitious compared to the clearly formulated targets for the agricultural sector; calls on the Commission to formulate ambitious and binding targets for urban areas such as a reduction of mowing of urban green spaces as well as on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season, minimum share of green roofs on new buildings and the reduction of the use of plant protection products and fertilisers on areas that are not used for food production, etc.;
Amendment 800 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that integrated pest management (IPM) is only possible when farmers have adequate and enough resources; therefore stresses the need to come up with an innovation and substitution principle for IPM, meaning that before a substance/product is removed from the market, the Commission needs to be sure that adequate alternatives are available, to ensure that farmers have access to an adequate toolbox of safe, effective and affordable solutions, as well as access to the latest knowledge, technology and the best advisory services;
Amendment 811 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses that any reduction of chemical PPPs must be accompanied by a innovation principle that enables the research, development and employment of new innovative techniques including precision farming and new breeding techniques; calls on the Commission to publish the study on the potential of new genomic techniques which should be the basis for a proper regulatory framework;
Amendment 815 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Underlines that European farmers play a crucial role in the protection of nature and make important contributions to biodiversity;
Amendment 818 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Is convinced that the Biodiversity Strategy needs to work with farmers to further increase contributions to biodiversity based on specific support for farmers from the MFF;
Amendment 821 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Stresses that the Biodiversity Strategy should fully take into account the upcoming agreement on the CAP Strategic Plans and avoid additional legal burdens and uncertainty for farmers after the agreement of the new CAP;
Amendment 823 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Strongly underlines that the emergency authorisations of pesticides needs to be further allowed in order to ensure the security of supply within the EU;
Amendment 824 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
Paragraph 18 f (new)
18f. Calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal product and production standards and effective controls of the agricultural products imported from third countries with a view to ensuring a level playing field for European food production and a high level of protection and underlines that the supply with high- quality foodstuff from EU farmers must be an overall target;
Amendment 825 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)
Paragraph 18 g (new)
18g. Stresses the decrease of biodiversity due to light pollution; calls on the Commission to set up a strategy against light pollution;
Amendment 826 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 h (new)
Paragraph 18 h (new)
18 h. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU-plan on planting useful trees in cities and urban areas; proposes that every second new planted tree should be contributing in being useful (e.g. fruit trees), which can furthermore contribute to increasing biodiversity in cities;
Amendment 827 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 i (new)
Paragraph 18 i (new)
18 i. Calls on the Commission to include public lawn and public green spaces in cities and urban areas similar to the proposed strictly protected areas targets, to help to increase biodiversity and the protection of pollinators in these areas;
Amendment 828 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 j (new)
Paragraph 18 j (new)
18 j. Calls on the Commission to prepare an action plan on soil sealing of parking spots within cities and urban areas;
Amendment 836 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Strongly regrets the decline of pollinators, which are a key indicator of the health of the environment; reiterates the position expressed in its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative5 and calls for an urgent revision of the initiative; _________________ 5 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0104.
Amendment 864 #
Amendment 869 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest; calls on specific risk management measures to be set up at EU level so as to obtain a common toolbox to effectively control newly identified threats;
Amendment 882 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that the correct implementation of the Nature Directives falls not only on Member States but also on the Commission, and in particular as regards the need for an assessment procedure under the Habitats Directive to enable the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached;
Amendment 884 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Highlights the success of the Habitats Directive as an effective instrument for the conservation of biodiversity; stresses the need for more flexibility in protection measures to effectively protect humans and livestock if predators pose a danger, and to reflect changes in conservation status;
Amendment 893 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Expresses concern that IAS already pose a severe threat to food security, the environment and livelihoods, irreversibly damaging protected areas including the biodiversity they harbour and this is being exacerbated by climate change; acknowledges that plant protection products play a critical role by providing a rapid response to defend areas from existing and newly introduced IAS;
Amendment 904 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle and to cooperate closely with the co-legislators in developing the tracking methodology; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual given the existence of the dedicated LIFE Programme for nature and biodiversity; welcomes the agreement to mainstream spending onfor biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwartargets by 7.5% from 2024 and 10% from 2026 onwards; calls for a significant share of this funding to support farmers in reaching the biodiversity targets; calls on the Commission to develop a “biodiversity business case” so that the active preservation of biodiversity done by farmers or land owners will also be funded by private funds;
Amendment 916 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle; underlines the importance of research for innovation and a technology neutral framework; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;
Amendment 942 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmfulcounterproductive to the EU - environment with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latestpolicy; reiterates its calls for theax reforientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxationms supporting the transition to a sustainable economy;
Amendment 945 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation;
Amendment 946 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation; reiterates its call towards financially incentivised syustems towardainable measures ain lincreased use of environmental taxatione with the upcoming Common Agricultural Policy;
Amendment 969 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022Welcomes the creation of a comprehensive biodiversity governance framework, based on co-responsibility and co-ownership by all relevant actors, to map obligations and commitments and set out a roadmap to guide their implementation, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; underlines the need to conduct a thorough impact assessment of the progress and suitability of this governance framework in 2023 before considering further updates and the need for an enhanced approach;
Amendment 978 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights the need for a legally bindingnew biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022;
Amendment 1001 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission for a strategy on supporting local value chains as key element for reaching the proposed targets; stresses that small-scaled agriculture requires additional support for realising the proposed targets;
Amendment 1010 #
Amendment 1011 #
Amendment 1013 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focussed on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmesexchange of knowledge and professionals in the field of restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls to consider establishing a specific mission for biodiversity research and future research programmes to contribute to achieving the overall MFF biodiversity target; points out the importance of showing society the additional efforts required in biodiversity-friendly production methods and the accompanying necessity of additional (private and/or public) funding;
Amendment 1027 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate agricultural innovation and the access to these technologies for European farmers in the pursuit of further protecting biodiversity by incentivising technologies, including biopesticides and digital tools with a proportionate and evidence-based regulatory framework which can support the need for monitoring and decision-making;
Amendment 1029 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that Member States should enable farmers to have financial support, training, technology, innovation and the development of new business models in the uptake and delivery of biodiversity and environmental benefits; while considering the importance of balancing voluntary measures and regulatory action;
Amendment 1032 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that Member States should provide farmers to with financial support, training, technology and innovation in the uptake and delivery of biodiversity and environmental benefits; while considering the importance of balancing voluntary measures and regulatory action;
Amendment 1041 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the Commission to especially enable and support small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to contribute to the goals of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; acknowledges that SMEs are a valuable source and contributor to a sustainable biodiversity path driven by green and digital innovation;
Amendment 1068 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Supports global negotiations that promote a global level playing field for the sustainable EU bioeconomy and help avoiding leakage effects to regions with less stringent environmental regulation, thus promoting employment in the EU, as well as competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy of European industries;
Amendment 1069 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Supports global negotiations that promote a global level playing field for the sustainable EU bio-economy and help avoiding leakage effects to regions with less stringent environmental regulation, thus promoting employment in the EU, as well as competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy of European industries;
Amendment 1098 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates its call forto reduce wildlife trade and consumption and to protect wildlife and key ecosystems globally including a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivory to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre- convention’ ivory and rhino horns, and asks for similar restrictions for other endangered species, such as tigers;
Amendment 1100 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates its call for a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivoryEuropean level on ivory trade to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre- convention’ ivory and rhino horns, and asks for similar restrictions for other endangered species, such as tigers;
Amendment 1146 #
2020/2273(INI)
29a. Underlines that all international trade agreements have to fulfil the requirements which are set by this strategy;
Amendment 1169 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges Member States to fully comply with the obligations set out in existing EU nature legislation and calls on the Commission to swiftly pursue infringement procedures to remedy allpriority cases of non-compliance particularly affecting habitat conservation and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays;
Amendment 1177 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, farmland availability and prices and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;
Amendment 1187 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Underlines that the correct implementation of nature legislation not only falls on Member States but also with the Commission including the need for an assessment procedure to enable the protection status of species in particular regions to be amended as soon as the desired conservation status is reached, in accordance with Article 19 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora;
Amendment 1197 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Underlines that the successful implementation of the strategy depends on the involvement of all actors and sectors directly concerned and requires local and regional acceptance; calls on the Commission to create a stakeholder platform for discussion and to ensure an inclusive, equitable and just transition; emphasises the importance of thorough and comprehensive impact assessments of the overall Strategy and any legislative action related to the Strategy; stresses the need to avoid unnecessary administrative burdens in the implementation of the Strategy;
Amendment 1208 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the swift and effective implementation of the recent revision of the Renewable Energy Directive and continue to assess the use of biomass for biofuels as part of the upcoming review; stresses that the use of wood, especially of damaged wood, for bioenergy should increase the size and sustainability of the EU’s and the world’s forests in the light of the rising demand for energy from renewable sources;
Amendment 1213 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Underlines the need to create incentives for all actors and sectors to advance a transformative biodiversity agenda;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament’s report on technological solutions for sustainable agriculture in the EU (2015/2225(INI)),
Amendment 134 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the Special Eurobarometer report 504: "Europeans, Agriculture and the CAP",
Amendment 167 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission communication on a Farm to Fork Strategy sets out a holistic approach of the European food system, with agriculture, as a provider of food, fibre and fuel, at the centre, while recognising the interconnectedness of all actors throughout the whole supply chain, notably taking into account consumers responsibility and farmers long-term economic viability;
Amendment 232 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, biodiversity, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
Amendment 242 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transformadapt in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
Amendment 253 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy should reward farmers, agri-cooperatives and other operators in the food chain who have already undergone the transition to sustainable practices, enable the transition for the others, and create additional opportunities for their businesses;
Amendment 259 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas biodiversity is also crucial for safeguarding food security in the EU; highlights the important role of the European agricultural sector regarding the production of healthy, safe and affordable foods;
Amendment 261 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU authorisation procedure for plant protection products is one of the most stringent in the world;
Amendment 265 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas it is fundamental that the policy formulation and implementation supports farmers and their cooperatives’ economic sustainability, improves the functioning of the markets while contributing to a more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable agri-food sector; in addition, it must be recognised that there are numerous production methods which bring additional benefits from a sustainability point of view;
Amendment 271 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the uptake of smart farming technologies to continuously monitor animal health and welfare has the potential to ensure effective disease prevention and the implementation of animal welfare standards and thereby ensuring food safety;
Amendment 274 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the European agri food system is part of a global food system and the EU has the safest, healthiest, most sustainably produced, most nutritious and high-quality foods in the global marketplace; whereas the EU is also dependent on imports for certain agri foods because of climatic conditions and shortages; whereas it should be stressed that all imported foods have to apply the same sustainability and agri food safety standards;
Amendment 275 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy must take into account all three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) in this broader discussion; this is the only way to recognise the contribution of agriculture and of rural areas to food and feed production as well as biofuels, textiles and reforestation. Agriculture and forestry can provide long-term solutions;
Amendment 277 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas it is necessary to ensure consistency and coherence between the measures envisaged by the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Common Agriculture and Fisheries Policies, the Trade Policy, the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, as well as other related EU Policies and Strategies;
Amendment 278 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. highlights that the shift towards an healthy and sustainable food policy should be initiated by incentives and education, and not by product bans and advertisement bans or taxes;
Amendment 308 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure competitive and quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
Amendment 316 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural-food sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
Amendment 344 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the security of supply of food and the production of renewable energy has to be ensured when setting new targets on the Farm to Fork strategy;
Amendment 352 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Farm to Fork strategy needs to be well-balanced and taking into account environmental, economic and health aspects;
Amendment 365 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is important that consumers are informed and enabled to take responsibility for the consequences of their choice of food stuffs on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requires a healthy and sound food environment which ensures that the healthy and sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choice, and fosters and encourages consumption patterns that support human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resources and animal welfare; whereas a mandatory labelling providing information of the nutrition profile, the origin, the compliance with animal welfare provision and the sustainability will guide the consumer towards a healthy and safe nutrition;
Amendment 374 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is important that consumers are informed and enabled to take responsibility for the consequences of their choice of food stuffs on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requires a healthy and sound food environment which ensures that the healthy and sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choice, and fosters and encourages consumption patterns that support human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resources and animal welfare notably promoting European facultative quality and origin labelling schemes;
Amendment 415 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers, processors and retailers working together under difficult conditions, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment while respecting the integrity of the internal market;
Amendment 437 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas European agriculture and the Food system is facing increasing pressure from globalisation and the challenges of climate change, the long- term economic viability must continue to be ensured and especially the capacity for crisis response must be maintained;
Amendment 443 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas it became evident that animal health is an essential element in any sustainable food system and impacts on animal health have direct effect on the sustainability of the food system;
Amendment 452 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas nitrification inhibitors is a tool recommended by the IPCC to mitigate climate change;
Amendment 485 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to; recognises the need for a realistic and balanced approach in the implementation of the strategy in which all three dimensions of sustainability (economic, environmental and social) should be acknowledged and integrated; encourages the Commission to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment before translateing the strategy into concrete legislative and non- legislative action as soon as possible; ;
Amendment 486 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translateconduct a comprehensive and holistic impact assessment of the combined envisaged targets on the social, environmental and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU before translating the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible; stresses that any legal action should have a strong fact-based foundation;
Amendment 493 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs while ensuring consistency with the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP); emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possibledrawing from in-depth evidence-based assessment in line with the principles of Better Regulation;
Amendment 514 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into, on the basis of results of the impact study, to consider presenting concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible;
Amendment 524 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that enabling innovation is key to contribute towards achieving the farm to fork objectives and calls for a regulatory environment and incentives along the whole supply chain to ensure the best technologies that will make a difference, e.g. plant breeding innovation as well as newer, and continuously evolving breeding techniques, which have the potential to enlarge the farmers’ toolbox, to make packaging and transport more sustainable, to advance circular economy and to make food production increasingly more resilient to the pressures of climate change;
Amendment 535 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on to carry out an Impact Assessment on every single set target within the farm to fork strategy, to ensure that every set measure ensures a sustainable, fair and resilient food system by itself;
Amendment 567 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systemCalls on the Commission before proposing any targets to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment of all strategies combined on individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, generational renewal, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set outimpact assessment to analyse a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long- term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 598 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector and securing the full implementation of the innovation principle in order to the future technological advances while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 599 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss and to ensure a sustainable livelihood for primary producers who still lag behind in terms of income, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long- term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 627 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to provide thorough impact assessments of the strategy’s measures and targets, food security and prices describing the methods of calculation of the targets and the baselines and reference periods of each individual target; emphasises that the impact assessments should cover the individual and combined impact of proposed targets and measures resulting from the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies and other Green Deal initiatives;
Amendment 631 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to maintain a holistic approach as the implementation of certain Farm-to-Fork-Strategy targets in Europe must not lead to the relocation of parts of agricultural production to regions outside Europe, with competitive advantages, as standards are lower than in Europe; underlines that European food is already a global standard for food that is safe, plentiful, nutritious and of high quality;
Amendment 649 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that the Commission should base legislative proposals on scientifically sound ex-ante impact assessments describing the methods of calculation of the targets and the baselines and reference periods of each individual target, after consultation with the Member States; the cumulative effects of the legislative proposals should be taken into account;
Amendment 655 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for a structured dialogue between the Commission, European Parliament, Member States and food system stakeholders to discuss gaps, opportunities, challenges and trade-offs in the development and implementation of a holistic common EU food policy;
Amendment 672 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights that this approach is necessary to ensure that legislation will deliver a more sustainable agriculture which helps to meet the EU’s climate target plan and protects biodiversity, whilst ensuring that European consumers continue to have access to safe, sufficient, affordable and nutritious food;
Amendment 678 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission to establish regular evidence-based evaluations of the implementation of the Strategy, in order to adjust the measures and targets to a more restrained or ambitious approach; stresses the importance of appropriate target-related measures taking into account active market demand; calls on the Commission to submit mid-term reviews for every legislative proposal corresponding to the strategy;
Amendment 714 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as good agriculture and agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust, building on past achievements which are significant in several Member states should establish realistic and science-based quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call foasks to consider the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives on basis of scientific evidence and the track record of the various Member states and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets; calls on the Commission to ensure that these targets are EU targets to which all Member States must contribute through action at national level; underlines in this context that successes already achieved, as well as Member States' different starting points, circumstances and conditions are to be taken into account, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 722 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and to further reduction targets fore the environmental and health impact of pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; recalls that the EU has the most stringent authorisation procedure for Plant Protection products; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targetobjectives through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecologicalsustainable practices; insissupports that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targetspromote the sustainable use of these products and establish reduction corridors based on an evidence-based impact assessments and base lines for each member state, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the methods, baselines for these targetsand reference periods for these targets; underlines the importance of establishing baselines with flexibility so that frontrunners in reduction of the use of pesticides, fertilisers and antibiotics are rewarded and not punished;
Amendment 736 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; considers that Member States’ different starting points including already achieved reductions must be taken into account; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives while maintaining the high level of food quality, safety and availability; underlines in this regard the importance of the development and provision of adequate and scientifically sound sustainable products, measures and methods as alternatives for primary producers; and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union- wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
Amendment 739 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets, which should be set on the basis of national averages, whilst taking into account different starting points of Member States and setting more ambitious targets for those Member States who have not made enough progress until now;
Amendment 749 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the dDirective on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for hazardous pesticides, fertilisers, nutrient losses and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiteratescalls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to the Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for the targets; insists that efficient crop protection must be ensured at all times and that farmers must have access to sufficient active substances; stresses that plant health and thereby yield its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targetsonly achieved as a result of the correct and needs-based application of pesticides and fertilisers; urges the Commission to review any emergency authorisations given for plant protection products by Member States to avoid distortion of competition and to reach the sustainability targets; insists that antibiotics may be used only to retrieve animal health curatively and not preventively;
Amendment 751 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 753 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices and by prioritizing and fast- tracking approval processes of low-risk alternatives to conventional pesticides, such as natural, biological plant protection products; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
Amendment 777 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that the reduction targets of the use of chemical pesticides and fertilisers need to be accompanied by an increase in research and development of alternative plant protection products and fertilisers, as well as application methods and technologies, if the EU truly wants to become the front runner in terms of sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture; calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment and the Member states to offer farmers a tool box of alternatives for plant protection and fertilization in order to ensure the security of supply with high-quality and biodiversity-friendly produced food; calls on the co-legislators to take these targets duly into consideration in the upcoming legislative initiatives;
Amendment 779 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate agricultural innovation and the access to these technologies for European farmers in the pursuit of further protecting biodiversity by incentivising technologies, including biopesticides and digital tools with a proportionate and evidence-based regulatory framework which can support the need for monitoring and decision-making;
Amendment 784 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that access to safe and efficient plant protection is essential to enable farmers to prevent naturally occurring food-borne contaminants such as carcinogenic mycotoxins, which put the safety of our food at risk; stresses that integrated pest management(IPM) is only possible when farmers have adequate and enough resources; therefore stresses the need to come up with an innovation and substitution principle for IPM, meaning that before a substance/product is taken from the market, the Commission needs to be sure that adequate alternatives are available, to ensure that farmers have access to an adequate toolbox of safe, effective and affordable solutions, as well as access to the latest knowledge, technology and the best advisory services;
Amendment 789 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that all reduction targets and measures included in the Strategy have to be based on a thorough impact assessment evaluating the impact of all pesticides and all fertilisers including products mainly used in organic agriculture; emphasises the strengths and opportunities that lie within precision agriculture and smart farming to achieve the targets of the strategy; highlights the importance of further education to enable stakeholders of the whole food supply chain to participate and engage in the transformation towards a sustainable food supply chain and subsequently towards sustainable agriculture;
Amendment 807 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it imperative that active farmers receive more support or are provided with knowledge and training, technology and innovation as well as legal certainty in the transition towards more agroecological practices, and appropriate remuneration of their ecologically- friendly produced products on market;
Amendment 822 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that any reduction of chemical PPPs must be accompanied by an innovation principle; calls on the Commission to consider the importance of a regulatory framework that encourages innovation and research in order to develop better and safer plant protection products and alternatives, including the development and employment of new innovative techniques, such as precision farming and new breeding techniques; calls on the Commission to publish the study on the potential of new genomic techniques which should be the basis for a proper regulatory framework;
Amendment 826 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 835 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on Member States to encourage more conservation farming where possible, which reduces soil management practices to a minimum, through the use of innovative technologies such as ‘no-till-drills’, in order to help restore and build soil organic matter, soil moisture, carbon storage in the uppermost soil layers and prevent soil erosion overall;
Amendment 846 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Acknowledges the substantial efforts made to reduce the use of antimicrobials in animals as highlighted in the 2019 European Court of Auditors report on AMR, further strengthened by the new EU Regulations on Veterinary Medicinal Products and Medicated Feed, contributing to the global effort to reduce antibiotic resistance; underlines that the EU must ensure that continued treatment of animals with antimicrobials remains possible when needed, so as to guarantee animal health and to protect animal welfare at all times;
Amendment 848 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses the need for the establishment of an Integrated Nutrient Management plan in conjunction with the introduction of the farm sustainability tool for nutrients(FaST) already proposed by the European Commission; points out that a successful Integrated Nutrient Management plan must include better conditions and incentives for the application of modern fertilization technologies combined with modern application technologies;
Amendment 856 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that many Member States already follow as many ecological practices as possible; underlines that it must be taken into account that not all farmers have the possibility to switch to organic farming; mentions that conventional farming can also contribute in increasing the biodiversity;
Amendment 868 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses the need to come up with suitable alternatives where restrictions are put in place; highlights that plant protection and fertilisation are important to guarantee the safety of agricultural products entering the food chain and to ensure their production in sufficient quantities;
Amendment 892 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 894 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal productionRecalls that agriculture and forestry play an important role in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation; emphasises that EU agriculture has reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the last 30 years and reminds that the emissions from EU agriculture are among the lowest worldwide per produced unit; emphasises the importance of recognising the both positive and negative impact of agriculture on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls fall sectors; calls for harmonised calculation methods for methane and then a regulatory framework that incentivises progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors through the introduction of a carbon market place or cregulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions diting schemes which incentivises to deliver on climate objectives; reiterates that especially the methane reduction calculation should consider innovative feed additives and nutrition management plans, as well as innovative husbandry practices; supports the stimulating uptake of regenerative agriculture practices, improving access to technologies, data, training all GHG emissions in these sectors; nd information, and diversifying farmers’ income through carbon sequestration and payments for ecosystem services, thereby increasing their resilience;
Amendment 907 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors; emphasises that the agricultural sector has already made a significant contribution (-19,2%) to the reduction of GHGs since 19901a; acknowledges that according to the FAO, well management practices of livestock can lead to a 30% decrease in GHG emissions, and that healthy animals require less natural resource inputs like feed and water as they move through the production system; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls on the European Commission and Member States to facilitate the uptake of agricultural technologies including precision farming, nitrification inhibitors and advanced animal nutrition to reduce the GHG emissions from agriculture; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/h eadlines/society/20191129STO67756/emis sionen-des-luft-und-schiffsverkehrs- zahlen-und-fakten-infografik
Amendment 930 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (act of the whole food supply chain from agriculture, animal production to transport, packaging and consumption on GHG emissions and land use; acknowledges that according to the FAO, well management practices of livestock can lead to a 30% decrease in GHG) emissions, and land usethat healthy animals require less natural resource inputs like feed and water as they move through the production system; stresses the need tofor enhanceing natural carbon sinks and reduceing agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular inby the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensurto reduce the progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors whole food supply chain;
Amendment 931 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors; calls on the Commission and Member States to accommodate the uptake of agricultural technologies such as precision farming, nitrification inhibitors and advanced animal nutrition to reduce the GHG emissions from agriculture;
Amendment 952 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially intensive soil- less animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory me through permanent pastures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors-based and extensive animal husbandry;
Amendment 962 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that the successful implementation of the Strategy requires an effective cooperation at EU and Member States level including civil society, public authorities and business, in particular stakeholders specifically affected by the measures foreseen in the Strategy, especially in the agriculture, fisheries, forestry and extractive sectors;
Amendment 969 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to establish a plan for the compensation of the loss of income of farmers, which may result due to the set farm to fork targets and the interlinked decline in production;
Amendment 1003 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive farmland, permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry i as well as sloping and terraced vineyards are features of the European food systemagricultural landscape and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has with multiple positive effects foron the environment and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy;
Amendment 1023 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive and permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry is a feature of the European food system and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has multiplenumerous positive effects for the environment, for the conservation of cultural landscapes and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy;
Amendment 1054 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Expresses its support for market- driven uptake of agricultural land under organic farm management;
Amendment 1055 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that increasing settlement pressure means a reduction in the amount of agricultural land in Europe; stresses that organic farming produces significantly less food per area than conventional farming, having in mind the European Commission's call to increase the share of organic land in Europe to 25% by 2030, thus possibly putting at stake food security in Europe by having less agricultural land and less production on the remaining land, therefore encourages the Commission to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment on the possible productivity increase of organic farming; calls for a productivity target for organic farming and a correction of the 2030 organic farming target, if proven that organic farming is unable to increase its productivity by the percentage that is necessary to guarantee food security in Europe or if food security can only be achieved by importing products from third countries;
Amendment 1088 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils also through extensive animal husbandry systems; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; underlines that agriculture is the only economic sector that has the potential to give a positive contribution to climate neutrality; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1095 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivisedhighlights that soils used as carbon sinks should remain actively managed agricultural land; stresses, however, that some agriculture and farming models could operate more sustainably; highlights that the transformation towards a sustainable food system should be based on incentives including measures to enhance sustainable agriculture and farming models; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1102 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivisedunderlines in this regard that agriculture should not only be seen as a carbon sink but also as an enabler for the highly necessary phasing out of fossil fuels as agriculture can offer a broad variety of GHG-neutral biogenic products and resources; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1106 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculturethat low carbon farming and fcarming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding orbon sequestration models should be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1167 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU-grown plant proteins to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, while ensuring access to innovative plant breeding in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases; stresses the great potential of new breeding techniques for plants in sustainable agriculture; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector;
Amendment 1173 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU-grown plant proteins to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, while ensuring access to innovative plant breeding such as New-Breeding-Techniques NBT in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector;
Amendment 1191 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that global food supply chains are crucial to ensure long-term food security and a diversified and sustainable diet throughout the whole year; highlights the importance of diversified diets in a healthy lifestyle; points out that global supply chains can be essential during times of crisis and natural catastrophes causing low yield;
Amendment 1192 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the farm to fork strategy should fully take into account the upcoming agreement on the CAP Strategic Plans and avoid additional legal burdens and uncertainty for farmers after the agreement of the new CAP;
Amendment 1193 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises the need to broaden the genetic diversity of crops and use of modern plant breeding techniques to help farmers mitigate the risks from climate change which exacerbate the decline in biodiversity;
Amendment 1200 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes the plan to expand organic farming, emphasises to take into account supply and demand of organic foods and calls for information and awareness campaigns about this conversion;
Amendment 1232 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘"green’" business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably throughby fostering short supply chains and quality food production, such as products with protected geographical indications or designations of origin, which contribute to maintain vibrant agricultural communities while preserving local traditions;
Amendment 1243 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production; stresses that regional marketing of agricultural products plays an important role in promoting sustainable supply chains;
Amendment 1258 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’sustainable business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production;
Amendment 1279 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights the efficiency and the high output achieved by some industrial agricultural farming practices and its subsequent lower carbon footprint; underlines that efficiency in agriculture is crucial to ensure food security; stresses that industrial agriculture may be accompanied by lower labour input and that accountable techniques should be recognised;
Amendment 1323 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal product and production standards and effective controls of the agricultural products imported from third countries with a view to ensuring a level playing field for European food production and a high level of protection and underlines that the supply with high- quality foodstuff from EU farmers must be an overall target;
Amendment 1326 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the agri food sector supports not only farmers but also upstream and downstream businesses, secures and creates jobs and is the backbone of the entire food industry; highlights in this respect that the preservation of cultural landscape is the driving force for active rural areas;
Amendment 1329 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission for a strategy on supporting local value chains as a key element for reaching the proposed targets; stresses that small- scaled agriculture and SMEs require additional support for realising the proposed targets;
Amendment 1335 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that robust and reliable legal frameworks for the fisheries and aquaculture sector should provide the basis for better protection measures and animal health with subsequent increases in fish populations and more clarity regarding the use of space and licenses in aquaculture, allowing for greater predictability for investments; stresses that good traceability mechanisms and high sustainability standards for all products sold on EU markets are essential to ensure transparency for consumers, the sector and the different administrations, and to achieve the targets of the Green Deal and the SDGs; stresses the importance of a clear labelling of origin with a focus on milk, milk and meat as ingredient also in processed food, as this is clearly requested by the consumer;
Amendment 1375 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systems;
Amendment 1395 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbatedcan be also linked to by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current industrial food production systems;
Amendment 1400 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our currentindustrial food production systems;
Amendment 1428 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production; points out that appreciation of food is essential for fair pricing and subsequently the reduction of food waste as often the price decides about the value given to a food by the consumers;
Amendment 1431 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production; underlines that ensuring a fair income for primary producers is of paramount importance for a successful transition towards a sustainable food system;
Amendment 1455 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls to promote the recognition and appreciation of food and farmers' contribution for food production; stresses that this contribution deserves a fair and rewarding remuneration of expenses and the work involved in the production; expresses deep concern about the challenging situation farmers find themselves in and the lack of understanding imposed by some members of our society;
Amendment 1464 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the urgent need to address the distortions of competition and unbalances in the food supply chain to protect most vulnerable actors such as small farmers and agri-food workers;
Amendment 1495 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up on Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22 and the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal actionnecessary measures if progress in integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient, and in so doing promoting and rewarding the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options and reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
Amendment 1516 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises that in order to support the Commission’s initiative in seeking improved labelling of origin or provenance for certain products it will be necessary to revise the food information regulation (1169/2011) with a focus on milk and milk and meat as ingredient;
Amendment 1517 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strictly comply with Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in combating dual food quality (through trade inspections, monitoring, research, coordination at European level and sanctions);
Amendment 1533 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, by strengthening the link to the actual production structure of European agriculture and existing high-quality food production as well as geographical indication schemes with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption with a view to, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
Amendment 1544 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, the European Healthy School Lunches initiative and the EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014-2020, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
Amendment 1549 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutritiostate quality labels, f.e. the EU organic label, about the importance of healthy nutrition, as well as about a clear labelling of origin and promoting greater consumption of fruit and, vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity ratesand meat;
Amendment 1566 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy, balanced nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
Amendment 1573 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 1584 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights that proper nutrition promotes optimal growth and development of children and that kindergarten and schools are key partners in encouraging children to develop healthy eating habits;
Amendment 1589 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on Member States to include food and nutrition education as a mandatory part of the national curriculum; reiterates that educational activities may also involve teachers and parents as they are role models for children’s healthy eating habits and lifestyles;
Amendment 1592 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Emphasises the importance of a balanced diet and sufficient exercise for a healthy lifestyle and welcomes the Commission's aim of tackling the rise in overweight and obesity across the EU by 2030; calls for measures to prevent obesity to be developed on the basis of independent science data and to take into account that a calorie imbalance between calorie intake and calorie consumption is the main cause for obesity;
Amendment 1593 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Highlights that a sustainable diet includes safe, enjoyable, balanced and needs-covering foods; stresses the need of the food industry to provide for a wide variety of foods that take different lifestyles and different nutritional needs and preferences into account; stresses that a more sustainable diet needs to support a purchase decision which is based on the range of foods available and the consumer's choice; highlights that it is indispensable for a conscious decision to have sufficient information and the right understanding;
Amendment 1603 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the need to promote effective Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), enabling all food chain actors, especially start-ups ad small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), to become sustainable by speeding up innovation and accelerating knowledge transfer; recalls, in addition, the need for a farm sustainability data network to set benchmarks for farm performance and document the uptake of sustainable farming practices, while allowing for the precise and tailored application of new production approaches at farm level by providing farmers with access to fast broadband connections; recalls the need to provide for specific indicators and an EU- wide comparable measuring system to define and indicate the sustainability performance of a product in order to make products and production methods comparable;
Amendment 1626 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that Member States should enable farmers with financial support, farm advisory services, training, technology, innovation and the development of new sustainable business models in the uptake and delivery of biodiversity and environmental benefits; while considering the importance of balancing voluntary measures and regulatory action;
Amendment 1632 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Considers it imperative that farmers receive life-long support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;
Amendment 1643 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and taking into account already achieved reduction successes; stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatory simplified EU-wide front-of- pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science; highlights the importance of a diversified, balanced diet which does include a moderate intake of salt, sugar and fat; underlines that salt, sugar and fat have value-adding properties and functions in foods such as preservation, flavouring and texture enhancer; stresses that sugars and fats should not be judged solely on the basis of their energy density;
Amendment 1654 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health focusing, in particular, on facilitating the placing on the market of innovative and sustainable ingredients and technologies, such as biotech solutions; which would significantly help improve the nutritional profile of processed foods; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science;
Amendment 1662 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health also by reducing the competitive advantage of sugar production based on specific support mechanism in the CAP; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatoryharmonised EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science, building on already existing systems;
Amendment 1666 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of-pack nutria harmonised EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science and dietary guidelines that support consumers to make healthier food choices and that provides them with better, more detailed and easier to understand but not over- simplistic information labelling system based on independent sciencout the food they consume;
Amendment 1683 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the stresses that nutrient profiles for claim purposes could not assist in the fight against overweight and obesity if they focuse of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salnly on certain nutrients and ignore products’ energy content; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of- pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science with an open access for all market operators;
Amendment 1700 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses in this context, that natural food shall not be rated negative in comparison to artificially produced food; calls on the Commission and the Member States while preparing the EU-wide front- of-pack nutritional labelling system that natural food shall be highlighted in this context;
Amendment 1706 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for a labelling which provides the mandatory information in a useful, legible, understandable, comparable, proportionate and feasible manner;
Amendment 1715 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses that exemptions for all agricultural direct marketers and for small scale businesses have to be ensured, so that food companies shall not have market benefits;
Amendment 1716 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses the need to provide information on the nutrition profile, the origin, the compliance with animal welfare provisions and the sustainability;
Amendment 1718 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls for the establishment of a digital system for the provision of additional voluntary information for agri food products ("EU4healthyfood"), this information could be provided in a digital manner via a QR code and be retrieved easily by the consumer; highlights that the presentation of this information should be aligned with the mandatory labelling system and could provide additional information;
Amendment 1720 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Emphasises that overweight and obesity are at the origin of diet-related non-communicable diseases, as obesity is caused by an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure, all actions must take this principle into account;
Amendment 1722 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the Commission to address the problem of misleading labelling and advertising and to close legal loopholes;
Amendment 1733 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM) and to adopt with no delay specific measures for those 13 groups of materials not yet harmonised at EU level; reiterates its call to revise the legislation on FCM in line with the regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), as well as classification, labelling and packaging regulations, and to insert, without further delay, specific provisions to substitute endocrine disrupting chemicals;
Amendment 1736 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM); reiterates its call to revise the legislation on FCM in line with the regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), as well as classification, labelling and packaging regulations, and to insert, without further delay, specific provisions to substitute endocrine disrupting chemicals (based on scientifically proven methods);
Amendment 1751 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness including digital channels of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore,requests to consider that fair food prices, reflecting also the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should becomeue cost of production for the environment and society, are the only way to achieve sustainable and equitable food systems in the long term; underlines the need to increase transparency and raise consumers’ awareness regarding the mcosts affordablnd profits related to each stage of the food supply chain; encourage conesumers to make healthier lifestyle choices;
Amendment 1772 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint as well as a clear label of origin; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one; stresses the importance that is necessary to ensure a fair income for farmers;
Amendment 1786 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers by reflecting the true costs of production; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the mostmust be affordable one;
Amendment 1824 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumers; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production and consumption; underlines that new innovative ingredients and sustainable play an important role in increasing the sector's sustainability, while bringing benefits for society as a whole; calls for the development of conducive and flexible framework conditions for innovative food ingredients and technologies to enable the transition and to enable the sector to contribute fully to the Unions 2030 and 2050 climate goals;
Amendment 1828 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumers; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production and consumption; acknowledges nevertheless, that transparency is an important element, that will empower consumers to make more sustainable buying decisions;
Amendment 1833 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products toSupports a holistic approach including all stakeholders to make our food system more sustainable; reaffirms that policy measures need to be based on the triad of sustainable production, target oriented labelling and on consumers choice; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production and consumption;
Amendment 1834 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumers; notes that third- party certification and labellingNotes that third-party certification and labelling under the principle of mutual recognition alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production and consumption, notably in third countries;
Amendment 1835 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumers; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production andthe consumer choices play an essential role and their choices have to be taken into account during the transition to a more sustainable and healthy European food system; notes that state and the EU quality labels, e.g. the EU organic label, are an important opportunity to raise awareness of sustainable consumption;
Amendment 1853 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 1854 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 1863 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy anddiets which may include more plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelinesencourage consumers to live a healthy diet calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy diets; urges that these guidelines could be reflected in an EU-wide easy to grasp and easy to understand nutrition labelling; encourages Member States to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop EU wide guidelines for sustainable diets; suggests to use these guidelines to develop a sustainable labelling and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based diets;
Amendment 1896 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fatsbalanced diet, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets should be science-based and take into account the cultural and regional diversity of European foods and diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-basand balanced diets;
Amendment 1898 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environmentfood, towards more sustainable and regional products; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based diets;
Amendment 1899 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needwelcomed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats,balanced diet which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy pbalant-basced diets;
Amendment 1913 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for the expansion of regional and farm slaughtering to avoid long and painful animal transports and to be able to slaughter animals gently in familiar surroundings; highlights that this would simultaneously strengthen rural agriculture, the promotion of the consumption of regional food and would cause less stress before slaughtering and also improve the quality of the meat;
Amendment 1917 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that foodstuffs suitable for vegetarians or vegans that do not contain meat, may not mislead consumers in a subtle way;
Amendment 1928 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU; highlights the need of an EU protein transition strategy that encourages the cultivation of plant proteins for food and feed in the EU as well as the utilisation of save and available processed animal proteins;
Amendment 1936 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sourcesconsumption of protein in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, notably including local supplies of animal feedstuffs thus supporting the viability of European animal husbandry as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU;
Amendment 1972 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organicsustainable and local food production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice; stresses that regional products should be given priority in public procurement and that this should be reflected in the relevant legal acts;
Amendment 1974 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation and funding, including minimum mandatory criteria in kindergarten and schools and other public institutions to encourage organic and local food production andlocal food chains, organic farming, sustainable production and the reduction of foodwaste; calls to promote more healthy diets and dietary patterns by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
Amendment 1997 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organicsustainable and local food production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
Amendment 1999 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organicsustainably and local foodly production aned food to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
Amendment 2002 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organic and local fooda sustainable production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
Amendment 2034 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its call to take the measures required to achieve a Union food waste reduction target of 30 % by 2025 and 50 % by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline; underlines that binding targets are needed to achieve this; recognises that ensuring animal health also helps to avoid food losses and waste at source;
Amendment 2047 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recalls that 70% of EU food waste results from a combination of households, restaurants, catering services and retail, whereas the remaining 30% occurs on farms and during processing;
Amendment 2049 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Recognises that ensuring animal health also helps to avoid food losses and waste at source;
Amendment 2050 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Reiterates that according to the FAO 2019 report, consumer waste is often a result of poor purchase planning, excess and impulse buying, opting for extreme cheap prices instead of quality and sustainability, confusion over labels ('best before' and 'use by'), poor in-home storing or stock management, preparation of too much food, and a lack of knowledge on how to use leftovers in other recipes instead of discarding them;
Amendment 2061 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the proposed revision of EU rules on date marking; stresses that any change to date marking rules should be science based and should improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain and its understanding by consumers, in particular ‘best before’ labelling, while at the same time not undermining food safety or quality; underlines that, in line with the waste hierarchy, the focus should be on prevention of food waste rather than recycling, including by utilizing innovative food ingredients and technologies to prolong shelf-life;
Amendment 2069 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the proposed revision of EU rules on date marking; stresses that any change to date marking rules should be risk and science based and should improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain and its understanding by consumers, in particular ‘best before’ labelling, while at the same time not undermining food safety or quality;
Amendment 2081 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to clarify and harmonise the definitions and terminology, concepts and statistics in use and to ensure the coherence of the policies and measures adopted;
Amendment 2127 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation especially for SMEs as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States;
Amendment 2138 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Highlights in this regard the importance of agricultural internships supported by Erasmus+;
Amendment 2143 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Urges the Commission to enable the use of innovation and new technologies such as new animal and plant breeding techniques, artificial intelligence and digital technologies; emphasises in particular, the potential of new breeding techniques (NBTs) which could improve the tolerance of plant varieties to water stress and pests, as well as the disease resistance of animals; recommends that each NBT should be analysed on a case-by-case basis and according to strict scientific criteria;
Amendment 2164 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Acknowledges that SMEs are a valuable source and contributor enabling the transition towards a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly farm to fork strategy;
Amendment 2196 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and standards and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account; otherwise the implementation of this strategy would lead to an unintended leakage of production in countries with lower production standards; welcomes that the EU will seek to ensure an ambitious sustainability chapter in all bilateral trade agreements; highlights the necessity of improving the competitiveness of EU primary producers and to ensure a level playing field;
Amendment 2229 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and standards and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account while respecting and complying with WTO rules;
Amendment 2250 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls that trade agreements must ensure that the parties involved participate actively in promoting sustainable development principles; international standards that are in line with European environmental and climate ambitions for sustainable growth must also be guaranteed; in addition, in order to ensure a global transition to sustainable food systems, these agreements should make the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and compliance to this as essential and binding elements;
Amendment 2270 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines that all international trade agreements have to fulfil the requirements which are set by this strategy;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the common agricultural policy (CAP) is the largest item in the EU budget, representing 31 % of the total budgetary expenditure for the 2021-2027 period; stresses the key role of a properly functioning CAP in protecting the financial interests of the EU and its citizens against any misuse of EU funds that can be detrimental to the public image of such a strategic policy; regrets that for the new CAP, capping remains voluntary; calls on the Member States to use the capping of direct payments, as a measure against the misuse and for the fairer distribution of the agricultural funds;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the Member States are responsible for the EU agricultural funds under shared management with the Commission; considers the new delivery model and the new National Strategic Plans to be a great opportunity to reinforce Member States’ and the Commission’s controls pertaining to the distribution and management of funds; however the controls should not bring unnecessary or additional administrative burden for small and medium farmers, who may have a problem with a new administration system; emphasises that it is necessary to differentiate between the small mistakes of small and medium-sized farmers caused by the complicated new system and deliberately committed fraud;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a specifically tailored fraud prevention system to prevent any misuse of EU agricultural funds; takes the view that anti-fraud measures should retain their high priority for the EU and the Member States; underlines that EU funds must be recovered in a timely manner and that proportionate sanctions be put in place as effective deterrents; the Commission shall establish a comprehensive real-time information and monitoring system, including but not limited to existing tools, such as Arachne, to allow a precise overview of the distribution and fair allocation of the EU funds and to have the possibility to track and aggregate the distributed financial means; this system should include information on the interconnections between companies and beneficial owners;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall collect information on all subsidies received from the first and second pillars of the CAP and aggregate the total amount that a natural person receives either directly through direct payments or indirectly as beneficial owner of legal persons that are beneficiaries of CAP payments (direct payments and payments from rural development);
Amendment 44 #
2020/2221(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of transparency for the early detection of fraud, conflicts of interest or other irregularities; stresses the importance of EU-wide database interoperability, common rules and data exchange, cross- border cooperation and better use of IT tools; highlights the importance of adherence to the Financial Regulation of the EU, and in particular the implementation of Article 61 on Conflict of interests by all the EU member states and its application on all EU funds’ payments;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that women account for 30 % of the technology workforce and 17 % of ICT specialists in Europe, and that the EU economy would be boosted by EUR 16 billion a year if women technology graduates followed through to digital jobs at the same rate as men, and that promoting gender equality within the digital single market will contribute bridging the digital gender divide;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that gender equality is a core principle of the European Union and should be reflected in all EU policies; thus within the European digital transition, to acknowledge the fundamental role of women to achieve the European digital strategy goals in line with the gender equality objectives recalls that women’s participation in the digital economy is crucial to shaping a flourishing digital society and to boosting the EU’s digital internal market;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to continue addressing the gender gap within the ICT sector and to establish policies to fully assess the causes and factors behind and to establish policies mechanisms and programmes to increase the participation of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and AI, and to advocate measures in education and employment in the digital sector in order to achieve this; to take into account AI from a gender perspective when developing policy and legislation, and, if necessary, adapt current legislation, including EU programmes;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitments to boosting the participation of women in the information society included in the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, and calls on the Commission to ensure the full implementation of the ministerial Declaration of Commitment on ‘Women in Digital;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Strongly supports the European Commission’s initiatives in raising awareness on digital opportunities such as the “ no women, no panel” approach, the EU Code week, , the “Digital skills and Jobs coalitions”, the “EU prize for women’s innovators”, #SaferInternet4EUinitiatives across Europe , the skills Agenda for Europe”- lifelong learning perspectives;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase financing opportunities for female entrepreneurs so that they have equal opportunities to compete in the digital single market, and for policies to unleash and support female’s entrepreneurial potential, as an untapped source of economic growth, innovation and jobs creation; Calls to further expand the European Business Angels Network and European Network of Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs, including through gatherings of female innovators, tech professionals and investors to encourage and boost innovations and funding for women-led firms;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Considers it to be of the utmost relevance, as additional measures, to have more women role models and to increase the number of women in leadership positions in the digital sector;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that AI can significantly contribute to promoting gender equality, provided that an appropriate legal framework is developed, conscious and unconscious biases are eliminated and the principles of gender equality are respected; stresses the lack of diversity in the AI sector within teams of developers and engineers, and the importance of using sex- disaggregated data when developing products, AI standards, algorithms and applications; to ensure that it is developed in a way that respects and promotes equality;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights that a high level of STEM skills are critical to the process of innovation in cutting-edge ICT areas such as AI or cybersecurity, and will therefore be increasingly important to future the competitiveness of the European Union in global markets;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for special attention to be paid to women as vulnerable consumers and to the rise in cyber criminality and cyber violence against women in the digital world, that as a consequence is also deterring women and girls from an inclusive digital participation and welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the digital services act (COM(2020)0825), which is addressing these issues.
Amendment 48 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to exploit and better target the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market Strategy with a view to addressing the serious gender gap within the ICT sector and fostering the full integration of women into the sector, particularly in relation to technical and telecommunication professions, and to foster the education and training of women and girls in ICT and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support lifelong learning as well as training and schemes which help participants to adapt better or to prepare for a potential change of career path in accordance with the growing demand for digital skills in many different sectors, paying particular attention to elderly woman.
Amendment 1 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
-1 having regard to Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),
Amendment 3 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to Articles 5, 6 & 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 23 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) of 18 December 1979,
Amendment 42 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
Amendment 51 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission's communication of the 25th of November 2020 on the Gender Action Plan III,
Amendment 52 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)
Citation 24 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),
Amendment 65 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the European Institute for Gender Equality of 22 November 2019 on Beijing +25 – The 5thReview of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States,
Amendment 66 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 b (new)
Citation 31 b (new)
- having regard to the WHO/Europe, its Action Plan for SRH and Rights 2017-2021, which has three closely interlinked goals: ‘Enable all people to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and ensure that their human rights are respected, protected and fulfilled’, ‘Ensure that all people can enjoy the highest attainable standard of sexual and reproductive health and well-being’, and ‘Guarantee universal access to sexual and reproductive health and eliminate inequalities’,
Amendment 111 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an umbrella term for various issues affecting men, women, boys and girls alike, and representing four separate areas: sexual health, sexual rights, reproductive health and reproductive rights, based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity and personal autonomy respected; define their sexual orientation and gender identity; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9 ; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary
Amendment 126 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the concept of SRH was put forward at the International Conference on Population and Development in 1994, where reproductive health was defined as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system, and to its functions and processes” and the reproductive rights as ‘Certain human rights that are already recognised in national laws, international human rights documents and other consensus documents’;
Amendment 130 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas health is not a direct competence of the European Union but cooperation between Member States takes place through the Open Method of Coordination;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the European Union has direct competence to act in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in external action; whereas the European Union does not have direct competence to act in advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights within the Union; whereas the European Parliament invites and encourages Member States to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for all;
Amendment 137 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violations of SRHR constitute breaches of human rights, specifically the right to life, physical and mental integrity, equality, non- discrimination, health and education; whereas violations of women’s SRHR are a form of violence against women and girls;1a; _________________ 1a OHCHR, Information Series on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/ Women/WRGS/SexualHealth/INFO_Abo rtion_WEB.pdf
Amendment 153 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles can include, among others, obstacles of a legal, financial, cultural and information nature, such as: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive and age appropriate sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, difficulties accessing goods necessary for SRHR, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings;
Amendment 168 #
2020/2215(INI)
G. whereas the unavailability of scientifically accurate information violates the rights of individuals toand is damaging in makeing informed choices about their own SRHR;
Amendment 176 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes: comprehensivaccess to information, healthcare services, and confidential and unbiased counselling; comprehensive and age appropriate sexuality education; modern contraceptives; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and newborn care; safe and legal abortion services; the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender-based violence; treatment for reproductive cancers; and fertility and infertility services;
Amendment 183 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas comprehensive sexuality education facilitates informed reproductive choicesand age appropriate sexuality education is a rights based and gender focused approach to sexuality education, including scientifically accurate information about human development, anatomy and reproductive health which facilitates informed reproductive choices and helps to combat gender-based violence;
Amendment 195 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas some Member States still have laws prohibiting abortion except in strictly defined circumstances, forcresulting in women having to seek clandestine abortions, to travel to other countries or to carry their pregnancy to term against their will, which is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based violence; 1a; _________________ 1a OHCHR, Information Series on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/ Women/WRGS/SexualHealth/INFO_Abo rtion_WEB.pdf
Amendment 203 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas abortion laws are based on national legislation; whereas even when abortion is legally available, there are often barriers to accessing it;
Amendment 220 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas SRHR issues are often instrumentalised by opponents of reproductive rights who appeal to national interests in order to achieve demographic objectives, thus contributing to the erosion of democracy and personal freedoms;
Amendment 231 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas, according to the Charter, the ECHR and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, women’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life and dignity, freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, the right to access healthcare, the right to privacy, the right to education and the prohibition of discrimination;
Amendment 237 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
N b. recalls that sexual health is fundamental to the overall health and wellbeing of individuals, couples and families, in addition to the social and economic development of communities and countries, and that access to health, including sexual and reproductive health, is a human right; whereas providing some form of sexuality and health education is already mandatory in a majority of Member States;
Amendment 247 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Forging a consensus andin addressing SRHR challenges as EU challenges
Amendment 250 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote access to SRHR services within the exercise of its policies and competences and with due regard to subsidiarity, and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range of SRHR, and to remove all barriers impeding full access to SRHR;
Amendment 255 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls the EU commitment to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of the right of every individual and of every woman and girl to have full control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality and sexual and reproductive rights, free from discrimination, coercion and violence 1a’; _________________ 1a EU Council conclusions ‘EU priorities at the United Nations and the 75th United Nations GeneralAssembly, September 2020-September 2021'
Amendment 260 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses the need for a positive and proactive approach to healthcare throughout the lifecycle;
Amendment 270 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in line with national competences and national legislation in the field of health, calls upon the Member States to safeguard the right of all persons to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHR;
Amendment 271 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls in that context for regular exchanges and promotion of good practices between Member States and stakeholders on the gender aspects of health to be facilitated, including on sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 289 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the importance of guaranteeing sufficient budgetary provision for women’s sexual and reproductive health and ensuring the availability of adequate human resources and necessary goods across all levels of the health system, in both urban and rural areas;
Amendment 291 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. While the Union´s action in the field of health is limited, the Union should support Member States in reducing health inequalities and in achieving health coverage in the provision of sexual and reproductive health services, while addressing the challenges of vulnerable groups;
Amendment 293 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Emphasises that the Union can support the Member States in preparing their health systems for emerging technologies to ensure the most cutting- edge and emerging treatments and diagnostic methods are available, allowing patients to fully benefit from the digital revolution; Stresses the need to fully utilise Horizon Europe and Digital Europe to further these priorities;
Amendment 294 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Highlights that the European Union can support Member State actions to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services and related medicinal products, including in the global market, and to support integrated and intersectional approaches to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care;
Amendment 300 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls upon the Member States to establish effective strategies and monitoring programmes that guarantee access to a full range of SRHR services in line with international health standards;
Amendment 303 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that equity in access, quality of care and accountability in regards to healthcare, including SRH related illness such as STIs, HIV/AIDS, reproductive cancers and hepatitis among others, are fundamental in respect of human rights; further emphasises that services, commodities and facilities need to be of quality, sufficiently available and respect medical ethics, and to be culturally appropriate and responsive to gender and life course requirements; stresses the need to cater to the specific needs of diverse population groups, with respect for confidentiality and informed consent, and that services should be scientifically and medically appropriate and of good quality;
Amendment 305 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises the importance of illness prevention through education; Further stresses the importance of vaccinations in illness prevention where vaccinations exist; calls therefore for the Member States and the European Commission to extend the EU purchase of vaccines to combat COVID-19 to the purchase of the HPV vaccine, ensuring that every young person in Europe can avail of this vaccine;
Amendment 320 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to take into consideration specific health needs related to SRHR such as infertility, menopause, specific reproductive cancers; Calls on the Commission to provide information as to the contribution of EU programmes to advancing and supporting reproductive health;
Amendment 323 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the importance of close examination of fertility in the EU and the prevalence of infertility, which for many families and persons is a difficult and painful reality; stresses the need to take a holistic approach, taking fertility and infertility into consideration jointly, including prevention (incidence of STIs and tubal infertility, the roles of comprehensive and age appropriate sexuality education and SRH services, combined with public awareness) and equality of access to services (ensuring the removal of barriers to treatment within countries leading to an increase in cross-border reproductive care, where necessary, and the further development of safe and cost-effective new technologies, based on ethical medicine);
Amendment 325 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Emphasises that environmental change can be detrimental to future fertility; stresses the need to consider the impacts of environmental change on SRHR, including pollution of water and air, and an increase in the consumption of chemicals; asks that this be further examined through Horizon Europe and addressed through the European Green Deal;
Amendment 339 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the need for universal access to quality and affordable comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information and education, including comprehensive and age appropriate sexuality education, with respect of the Member States’ competences and practices; emphasises that this can significantly contribute to reducing sexual violence and harassment, complemented through EU funding and projects enhancing cooperation and coordination of public health policies, and the development and dissemination of good practices;
Amendment 343 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Strongly reiterates that access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information about sex and sexuality and access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, including sexuality education, family planning, contraceptive methods, is essential for the creation of a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, in addition to the possibility of having safe sexual experiences, free from coercion, discrimination and violence; encourages all Member States to introduce comprehensive age-appropriate sexuality and relationship education for young people in schools;
Amendment 349 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls upon the Member States and the media to combat the spread of discriminatory and unsafe misinformation on SRHR;
Amendment 360 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a range of contraceptive methods, allowing women in collaboration with their doctors to choose the method that best suits them, thereby safeguarding the fundamental right to health and the right of choice;
Amendment 400 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to regulateaddress obstacles to legal abortion and recalls that they have a responsibility to ensure that women have access to the rights afforded to them by law;
Amendment 415 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure that all women have access to quality, affordable, evidence-based maternity care, based on respect;
Amendment 419 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that the WHO European region has the lowest instance of breastfeeding in the world; Highlights the need for greater awareness and information on the benefits of breastfeeding; calls on the Member States and the European Commission initiate high-profile campaigns to stress the benefits of breastfeeding;
Amendment 422 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission to develop common EU standards in maternal healthcare and to facilitate best practice sharing amongst experts in the field;
Amendment 427 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls upon the Member States to combat physical and verbal abuse, including gynaecological and obstetric violence, which constitute forms of gender-baseddo their utmost to ensure the respect of women's rights and their dignity in childbirth, and to combat any associated gender based violence, including physical and verbal abuse such as gynaecological and obstetric violence;
Amendment 434 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses that the EU4Health should be gender mainstreamed, to take into account gender bias and to develop a gender sensitive approach to disease awareness, screening, diagnosis and treatment;
Amendment 459 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls upon the Member States to exercise their competence in SRHR by striving to protect human rights, specifically the right to health, and implement a wide range of SRH services, ensuring that the principle of non- retrogression is respected;
Amendment 465 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Stresses the highly damaging and diverse health consequences of gender- based violence, which has been shown to have the potential to lead to severe physical and mental health consequences, including gynaecological disorders and adverse pregnancy outcomes;
Amendment 482 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the nextfacilitate and promote the exchange of best practices between Member States and stakeholders on gender aspects of health, including SRHR and to facilitate the synergies between EU4Health and in the EU gGender eEquality sStrategy;
Amendment 486 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Amendment 487 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses the importance of sexual and reproductive health providers in the provision of a comprehensive range of sexual and reproductive health services, including both physical and mental health; encourages the Member States to take their unique circumstances into consideration when planning the provision of healthcare overall;
Amendment 492 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to uphold the European Consensus on Development and the SDGs, in particular targets 3.7 and 5.6, to ensure that SRHR remain a development priority in all EU external activities and relations, in particular in the new Gender Action Plan III;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2126(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the EU-wide definition of active farmers in the new CAP is the mandatory instrument, that should lead to greater transparency and does not increase bureaucracy for SMEs; emphasises, however, the lack of progress in the fight against oligarch structures;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2126(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States to use the different redistributive tools for a fairer distribution of funds and to apply the capping provisions on direct paymentsUnderlines the need for more targeted support and a better balance between large and small beneficiaries at Member State level; encourages the Member States to use the different redistributive tools for a fairer distribution of funds; regrets that the capping for the new CAP remains voluntary and calls on the Member States to apply the capping provisions on direct payments as the best measure against oligarchs; strongly emphasizes that direct payments in CAP are, unlike other EU subsidies, unique due to missing mandatory ceiling leading to land concentration; calls on the EC to address these issues at EU level;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2126(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Emphasizes that the ARACHNE is a key instrument for transparency on the beneficiaries of CAP funds;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2126(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the mandatory use of the ARACHNE system by Member States in order to achieve more transparency on the beneficiaries of CAP funds and where such funds end up, as well as the mandatory use of the Early Detection and Exclusion System for CAP funds in an effort to enhance transparency on the use of taxpayers’ money; the Commission should create a new comprehensive real-time monitoring system, including existing instruments such as Arachne, which provides an accurate picture of the distribution and fair allocation of EU funds, and the ability to track and aggregate distributed funds; this system should include information on the links between companies and beneficial owners;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2126(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to strengthen its fraud prevention and detection capabilities; calls on the Commission to collect information on all subsidies received from the first and second pillars of the CAP and to aggregate the total amount that a natural person receives either directly through direct payments or indirectly as the beneficial owner of legal persons that are beneficiaries of CAP payments (direct payments and rural development payments) for prevent oligarchs from abusing these subsidies;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2126(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern at the cases of high-level conflicts of interest and land- grabbing by oligarchs, which are possibly being facilitated by governments and public authorities; calls on the Member States to implement the Article 61 on Conflict of interests by and its application on all EU funds´ payments as the main instrument for the fights against oligarchs; calls on the Commission to control the compliance with Article 61 and evaluate the impact of the fight against the oligarchs and the misuse of subsidies;
Amendment 348 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Highlights the importance of including women and girls in the design of accessible and targeted information; for this information to be disseminated in all settings particularly in times of crisis;
Amendment 349 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines that due to a higher life expectancy and higher likelihood of experiencing health problems, older women are often the majority of residents in long-term care facilities30 that became virus hotspots in many countries; calls on the Member States to examine the provision of care for older persons in different settings; European Commission to analyse the different settings of formal, long-term care provision and their level of resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Member States to examine the provision of care for older persons in both in residential care facilities as well as in community-based care settings, including through the provision of 24 hour home care or live in care; _________________ 30https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and- gender-equality/gender-impacts-health
Amendment 374 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Highlights the unique circumstances of women experiencing homelessness and their increased vulnerability to gender-based violence, as well as a lack of access to hygiene and healthcare facilities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent emergency measures; calls on Member States to appropriately consider women experiencing homelessness in their pandemic response plans;
Amendment 391 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the Team Europe package put forward by the Commission and stresses the need for a gender-sensitive approach in the allocation of these funds; emphasises the need for a gender sensitive response to COVID-19 in the implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI)and the Instrument for Pre-Accession III to take account of the unique circumstances of women and girls and to stimulate post- crisis opportunities; encourages the continuation and prioritisation of education in emergencies during this time;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas there is a general improvement trend in air quality despite economic growth; whereas both road transport and industry have played a role in this process; whereas there is a positive trend as regards practical implementation of Member States’ obligation;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas for the last 29 years (1990 to 2018) the EU recorded reductions in emissions of all air pollutants; whereas the biggest fall was reported for sulphur oxides (SOx)which decreased by 90%, followed by non-methane volatile organic compounds(NMVOC) and nitrous oxides (NOx), which declined roughly by 60 % and 55 % respectively; whereas emissions of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) decreased by almost half since the year 1990. and ammonia (NH3) emissions by roughly one quarter1a; _________________ 1awww.ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Air_pollution_s tatistics_- _emission_inventories&oldid=403107
Amendment 43 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas there was a significant reduction of all air pollutants in road transport despite an increase in passenger and freight transport1a; _________________ 1a EEA 2020
Amendment 62 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises that while the EU Ambient Air Quality (AAQ) Directives have been effective in setting common EU air quality standards and facilitating the exchange of information on air quality, they have failed tobeen partially effectively in reduceing air pollution and to curb its adverse effects; draws attention to the fact that a high number of Member States do not fully comply with current air quality standards and have not taken enough action to improve air quality and keep exceedances to a minimum; welcomes that the Commissions plans to provide an inventory of the measures of Members States; points out that there are many ambiguities in the AAQD for the requirements for measuring points and that these lead to questions on the representativeness and comparability of the results;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that AAQ Directives are based on air quality standards that are now 15 to 20 years old, and that some of them are much weaker than current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and the levels suggested by the latest scientific evidence on human health impacts; welcomes the commitment made in the European Green Deal to revise air quality standards and align them more closely with WHO standards, highlights the difference between the EU standards being binding requirements and the WHO levels being guidelines, suggests to focus on the enforcement of already existing standards and only then to carefully assess new WHO standards; points out that additional obligations must also be practicable and implementable with the existing technical and financial possibilities; suggest that in the future economic efficiency and socioeconomic concerns would have to be taken into account to a greater extent than in the past when setting limit values, so as not to place an additional burden on the general public; in addition, limit values should take into account national differences in population density, urbanization, industrial sites and the like;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends that the Commission should first assess whether revised air quality standards should also cover other non-regulated pollutants with relevant health impacts in the EU; highlights the EU’s ambition to lead the transition to a healthy planet, and recalls that in order to become a global leader it should lead by example by adopting, inter alia,enforcing already existing ambitious quality standards for all air pollutants; before suggesting new standards;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to guarantee that air quality is being measured equally and comparably by the Member States in appropriate locations and at emissions sources, in order to avoid underestimation of air pollution; calls on the Member States to improve their monitoring networks, and on the Commission to enforce the obligations of the Directive in this regard and have representative results; calls on Commission to enforce the obligations of the Directive in this regard and making sure that the sampling points are comparable and representative for a specific area, including by providing support to Member States in setting up a mix of monitoring stations, sampling points and passive sampling points to guarantee representative results and to avoid systemic shortcomings, the training and hiring of experts, and ensuring greater accuracy in inspection, control and monitoring;
Amendment 102 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges the fact that Member States have established an air quality monitoring network based on common criteria defined by the AAQ Directives, with more than 4 000 monitoring stations and 16 000 sampling points; points out that site location provisions involve multiple criteria and offer a degree of flexibility which can make verificationEU wide comparability and representativeness of results more difficult, and which often generate data that does not provide information on where the highest concthat are representrations of air pollutants occurve for a specific area; urges the Commission to review and establish new mandatory rules for locating monitoring stations and sampling points that ensure representativeness of the sampling points for a specific area and comparability with other sampling point in all members states; suggests to introduce a combination of fixed monitoring and modelling accompanied by passive sampling, because the high variability of air pollutants is difficult to grasp with fixed monitoring sites; calls on the Commission to set up criteria for "general population exposure" and provisions for the representativeness of monitoring sites;
Amendment 110 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that real-time data on air quality would improve monitoring immensely; points out that the Commission should always consider the most recent technical measuring systems, norms and standards;
Amendment 114 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the AAQ Directives do not focus on reducing emissions in places where people suffer most from air pollution, or where concentrations are highest, and that concrete action in this area is neededshould rather focus on concentration of whole areas and representative concentrations than on single sampling points; notes that lower socio- economic groups are more exposed to air pollution because they are more likely to live close to sources of heavy pollution, both outdoor, such as traffic and industrial areas, and indoor, such as the combustion of low-quality solid fuels for domestic heating; underlines in this regard the need to better reflect human exposure to air pollution in EU law, and urges the Commission to include new indicators in air quality indices, such as population density around monitoring stations and sampling points to ensure that the results are representative for the area;
Amendment 130 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that confinement measures to control the spread of pandemic led to a drastictemporary decrease in emissions and air pollution, thus clearly showing the impact of human activities on the environment; suggests to analyse all measures to understand the impact of these; notes with regret that continuous exposure to air pollution may worsen the impact of respiratory viruses such as COVID-19; underlines that fighting air pollution must be at the core of the EU recovery plan, and that mandatory and effectively enforced air quality requirements are key to guaranteeing citizens’ health and improving their resilience against future health threats;
Amendment 149 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomesTakes note of the announcement of the Commission’s Zero Pollution Action Plan; highlights that zero pollution is technically difficult; calls on the Commission to consider all technical solutions to help to reduce emissions in a technology neutral way; emphasises that air pollution is a burden that requires a holistic evidence-based approach; alerts that any new measures will be worthless if air quality is not properly prioritised and mainstreamed in all EU policies, including EU emission source legislation, such as onhighlight that emission reduction in all sectors, climate, energy, transport, industry, agriculture and waste, is important while ensuring better synergies between all policy areas; calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate more closely in all areas and at all levels in order to help local authorities achieve cleaner air; notes that driving restrictions are ineffective in health protection as they have little effect on the vehicle fleet or on city-wide emissions;
Amendment 165 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission and the Member States to strengthenassess all emissions legislation; for their effectiveness and proportionality, underlines that reducing emissions at source is the onlye effective way to guarantee clean air; points out that also other technical solutions should be taken into account; alerts that most Member States will not comply with their 2020 and 2030 emissions reduction commitments established under the NEC directive; stresses the need for stringent measures to reduce transport emissions, particularly road and maritimhowever that measures are currently underway and their effect should be waited for before considering a tightening of the new NEC directive; stresses the need for stringent measures to reduce emissions in all sectors like transport, aviation, industrial installations, buildings, agriculture and energy production; calls for a coherent approach in GHG and emission regulations; points out possible trade-offs between the reduction of CO2 and other air pollutants; stresses the principle of technology neutrality and other innovative solutions, as e.g. filtrations in vehicles and on streets; fleet renewal, and the like;
Amendment 170 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that innovation and research in low-emission and emission- reducing technologies will help to reduce emissions in all sectors; urges the Commission to honour the principle of technology neutrality; highlights the positive impact of Euro5/6 on the improvement of NOx emissions; notes that fleet renewal will bring huge improvements to air quality; points out that even full electrification of the car fleet does not clear the air from particle matters (e.g. tyres and brakes abrasion); calls on the Commission to duly assess possible trade-offs between CO2 emissions and air quality before proposing new and additional regulations;
Amendment 189 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that Air Quality Plans (AQPs), a key requirement of the AAQ Directives in cases when Member States do not comply with air quality standards, are often ineffective in terms of delivering their expected resultscould be better targeted; calls on the Commission to establish a set of minimum requirements and share best practices for both the drafting and implementation of AQPs; points out that more harmonisation and comparable and proportionate measures in all member states would increase the acceptance of those measures; recalls that AQPs are best done locally as to take into account local situations;
Amendment 198 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets the factNotes members states produce public annual reports for all pollutants covered by this Directive and report yearly to the Commission according to Art 27; regrets that the AAQ Directive neither requires Member States to report on the implementation of AQPs to the Commission nor to update them when new measures are adopted or when the progress is insufficient; calls on the Commission to establish a yearly reporting obligation for the implementation of AQPs without increasing bureaucracy; suggests a more pragmatic approach which drives the trend in a positive way, by providing incentives rather than obligations;
Amendment 228 #
2020/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to update the AAQ Directives to include explicit provisions that guarantee the right of citizens to justice in linePoints out that in October 2020 the Commission has presented a proposal for a revision of the Aarhus Regulation; stresses that all matters related to the Aarhus Convention should be dealt with in the Aarhus ConventionRegulation directly;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the laying hens directive has been a success; whereas this success is limited, however, given the broad range of approacshown insufficient progress and it did not meet the real needs of laying hens applied by the Member States tond gradually put pressure on change, which its implementation, which has distorted competition in the single market;why alternatives to a cage housing system1a began to be used more in individual Member States; _________________ 1aEuropean Union; End the cage age: Looking for alternatives, 2020; https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2020/658539/IPOL_STU(20 20)658539_EN.pdf
Amendment 101 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Council’s efforts to promote the development of an single EU animal welfare label based on harmonised and technically substantiated criteria;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas it is in the interests of both farmers and consumers to ensure equal conditions in the internal market and at the same time equal conditions for imports of products from third countries;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas European parliament adopted the resolution of 10 June 2021 on the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘End the Cage Age’ with the objective of phasing out the use of cages in EU animal farming by 2027;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The animal welfare label should include information on production methods and a selection of scientifically- based animal protection indicators concerning, inter alia, husbandry systems and transport;
Amendment 125 #
2020/2085(INI)
2b. Stresses that public awareness and understanding of animal welfare in food production is significantly improved through education in schools and advertising campaigns;
Amendment 130 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls for our standards of animal protection and welfare to be complied with also in the case of imports from outside the EU if the competitiveness of European producers is to be guaranteed;
Amendment 151 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that developing regional abattoirs and authorising regional on- farm slaughter will enable long animal transports to be avoided and regional food supply structures to be strengthened;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Promoting the development of regional abattoirs and authorising on- farm slaughter will further improve the welfare of farm animals;
Amendment 198 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that targeted individual management practices often have a greater influence on animal welfare than rules alone; calls on the Commission to adopt a more output-oriented approach to future projects;
Amendment 199 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges the Commission's decision to complete the impact assessment of the ban on cage farming prepared by EFSA in 2022 and the revision of animal welfare legislation, including Directive 98/58/EC, by 2023;
Amendment 224 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that changes must be made after scientific evaluation and with a view to meeting citizens’ needs, with due account for consumers’ choices and purchasing power; calls for shorter supply chains in human nutrition, relying on locally or regionally produced food to provide consumers with better direct access to local food and to support small farmers;
Amendment 248 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WarnsPoints out that any potential changes to cages will need to be accompanied by precise and unambiguous definitions of what constitutes a cage; urges the Commission, as part of the implementation of the new legislation, to precisely and clearly define the conditions for the breeding of individual species of animals, including facilities for their breeding, which will be based on examples of good practices of alternative housing systems; in preparing new legislation, the Commission should consider impact studies that identify the increased costs of these farms, as well as the risks associated with the spread of disease, increased stress and aggressive animal behaviour2a; emphasizes that alternative breeds can eliminate these negative elements in the long run; it is necessary to create a system of effective breeding, where animals live in favourable conditions and are also economically prosperous for breeders; _________________ 2aEuropean Union; End the cage age: Looking for alternatives, 2020; https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2020/658539/IPOL_STU(20 20)658539_EN.pdf
Amendment 264 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for further special financial support for breeders linked to the transition to an alternative housing system for animals in connection with the implementation of new legislation banning cage farming, to which the European Commission committed by 2027 on the basis of a call from the European parliament´s resolution of 10 June 2021 on the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘End the cage age’;
Amendment 270 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for financial support to be provided to livestock farmers who must effect a transition on their farms, whether by means of public policies (a coherent combination of different tools, including the CAP) or the market, and for consumers to be provided with clear and transparent information by ensuring clear and reliable labelling of animal products on welfare- related aspects of their production; calls, further, for a positive and non-stigmatising communications strategy to be implemented; calls on the Commission and the Member States to communicate positively and arouse awareness on the importance and quality of work of farmers and animal breeders and the positive effects of the new animal welfare legislation;
Amendment 287 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that practices intended to improve animal well-being usually incur higher production costs and increase farmers’ workload, and that this must be offset by corresponding remuneration; stresses, by way of example, that phasing in loose housing for pregnant sows would require a 30-year transition period to ensure that the additional costs incurred are recouped from the market, and that the least onerous way of introducing this is to construct new buildings, something that can only be done withdemands the cooperation of the authorities in issuing building permits and to reduce the administrative burden;
Amendment 330 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Invites the Commission to improve the internal market by devising a harmonised, shared strategy on animal welfare in European countriesincluding changes resulting from new European animal welfare legislation;
Amendment 335 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to inform consumers and raise their awareness of the reality of livestock farming and the diversity and origin of production methods by showing, without dogmatism, the care and attention that farmers pay to their animals; invites Member States to incorporate this campaign in school programs;
Amendment 361 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission to accompany any decision with a scientific and economic impact assessment (including a market studyenvironmental, economic and social impact) taking into account the diversity of farming methods in each sector in the European Union and analysing the situation from both the animal’s (species by species and at different stages of production) and the farmer’s perspective;
Amendment 376 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to re- evaluate trade agreements with third countries in order to ensure that they meet the same animal welfare and product quality standards;
Amendment 392 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the introduction of animal welfare labelling requires, at an early stage, harmonised rules drawn up in collaboration with farmers and based on clear scientific indicators; calls for consideration to be given to an EU framework for voluntary labelling covering all livestock farms, so as to limit the risks of distorting competition in the internal market while leaving sufficient room for private initiatives; and at the same time calls for our standards of animal protection and welfare to also be complied with in the case of imports from outside the EU in order to guarantee the competitiveness of European producers;
Amendment 410 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission to significantly improve public awareness and understanding of animal welfare in food production through education in schools and advertising campaigns;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in new circular economy initiatives in order to develop better infrastructure for the circular economy;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that food packaging serves important functions and improves hygiene, quality, shelf life and the provision of information about products; calls on the Commission to take account of these functions when taking steps to achieve the objectives of the New Circular Economy Action Plan;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in new recycling technologies so that the technological development of sorting and recycling plants and their infrastructure, re-use procedures and techniques can be optimised and promoted;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on the Commission to develop a uniform labelling scheme for recycling systems;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Calls on the Commission to carry out economic impact assessments of all the measures proposed under the New Circular Economy Action Plan, in order not to jeopardise firms' existing and future innovation initiatives;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support strong climate mainstreaming in agriculture and food-related sectors; calls on the Commission to support science and research that encourage investments into low-carbon technologies and innovations to mitigate and adapt to climate change;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that preventing and reducing food waste and food loss as well as strengthening local structures and regional value chains are essential to reduce all emissions associated with growing, manufacturing and transporting;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that, in coherence with Article 2 of the Paris Agreement climate mainstreaming in agriculture must be applied in a manner that does not threaten food production and safeguards food security in the European Union;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the potential contribution of the farming, food and forestry sectors in providing and developing biogenic resources, materials and substances;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the potential contributions of the farming, food and forestry sectors;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise the most sustainable options, such as wind or solar, and subject bioenergy projects to by applying strict sustainability criteria;
Amendment 123 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that EU macro-regional strategies should help build cooperation in order to solve regional issues linked to climate mitigation and adaptation in the farming, food and forestry sectors, in fields such as flood and fire protection, efficient collective waste management, including with the aim of energy production, and the re-localisation ofestablishment of sustainable food production.
Amendment 132 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasizes that investments in sustainable green infrastructures on local and regional level through EU Cohesion Policy are essential to combat the impacts of climate change on agriculture and forestry and to improve climate resilience of people, nature and economy.
Amendment 136 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Highlights that cohesion policy and regional environmental strategies need to pay particular attention on increasing the use of wood from sustainable forestry in all parts of economy (especially construction sector) as wood bears the unique property of storing huge amounts of CO2 while substituting energy-intensive resources such as steel and concrete.
Amendment 139 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that ongoing agricultural practices and green infrastructure initiatives in agriculture and forestry sectors have a positive effect on carbon stocks and the greenhouse gas balances in the Member States.
Amendment 140 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Recalls that current EU policy initiatives must take into account the long-term competitiveness of the European economy and the concerns of small and medium sized enterprises.
Amendment 308 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to address in its next pharmaceutical and industrial strategies issues relating to the availability and accessibility of medicines and manufacturers’ dependence on third countriesat the same time to ensure that the industry remains a world-leading innovator;
Amendment 322 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to address the issue of the dependence of non-EU countries in the production of medicines, bearing in mind that the innovative industry already sources a large part of its active substances from Europe;
Amendment 383 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that security of supply is an essential factor in combating shortages and must be used as a qualitative criterion in connection with the award of public pharmacy contracts and calls for tender for the supply of medicines, as recommended in Article 67 of Directive 2014/24/EU; proposes that investments in the manufacture of active ingredients and medicinal end products in the EU should also be a criterion;
Amendment 453 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of research and innovation, and calls for the establishment of a genuine European network, given that the price of relocation must not be a deterioration in the quality of medical research, and emphasises that a stable research and development system can have a positive impact on production capacities and stability of supply; supports such an ecosystem based on stable intellectual property, targeted incentives for unmet medical needs, qualified scientific staff and robust public research institutes;
Amendment 629 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to undertake a comprehensive study on the causes of supply shortages, taking particular account of the role of parallel trade in creating supply shortages which allows wholesalers to purchase medical products in one Member State and sell them in another;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expects that under the future multiannual financial framework (MFF), the contribution to the agricultural and rural development domain will be maintained at current levels; insists that any additional measures relating to the green transition be financed with fresh money and additional EU own resources; points out that the additional measures under the European Green Deal and the Farm-to-Fork Strategy must not be financed at the expense of existing common agricultural policy (CAP) funding;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to crisis-resilient domestic production of renewable raw materials and renewable energy and, in order to implement and continue to press on with the EU's Bio-economy Strategy, calls for the establishment of a timber construction offensive and a renovation offensive focusing on the use of domestic renewable raw materials and sustainable renewable energies;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for increasing ecological requirements always to be offset financially; points out that unilateral conditions benefit neither European agriculture nor the environment if they result in the relocation of European food production to third countries;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 58 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that, under both the Farm-to-Fork Strategy and future climate policy, European agriculture is recognised as a sector of systemic importance and that security of supply, as a stability factor, is sufficiently taken into account and kept in mind at all times.
Amendment 30 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission, in developing the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies, to take practical steps to maintain the rural population in order to safeguard existing jobs and create new jobs and also to attract skilled workers, especially in structurally weaker regions;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the positive impact and successful results of cohesion policy in the EU be better communicated and publicised;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that promoting mobility and networking opportunities, as well as supporting innovative measures by SMEs and skilled crafts and trades, are seen as key success factors for rural areas;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for the administrative burden on businesses and administrations to be reduced, with fewer requirements and greater legal certainty, thus improving the framework conditions for successful funding on the ground and reducing barriers to investment;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, which opened for signature in Istanbul on 11 May2011 (hereinafter the ‘IstanbulConvention’),
Amendment 11 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention of 23 November 2001 on Cybercrime,
Amendment 12 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission Code of Conduct on countering illegal speech online of May 2016 and its fifth monitoring (June 2020),
Amendment 13 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
Citation 6 c (new)
— having regard to the Commission Communication of 28 September 2017 on tackling illegal content online,
Amendment 14 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 d (new)
Citation 6 d (new)
— having regard the Europol regulation, Europol’s European Cybercrime Center, and its Internet organised crime threat assessment,
Amendment 15 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 e (new)
Citation 6 e (new)
— having regard to the Eurojust regulation,
Amendment 39 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 3 October 2017 on Strengthening Media Freedom: the Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the Role of Platforms,
Amendment 43 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2020 on Cybercrime,
Amendment 45 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
Citation 12 c (new)
— having regard to the European commission proposal on the Digital Services Act COM 2020(0825),
Amendment 46 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 d (new)
Citation 12 d (new)
— having regard to the proposal for combatting sexual abuse of children online (interim regulation on the procession of personal and other data), COM 2020 (568),
Amendment 79 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas the increasing reach of the internet, the rapid spread of mobile information, and the use of social media, coupled with the violence against women has led to the proliferation of cyber violence against women and gender-based violence;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas gender-based violence included in its cyber dimension and domestic violence have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic; whereas one in ten women in the EU have already experienced a form of cyber violence since the age of 151a; _________________ 1aEuropean Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2014). Violence against women: an EU-wide survey
Amendment 93 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas according to WHO1a one in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence mostly by an intimate partner and lockdowns have aggravated the risk of domestic violence and abuse; whereas the greater use of the internet during the pandemic increases online and ICT-facilitated gender-based violence; _________________ 1aWHO report ´Violence against women prevalence estimates 2018´
Amendment 94 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas existing forms of cyber violence and gender-based cyber violence are constantly evolving and new forms are emerging, and the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women noted that new technologies “will inevitably give rise to different and new manifestations of online violence against women”;
Amendment 115 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, despite a growing awareness of the phenomenon of gender- based cyberviolence, the lack of collection of exhaustive and recent data and the underreporting of cases of gender-based cyberviolence prevents an accurate assessment of its prevalence; whereas the European added value assessment on gender-based cyberviolence estimates that between 4 and 7% of women in the Union have experienced cyber harassment during the past 12 months, while between 1 and 3% have experienced cyber stalking; whereas the World Wide Web Foundation survey conducted in 2020 among respondents from180 countries revealed that 52 % of young women and girls have experienced online abuse and 64 % of respondents stated they know someone who have experienced it; outlining that youngwomen and girls are at a greater risk of encountering cyberviolence,particularly cyber- harassment and cyberbullying, which can have incrediblynegative impacts on both their schooling and their mental health; whereas such lack of available data is linked to the underreporting of cases of gender-based cyberviolence;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women can be targeted by cyberviolence either individually or as members of a specific community; whereas intersectional forms of discrimination can exacerbate the consequences of gender- based cyberviolence; whereas women belonging to ethnic minorities, racialized women, LBTIQ women, girls or women with disabilities are bigger targets to online attacks;
Amendment 138 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the Europol Cybercrime Center, Eurojust and ENISA have conducted research onthe cyber crime online’;
Amendment 161 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas prevention, especially through education, including digital literacy and skills, must be a key element of any public policy aimed at tackling gender-based cyberviolence;
Amendment 174 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes in that sense the digital services act, aiming at creating a safer digital space where the rights of users are protected;
Amendment 200 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the transnational nature of gender-based cyberviolenceall human rights violations, including gender-based violence; stresses that gender-based cyberviolence has additional transnational implications, with perpetrators using online platforms or mobile phones connected to or hosted by other European countries than where the victim of harassment is located, considering the cross-border dimension of the use of ICT thus the borderless nature of cybercrime;
Amendment 226 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls additionally for awareness- raising programs and training to improve protection and support of victims of cyber violence;
Amendment 227 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Invites the Member States to develop a harmonised and regularly updated directory of support services, helplines and reporting mechanisms available in individual cases of cyberviolence against women, these could be available on a singular platform, which could also contain information on the support available for other forms of violence against women, and be user- friendly and accessible;
Amendment 233 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to establish a reliable system for regularly collecting statistical disaggregated and comparable data on gender-based violence, including cyberviolence; as the current lack of comparable data on instances of cyber violence makes it difficult to set clear and measurable targets to tackle these crimes, as well as potentially limiting the action law enforcement take in response to this form of violence; awaiting for the ongoing FRA related survey, and noting that one of the biggest problems is the under reporting of those crimes;
Amendment 251 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that gender-based cyberviolence generates psychological, social and economic consequences; notes that gender-based cyberviolence affects women in different ways as a consequence of overlapping forms of discrimination based, on top of their gender, on their sexual orientation, age, race, religion or disability, among other, and recalls that an intersectional approach is crucial to understanding these specific forms of discrimination;
Amendment 275 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Condemns all types of incidents of hate crime, hate speech and accusations devoid of foundation or formulated in bad faith, both offline and online, motivated by discrimination based on any grounds, such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation; expresses concern over the hate crimes and crimes relating to incitement to discrimination or violence which occurred during the COVID- 19pandemic, leading to the stigmatisation of some particularly vulnerable individuals;
Amendment 290 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure a proper application of the Directive on Combating Sexual Abuse of Children in order to raise awareness and reduce the risk of children becoming victims of onlinesexual abuse or exploitation;
Amendment 293 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Welcomes the announcement of the Commission, in its recent strategy for the victims’ rights, to launch an EU network on the prevention of gender- based violence and domestic violence and to take actions to protect the safety of victims of gender-based cybercrime by facilitating the development of a framework for cooperation between internet platforms and other stakeholders;
Amendment 294 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Takes note of the call, by the advisory committee on equal opportunities between women and men of the European Commission, for legislation at European level on combatting online violence against women;
Amendment 295 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11 d. Stresses the importance of the Code of practice for online platforms and leading social networks and its possible implication and/or role to play within the context of cyberviolence, notes in that context the importance of the accountability and the transparence of ICT intermediaries;
Amendment 307 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on Member States to improve the training for practitioners and other professionals, including in social services and law enforcement agencies, in cooperation with civil society organisations, to increase the resources to support victims of gender-based cyberviolence and to establish a clear protocol to aid victims of gender-based cyberviolence, and to avoid the irre- victimization;
Amendment 359 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 3
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 3
- ICT-related violations of privacy (including the accessing, sharing and manipulation of private data or images, including intimate data without consent, image-based sexual abuse and non- consensual disclosure of sexual images, doxxing, identity theft, hacking);
Amendment 370 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 11 a (new)
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 11 a (new)
Amendment 371 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 11 b (new)
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 11 b (new)
- Cyberviolence against women is an act of gender-based violence perpetrated directly or indirectly through information and communication technologies that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women and girls, including threats of such acts, whether occurring in public or private life, or hindrances to the use of their fundamental rights and freedoms.
Amendment 387 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
- development of cooperation among Member States for the purposes of exchanging information, expertise and best practices, in particular through the European Crime Prevention Network (EUPCN) coordinating together with the Europol European Cybercrime Center, as well as with other related agencies such as Eurojust;
Amendment 392 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
- promote cooperation between Member States, Internet intermediaries and NGOs working on the issue – such as peer learning events and public conferences;
Amendment 393 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 7 b (new)
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 7 b (new)
- Take into account the Code of practice for online platforms and its possible implication and/or role to play within the context of cyberviolence;
Amendment 400 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
- promote specific training for practitioners and professionals dealing with victims of gender-based cyberviolence, including law enforcement authorities, social, child and healthcare staff, and members of the judiciary; Union-wide training programmes could be implemented in the framework of the Justice and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programmes and together with CEPOL and the EU Judicial Training Network; in particular, emphasis should be given to secondary victimisation and how to avoid it, to the dual dimension of gender-based violence (online/offline) and to intersectional discrimination;
Amendment 417 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
- promote cooperation between Member States, Internetintermediaries and NGOs working on the issue;
Amendment 419 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 b (new)
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 b (new)
- develop a directory of support services, including helplines and reporting mechanisms available in individual cases of cyberviolence;
Amendment 423 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – Recommendation 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Based on the definition referred to in Recommendation 1, the criminalisation of gender-based cyberviolence should take into account the following criteria: (Criminalising gender-based cyber violence could have a deterrent effect on perpetrators due to the fear of the sanctions or the awareness that they are committing a crime).
Amendment 435 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – paragraph 1
The Commission and Member States should collect and publish disaggregated and comparable data on gender-based cyberviolence, in particular on the different forms of gender-based cyberviolence, not only based on law enforcement reports but also on women’s experiences. Those could be followed by comprehensive studies;
Amendment 437 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – Recommendation 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Additional recommendations could include: - the production of statistics on the prevalence and forms of cyberviolence, fostering at the same time the uniformity and comparability of data gathered by Member States, - an EU wide data collection programme, - gathering data on a regular basis for knowledge to keep up with the constant evolution in tools and technologies that can be used to perpetrate cyber-violence; - tasking agencies such as EIGE, FRA, EUROPOL, EUROJUST to collect data and information on this problem to help inform the policymaking of institutions;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for binding Union law to be adopted that, while respecting socio-ecological structures, ensures that all supply chains of products imported illegally into the Union and also of those products and services supplied within the Union do not involve deforestation and ecosystem degradation or conversion, or human rights violations, and that protects indigenous peoples and local communitiesconversion;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for binding Union law to be adopted that ensures that all supply chains of products imported into the Union and also of those products and services supplied within the Union do not involve illegal deforestation and ecosystem degradation or conversion, or human rights violations, and that protects indigenous peoples and local communities;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2006(INL)
1a. Notes that climate change, insect damage and forest fires are natural events that are currently putting great pressure on the development of forests globally; points out that forests not only provide a unique space for recovery, but also bind carbon dioxide (CO2), protect the soil, filter our drinking water and are a sustainable source of wood, a valuable raw material both for further processing and for energy generation; stresses that forests provide the basis for jobs and incomes, especially in rural areas, and that they are a vital habitat for many animal and plant species worldwide, thus contributing significantly to the protection of biodiversity;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2006(INL)
1a. Notes that economic recovery, global sustainable development and a more competitive Union forest sector require the Union to take a strong international role in promoting sustainable forest use and bio-based production;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for closer cooperation between governments, undertakings, producers and civil society to adopt policies and establish framework conditions to support private sector projects;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 18 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need for long-term measures to adapt forests to changing climatic conditions; welcomes the fact that in many countries an increase in the number of resilient native tree species in healthy mixed forests is already recommended and practiced;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls for mutual support in the event of adverse events through research and exchanges in order to find measures adapted to the geographical conditions that can protect against large-scale fires or prevent pest infestations;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reminds that forests and woodlands cover over 40 % of the Union´s territory and that, despite the global situation, the area covered by forests in Europe is growing;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestation; Calls on the EU to act against deforestation and damage to forests and the overexploitation of forest resources and to implement the provisions aimed at promoting forest protection and sustainable forestry in the framework of the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 28 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestationre a useful instrument in the efforts to stop global deforestation; highlights that afforestation can partly compensate for problems caused by deforestation by supporting biodiversity and the achievement of climate goals;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestation outside Europe;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls therefore for the development of international alliances and the securing of international forest financing in the framework of global forest protection agreements, in close cooperation with European governments and international actors;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that afforestation projects constitute effective measures against climate change and help mitigate the consequences of forest dieback and climate-damaging developments;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls therefore for a due diligence obligation to be placed on operators, including financiers, that place forest and ecosystem- risk fossil commodities or derivatives on the Union market;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for our knowledge of sustainable forest management in multifunctional forests to be improved and for our experiences to be shared and, to this end, for cooperation to be strengthened worldwide;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that mandatory labelling of sustainable wood extraction is important for consumer guidance, since consumer choices can influence wood extraction;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for the development of concepts for a sustainable future for forests worldwide that reconcile both economic and environmental interests, given that forests are an important resource for many countries and that the latter are not willing to forego this resource voluntarily;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for maintaining a coherent legislative framework that brings together and developsbased on existing systems, such as the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan and the Union timber regulation, guaranteeing participation of affected rights holders;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a coherent legislative framework that brings together and develops existing systems, such as the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan and the Union timber regulation, guaranteeing participation of affected rights holders; calls for the improvement of legislation concerning forests and export regulations for wood and wood products;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 112 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to implement the revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), including sustainability criteria for bioenergy;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 128 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Points out that forests play an important role in global food security and are an important source of income for many small farms; emphasises that forest conservation and reafforestation measures improve living conditions in rural areas;
Amendment 129 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Points out that a sustainable intensification of agricultural use, as well as planned land use and land management, are essential for many small-scale farms;
Amendment 28 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Up till now, politics has relied on voluntary cooperation with a view to address these risks and challenges. Since this has proved insufficient and there has been a lack of harmonised rules at Union level, Member States arehave been increasingly introducing, or are considering introducing, national laws on the matters covered by this Regulation, imposing, in particular, diligence requirements for providers of intermediary services. Those diverging national laws negatively affect the internal market, which, pursuant to Article 26 of the Treaty, comprises an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods and services and freedom of establishment are ensured, taking into account the inherently cross- border nature of the internet, which is generally used to provide those services. The conditions for the provision of intermediary services across the internal market should be harmonised, so as to provide businesses with access to new markets and opportunities to exploit the benefits of the internal market, while allowing consumers and other recipients of the services to have increased choice.
Amendment 30 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Responsible and diligent behaviour by providers of intermediary services is essential for a safe, predictable and trusted online environment and for allowing Union citizens and other persons to exercise their fundamental rights guaranteed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘Charter’), in particular the freedom of expression and information and the freedom to conduct a business, and the right to non-discrimination. the gender equality principle and non- discrimination. In order to exercise these rights, the online world needs to be a safe space, especially for women and girls, where everybody can move freely. Therefore, measures to protect from, and prevent, phenomena such as online violence, cyberstalking, harassment, hate speech and exploitation of women and girls are essential.
Amendment 34 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation should apply to providers of certain information society services as defined in Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council26 , that is, any service normally provided for remuneration, at a distance, by electronic means and at the individual request of a recipient. Specifically, this Regulation should apply to providers of intermediary services, and in particular intermediary services consisting of services known as ‘mere conduit’, ‘caching’ and ‘hosting’ services, given that the exponential growth of the use made of those services, mainly for legitimate and socially beneficial purposes of all kinds, has also increased their role in the intermediation and spread of unlawful or otherwise harmful information and activities. Given that online platforms are part of our everyday-life and have become indispensable, even more so since the pandemic, the spread of illegal and harmful content, such as child sexual abuse material, online sexual harassment, unlawful non-consensual sharing of private images and videos, cyber violence, has risen dramatically as well. Ensuring a safe space online implies targeted actions against all phenomena harmfully affecting our social life, including through an awaited proposal on how to deal with harmful but not illegal content online. _________________ 26Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services (OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p. 1).
Amendment 35 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This Regulation should complement, yet not affect the application of rules resulting from other acts of Union law regulating certain aspects of the provision of intermediary services, in particular Directive 2000/31/EC, with the exception of those changes introduced by this Regulation, Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended,28 and Regulation (EU) …/..2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council29 – proposed Terand the recently adopted Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain prorvist Content Online Regulationions of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of technologies by number- independent interpersonal communications service providers for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combatting child sexual abuse online. Therefore, this Regulation leaves those other acts, which are to be considered lex specialis in relation to the generally applicable framework set out in this Regulation, unaffected. However, the rules of this Regulation apply in respect of issues that are not or not fully addressed by those other acts as well as issues on which those other acts leave Member States the possibility of adopting certain measures at national level. _________________ 28 Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (Text with EEA relevance), OJ L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1 . 29Regulation (EU) …/..2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council – proposed Tof 29 April 2021 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist Ccontent Oonline Regulation(OJ L 172, 17.5.2021, p. 79).
Amendment 37 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to achieve the objective of ensuring a safe, predictable and trusted online environment, for the purpose of this Regulation the concept of “illegal content” should be defined broadly anin order to underpin the general idea that what is illegal offline should also be illegal online. The concept should also covers information relating to illegal content, products, services and activities. In particular, that concept should be understood to refer to information, irrespective of its form, that under the applicable law is either itself illegal, such as illegal hate speech, child sexual abuse material or terrorist content and unlawful discriminatory content, or that relates to activities that are illegal, such as trafficking in human beings, sexual exploitation of women and girls, the sharing of images depicting child sexual abuse, unlawful non- consensual sharing of private images and videos, online stalking, grooming adolescents, online sexual harassment and other forms of gender based violence, the sale of non-compliant or counterfeit products, the non-authorised use of copyright protected material or activities involving infringements of consumer protection law. In this regard, it is immaterial whether the illegality of the information or activity results from Union law or from national law that is consistent with Union law and what the precise nature or subject matter is of the law in question.
Amendment 47 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26 a) Being aware that the intermediary services have already applied a risk assessment, there is still potential for improvement for the security and safety of all users, especially children, women, and other vulnerable groups. Therefore providers of intermediary services, more precisely online platforms and very large online platforms, shall regularly evaluate their risk assessment and, if found necessary, improve it. Given the importance of providers of intermediary services and their potential to impact social life, common rules determining how users shall behave online, should be applied.The implementation of a code of conduct should be obligatory for every provider of intermediary services covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 48 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Orders to act against illegal content or to provide information should be issued in compliance with Union law, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the recently adopted Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of technologies by number-independent interpersonal communications service providers for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combatting child sexual abuse online and the prohibition of general obligations to monitor information or to actively seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity laid down in this Regulation. Member States should ensure that the competent authorities fulfil their tasks in an objective, independent and non-discriminatory manner. The conditions and requirements laid down in this Regulation which apply to orders to act against illegal content are without prejudice to other Union acts providing for similar systems for acting against specific types of illegal content, such as Regulation (EU) …/…. [proposed Regulation addressing the dissemination of terrorist content2021/784 addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online, the recently adopted Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of technologies by number-independent interpersonal communications service providers for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combatting child sexual abuse online], or Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 that confers specific powers to order the provision of information on Member State consumer law enforcement authorities, whilst the conditions and requirements that apply to orders to provide information are without prejudice to other Union acts providing for similar relevant rules for specific sectors. Those conditions and requirements should be without prejudice to retention and preservation rules under applicable national law, in conformity with Union law and confidentiality requests by law enforcement authorities related to the non- disclosure of information.
Amendment 52 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In order to achieve the objectives of this Regulation, and in particular to improve the functioning of the internal market and ensure a safe and transparent online environment, it is necessary to establish a clear and balanced set of harmonised due diligence obligations for providers of intermediary services. Those obligations should aim in particular to guarantee different public policy objectives such as the safety and trust of the recipients of the service, including minors and, women and girls, as well as vulnerable users, protect the relevant fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, to ensure meaningful accountability of those providers and to empower recipients and other affected parties, whilst facilitating the necessary oversight by competent authorities.
Amendment 53 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) To ensure an adequate level of transparency and accountability, providers of intermediary services should annually report, in accordance with the harmonised requirements contained in this Regulation, on the content moderation they engage in, including the measures taken as a result of the application and enforcement of their terms and conditions. Providers offering their services in more than one Member State should provide a breakdown of the information by Member State. However, so as to avoid disproportionate burdens, those transparency reporting obligations should not apply to providers that are micro- or small enterprises as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC.40Aligned with the annual reports broken down by actions of content moderation and Member State, the results of all forms of violence against women and girls online, hate speech and of other illegal content should reappear in the crime statistics. All forms of violence against women and girls shall be reported as an own category in those criminal statistics and law enforcement entities shall list them separately. _________________ 40 Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
Amendment 57 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The rules on such notice and action mechanisms should be harmonised at Union level, so as to provide for the timely, diligent and objective processing of notices on the basis of rules that are uniform, transparent and clear and that provide for robust safeguards to protect the right and legitimate interests of all affected parties, in particular their fundamental rights guaranteed by the Charter, irrespective of the Member State in which those parties are established or reside and of the field of law at issue. The fundamental rights include, as the case may be, the right to freedom of expression and information, the right to respect for private and family life, the right to protection of personal data, the gender equality principle and the right to non-discrimination and the right to an effective remedy of the recipients of the service; the freedom to conduct a business, including the freedom of contract, of service providers; as well as the right to human dignity, the rights of the child, the right to protection of property, including intellectual property, and the right to non- discrimination of parties affected by illegal content.
Amendment 63 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Online advertisement plays an important role in the online environment, including in relation to the provision of the services of online platforms. However, online advertisement can contribute to significant risks, ranging from advertisement that is itself illegal content, to contributing to financial incentives for the publication or amplification of illegal or otherwise harmful content and activities online, or the discriminatory display of advertising reproducing stereotypical content with an impact on the equal treatment and opportunities of citizens against the gender equality principle. In addition to the requirements resulting from Article 6 of Directive 2000/31/EC, online platforms should therefore be required to ensure that the recipients of the service have certain individualised information necessary for them to understand when and on whose behalf the advertisement is displayed. In addition, recipients of the service should have information on the main parameters used for determining that specific advertising is to be displayed to them, providing meaningful explanations of the logic used to that end, including when this is based on profiling. The requirements of this Regulation on the provision of information relating to advertisement is without prejudice to the application of the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, in particular those regarding the right to object, automated individual decision-making, including profiling and specifically the need to obtain consent of the data subject prior to the processing of personal data for targeted advertising. Similarly, it is without prejudice to the provisions laid down in Directive 2002/58/EC in particular those regarding the storage of information in terminal equipment and the access to information stored therein.
Amendment 66 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Three categories of systemic risks should be assessed in-depth. A first category concerns the risks associated with the misuse of their service through the dissemination of illegal content, such as the dissemination of child sexual abuse material, unlawful non-consensual sharing of private images and videos, online stalking or illegal hate speech, and the conduct of illegal activities, such as the sale of products or services prohibited by Union or national law, including counterfeit products. For example, and without prejudice to the personal responsibility of the recipient of the service of very large online platforms for possible illegality of his or her activity under the applicable law, such dissemination or activities may constitute a significant systematic risk where access to such content may be amplified through accounts with a particularly wide reach. A second category concerns the impact of the service on the exercise of fundamental rights, as protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including the freedom of expression and information, the right to private life, the gender equality principle with the right to non-discrimination and the rights of the child. The social dimension, as online platforms play a major role in our everyday-life, is also affected by phenomena as online harassment and cyber violence. Such risks may arise, for example, in relation to the design of the algorithmic systems used by the very large online platform, including when algorithms are misinformed causing widening of gender gaps, or the misuse of their service through the submission of abusive notices or other methods for silencing speech, causing harm, such as long term mental health damage, psychological damage and societal damage, or hampering competition. A third category of risks concerns the intentional and, oftentimes, coordinated manipulation of the platform’s service, with a foreseeable impact on health, civic discourse, electoral processes, public security and protection of minors, having regard to the need to safeguard public order, protect privacy and fight fraudulent and deceptive commercial practices. Such risks may arise, for example, through the creation of fake accounts, the use of bots, and other automated or partially automated behaviours, which may lead to the rapid and widespread dissemination of information that is illegal content or incompatible with an online platform’s terms and conditions.
Amendment 77 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) A core part of a very large online platform’s business is the manner in which information is prioritised and presented on its online interface to facilitate and optimise access to information for the recipients of the service. This is done, for example, by algorithmically suggesting, ranking and prioritising information, distinguishing through text or other visual representations, or otherwise curating information provided by recipients. Such recommender systems can have a significant impact on the ability of recipients to retrieve and interact with information online. They also play an important role in the amplification of certain messages, the viral dissemination of information and the stimulation of online behaviour. Consequently, very large online platforms should be obliged to regularly review their algorithms to minimise such negative consequences and should ensure that recipients are appropriately informed, and can influence the information presented to them. They should clearly present the main parameters for such recommender systems in an easily comprehensible manner to ensure that the recipients understand how information is prioritised for them. They should also ensure that the recipients enjoyhave alternative options for the main parameters, including options that are not based on profiling of the recipienta visible, user-friendly and readily available option to turn off algorithmic selection with the recommender system entirely and options that are not based on profiling of the recipient. The gender- based algorithm bias must be prevented to avoid discriminatory impact on women and girls.
Amendment 84 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91
Recital 91
(91) The Board should bring together the representatives of the Digital Services Coordinators and possible other competent authorities under the chairmanship of the Commission, with a view to ensuring an assessment of matters submitted to it in a fully European dimension. In view of possible cross-cutting elements that may be of relevance for other regulatory frameworks at Union level, the Board should be allowed to cooperate with other Union bodies, offices, agencies and advisory groups with responsibilities in fields such as gender equality, including equality between women and men, and non- discrimination and non- discrimination, eradicating all forms of violence against women and girls, including online violence, harassment and sexual exploitation, online stalking, child abuse, data protection, electronic communications, audiovisual services, detection and investigation of frauds against the EU budget as regards custom duties, or consumer protection, as necessary for the performance of its tasks.
Amendment 89 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) set out uniform rules for a safe, predictable and trusted online environment, where fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, including equality, are effectively protected.
Amendment 90 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) Regulation (EU) …/…. on prevent2021/784 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online [TCO once adopted];
Amendment 91 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
(d a) Regulation of the European Parliament and of the European Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of technologies by number-independent interpersonal communications service providers for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combatting child sexual abuse online
Amendment 98 #
Amendment 101 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Providers of intermediary services shall act in a diligent, non-discriminatory and transparent, objective and proportionate manner in applying and enforcing the restrictions referred to in paragraph 1, with due regard to the rights and legitimate interests of all parties involved, including the applicable fundamental rights of the recipients of the service as enshrined in the Charter.
Amendment 103 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Providers of intermediary services shall be obliged to include on their platforms a code of conduct, setting out behavioral rules for their users. These rules shall be publicly accessible in an easy format and shall be set out in clear and unambiguous language.
Amendment 107 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Providers of intermediary services shall publish, at least once a year, clear, easily comprehensible and detailed reports on any content moderation they engaged in during the relevant period. Those reports shall include breakdowns at Member States level and, in particular, information on the following, as applicable:
Amendment 135 #
2020/0361(COD)
(c) intentional manipulation of their service, including by means of inauthentic use or automated exploitation of the service, with an actual or foreseeable negative effect on the protection of public health, gender equality, minors, civic discourse, or actual or foreseeable effects related to electoral processes and public security.
Amendment 138 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. When conducting risk assessments, very large online platforms shall take into account, in particular, how their content moderation systems, recommender systems and systems for selecting and displaying advertisement influence any of the systemic risks referred to in paragraph 1, including the potentially rapid and wide dissemination of illegal content or the content that risks an increase in online violence and of information that is incompatible with their terms and conditions.
Amendment 148 #
2020/0361(COD)
(b) targeted measures aimed at limiting the display of advertisements or harmful content in association with the service they provide;
Amendment 671 #
2020/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
(3) By 31 December 2030, the Commission shall assess the feasibility of measures to phase out the use of non- rechargeable portable batteries of general use in view of minimising their environmental impact based on the life cycle assessment methodology. In the process, account should also be taken of value for money for end users. Appliances whose functionality is not guaranteed if rechargeable batteries are incorporated into them should be exempted from these measures. To that end, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council and consider taking the appropriate measures, including the adoption of legislative proposals.
Amendment 723 #
2020/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(1) Portable batteries incorporated in appliances shall be readily removable and replaceable by the end-user or by qualified independent operators during the lifetime of the appliance, if the batteries have a shorter lifetime than the appliance, or at the latest at the end of the lifetime of the appliance.
Amendment 1211 #
2020/0353(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 78 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 78 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) Article 11 shall continue to apply until 24 months after publication of the Commission guidance in connection with Article 11(3).
Amendment 35 #
2020/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 70 #
2020/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) National measures, such as those granting state aid, can be challenged before the national courts, as the authority competent to grant the aid is an institution or body of a Member State. Considering the delimitation of competences between the Union and its Member States, Commission decisions concerning state aid are limited to controlling compatibility with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3)(c) TFEU and are amenable to judicial review under Article 263 TFEU and under Article 267 TFEU.
Amendment 87 #
2020/0289(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ‘administrative act’ means any non- legislative act of individual scope adopted by a Union institution or body, which has legally binding and external effects and contains provisions that may, because of their effects, contravene environmental law within the meaning of point (f) of Article 2(1), excepting those provisions of this act for which Union law explicitly requires implementing measures at Union or national level;
Amendment 223 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By September 2020, the Commission shall review the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55% emission reductions compared to 1990. Where the Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate. These proposals shall include an impact assessment study of the proposed changes.
Amendment 339 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall ensure continuous progress in enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change in accordance with Article 7 of the Paris Agreement and they shall ensure sufficient food self-production within the Union, while maintaining high food security standards.
Amendment 95 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) Inclusive policies and strategies are necessary to avoid exacerbating inequalities in a just transition process. The promotion of social cohesion should be a guiding principle for support under the JTF, promoting gender equality, ensuring vibrant rural areas, improved conditions for migrants, seasonal workers, young and older workers and low-skilled workers and ensuring no one is left behind.
Amendment 193 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) EU state aid rules must be flexible if eligible regions in transition are to attract private investment. When drafting the new guidelines, the Commission should therefore also take into account the problems of structural change in the regions concerned, in order to ensure that these regions are given sufficient flexibility to carry out their projects in a socially and economically viable manner.
Amendment 195 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) Support for productive investment in enterprises other than SMEs through the Just Transition Fund should not be limited to the areas eligible for State aid under the applicable State aid rules pursuant to Article 107(3)(a)and (c) TFEU. On the contrary, State aid rules should allow all regions receiving assistance through the JTF to effectively address the threat of job losses at an early stage. This should also be ensured by adapting the general block exemption Regulation accordingly;
Amendment 196 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 c (new)
Recital 12 c (new)
(12c) The areas most affected by the transition to a climate-neutral economy should be given the opportunity to actively address the associated structural change as early as possible. This requires adjustments to state aid law, e.g. through a new guideline of the European Commission on the basis of Article 107 (3) (b) or (c)TFEU, so that it is ensured that aid is permissible under the applicable rules regardless of the status of the assisted regions;
Amendment 242 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes the Just Transition Fund (‘JTF’) to provide support to territories facing serious socio-economic challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate-neutral economy of the Union by 2050. Support shall also be provided to at least all coal mining territories in the EU, where coal is still harvested and to territories where important structural changes take place after phasing out mining activities.
Amendment 448 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Additionally, the JTF may support, in areas designated as assisted areas in accordance with points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) of the TFEUthe respective territories, productive investments in enterprises other than SMEs, provided that such investments have been approved as part of the territorial just transition plan based on the information required under point (h) of Article 7(2). Such investments shall only be eligible where they are necessary for the implementation of the territorial just transition plan.
Amendment 528 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The JTF priority or priorities shallmay comprise the JTF resources consisting of all or part of the JTF allocation for the Member States and the resources transferred in accordance with Article [21a] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR]. The total of the ERDF and ESF+ resources transferred to the JTF priority shall be at least equal to one and a half times the amount of support from the JTF to that priority but shall not exceed three times that amount. The transfer of money from the ERDF and ESF+ to the JTF has to be excluded.
Amendment 205 #
2019/2816(RSP)
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that the overall per capita drug consumption should be reduced, without jeopardising patients’ health; is of the opinion that the overall per animal veterinary medicines consumption should also decrease without compromising animal health and welfare;
Amendment 68 #
2019/2803(RSP)
Paragraph 3
3. However, considers that the Initiative fails to sufficiently address the main rootny causes of pollinators’ decline, which include unsustainable land-use changes and loss of habitats, intensivenvironmental pollution, intensive unsustainable agricultural management practices, plant protection products, diseases, climate change and invasive alien species; considers that the implementation of "Priority II: Tackling the causes of pollinator decline" is of the utmost urgency;
Amendment 90 #
2019/2803(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that boosting biodiversity and thus fostering the occurrence of pollinators' habitats on the agricultural land must become a key aim in the development ofshould be reflected in the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which must seek to reduce pesticide use; stresses however that the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (2009/128/EC) is the main EU Instrument for pesticide reduction;
Amendment 3 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) thereof, in particular goal 5 and its targets and indicators,
Amendment 10 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap,
Amendment 11 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2020 on the EU priorities for the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women,
Amendment 16 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2015 on external factors that represent hurdles to European female entrepreneurship,
Amendment 17 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)
Citation 21 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 8 March 2017 on women and their roles in rural areas,
Amendment 18 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 c (new)
Citation 21 c (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 24 October 2018 on care services in the EU for improved gender equality,
Amendment 20 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
Citation 23
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 12 and 915,
Amendment 36 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Member States on average scored 67.4 out of 100 in the EU Gender Equality Index 2019, a score which has improved by just 5.4 points since 2005;
Amendment 43 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas structures and stereotypes throughout the world perpetuate inequality, and whereas overcoming these structures and stereotypes will advance gender equality; whereas it is important to examine the persistence and root causes of the leaky pipeline phenomenon; whereas a strong women’s rights movement is needed to uphold democratic values, fundamental rights and women’s rights in particular, and whereas threats to women’s rights also represent threats to democracy;
Amendment 61 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women in all its forms (physical, sexual, psychological or cyber violence) is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas disinformation campaigns on gender equality also focus on the issue of violence against women, as has been seen in relation to the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care work, mostly carried out by women, contributes to the gender pay and pension gap; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-life Balance Directive, are important first steps, but need to be first and foremost properly transposed into national systems of the EU Member States, fully implemented on time and also complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work, care duties and to foster the equal earner – equal carer model;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas estimates show that 80% of all care across the EU is provided by informal carers that are mostly women (75%), indicating the existence of a gender care gap strongly influencing gender pension gap; whereas more than 50% of carers under 65 combine care with employment this way performing a difficult balancing act; whereas carers may prefer low-skilled and low-paid jobs, which can be adapted to their caregiving schedule, as well as be obliged to reduce their working hours or leave paid work; whereas between 7% and 21% of informal carers reduce their working hours and between 3% and 18% withdraw from the labour market;
Amendment 88 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the provision of quality care in the EU varies greatly both within and between the Member States, between private and public settings, urban and rural areas, and different age groups; whereas the data on provision of care in the EU are rather fragmented, also a holistic approach is missing to address the demographic challenges the EU is facing with the resultant pressure on public expenditure;
Amendment 90 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the EU gender gap in hourly pay is 16 %, although this varies significantly across Member States; whereas the gender pay gap rises to 40 % when employment rates and overall labour market participation are considered; whereas the ramifications of the gender pay gap include a 37 % gender gap in pension income;
Amendment 92 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the participunderrepresentation of women in the labour market does not secureis followed by their unequal participation in decision- making and therefore limits women’s potential to change economic, political, social and cultural structures; whereas vertical and horizontal segregation in employment and discriminatory practices in recruitment and promotion are one of the main causes of the gender pay gap;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas there is an economic argument in women’s full participation in the economy, as gender employment gap costs Europe €370 billion per year1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/news/ne ws-articles/gender-employment-gap-costs- europe-eu370-billion-per-year
Amendment 102 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas women constitute only 34,4% of the EU self-employed and 30% of start-up entrepreneurs;
Amendment 103 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas poverty in Europe disproportionately affects women, in particular single mothers, women with disabilities, and elderly, migrant and ethnic minority women; whereas 15% of households with children at EU level are single-parent households; whereas on average, 85% of these households are run by single mothers, while 47% of single parent households were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2017; whereas women’s homelessness is a growing problem;
Amendment 128 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas women in rural areas face numerous challenges, including limited employment opportunities, poorer access to services, less developed infrastructure and underrepresentation indecision- making fora; whereas they may perform invisible work in the farms due to a lack of a status for assisting spouses allowing their work to be recognised by national systems;
Amendment 130 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas 46 million women and girls with disabilities live in the European Union; whereas this figure represents nearly 60% of the overall population of persons with disabilities; whereas most of disabilities are acquired with age;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 reveals persistent inequalities between men and women in the digital sector; whereas closing the digital gender gap and guaranteeing women’s digital rights is of paramount importance, given the occurrence of discrimination resulting from biased data sets, models and algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI); whereas programmers in AI need to be aware of unconscious biases and stereotypes in order to avoid reproducing and reinforcing them; whereas the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market and the economy can deepen existing economic gaps and labour market segregation; with better access to technology and Internet for girls and women is of paramount importance; whereas women are an untapped resource in emerging fields, such as digital, AI and ICT, with women accounting for just 16% of the almost 8 million people working in ICT in Europe; whereas the share of men working in the digital sector is three times greater than the share of women; whereas boosting more women into digital sector and or other sectors of the future is vitally important to fight gender pay and pension gaps and guarantee their economic independence; whereas by integrating more women into the digital jobs market, there is potential for a €16 billion GDP boost to the European economy; whereas gender inequalities and discrimination have been reproduced through the design, input and use of artificial intelligence (AI);whereas incomplete datasets and incorrect bias can distort an AI system reasoning and jeopardise gender equality in society;
Amendment 142 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments are essential tools for achieving gender equality in all EU policy areas; whereas this is especially important for the socio-economic measures taken in the aftermath of the COVID-19 health crisis;
Amendment 148 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas collecting gender- disaggregated data is of utmost importance for a gender-focused approach in all issues at stake, such as amongst others gender-based violence, disabilities, cancer and rare or chronic diseases, the impact of climate change, digital skills and STEM;
Amendment 154 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas gender equality is addressed in EU policies through various EU funds and instruments, and whereas enabling optimal synergies between those in the gender equality area is a very important tool;
Amendment 163 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the priority given to gender equality by the new commission and its president as well as the nomination of a dedicated commissioner for equality, and awaits the annual report on equality as a useful evaluation tool to evaluate progress and spot the existing gaps and the needs for gender mainstreaming in policy framework;
Amendment 168 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of several complementary strategies and calls for a strategic framework to connect them, and for an intersectional approach to be adopted in all of them; stresses the importance to monitor the situation and flexibly adapt to the results as well as to the upcoming challenges, using current policies or suggesting new tools, as the recent COVID crisis has shown;
Amendment 179 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish a concrete roadmap, with timeframes and additional targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional approach effectively;
Amendment 184 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses however the need for a opportunities-based approach of the Gender Equality Strategy; asks the Commission to take ‘equal opportunities for women’ as the starting point to further roll out the strategy;
Amendment 189 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses the need to allocate adequate funding with due attention to women's needs within in the next MFF, including the EU cohesion policy and CAP, the Citizens Equality Rights and Values programme, Horizon Europe, InvestEU; calls on the Commission to continue its efforts in implementing gender budgeting as an integral part of the budgetary procedure across with improved monitoring of spending on gender equality, following its commitments in the Gender Equality Strategy; calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to take due account of women's needs while designing and distributing funds agreed within the ‘Next generation EU’ recovery plan for Europe;
Amendment 191 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. We may equally call to incorporate within the Commission's monitoring process Gender Equality Index by EIGE, develop gender pension gap indicator, following Parliament's recommendations in its resolution of 14 June 2017 on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the genderpension gap, to be monitored within GES as the only one accumulating all inequalities women experience throughout their lives, consider also other indicators on gender pay and care gaps, gender digital divide etc.;
Amendment 222 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace; ptherefore calls on the Member States to ratify the recently adopted International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 on harassment and violence in the workplace; Points out that informal carers, domestic workers and farm workers, among others, in particular lack protection and therefore calls on the Member States to adopt International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 and 189, in order to strengthen the rights of workers, especially women, in the informal economy;
Amendment 229 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence which disproportionally affects women and girls (including online harassment, cyberbullying and sexist hate speech); welcomes in this regard the announcement to work with the tech platforms and the ICT sectors, in order for the latter to address the issue through adequate technical measures such as prevention techniques and response mechanisms to harmful content; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence and to support Member States in the development of training tools for the services involved at all stages from prevention and protection to prosecution, such as police force, the justice system andtogether with the information and communication technology sector;
Amendment 234 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the proposed 2020 EU Strategy for Victims; asks in particular a specific approach for psychological violence on women and the impact on their mental health on the long run; stresses the need to address current gaps in EU legislation with regards to international standards on violence against women, such as the Istanbul Convention, with a view of enhancing the legislation on victims’ rights, protection and compensation of victims; stresses the need for all victims to have access to justice through the implementation of the Victims Rights Directive, which is still incomplete in some Member States;
Amendment 236 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Asks for continuing the promotion of the victims’ rights also through the existing instruments such as the European Protection Order;
Amendment 252 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomesUnderlines the need to collect disaggregated data on all forms of gender-based violence; welcomes in this regard the announcement of a new EU- wide survey on the prevalence and dynamics of violence against women;
Amendment 259 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines the fact that violence against women is often the main reason why women experience homelessness; therefore urges the Commission to take the necessary measures to prevent violence against women leading to or prolonging homelessness;
Amendment 270 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission, the Parliament and the Council to closely examine women's needs and participation in the labour market as well as horizontal and vertical labour market segregation while designing programmes within the next Multiannual financial framework as well as the recovery plan Next Generation EU;
Amendment 277 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the EU Member States to timely and effectively transpose the work- life balance Directive as well as on the Council to effectively monitor its implementation;
Amendment 278 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the Commission to collect data on the provision of different types of care (childcare, care for older people and persons with disabilities or persons requiring long term care), feeding into a study examining the care gap to inform an initiative for a European Care Strategy; notes that the strategy in question has to respect the competences of the Members States as laid in the Treaties but would aim to improve the cooperation and coordinator of all measures which could be beneficial for the EU informal carers and the people they are taking care of; stresses that cooperation at European level together with the efficient use of EU funds can contribute to the development of quality, accessible and affordable care services;
Amendment 287 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020, with the proviso that for all measures taken, the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises must be assessed and appropriate exemptions provided for; points out, however, that the issue of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value across different occupational sectors still needs to be addressed; strongly recommends the inclusion of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value between women and men, which could be defined as follows: ‘Work shall be deemed of equal value if, based on a comparison of two groups of workers which have not been formed in an arbitrary manner, the work performed is comparable, taking into account factors such as the working conditions, the degree of responsibility conferred on the workers, and the physical or mental requirements of the work’; points out that gender-neutral job evaluation tools and classification criteria need to be developed for this purpose;
Amendment 308 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices, in order to break the deadlock on the Women on Boards directive; urges the Commission to continue working with the Member States as well as current and incoming EU presidencies to urgently unblock the deadlock in Council and adopt the proposed Directive on “Women on Boards”;
Amendment 317 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls upon the Commission to advance female entrepreneurship and access to loans and equity finance through EU programme sand funds; stresses on the need of awareness raising regarding the existing and future EU funding possibilities for women and girls entrepreneurs;
Amendment 322 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the support for gender parity in elected bodies such as the European Parliament and stresses that it must serve as a role model in this regard; notes the efforts made in that sense in the composition of the current European Commission;
Amendment 324 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for women also to be able to fulfil their life plans in rural areas; points out that the requisite infrastructure for this must be available, new areas of business developed, the return to work facilitated and the participation of a whole range of cooperation partners encouraged in order to create sources of income and employment close to their homes for women in rural areas and improve social cohesion in villages;
Amendment 336 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for the structure of traditional gender norms and gender- specific attribution of jobs and activities to be further broken down with the aim of overcoming persisting prejudices and gender stereotypes; stresses the importance of sensitising all those involved in the process of selecting study courses and careers in this regard;
Amendment 338 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission to ensure the adoption of concrete gender mainstreaming measures in the implementation of the Single Market Strategy and the Digital Agenda;
Amendment 339 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to use Horizon Europe to provide insights and solutions on addressing potential gender biases in AI; asks, however, to use all possible funding to support projects which encourages girls and women to improve their digital skills, and which makes them familiar with STEM;
Amendment 348 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission, the Parliament and the Council to create a thematic sub-programme for women in rural areas through the Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plans financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD); stresses that this sub-programme would seek to encourage women’s employment and female entrepreneurship using opportunities linked to agro-tourism and the development of digital villages, improving female farmers’ access to land, credit and financial instruments, skills and performance through education, training and advisory services, increased participation in local action groups and the development of local partnerships under the Leader programme; calls in this regard for earmarking EU funds for better living and working conditions in rural areas, including better access to services and development of infrastructure, with a particular focus on access to broadband internet as well as supporting entrepreneurial initiatives and access to credit, thereby empowering women in rural areas; calls on the Member States to exchange best practices on professional status for assisting spouses in the agricultural sector, thereby addressing women’s social security rights, including maternity leave or pension entitlements, as well as requests that the Commission prepares guidance in this regard;
Amendment 353 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission to have a specific approach for single mothers, as single mothers are particularly economically vulnerable as they often earn less than men and are more likely to leave the labour market when they become a parent; calls on the Commission to enhance in this regard the enforcement of existing legal tools on cross-border collection of alimony, with public awareness raising of their availability; urges the Commission to work closely with the Member States to identify practical problems linked with alimony collection in cross-border situations and to develop tools to effectively enforce payment obligations;
Amendment 375 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that tax policies have varying impacts on different types of households; stresses that individual taxation is instrumental in terms of achieving tax fairness for womenwelcomes the Commission's commitment to develop guidance for Member States on how national tax and benefits systems may impact financial incentives or disincentives for second earners;
Amendment 383 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Urges the need to further incorporate the gender perspective in the upcoming Disability Equality Strategy 2021, with due attention to improved access to the labour market through targeted measures and actions;
Amendment 384 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Asks the Commission to reach in particular the most vulnerable women; calls, therefore, to make sure that all relevant actions of the strategy leave no woman behind;
Amendment 385 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Asks the Commission, in light of the proven benefits of human milk for new-borns, to promote breastfeeding, especially for preterm infants; calls on the Commission to support policies which enhance uptake of human milk both breastfeeding and donated milk for preterm infants and to promote the cross- border use of milk banks to ensure that women in border regions can avail of this support when necessary;
Amendment 426 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes a values-based EU trade policy with a high level of protection of labour and environmental rights as well as the respect of fundamental freedoms and human rights, including gender equality; recalls that all EU trade and investment agreements must be gender mainstreamed and include an ambitious and enforceable chapter on trade and sustainable development (TSD); welcomes the Commission’s commitment to ensuring for the first time the inclusion of a specific chapter on trade and gender equality in the modernised Association Agreement with Chile, and to; stresses that it should be properly implemented, evaluated and assessed in practice before/ with the view of promoting and supporting the inclusion of such chapters in all further EU trade and investment agreements;
Amendment 429 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes the upcoming Gender Action Plan III building on the current GAP II, as a key instrument for promoting gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment in external relations in, tackling women's and girls' rights through four pivotal areas: girls’ and women’s physical and psychological integrity, including fight against female genital mutilation; promoting the economic and social rights and the empowerment of girls and women; strengthening girls’ and women’s voice and participation; and a horizontal pillar consisting of shifting the institutional culture of the Commission services and the EEAS in order to more effectively deliver on the EU’s commitments;
Amendment 7 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regards to the Council Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons of 24 June 2013,
Amendment 8 #
2019/2167(INI)
- having regard to the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative,
Amendment 10 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU and is enshrined in the EU Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; gender mainstreaming is therefore an important tool in the horizontal integration of this principle into EU policies, measures and actions so as to deliver equality and enhance it in practice and achieve sustainable development, and gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas the EU should contribute to creating a world in which all people, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race and abilitysex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation, as enshrined in article21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, can live peacefully, enjoying equal rights and the same opportunity to realise their potential;
Amendment 17 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the fifth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG5) is to achieve gender equality and to empower all women and girls worldwide; whereas no development strategy can be effective unless women and girls play a central role, and whereas SDG5 must be mainstreamed horizontally into different policy fields where EU has competence to act;
Amendment 19 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas achieving gender equality by 2030 requires the full awareness and unwavering commitment by EU and its Member States; whereas this includes the promotion of women’s and girl’s full enjoyment of all human rights, gender equality and the empowerment and promotion of women and girls as a priority across all areas of policy and action; whereas the EU Gender Action Plan(GAP) II is a key tool to contribute to achieving these goals and must be safeguarded against any deterioration and progress must be accelerated;
Amendment 28 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty, armed conflicts, and the impact of the climate emergency; whereas there is a growing global trend towards authoritarianism and an increasing number of fundamentalist groups, both of which are clearly linked to a backlash against women’s and climate change; whereas there are studies highlighting growing backlash against women’s and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTIQ+) rights; whereas any understanding of security that focuses on States rather than human beings is defective and will not lead to peaceLGBTIQ+ persons are protected under existing international human rights law, and whereas the “EU Guidelines on LGBTI” serve to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by LGBTI persons;
Amendment 30 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas men and women are affected differently in conflict, post- conflict and fragile situations; whereas women are not only victims but also agents of positive change, who could contribute to conflict prevention and resolution, peacebuilding, peace negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction; whereas the importance of meaningful participation of women and girls in conflict prevention, peacebuilding and conflict resolution as well as in building the resilience of local communities must be highly considered;
Amendment 35 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas women and girls might experience different forms of discrimination; whereas one in three women in the world is likely to experience physical and sexual violence at some point in her lifetime; whereas 14 million girls are forced into marriage every year;
Amendment 37 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas including gender analysis and a gender perspective constitutes a foundation of effective and lasting conflict prevention, stabilisation, peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, governance and institution building; whereas the dominant narrative around women and girls is one of victimization that deprives women and girls of their agency and erases their capacity as agents of change, with an increasing body of evidence illustrating that women’s participation in peace processes plays a significant role in determining its durability and success, since they put on the table issues such as political reform, implementation and social inequalities;
Amendment 39 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. Whereas girls today will be the ones dealing with the consequences of conflicts and emergencies in the future, and in the case of protracted conflicts, are the ones growing up in long-lasting damaging conditions; whereas girls have specific needs and face specific challenges that are distinct from those of adult women, that the wider categories of ‘children’ or ‘women’ often fail to recognise;
Amendment 43 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas countries such as Sweden, France, Canada and Mexico have recently adopted and implemented frameworks to advance towards a feminist foreign policy; whereas a policy of this type questions the existing balance of power and aims to define its interactions with other States and movements in a manner that, firstly, gives priority to gender equality, protects and promotes the human rights of women and other traditionally marginalised groups; secondly, aims to guarantee their fair access to social, economic and political resources and their participation at all levels; thirdly, allocates significant resources to achieve that vision and seeks through its implementation to disrupt male-dominated power structures across all of its levels of influence; and finally, is informed by the voices of women human rights defenders and civil society; whereas any future EU foreign and security policy should aim to achieve these goals;delete
Amendment 48 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Denmark, Switzerland and Norway have a strong gender equality-focused foreign policy; whereas Spain, Luxembourg, Cyprus and Germany have announced their intention to make gender equality a priority of their foreign policy; whereas the new Commission has made gender equality one of its key priorities across all policy areas;
Amendment 54 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peach and Security (WPS) emphasises the need for concrete commitments and actions, as well as the need to engage, protect and support women and girls to achieve lasting peace and security as intrinsic components of human rights and sustainable development; whereas the EU Strategic Approach to WPS represents significant progress in terms of the EU’s engagement with the WPS agenda;
Amendment 57 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the original Gender Action Plan I (2010-2015) (GAP I) brought some progress, but was also marked by a number of shortcomings: narrow scope, absence of gender- responsive budgeting, weak understanding of the gender equality framework by the EU delegations, lack of commitment on the part of the EU leadership, and lack of institutional architecture and incentives to motivate and adequately support staff;
Amendment 60 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the new Gender Action Plan II 2016-2020 (GAP II) emerged from Parliament’s recommendations with a focus on shifting EU institutional culture at headquarters and delegation levels in order to create a systemic change in how the EU approaches the principle of equality between women and men, as well as on transforming women’s and girls’ lives through four pivotal areas; whereas the four pivotal areas created within GAP II are: ensuring girls’ and women’s physical and psychological integrity; promoting the economic and social rights and the empowerment of girls and women; strengthening girls’ and women’s voice and participation; and a horizontal pillar consisting of shifting the institutional culture of the Commission services and the EEAS in order to more effectively deliver on the EU’s commitments;
Amendment 61 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy is highly dependent on a successful implementation and evaluation of the Gender Action Plan II (GAP II)in order to recommend actions for an improved future GAP framework (a new EU Gender Action Plan III in2020); whereas the ambitious gender equality targets within GAP III should include other dimensions, such as age and disability in order to ensure positive compounding effects;
Amendment 63 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas GAP II constituted an important step forward in fostering gender equality in the EU’s external relations, but its implementation still displays with a number of positive trends; whereas there also a number of shortcomichallenges such as a narrow scope, the absence of gender-responsive budgeting, a lack of commitment on the part of the EU’s leaders, and a lack of institutional architecture and incentives to motivate and adequately support staffas regards the reporting and implementation of key priorities and gender-related SDGs and the monitoring of progress on all objectives, as well as in terms of gender mainstreaming in policy dialogue; whereas even greater commitment of the EU’s leaders is of vital importance to achieve tangible results in terms of enhanced gender equality worldwide; whereas efficient use of the existing and future EU resources with gender responsive budgeting plays an important role, in particular in time of challenges in front of the next MFF, budgetary constraints and post COVID-19 crisis implications;
Amendment 68 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the EU delegations and missions are on the frontline of implementing GAP II in partner countries, and the leadership and knowledge of delegation and mission heads and staff play a significant role in ensuring the successful implementation of GAP II; whereas it is recommended that more women access leadership and management posts in EU delegations;
Amendment 72 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas women remain largely under- represented in politics, particularlyincluding in the area of foreign policy and international security; whereas in the EU, 6 women hold the post of defenc, not only in the EU but mostly worldwide minister and only 3 out of 27 foreign ministers are women the third countries outside the EU;
Amendment 86 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas progress has been made in the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) across the world, but important shortcomings continue to exist and threats of regression persist; whereas in 2018 the number of EU actions on SRHR decreased and the lowest number of global actions by Commission services on gender equality pertained to SRHR; whereas, in this context, there is a strong need to reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of the right of every individual to have full control over matters related to their SRHRs free from discrimination and violence; whereas there is the need for access to sexual and reproductive health information, education and health-care services;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the work of gender advisers and focal points is centralimportant to translating EU policies on gender equality and WPS into analysis, planning, conduct and evaluation, as well as to facilitating the integration of a gender perspective into daily tasks and operations; whereas gender advisers and focal points face numerous challenges in the performance of their dutiesplay an important role in integrating gender- related policies horizontally in a balanced and proper manner;
Amendment 101 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas only one third of all EU Delegations work on the rights of LGBTIQ+ people; whereas the EU’s LGBTIQ+ Guidelines are not being applied uniformly and their implementation depends strongly on the knowledge and interest of the Delegations’ leadership instead of respecting a structural approacha more structural approach is needed to uniformly apply EU’s LGBTIQ+ Guidelines by all the Delegations’ leadership this way ensuring the rights of all LGBTIQ+ people;
Amendment 107 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas limited funding and understaffing are fundamental obstacles to implementing EU objectives on gender equality; whereas policy coherence in the area of gender equality is also lacking, and a unified system facilitating an identical understanding and implementation of gender mainstreaming in EU institutions does not yet exist;
Amendment 114 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to advancing towards a foreign and security policy that incorporates a gender-transformative vision, putting the need to address unequal structures and power relations at its centrentinue enhancing women’s and girl’s right and advancing gender equality within foreign and security policy; stresses the need for such policy to be grounded in rigorous gender analysis and systematic gender impact assessments, and for a meaningful and equitable role at all levels and stages of decision-making to be secured for women and for people from diverse backgroundswhen possible, and greater involvement of women at all levels and stages of decision-making;
Amendment 118 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds the Commission that the principle of subsidiarity, as enshrined in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union, applies to all of the Union’s policies at all times with no exceptions , Union’s external action including; stresses that the new Gender Action Plan must strictly follow this principle; recalls that the common foreign and security policy is subject to specific rules and procedures and that the Union’s development cooperation policy and that of the Member States complement and reinforce each other; welcomes, nevertheless, that the Commission provides for recommendations for the Member States regarding their approach to gender equality to pursue the political aims in line with the action plan in areas of their competence;
Amendment 119 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges the Commission, the High Representative and the Member States to further strengthen their support for gender equality, the full enjoyment of human rights by all women and girls and their empowerment across the globe and to play a key and increasing role in streamlining and leveraging resources to that end;
Amendment 124 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to carry out a review and present a new EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III) in 2020; stresses that this document needs to take the form of a communication in order to ensure its effective implementation; calls on GAP III to challenge the backlash against women’s rights, through strengthening access to sexual and reproductive health for women and girls, free from coercion, violence, discrimination and abuse; welcomes the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and calls for its robust implementation; welcomes the decision to renew the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and calls for gender mainstreaming and targeted actions for gender equality and women’s rights, including SRHR, to be included in the Action Plan;
Amendment 129 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that progress has been uneven across the thematic priorities and amongst different EU actors; calls therefore for greater efforts by the Commission, the High Representative and all Member States to fully implement the EU’s gender equality policy in external relations and attain the minimum performance standards set out in the Gender Action Plan;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines the importance of strong cooperation with civil society in implementing GAPIII; values the critical role of civil society, CSOs and SMEs through active engagement and consultations;
Amendment 132 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that the new EU Gender Action Plan should explicitly cover protection, participation and advancing women’s rights in all contexts and include fragile states and conflict-related contexts;
Amendment 145 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EEAS, the relevant Commission services and the Member States to systematicallycontinue their efforts in integrateing gender mainstreaming and an intersectional perspective into the EU’s foreign and security policy;
Amendment 153 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to ensure continued commitment at the highest political levels to the implementation of GAP III; requests that GAP III specify that 85 % of official development assistance (ODA) should go to programmes which have gender equality as a significant or as a principal objective, and that, within this broader commitment, 20 % of ODA should be allocated to programmes with gender equality, including SRHR, as a principal objective; calls for further targeted actions to achieve gender equality; calls, furthermore, for the new plan to strengthen qualitative analyses and to move beyond the ‘box ticking’ logic toa solid evidence-based approach with qualitative analyses this way assessing the real impact of such programmes in advancing gender equality;
Amendment 156 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RStresses that in many parts of the world, women’s and girl’s full guarantee of human rights are being held back, and civil society organisations (CSOs), including women’s and girl’s rights organisations, are facing increasing challenges in the shrinking democratic space globally ;recommends that GAP III be accompanied by clear, measurable, time- bound indicators of success, including an attribution of responsibility to different actors, and with clear objectives in each partner country, developed in close corporation with the partner country and civil society organisations (CSOs)with an active inclusion of local CSOs, local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other relevant civil society actors of the partner country;
Amendment 161 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that girls and young women are particularly vulnerable and that specific focus is needed to ensure their access to all levels of education; calls in this regard for the consideration of a range of opportunities in the field of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM subjects);
Amendment 164 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Delegations to recognize girls and young women as drivers of change, and to support their safe, meaningful and inclusive participation in civic and public life; stresses the positive impact girls, young women and women have in achieving sustainable peace and social cohesion, including through local girls and women- led initiatives in conflict prevention and peacebuilding;
Amendment 165 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Delegations to take into consideration the feedback of youth- led organisations and to support them through capacity-building as youth bear the biggest burden to conflicts and disasters and are key actors of change;
Amendment 170 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for specific earmarked fundingStresses that the need to increase the efficient use of the existing resources on gender equality in the framework of the proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) regulation, and for reduced administrative constraints to allow access to funding for local and small CSOs; stresses the importance of ensuring that partners can count on receiving sufficient financial resources for gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 178 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
A gender and diversity focusperspective in the EU institutional culture at headquarters and delegations
Amendment 188 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the work done by the EEAS Principal Adviser on gender; regrets, however, the limited capacity in terms of staff and resources assigned to this position, and calls for its holder to report directly to the VP/HR; calls on the VP/HR to create an organisational divisionstresses, in this context, the need for a more efficient use of resources assigned to this position, given the constraints of the EU budget in general, and calls for its holder to report directly to the VP/HR; calls on the EEAS to continue further its efforts with gender mainstreaming of the work in each EEAS Directorate and encourage its staff to work closely within the EEAS on guropean Institute for Gender eEquality and the WPS agenda, and to have a full-time gender adviser in each EEAS Directorate, reporting directly to the Principal Adviser(EIGE), providing high quality research and data to support better informed and evidence based decision- making by policy makers and other key stakeholders working to achieve gender equality; stresses that knowledge sharing between the EU institutions and agencies is substantial and highly efficient tool to avoid high administrative costs and unnecessary increase in bureaucracy;
Amendment 193 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to collect sex-disaggregated data in the implementation of EU-financed programmes on women’s empowerment; stresses the need to improve the reliability of gender analysis by harmonising the data collected by EU delegations in such a way as to make it comparable; underlines; furthermore, the importance of conducting evidence-based gender analysis, using, where possible, data disaggregated for sex and age in consultation with CSOs; and calls for gender analysis to play a role in defining country strategy objectives, programmes, projects and dialogue; encourages the EU to explore possibilities for sharing, managing and updating gender analysis in a more systematic manner;
Amendment 197 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy 2018-2023, but regrets the lack of specific and measurable objectives; calls for it to be updated in order to include concrete and binding goals on the presence of women in management positions; recommends a target of 50 % of management positions being held by women, including as Heads of Delegation and invites EEAS to review it in due course and consider setting , specific and Hmeads of CSDP missions and operations; regrets, in additisurable objectives including on, the abpresence of other diversity targets and of overall diversity in the EU institutions, especially regarding race, ability and ethnic backgroundwomen in management positions;
Amendment 208 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that Heads of EU Delegations abroad have a formal responsibility to ensure gender equality is mainstreamed throughout all aspects of the delegation’s work and that they be required to report on it; further calls on the VP/HR to ensure that there is one full-time gender focal pointsmooth work flows and to keep bureaucracy at a minimum in the EU delegations;
Amendment 213 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that achieving gender equality is not possible without a gender- responsive leadership; calls, in this context, for mandatory trainingunit-specific training programs on gender equality for all middle and senior managers of the EEAS and Heads/Commanders of CSDP missions and operations;
Amendment 214 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for a continued cultural shift, including the better coordination between EU institutions and between these institutions and the EU Member States; calls, in this regard, for a better inclusion of gender equality and human rights considerations in policy and political dialogue, to further strengthen the role in fostering accountability in the humanitarian system;
Amendment 218 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Underlines the need for a simplified method of reporting in all of EU’s gender-related aspects in order to keep bureaucracy to a minimum; calls for the development of online reporting, clear templates and the issuing of a guidebook to facilitate the work of the delegations;
Amendment 220 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Underlines the importance of EU Member States to continue to substantially improve the use of gender analysis and the consistent gender mainstreaming, including the collection and use of sex-and age-disaggregated data and gender sensitive indicators in identification, planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of all processes in the EU’s external action; underlines that these areas shall include trade, infrastructure-related investment, private sector investment and security- related initiatives and climate change, particular attention should be paid in all external actions to thematic areas which have a potential gender transformative objective and content;
Amendment 225 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls foron the EU and the Member States to comply withstrengthen their efforts to enhance equality between women and men, following all international commitments and best practices related to the global gender equality agenda; calls, furthermore, for them to encourage and support partner states to repeal the reservations they have entered with regard to hrough recommendations to advance women’s rights, highlighting the importance of complying with the commitments contained in the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW,) and to implement, the Declaration and the Action Plan from the UN’s Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, including through legislation among others; highlights the importance of the OECD/DAC Recommendation on Ending Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance; welcomes in this context the focus on addressing abuse and harassment by relevant stakeholders in development cooperation, in the humanitarian context and in conflict-related settings in Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance;
Amendment 232 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the VP/HR, the EEAS and the Member States to ensure full implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, and to adopt an annex aiming to recognise and develop additional strategies and tools to respond better and more effectively to prevent the specific situation, in order to reduce threats and risk factors faced by defenders of women’s human rights as articulated in the Action Plan on Human Rights 2020-2024;
Amendment 245 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the EU Delegations to monitor the backlash against gender equality and SRHR and the tendency towards shrinking space for civil society, and to take specific steps to protect them; urges the Commission, the EEAS, the Member States and Heads of EU Delegations to ensure political and financial support to local CSOs and ensure a proper level of their capacity-building, including women’s organisations and human rights defenders, and to make cooperation and consultation with them a standard element of their work;
Amendment 250 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Condemns all forms of violence against women and girls, including trafficking in human beings, sexual exploitation, forced marriage, honour crimes, female genital mutilation (FGM) and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; calls on the EU and its Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention, as the first legally binding international instrument seeking to prevent and combat violence against women, this way setting an example worldwide and making their commitment to eradicate such violence credible in the EU external relations;
Amendment 252 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Amendment 256 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Emphasises that universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive health contributes to the achievement of all the health-related SDGs, such as prenatal care and measures to avoid high- risk births and reduce infant and child mortality; points out that access to family planning and maternal health services are important elements for saving women’s lives;
Amendment 258 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Amendment 261 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15e. Notes the continued progress on the implementation of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to eliminate violence against women and girls worldwide, which amounted to EUR270 million committed for programmes in Africa and Latin America in 2018;callsfor the EU’s strong leadership on the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies and the support provided to the survivors of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence, reminds the Commission and the EU Member States the importance of the outcome of the Oslo Conference on Ending Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Humanitarian Crises;
Amendment 263 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 f (new)
Paragraph 15 f (new)
15f. Reminds the Commission that the principle of subsidiarity, as enshrined in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union, applies to all of the Union’s policies at all times with no exceptions, EU’s foreign and security policy including; stresses that the new Gender Action Plan must strictly follow this principle, welcomes nevertheless that the Commission provides for recommendations for the Member States regarding their approach to gender equality through external action to pursue the political aims in line with the action plan in areas of their competence;
Amendment 3 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020),
Amendment 5 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 6 December2018 on ‘Gender Equality, Youth and Digitalisation’,
Amendment 6 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 10 June 2016 entitled ‘A New Skills Agenda for Europe: Working together to strengthen human capital, employability and competitiveness’ (COM(2016)0381),
Amendment 7 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science of the United Nation on 11. February, in order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls,
Amendment 10 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 8 October 2015 on the application of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation,
Amendment 13 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (new)
Amendment 38 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas policies targeted at increasing the participation of women in the fields related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and AI, and the adoption of a multi-level approach to address the gender gap in all levels of education and employment in the digital sector need to be further promoted;
Amendment 47 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the low numbersunderrepresentation of women who work in innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), can negatively affect the design, development and implementation of these technologies, causing the replication of existing discriminatory practices and stereotypes, and the development of ‘gender-biased algorithms’;
Amendment 57 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas gender stereotypes constitute already during education a serious obstacle to equality between male and female students and further widen the gender gap in the STEM job sector, thus constituting a serious obstacle to equality between women and men;
Amendment 64 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Amendment 73 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. highlights that the full potential of women’s skills, knowledge and qualifications in the STEM, digital, AI and ICT (information, communication and technology) fields can contribute to boosting the European economy and supporting the goals defined in various EU policies and especially in the Green Deal;
Amendment 80 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that high level STEM skills are critical to the process of innovation in cutting-edge ICT areas such as AI or cybersecurity and will therefore be increasingly important to the competitiveness of the European Union in global markets;
Amendment 104 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to devise policy measures that fully incorporate the gender dimension, through awareness-raising campaigns, training and education curricula or career guidance;
Amendment 105 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to give full support to the European Commission’s initiatives in raising awareness on digital opportunities such as the “ no women, no panel” approach, the EU Code week, , the “Digital skills and Jobs coalitions”,the “EU prize for women’s innovators”, #SaferInternet4EU initiatives across Europe, and the skills Agenda for Europe”;
Amendment 107 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 and its action to ‘Encourage women’s participation in STEM’, and hopes that it will help to develop more attractive and creative ways to encourage girls to pursue STEM studies, as well as to boost women’s self- confidence in their digital skills; calling to use EU funds and programmes, including Erasmus+, to effectively support lifelong learning and training in STEM sectors as well as for gender equality to be duly incorporated in the future EU youth strategy and policies;
Amendment 114 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in STEM education at all levels, including in the extra-curricular,informal and non-formal education, also for the teaching staff; calls therefore for specific age appropriate strategies;
Amendment 124 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on educational entities to integrate the subjects of robotics, coding, ICT and programming more at an earlier stage in pre-school and primary education to encourage female students to take up mathematics and science subjects; calls to establish compulsory internships in STEM businesses during education;
Amendment 126 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on educational entities to encourage girls to take up mathematics, coding, ICT classes and science subjects in schools;
Amendment 127 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Underlines the importance of female self-efficacy in science, technology, engineering and mathematics becoming an integral part of female identity as soon as in pre-school and primary school, thus fighting harmful gender role stereotypes for girls and boys;
Amendment 128 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Emphasises the need for special funding programs for schools in rural areas as they are increasingly finding themselves without the funding for advanced technologies that many urban school districts take for granted; additionally calls for a better support for educators in rural school systems to tackle STEM curricula especially regarding training, tools, or infrastructure;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights that male teachers and other male staff dominate STEM-related studies in schools and, later on, in universities and workplaces, leading to an absence of female role models and limited guidance and mentoring opportunities; encourages gender mainstreaming in primary, secondary and tertiary education, calls for a better career guidance and for new and creative ways to inspire female students to consider a STEM career path and urges the committees and institutions involved in recruitment to promote gender balance to avoid the ‘outsider effect’;
Amendment 138 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls as well for addressing the needs for financial education including financial-trials and the relation to the gender pension gap; highlights that teaching younger women on subjects such as the gender pay gap will pave the way for a future filled with financially- confident women;
Amendment 140 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up mentoring schemes with female role models in STEM within all levels of education;
Amendment 150 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that women face disproportionately more obstacles in their careers than men do, owing to the lack of a proper work-life balance and an increase in unpaid care work in most households; urges public and private institutions to establish better work-life balance policies and adequate measures to guarantee better maternity and significantly more and longer paternity leaves, flexible working hours, on-site childcare facilities or to promote telework; urges the Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and calls on the Commission to monitor it effectively; calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the causes and factors that lead to a high drop-out rate of women from STEM careers, and to develop mechanisms and programmes to integrate women and girls into education, training and employment initiatives;
Amendment 165 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls to provide incentives for companies supporting women for role models, mentoring programmes and career paths, and to increase the visibility of women and to promote their access to STEM sectors;
Amendment 166 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Calls to assess the reasons why women leave technical occupations and, if necessary, formulate recommendations for action to prevent this;
Amendment 185 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Highlights the relation between the gender gap and the pension gap; calls therefore on Member States to address both and narrow those and to take further steps to ensure that women have adequate access to education, the chance to attain economic independence and career progression opportunities;
Amendment 200 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. HConsiders that AI can significantly contribute to promote gender equality, provided that an appropriate legal framework is developed, that conscious and unconscious biases are eliminated; highlights that one of AI’s most critical weaknesses relates to certain types of biases such as gender, race or sexual orientation as a result of humans’ inherent biases; encourages the relevant actors to take action and promote a greater role for women in the design, development and implementation of machine learning, natural language processing and AI;
Amendment 214 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls for policies to unleash and support female’s entrepreneurial potential, as they remain an untapped source of economic growth, innovation and jobs creation;
Amendment 216 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets the fact that women are under-represented in innovation-driven business start-ups and highlights the gender biases and systemic disadvantages that exist in social structures, in particular in those at the intersection of STEM and entrepreneurship; also considers it to be of the utmost relevance to have more women role models and to increase the number of women in leadership positions in the STEM sector;
Amendment 220 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the leaky pipeline phenomenon for women in STEM, to fully assess the causes and factors that lead to a high drop out rate of women from STEM careers and to develop mechanisms and programmes to integrate women and girls into education, training and employment initiatives in the digital sector, and thus to adopt adequate policies and measures;
Amendment 223 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase financing opportunities for female start-up entrepreneurs and innovators through EU programmes, to loans and equity finance, to facilitate their access to existing funds, create special funds and look for new and innovative ways to financially support them and help them to overcome the barriers they face; calls to include the European Investment Bank in terms of access to microfinance as well;
Amendment 227 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Recognises that awareness raising and information campaigns of EU funding possibilities are necessary to provide a tailored support for female business owners and female entrepreneurs;
Amendment 228 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Calls to further expand the European Business Angels Network and European Network of Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs, including through gatherings of female innovators, tech professionals and investors to encourage and boost innovations and funding for women-led ventures;
Amendment 87 #
2019/2157(INI)
1a. Observes that, according to the European Environment Agency, urban woods also make a by no means insignificant contribution to combating climate change and its impact on health, and draws attention to their particularly vital function for town- and city-dwellers as places of recreation and as natural surroundings; stresses that, in addition to woods in rural areas, urban woodlands and the interaction of woods and trees with urban and periurban areas, as well as understanding of their function for these communities, should be evaluated, particularly with reference to the persistent droughts;
Amendment 93 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that safeguarding and sustainably managing our forests makes a core contribution to our general well- being and should not be subject to competition law; forests are a home for public-interest activities in the field of leisure and health as well as education;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Observes that, with reference to the multifunctional role of forests, all aspects need to be promoted: the protective function of forests as a habitat for countless animal and plant species, the utility function of forests as sources of wood and other products, the protective function of forests for flora and fauna; stresses that the ecological, economic and social functions of forests must be considered in conjunction with one another;
Amendment 105 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the importance of the reorientation of forestry so as to adopt integrated forest management practices, thereby realising the existing potential of woodland by means of multifunctional active forestry with sustainable management;
Amendment 123 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance and the vital role of the forestry and wood cluster for protection of the climate; stresses that forestry and forestry services, as well as downstream processing operations, generate substantial economic activity, particularly in rural, structurally disadvantaged regions, thanks to their demand for further goods and services from other sectors;
Amendment 178 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that over 10% of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions are stored by sustainably, actively-managed forests; larger areas of healthy forest mean increased CO2 sequestration, thus making them an effective instrument in the fight against climate change;
Amendment 188 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits of forests and the forest-based sector; highlights the need to further promote and increase CO2 sequestration in forests, and carbon storage in wood-based products and theby means of active, substitution ofainable forest management and to substitute fossil-based materials and energy;
Amendment 194 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Therefore calls for the promotion of the circular use of wood products in order to foster resource-efficiency, waste reduction and an extension of the carbon life cycle with the aim of creating a sustainable bioeconomy;
Amendment 229 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that a uniform European approach to research is needed to tackle the impact of climate change on our forests; stresses the future importance of climate-resistant tree species and coordinated pest control;
Amendment 243 #
2019/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for trade agreements to take account of the principle of sustainability with regard to timber imports, and for penalties to be applied in the event of infringements;
Amendment 255 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes that safeguarding and sustainably managing our forests is a core part of our general well-being, as they are a home for public-interest activities in the field of leisure and health as well as education;
Amendment 329 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient and climate- resistant, for example through research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties, such as special disaster funds, so they can be restored;
Amendment 344 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to set up an emergency mechanism to ensure that, after damage occurs, less-valuable wood can be used in such a way that it helps foresters as well as contributing to climate protection;
Amendment 441 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls for the import of illegally- acquired timber to be included in trade agreements, with sanctions to be imposed in the event of infringements;
Amendment 12 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that 30% of the earth's surface is covered by forest and that these forests are home to 80% of the earth's biodiversity; points out that the preservation and sustainable use of forests is an active form of climate protection and fundamental to the well- being of our society and rural areas;
Amendment 33 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the Declaration on Forests for the Climate adopted by the international community on 12 December 2018 at the Katowice climate conference. The declaration emphasises the importance of forests and timber use for climate protection and sets those issues in the context of other international forest- related objectives and decisions. These objectives can only be achieved by means of multifunctional active forest management. This means management which takes account of and strikes a balance between all forest-related objectives, such as carbon storage, species and soil protection, extraction of raw materials, leisure and food production;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises that the reshaping of forestry must lead to the use of integrated forest management practices worldwide. Only in this way can the potential offered by multifunctional forestry be exploited to the full. Integrated forestry management is based on the sustainable production of timber as a natural raw material and the exploitation of the sustainable potential of all forms of timber;
Amendment 1 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that there should be no further cuts to the agricultural budget, especially given the fact that the agricultural sector is frequently affected by crises that require a budgetary response;
Amendment 13 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the reduction in appropriations proposed by the Commission for producer organisations in the fruit and vegetable sector (- EUR 14,6 million), which could negatively impact their growing contribution to rebalance the bargaining power in the food supply chain; regrets the absence of appropriations for the poultry meat sector as it suffers from unfair trade distortion with Ukraine;
Amendment 16 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the sector in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s potential withdrawal from the Union; is concerned that that sector will face additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur;
Amendment 35 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the Union can make a vital contribution to the promotion of healthy eating habits, especially among children, and therefore considers it essential to make full use of the ceilings provided for in relation to the Union school schemes in the current regulation; therefore calls on the Member States to strengthen their national programmes to ensure full utilisation of the maximum available allocations (EUR 250 million) by establishing less bureaucratic programmes;
Amendment 41 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to provide sufficient financial support for the further uptake of smart and innovative solutions in the agricultural sector, given their proven environmental benefits and need for greater agricultural efficiency; considers that precision farming and the use of digitisation should be further analysed and promoted;
Amendment 201 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) In the event that a proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 and the related proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] have not been adopted and published in the Official Journal of the European Union by 30 November 2020, the transitional period originally proposed in this Regulation ending on 31 December 2021 should be extended by a further year to 31 December 2022. In that case, the corresponding transitional rules and conditions applicable to the original transitional period should continue to apply during the extended transitional period and the budget allocations and applicable time frames should be adapted accordingly.
Amendment 206 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article -1 (new)
Article -1 (new)
Article -1 Transitional period For the purpose of this Regulation, ‘transitional period’ means the period starting on 1 January 2021 and ending on 31 December 2021. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, and only in the event that the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 and the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council have not been adopted and published in the Official Journal of the European Union by 30 November 2020, the transitional period for the purpose of this Regulation shall be extended to 31 December 2022. In the event that the transitional period is extended in accordance with the first subparagraph, the corresponding transitional rules and conditions applicable to the original transitional period for the calendar year 2021 shall continue to apply during the extended transitional period in the calendar year 2022 and the budget allocations and applicable timeframes shall be adapted accordingly.
Amendment 207 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article -1 a (new)
Article -1 a (new)
Article -1a Technical extension of the period for implementation of CAP Strategic Plans If the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 and the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council have been adopted and published in the Official Journal of the European Union by 30 November 2020, the national strategic plans must be implemented by 31 December 2021. If, during the preparation of the national strategic plans, Member States conclude that the transitional period set is not sufficient for the preparation of the national strategic plans, Member States may decide at EU level to extend the transitional period by a further year to 31 December 2022. In the event that the transitional period is extended, the corresponding transitional rules and conditions applicable to the original transitional period for the calendar year 2021 shall continue to apply during the extended transitional period and the budget allocations and applicable timeframes shall be adapted accordingly.
Amendment 371 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6 a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6 a
By 31 AugustDecember 2020, Member States may decide to make available, as additional support financed under the EAFRD in financial year 2022, up to 15 % of their annual national ceilings for calendar year 2021 set out in Annex II to this Regulation. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for granting direct payments. That decision shall be notified to the Commission by 31 AugustDecember 2020 and shall set out the percentage chosen. Or. de (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307- 20190301&from=EN)
Amendment 373 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6 b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 375 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 a
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 a
By 31 AugustDecember 2020, Member States which do not take the decision referred to in paragraph 1 for financial year 2022, may decide to make available as direct payments up to 15 %, or in the case of Bulgaria, Estonia, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden up to 25 %, of the amount allocated to support financed under the EAFRD in financial year 2022 by Union legislation adopted after the adoption of Council Regulation (EU) [xxxx/xxxx]*[MFF]. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for support financed under the EAFRD. That decision shall be notified to the Commission by 31 AugustDecember 2020 and shall set out the percentage chosen. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307-Or. de 20190301&from=EN)
Amendment 377 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 34 #
2019/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The Commission is to mandate CEN to work out a PEMS-Performance Standard for determination of individual error margins of PEM-Systems. Before applying a PEMS-Performance Standard, the Commission is committed to keeping the error margin under annual review and to update them only once improvements in the measuring technology have been made.
Amendment 47 #
2019/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) The Commission will mandate CEN to work out a PEMS-Performance Standard for determination of individual error margins of PEM-Systems. Before applying a PEMS-Performance Standard, the Commission is committed to keeping the error margin under annual review and to only update it once improvements in the measuring technology have been made.
Amendment 95 #
2019/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – paragraph 1
Annex – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007
Annex I – table 2a – row 2
Annex I – table 2a – row 2
CF 1,43 1+ 1,5 + - - - pollutant- final (2) margin margin final (2) of error of error (margin (margin =[0,43](2 =0,5) a)) (2) CF pollutant-final is the conformity factor used to determine compliance with the Euro 6 emission limits by taking into account the technical uncertainties linked with the use of the Portable Emission Measurement Systems (PEMS). It is therefore expressed as 1 + a margin of error. (2a) In order to verify an individual error margin of PEM-Systems to complement or replace the margins in Table 2a in annex to this Regulation, the Commission shall take into account any CEN standards that determine a PEMS-Performance standard with respect to measuring NOx and PN.
Amendment 84 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Condemns that Poland has introduced "LGBT-free zones" which now has been declared in a third of Polish municipalities, and seriously violates human rights and discriminates LGBT- people;
Amendment 98 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that Parliament must give its consent to the MFF; reiterates its demand for a mechanism to protect the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States and stands ready not to give its consent on the MFF should there not be a political agreement on such a mechanism;
Amendment 62 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 2 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the Explanatory Report to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,
Amendment 4 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
— having regard to Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services4 , which defines and condemns harassment and sexual harassment, _________________ 4 OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37.
Amendment 7 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed in Rome on 4 November 195030, and in particular to Articles 2, 3, 8, 14, and the Protocol No. 12 to the Convention,
Amendment 10 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
— having regard to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights,
Amendment 12 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
Amendment 15 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, and to the subsequent monitoring reports adopted at the United Nations Beijing + 5(2000), Beijing + 10 (2005), Beijing + 15 (2010), Beijing + 20 (2015) and2020 UN Women Report ‘Gender equality: women’s rights in review 25 years after Beijing’,
Amendment 21 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the 1979 United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and its Optional Protocol,
Amendment 32 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
— having regard to the 1993 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,
Amendment 34 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 c (new)
Citation 16 c (new)
— having regard to the CEDW Committee General Recommendations 12, 19 and 35 on violence against women,
Amendment 35 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
— having regard to the United Nations General Assembly 2020 Resolution entitled ‘Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls,
Amendment 48 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
Citation 30 a (new)
— having regard to the Gender Equality Index Reports of the European Institute for Gender Equality published since 2013,
Amendment 49 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 b (new)
Citation 30 b (new)
— having regard to the 2021 report of the European Institutefor Gender Equality entitled ‘The costs of gender- based violence in the European Union’,
Amendment 51 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 c (new)
Citation 30 c (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe report entitled ‘Overview of studies on the costs of violence against women and domestic violence’,
Amendment 52 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 d (new)
Citation 30 d (new)
30 d having regard to the European Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on combating violence against women and domestic violence,
Amendment 66 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls is a severe form of gender inequality and discrimination; is a violation of women’s human rights, and is a serious obstacle to the participation of women in social, public and political life and in the labour market and make them unable to fully enjoy their rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 70 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls is a structural and widespread problem throughout Europe and the world, and is a phenomenon that involves victims and perpetrators irrespective of their age, education, income, social status, cultural backgrounds and is linked to the unequal and unfair distribution of power between women and men in our societies; and whereas anyone can be a victim of potential gender-based violence, women are disproportionately affected by all forms of such violence, including domestic violence, due to structural gender discrimination and unequal distribution of power and resources between women and men in public and private spheres;
Amendment 83 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the EU must take all necessary measures to promote and protect the right of all women and girls to live free from violence;
Amendment 86 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls can affect many fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter; which include the right to human dignity (Article 1), the right to life (Article 2), the right to the integrity of the person (Article 3), the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 4), the right to liberty and security (Article 6), the right to freedom from discrimination, including on the grounds of sex (Article 21), and the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial;
Amendment 102 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
E a. whereas gender-based violence, in particular sexual violence, directly and indirectly affects its victims and has long- lasting negative impact on their physical, emotional and mental well-being and whereas gender-based violence affects one third of women and girls in the EU and whereas a new survey by the Fundamental Rights Agency is being conducted to update this data;
Amendment 118 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas differences in Member States’ laws and policies create differences in protection against gender based violence;
Amendment 119 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas the 1993 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and the Beijing UN Platform for Action defined violence against as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life;
Amendment 123 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the Victims’ Rights Directive defines gender-based violence as violence that is directed against a person because of that person’s gender, gender identity or gender expression or that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately, and it may result in physical, sexual, emotional or psychological harm or economic loss to the victim;
Amendment 126 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls has been recognized by the international community as a violation of human rights which should be addressed comprehensively, and despite all the efforts which have been made by the international organizations, civil society, and state authorities to eradicate gender- based violence against women and girls, it remains pervasive and manifests in new forms such as cyber violence, cyber harassment, cyber stalking and non- consensual distribution of intimate material (photos and videos) through social media;
Amendment 129 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
G c. whereas often efforts to eradicate gender-based violence against women and girls are contested or weakened in the name of tradition, culture, religion or fundamentalist ideologies, and are categorised and undermined as a so- called ‘gender ideology’ which is depicted as a threat to defined traditional norms or values and so called traditional concept of the family;
Amendment 158 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas rape culture, as a complex of beliefs that encourages male sexual aggression and supports violence against women, is still a widespread problem throughout Europe and the world which manifests in normalising or trivialising sexual violence, rape or sexual harassment, is rooted in gender stereotypes, sexism, misogyny and the unequal distribution of power across genders;
Amendment 189 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reaffirms its commitment to pursue a comprehensive approach to gender-based violence against women and girls and LGBTIQ+ persons at EU level and to ensure a follow-up of its recommendations which have been proposed in a number of resolutions;
Amendment 206 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Istanbul Convention benefits from 10 years of functioning and practice through its unique monitoring and implementation system through GREVIO; Stresses the importance of this interactive exchange and process between GREVIO and the participating members;
Amendment 209 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that, in order to ensure effective implementation of the Istanbul Convention, a two-pillar monitoring mechanism was established: GREVIO which conducts a country by country report and the Committee of the Parties;
Amendment 211 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Points out that also women with disabilities and mothers of children with disabilities encountered obstacles in reporting violence and gaining access to justice system, and as GREVIO reported it, including the inaccessibility of police premises, a lack of training and stereotypes of law enforcement officials as well as the lack of information in accessible formats about the assistance to victims of violence and available services;
Amendment 221 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States in cooperation with the Council of Europe to address Member States’ reservations, objections and concerns and clarify misleading interpretations of the Istanbul Convention in order to make progress in this area; Urges Member States to speed up negotiations on the ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention and to strongly condemn all attempts to retract measures already taken in implementing the Istanbul Convention and in combating violence against women;
Amendment 240 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Strongly condemns all initiatives that pursue to replace the Istanbul Convention with any alternative document which is not based on the same approach towards gender discrimination and gender power relations;
Amendment 246 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern the growing opposition towards the Istanbul Convention in some Member States and the attempts to disparage the Convention and its positive impact on the eradication of gender-based violence; condemns all attempts to spread disinformation about the Istanbul Convention; and to evoke fears among societies about the allegedly destructive impact of the Convention on family and traditional gender roles;
Amendment 251 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
12. Calls on Member States to take into account the conclusions of the Mid-term Horizontal Review of GREVIO baseline evaluation reports24 ; and to improve their national frameworks for preventing and combating gender-based violence, including their national laws, in order to ensure proper implementation and enforcement of the Istanbul Convention; _________________ 24 https://rm.coe.int/prems-010522-gbr- grevio-mid-term-horizontal-review-rev- february-2022/1680a58499
Amendment 269 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including safe and legal abortion, is a form of violence against women and girls; calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive age appropriate sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion; notes thus with deep concern that in some Member States sexual and reproductive rights of women are on threat; calls on these Member States to withdraw from these initiatives and to ensure that women have full access to affordable reproductive and sexual health services;
Amendment 270 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Considering the extent and gravity of gender-based violence and sexual harassment in the workplace, calls on the Member States to ratify and implement ILO Violence and Harassment Convention No. 190;