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2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Markus FERBER, Marion WALSMANN

Recital B

B. whereas the EPSR was proclaimed in 2017 in Goteborg, setting out 20 principles and establishing a social rulebook towards a strong social Europe that is fair, inclusive and full of opportunity in the 21st century; whereas at the Porto Social Summit in May 2021, the Council committed to three headline targets for 2030 on employment, training and poverty; whereas at least 78 % of the population between 20 and 64 years old should be in employment by 2030; whereas at least 60 % of all adults should participate in training every year; whereas the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion should be reduced by at least 15 million by 2030; ~~whereas the three headline targets do not cover the full implementation of the EPSR;~~

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Markus FERBER, Marion WALSMANN

Recital C

C. whereas the headline targets set out by the Commission have ~~only~~ been implemented by the Member States for a year; ~~whereas the additional crises since the targets were decided have put additional pressure on reaching these targets;~~ whereas five Member States have reached their national targets on employment, and half of the Member States have surpassed the 78 % target on employment, ~~however projections show that not all Member States will reach the e~~whereas ongoing crises increasingly affecting European competitiveness, should be taken into account with a view to refocusing the targets set in 2021 to relieve the pressure on Member States on imployement ~~target~~ing these by 20301 ; __________________ 1 European Commission, ‘Commission welcomes Member States’ targets for a more social Europe by 2030’, 16 June 2022.

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Markus FERBER, Marion WALSMANN

Recital D

D. whereas inflation at the EU level has increased the cost of living of median households by around 10 %, the incidence of material and social deprivation by around 2 % and the rate of energy poverty and absolute monetary poverty by around 5 %; whereas in selected Member States and among vulnerable groups, the corresponding welfare effects are expected to be several times higher; whereas this is likely to widen existing gaps in poverty and social exclusion across the EU2 ; whereas in view of the US Inflation Reduction Act, but also other similar investment plans from other third countries, Europe needs a new vision for an innovative industrial location Europe 2050 instead of burdening companies and citizens with guidelines, bans and regulations; __________________ 2 Menyhert, B., ‘The effect of rising energy and consumer prices on household finances, poverty and social exclusion in the EU’, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022.

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Marion WALSMANN, Markus FERBER

Recital E

E. wWelcomes the reas according to the European working conditions telephone survey carried out by Eurofound, the target of 60 % in training courses (paid for by the employer) was not reached in any Member State in 2021; whereas the data also shows that those most in need of training (young people, those with lower levels of educational attainment and those in low-skilled occupations) benefited the leastcent announcement by the European Commission of presenting concrete proposals to reduce the regulatory administrative burden by 25% by autumn this year, which will have positive socioeconomic impacts and benefits for companies and citizens alike (young people in training, founders and innovators, self-employed, employees);

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Markus FERBER

Paragraph 1

1. Reiterates the importance of the adaption of conclusions of the 2021 Porto Social Summit, which underline that we are still living in unprecedented times; notes that COVID-19 and the ongoing Russian war of aggression against Ukraine on our doorstep resulted in the cost of living and energy crises, which are hitting the most vulnerable groups in our society the hardest, leading to increasing inequalities; reiterates the importance of the EPSR as a guiding compass to a more social Europe; stresses, however, that the resulting headline targets for 2030 set out by the Commission and endorsed by the Council on employment, skills and poverty are insufficient to ensure its full implementation; stresses that the EPSR is a powerful tool to ensure that the European project can act as a powerful shield protecting the health, safety and living conditions of its people;

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the above-mentioned conclusions of the 2021 Porto Social Summit; welcomes the adoption of the Directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU3 and the soon-to-be adopted directive on pay transparency4 ; urges the Council to agree on a general approach concerning the directive for platform work5 in order to improve worker protection in the platform economy and to create fair competition; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to occupational health and safety in the workplace; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to follow up with a legislative proposal after the adoption of Parliament’s resolution of 2 February 20236 ; welcomes the launch of a two-stage consultation of EU social partners; __________________ 3 Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union, OJ L 275, 25.10.2022, p. 33. 4 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 March 2021 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (COM(2021)0093). 5 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December 2021 on improving working conditions in platform work (COM(2021)0762). 6 European Parliament resolution of 2 February 2023 with recommendations to the Commission on Revision of European Works Councils Directive, Texts adopted, P9_TA(2023)0028.

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Paragraph 5

5. ~~Calls on the Commission to put forward a legal framework for an effective and enforceable ban on unpaid internships, traineeships and apprenticeships; w~~Welcomes the European Year of Skills and highlights the importance of access to training and reskilling for workers in industries and sectors that need to undergo fundamental changes in order to achieve the green and digital transitions, ensuring no one is left behind; calls on the Commission to consider a directive on adequate minimum income in order to ensure the reintegration of people absent from the labour market, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity, the specificities of national social protection systems and the competences of the Member States; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to presenting a proposal, by the end of 2023, on the creation of an EU disability card to be recognised in all Member States; welcomes the ongoing negotiations of the social partners on the right to disconnect, with a view to putting forward a legally binding agreement implemented via a directive; calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal for a European social security pass to provide national authorities, such as labour and social security inspectorates, and social partners involved in labour and social security inspections with a real-time instrument to effectively enforce national and EU law;

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Markus FERBER, Marion WALSMANN

Paragraph 6

6. Notes that, although many legislative and non-legislative initiatives have been initiated by the Commission, so far the EU has fallen short on fully implementing the EPSR; stresses the need for further legislative action by the Commission and the Member States to ensure its full implementation, with a specific focus on implementing principles 11 (childcare), 12 (social protection), 19 (housing) and 20 (essential services);deleted

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Markus FERBER, Marion WALSMANN

Paragraph 8

8. Warns that, for the correct implementation of principle 12, adequate social protection needs to be expanded in order to cover the risks associated with the unequal impact of climate change and environmental degradation on different income groups, as well as the social consequences of the transformation of our societies towards climate neutrality; ~~calls on the Commission and the Member States to build upon the Social Climate Fund and lay the foundations for the development of green social protection schemes at national level with EU support;~~

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER, Marion WALSMANN

Paragraph 9

9. Highlights that, according to principle 19, access to social housing or housing assistance of good quality should be provided for those in need; urges the Commission to develop an ambitious action plan to ~~achieve accessible and green social housing to meet the housing needs of all EU citizens and to~~ progressively eradicate homelessness by 2030;

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Markus FERBER, Marion WALSMANN

Paragraph 11

11. Reiterates its call that, in the light of the framework of the Green Deal industrial plan, EU funding, including State aid, should be conditional on public policy objectives, in particular social requirements, in order to offer high- quality jobs, promote collective bargaining, respect EU labour rights and standards and ensure improved working conditions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to enforce the social clause in the existing Directive on public procurement7 and to revise the directive in order to further strengthen social clauses in public contracts to require economic operators and subcontractors to fully respect the right of workers to collective bargaining, to account for the recently adopted Directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU; __________________ 7 Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65.deleted

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Markus FERBER

Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the need to strengthen the social dimension of the European Semester and the implementation of the EPSR, especially in the light of the economic governance review; calls on the Commission to consider presenting an instrument for upward social convergence in order to prevent social convergence risks, detect potential setbacks in the proper implementation of the EPSR and establish social targets; believes that social divergence risks should be included in the country-specific recommendations and taken into account when laying out fiscal adjustment paths;deleted

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER, Marion WALSMANN

Paragraph 13

13. Believes that, in order to make a ~~fair~~n innovative and social Europe a reality ~~and to ensure the highest levels of social protection in the green and digital transitions, it is necessary to ensure a~~it is necessary to ensure an economically and ecologically sustainable~~, fair~~ and inclusive Europe where soci~~al rights are fully protected and safeguarded to at least the same level as~~ oeconomic and environmental ~~standards~~aspects are fully covered; stresses the need to take steps to reinforce the role of the EPSR to ensure the equal treatment of the economic, environmental and social standards and to ensure that social standards and social rights in Europe are placed at the centre of the EU’s forthcoming political practices; notes that, consequently, social investment will be needed for the implementation of the EPSR in upcoming funding initiatives and the revision of the multiannual financial framework;

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2586(RSP)

Stefan BERGER, Markus PIEPER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER, Marion WALSMANN

Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to present a governance framework to anticipate and manage changes related to the economic, green and digital transitions in the world of work, focusing first on the importance of safeguarding jobs, including access to adequate training, and second, on the involvement of social partners in decision- making processes;

2023/03/23
Committee: EMPL

2023/2121(INI)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Sabine VERHEYEN, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Daniel CASPARY, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, David McALLISTER

Motion for a resolution
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)

2023/12/13
Committee: REGI

2023/2121(INI)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Sabine VERHEYEN, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Daniel CASPARY, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, David McALLISTER

Motion for a resolution
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

2023/12/13
Committee: REGI

2023/2121(INI)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Sabine VERHEYEN, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Daniel CASPARY, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, David McALLISTER

Motion for a resolution
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;

2023/12/13
Committee: REGI

2023/2121(INI)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Sabine VERHEYEN, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Daniel CASPARY, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, David McALLISTER

Motion for a resolution
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;

2023/12/13
Committee: REGI

2023/2121(INI)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Sabine VERHEYEN, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Daniel CASPARY, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, David McALLISTER

Motion for a resolution
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;

2023/12/13
Committee: REGI

2023/2121(INI)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Sabine VERHEYEN, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Daniel CASPARY, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, David McALLISTER

Motion for a resolution
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;

2023/12/13
Committee: REGI

2023/2121(INI)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Sabine VERHEYEN, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Daniel CASPARY, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, David McALLISTER

Motion for a resolution
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;

2023/12/13
Committee: REGI

2023/2121(INI)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Sabine VERHEYEN, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Daniel CASPARY, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, David McALLISTER

Motion for a resolution
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;

2023/12/13
Committee: REGI

2023/2121(INI)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Sabine VERHEYEN, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Daniel CASPARY, Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, David McALLISTER

Motion for a resolution
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;

2023/12/13
Committee: REGI

2023/0167(COD)

Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) Directives (EU) 2009/65/EC34 , 2009/138/EC35 , ~~2011/61/EU36 ,~~ 2014/65/EU37 and (EU) 2016/9738 of the European Parliament and of the Council. are designed to protect retail investors and seek to increase the confidence and ability of retail investors as they make important financial decisions. The Commission’s work to evaluate and assess this framework has identified a number of important problems, including difficulties for retail investors to understand and compare investment offers on the basis of disclosure documentation which is not sufficiently relevant and engaging to help their decision-making. In addition, the Commission’s work pointed to the growing risks related to misleading marketing information and practices provided via digital channels and shortcomings in the way products are manufactured and distributed that may result in unjustifiably high levels of costs for retail investors. The Commission’s work also pointed to risks of bias in the investment advice process. __________________ 34 Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 32). 35 Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p. 1). 36 Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 1). 37 Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 349). 38 Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (OJ L 26, 2.2.2016, p.19).

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

2023/0167(COD)

Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) Third party payments, such as fees, commissions or any monetary or non- monetary benefits paid to or received by investment firms and insurance undertakings and intermediaries by or from persons other than the client or customer, also termed as ‘inducements’, play a significant role in the distribution of retail investment products in the Union. The existing rules designed to manage conflicts of interests in Directives (EU) 2014/65 and (EU) 2016/97, including restrictions on and transparency around the payments of inducements, have not proven sufficiently effective in mitigating consumer detriment and have led to different levels of retail investor protection across product segments and distribution channels. It is therefore necessary to further strengthen the investor protection framework to ensure that retail clients’ best interests are protected uniformly across the Union. In light of the potential disruptive impact caused by the introduction of a full prohibition of inducements, it is appropriate to have a staged approach and first strengthen the requirements around the payment and receipt of inducements to address the potential conflicts of interest and ensure better protection of retail investors and, at a second stage, to review the effectiveness of the framework~~, an~~. Comprehensive consumer testing and an appropriate stakeholder consultation should precede the review. After that and if deemed necessary after assessing the indicators laid down in Art. 26a (6) the European Commission could propose alternative measures in line with Better Regulation rules, including a potential ban on inducements, if appropriate.

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

2023/0167(COD)

Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) In order to ensure that retail customers are not misled, it is important to stipulate in Directive (EU) 2016/97 that, in line with existing rules in Directive (EU) 2014/65, insurance intermediaries that indicate to their customers that they provide advice on an independent basis, should ~~not accept inducements for such advice~~assesses a sufficiently large number of insurance products available on the market. This rule should not prevent insurance intermediaries offering advice to customers from accepting inducements, provided that the advice is not presented as independent, customers are informed of the inducements in line with applicable transparency requirements and that other legal requirements, including the requirement to act in the best interest of the customer, are complied with. In view of the diversity of the insurance distribution structures in the Member States, it should also not prevent insurance intermediaries that are not employed by or contractually tied to an insurance undertaking but receive inducements from presenting themselves as not contractually tied to a specific insurance undertaking.

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

2023/0167(COD)

Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) The existing safeguards conditioning the payment or receipt of inducements, which under Directive (EU) 2014/65 require that the inducement is designed to enhance the quality of the service to the client, or under Directive (EU) 2016/97 should not have a detrimental effect on the quality of the service to the customer, have not been sufficiently effective in mitigating conflicts of interest. It is therefore appropriate to remove those criteria and introduce a new, common test, both in Directive (EU) 2014/65 and Directive (EU) 2016/97, that further clarifies how financial advisors should apply the principle of acting in the best interest of the client. Financial advisors should base their advice on an appropriate range of financial products. After having identified suitable instruments for their clients, they should recommend the most cost-efficient of similar products to their clients. Furthermore, financial advisors should also systematically recommend at least one product without features that may not be necessary for the achievement of the client’s investment objective, so that retail investors are presented also with alternative and possibly cheaper options to consider. Such features may include, as an example, funds with an investment strategy which implies higher costs, a capital guarantee and structured products with hedging elements. If advisors choose to also The selection of financial products offered should take into account both, the size and business model of the investment firm as well as the investment objective of the client. After having identified suitable instruments for their clients, they should recommend athe product that ~~carries additional features which carry extra costs to~~best fits with the client ~~or cu~~s investome~~r, they should explicitly provide the reason for such a recommendation and disclose the extra costs incurred~~nt objectives, paying due attention to the costs of the products. In the case of insurance- based investment products, advisors should also ensure that the insurance cover included in the product is consistent with the customer’s insurance demands and needs.

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

2023/0167(COD)

Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) In order to enable the development of independent advice at a reasonable cost, independent advisors should be allowed to provide advice to retail investors on well-diversified, non-complex and cost-efficient products based on a more limited set of data collected for the suitability assessment. The scope of such advice should be clearly disclosed to retail investors in good time before the provision of the advice. Given the diversified nature of the advised products, independent financial advisors should not be required to obtain and assess information from the clients relating to their knowledge and experience or existing portfolios.deleted

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

2023/0167(COD)

Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) In order to assess the effectiveness of these measures, t~~hree~~wo years after ~~the date of entry into force of this Directive~~national implementation of all Level 1 and Level 2 measures and after having consulted the European Securities and Markets Authority (‘ESMA’) and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (‘EIOPA’), the Commission should prepare a report on the effects of third-party payments on retail investments which, where necessary, should be accompanied by proposals to further strengthen the framework.

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

2023/0167(COD)

Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) Directives 2009/65/EC ~~and 2011/61/EU require alternative investment funds (AIFs) and~~require undertakings for the collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) management companies to act with due skill, care and diligence in the best interests of the investment fund they manage and of their investors. ~~AIFs and~~ UCITS management companies should therefore prevent undue costs from being charged to investment funds and their investors. ~~AIFs and~~ UCITS management companies should be required to establish a sound pricing process which should comprise the identification, analysis and review of costs charged, directly or indirectly, to investment funds or their unit holders, and thus borne by investors. Costs should be considered to be due if they comply with UCITS ~~and AIFs~~ pre- contractual documents, are necessary to their functioning, and are borne by investors in a fair way.

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

2023/0167(COD)

Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) UCITS ~~and AIFs~~ management companies should compensate investors where undue costs have been charged, including where costs have been miscalculated to the detriment of investors, and inform the competent authorities, financial auditors of the investment funds and their managers, and the depositary of those funds thereof. To promote better enforcement and achieve concrete results for retail investors, harmonisation of Member States' administrative and sanctioning powers is necessary. The obligation to compensate investors should be added as a possible administrative measure and sanction so that this possibility exists in all Member States.

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

2023/0167(COD)

Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus FERBER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) The pricing process under Directives 2009/65/EC ~~and 2011/61/EU~~ should ensure that costs borne by retail investors are justified and proportionate to the characteristics of the product, and in particular to the investment objective and strategy, level of risk and expected returns of the funds, so that UCITS ~~and AIFs~~ deliver Value for Money to investors. UCITS ~~and AIFs~~ management companies should remain responsible for the quality of their pricing process. In particular, they should ensure that costs are comparable to market standards, including by comparing the costs of funds with similar investment strategies and characteristics available on publicly available databases. However, to make the pricing process more objective and to equip UCITS ~~and AIFs~~ management companies, and competent authorities with a tool allowing for an efficient comparison of costs among investment products from the same product type, ESMA should develop benchmarks, based on data related to the cost and performance of investment products that ESMA receives as part of the supervisory reporting, against which an assessment of Value for Money can be carried out, in addition to the other criteria included in the pricing process of UCITS ~~and AIFs~~ management companies. Considering the Commission’s priority to avoid unnecessary administrative burdens and to simplify reporting requirements, those benchmarks should build on existing data from public disclosures and supervisory reporting, unless additional data are exceptionally necessary. Investment funds offering poor Value for Money or deviating from ESMA's benchmarks should not be marketed to retail investors unless further assessment has established that the product nevertheless offers Value for Money. The assessment and the measures taken should be documented and provided to competent authorities upon their request.

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13

Directive 2014/65/EU
Article 24b – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point e

~~(e) the net annual performance of the portfolio of the retail client and the annual performance of each of the financial instruments included in this portfolio.~~deleted

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Markus FERBER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Stefan BERGER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)

(f a) the public debt ratio is reduced by at least 1.5% of GDP per year on average over the adjustment period;

2023/10/26
Committee: ECON

Ralf SEEKATZ

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

Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 35

(35) ‘critical functions’ means activities, services or operations the discontinuance of which is ~~likely~~ in one or more Member States to lead to the disruption of services that are essential to the real economy or to the disruption of financial stability at national orlevel, or at the discretion of the Member States at regional level, due to the size, market share, external and internal interconnectedness, complexity or cross- border activities of an institution or group, with particular regard to the substitutability of those activities, services or operations;;

2023/11/06
Committee: ECON

2023/0033(COD)

Proposal for a directive
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.

2023/06/08
Committee: EMPL

Ralf SEEKATZ

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

Regulation (EU) No 260/2012
Article 2 – paragraph 1a – introductory part

1a. ‘instant credit transfer’ means a credit transfer initiated electronically and remotely which meets all of the following conditions:

2023/04/21
Committee: ECON

Proposal for a regulation
–

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].

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
–

– The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Sven SIMON, Angelika NIEBLER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel CASPARY, Rainer WIELAND, Sabine VERHEYEN, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
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.deleted

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15

(15). ‘integrated pest management’ means careful consideration of all available ~~mean~~plant protection methods and the subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms~~, while~~ and keep~~ing~~ the use of ~~chemical~~ plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and reduce or minimise risks to human health and the environment. Integrated pest management emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms;

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Herbert DORFMANN, Andreas SCHWAB, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, David McALLISTER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Christian DOLESCHAL

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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.~~

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Sven SIMON, Angelika NIEBLER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel CASPARY, Rainer WIELAND, Sabine VERHEYEN, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
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.deleted

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

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;

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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;

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Sven SIMON, Angelika NIEBLER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel CASPARY, Rainer WIELAND, Sabine VERHEYEN, Alexander BERNHUBER

(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.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Christine SCHNEIDER, Marion WALSMANN, Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ, Niclas HERBST, Alexander BERNHUBER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Herbert DORFMANN, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Sabine VERHEYEN, Lena DÜPONT, Jens GIESEKE, Axel VOSS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Markus PIEPER, Stefan BERGER, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Christian DOLESCHAL, Petri SARVAMAA

Christine SCHNEIDER, Marion WALSMANN, Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ, Niclas HERBST, Alexander BERNHUBER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Herbert DORFMANN, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Sabine VERHEYEN, Lena DÜPONT, Jens GIESEKE, Axel VOSS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Markus PIEPER, Peter LIESE, Stefan BERGER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Proposal for a regulation
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).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

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

~~(c) share of forests with uneven-aged structure;~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

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

~~(e) common forest bird index;~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
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.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Marion WALSMANN, Bartosz ARŁUKOWICZ, Niclas HERBST, Alexander BERNHUBER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Herbert DORFMANN, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Sabine VERHEYEN, Lena DÜPONT, Jens GIESEKE, Axel VOSS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Markus PIEPER, Peter LIESE, Stefan BERGER, Henna VIRKKUNEN

~~(iii) the following point (aa) is inserted: ‘(aa) environmental performance limit values;;’~~deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point v

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (bb) (new)

~~(v) the following point (ba) is inserted: ‘(ba) appropriate requirements for an environmental management system as laid down in Article 14a;;’~~deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vi

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (b c) (new)

~~(vi) the following point (bb) is inserted: ‘(bb) suitable monitoring requirements for the consumption and reuse of resources such as energy, water and raw materials;;’~~deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
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)

(vii) in point (d), the following subpoint (iii) is added: ‘(iii) information on progress towards fulfilment of the environmental policy objectives referred to in Article 14a. Such information shall be made public;;’deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 a (new)

(11) The following Article 14a is inserted: ‘Article 14a Environmental management system 1. Member States shall require the operator to prepare and implement, for each installation falling within the scope of this Chapter, an environmental management system (‘EMS’). The EMS shall comply with the provisions included in relevant BAT conclusions that determine aspects to be covered in the EMS. The EMS shall be reviewed periodically to ensure that it continues to be suitable, adequate and effective. 2. The EMS shall include at least the following: (a) the continuous improvement of the environmental performance and safety of the installation, which shall include measures to: (i) prevent the generation of waste; (ii) optimise resource use and water reuse; (iii) prevent or reduce risks associated with the use of hazardous substances. (b) objectives and performance indicators in relation to significant environmental aspects, which shall take into account benchmarks set out in the relevant BAT conclusions and the life- cycle environmental performance of the supply chain; (c) obligation to conduct an energy audit or implement an energy management system pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EU, inclusion of the results of that audit or implementation of the energy management system pursuant to Article 8 and Annex VI of that Directive and of the measures to implement their recommendations; (d) hazardous substances present in the installation as such, as constituents of other substances or as part of mixtures, a risk assessment of the impact of such substances on human health and the environment and an analysis of the possibilities to substitute them with safer alternatives; (e) environmental objectives and avoid risks for human health or the environment, including corrective and preventive measures where needed; (f) to in Article 27d. 3. be made available on the Internet, free of charge and without restricting access to registered users..’deleted environmental policy objectives for or installations covered by the a chemicals inventory of the measures taken to achieve the a transformation plan as referred The EMS of an installation shall

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
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.

2022/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. The competent authority shall set the strictest possible emission limit values that are consistent with the lowest emissions achievable by applying BAT in the installation, and that ensure that, under normal operating conditions, emissions do not exceed the emission levels associated with the best available techniques (BAT-AELs) as laid down in the decisions on BAT conclusions referred to in Article 13(5). The emission limit values shall be based on an assessment by the operator analysing the feasibility of meeting the strictest end of the BAT-AEL range and demonstrating the best performance the installation can achieve by applying BAT as described in BAT conclusions. The emission limit values shall be set through either of the following: (a) expressed for the same or shorter periods of time and under the same reference conditions as the emission levels associated with the best available techniques; or (b) values than those referred to under point (a) in terms of values, periods of time and reference conditions. Where the emission limit values are set in accordance with point (b), the competent authority shall, at least annually, assess the results of emission monitoring in order to ensure that emissions under normal operating conditions have not exceeded the emission levels associated with the best available techniques.deleted setting emission limit values setting different emission limit

Proposal for a directive
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.

2022/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2 – second part

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the audit organisation contracted by the operator as part of its environmental management system assesses the conformity of the transformation plans referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 with the requirements set out in the implementing act referred to in paragraph 4.deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 3

~~3. The operator shall make its transformation plan as well as the results of the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 public, as part of the publication of its environmental management system.~~deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall by 30 June 2028, adopt an implementing act establishing the format for the transformation plans. This implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 75(2)..deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a

Directive 2010/75/EU
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;;

2022/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN, Hildegard BENTELE

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point e

Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex I – paragraph 3.6 (new)

(e) the following point 3.6. is inserted: ‘3.6. Extraction and treatment (operations such as comminution, size control, beneficiation and upgrading) of the following non-energy minerals: (a) industrial minerals, including barite, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar, fluorspar, graphite, gypsum, kaolin, magnesite, perlite, potash, salt, sulphur and talc; (b) metalliferous ores, including bauxite, chromium, cobalt, copper, gold, iron, lead, lithium, manganese, nickel, palladium, platinum, tin, tungsten and zinc.’;’deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – title

Permits and simplified registration

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

Directive 2010/75/EU
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 I~~referred to in Article 70a, which shall include the following:

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Benoît LUTGEN, Peter JAHR, Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Angelika NIEBLER, Dennis RADTKE, Peter LIESE, Ralf SEEKATZ

Axel VOSS, Marion WALSMANN, Daniel BUDA, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Iuliu WINKLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Radan KANEV, Luisa REGIMENTI, Pascal ARIMONT, Pernille WEISS, Miriam LEXMANN, Angelika NIEBLER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) Companies should take appropriate steps within their means to set up and carry out risk-based due diligence measures, with respect to their own operations, their subsidiaries, as well as their ~~established direct and~~direct business relationships outside the EU and in case of substantiated knowledge of risks, indirect business relationships ~~throughout~~outside the EU in their ~~value~~supply chains in accordance with the provisions of this Directive. This Directive should not require companies to guarantee, in all circumstances, that adverse impacts will never occur or that they will be stopped. For example with respect to business relationships where the adverse impact results from State intervention, the company might not be in a position to arrive at such results. ~~Therefore, the main obligations in this Directive should be ‘obligations of means’. The company should take the appropriate measure~~Moreover, administering information on a large number of business relationships is difficult. Therefore, the main obligations in this Directive should be ‘obligations of means’. In addition, while companies can be asked to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts that they caused or contributed to, it is still the responsibility of states to combat human rights violations worldwide. Companies should take the appropriate proportionate and commensurate measures within their means which can reasonably be expected to result in prevention or minimisation of the adverse impact under the circumstances of the specific case. Account should be taken of the specificities of the respective company’s ~~value~~supply chain, s~~ector or geographical area in which its value chain partners operate, the company’s power to influence its direct and indirect business relationships,~~ize, risk factors including the sector and geographical area of activity, the likelihood and severity of the company's potential or actual adverse impacts and its specific circumstances, the company’s power, resources and leverage to influence its business relationships, whether they caused or contributed to the adverse impact or are directly linked to it and whether the company could increase its ~~power of influenc~~leverage.

2022/12/06
Committee: JURI

Motion for a resolution
Annex – point 2 – part II – point b

(b) the prohibition of retaliation and effective penalties against SLAPP actions and against the abuse of the anti-SLAPP safeguards;

2021/09/06
Committee: JURI LIBE

2021/2036(INI)

Axel VOSS, Antonius MANDERS, Ralf SEEKATZ

(a) the obligation for the claimant in cases concerning public participation to specify and provide means of ~~proof~~justification of why the action is not abusive;

2021/09/06
Committee: JURI LIBE

2021/2036(INI)

Axel VOSS, Antonius MANDERS, Ralf SEEKATZ

(d) the possibility for third parties to intervene and subrogate to the defendant’s rights and obligations according to national procedural law;

2021/09/06
Committee: JURI LIBE

2021/2036(INI)

Axel VOSS, Antonius MANDERS, Ralf SEEKATZ

Motion for a resolution
Annex – point 4 – point b

(b) specify that private prosecution cannot be used to silence journalists, publishers, academics, civil society and NGOs;

2021/09/06
Committee: JURI LIBE

2021/0385(COD)

Markus FERBER, Stefan BERGER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Andreas SCHWAB

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as regards enhancing market data transparency, removing obstacles to the emergence of a consolidated tape, optimising the trading obligations and ~~prohibiting receiv~~rules governing payments for forwarding client orders (Text with EEA relevance)

2022/10/20
Committee: ECON

Emil RADEV, Ralf SEEKATZ, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) The Member States remain the best placed to identify, assess, understand and decide how to mitigate risks of money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as how to fight money laundering and terrorism financing, affecting them directly. Therefore, each Member State should take the appropriate steps in an effort to properly identity, assess and understand its money laundering and terrorist financing risks, as well as risks of non-implementation and evasion of targeted financial sanctions and to define a coherent national strategy to put in place actions to mitigate those risks. Such national risk assessment should be updated regularly and should include a description of the institutional structure and broad procedures of the Member State's AML/CFT regime, as well as the allocated human and financial resources to the extent that this information is available.