Activities of Katrin LANGENSIEPEN
Plenary speeches (59)
Employment and social policies of the euro area (debate)
Order of business
EU disability strategy post 2020 (debate)
“Housing First” as urgent action to address the situation of homeless people in Europe (debate)
Sustainable investment plan, just transition fund and Roadmap on Social Europe (debate)
Migration situation at the Greek-Turkish border and the EU's common response to it (debate)
The humanitarian situation in Mozambique
Situation in Ethiopia
FEAD: specific measures to address the COVID-19 crisis (debate)
The state of play of the EU’s COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy (debate)
Rwanda, the case of Paul Rusesabagina
Homologation and distribution of transparent masks (debate)
Humanitarian situation in Ethiopia (debate)
Equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD (debate)
The Syrian conflict - 10 years after the uprising (continuation of debate)
European Child Guarantee (debate)
Autism and inclusive employment (debate)
The protection of persons with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt (debate)
Humanitarian situation in Tigray (debate)
European framework for employees' participation rights and the revision of the European Works Council Directive (debate)
Political crisis in Sudan
Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive (debate)
Protection of workers from the risks relating to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxins at work (debate)
A new EU strategic framework on health and safety at work post 2020 (debate)
EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine (debate)
Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))
EU initiatives to address the rising cost of living, including the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)
EU action plan for the social economy (debate)
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2020 and 2021 (debate)
AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market (debate)
AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market (debate)
The EU’s strategic relationship and partnership with the Horn of Africa (debate)
The recent humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, notably that of children
COVID-19 – Sustaining EU preparedness and response: looking ahead (debate)
Eliminating violence against Women (debate)
Order of business
Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)
Turkish airstrikes on northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (debate)
EU response to the humanitarian situation following the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria (debate)
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)
The EU priorities for the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)
Deterioration of democracy in Israel and consequences on the occupied territories (debate)
Combating discrimination in the EU - the long-awaited horizontal anti-discrimination directive (debate)
Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (debate)
Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Social Climate Fund - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (debate)
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)
Start of the European Year of skills (debate)
Roadmap on a Social Europe: two years after Porto (debate)
COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (debate)
Rising precariousness in Europe including the need for aid to the most deprived (debate)
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (debate)
Commission proposal for a Council recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions (debate)
International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)
Quality jobs in a competitive future-oriented social market economy (topical debate)
Addressing urgent skills shortages and finding the right talents to boost job creation (European Year of Skills) (debate)
Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the situation in Syria (debate)
Council decision inviting Member States to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) of the International Labour Organization (debate)
European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State (joint debate - Disability cards)
La Hulpe declaration on the future of social Europe (debate)
Reports (2)
REPORT on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD
REPORT on AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market
Shadow reports (13)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 as regards the introduction of specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis
REPORT on reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty
REPORT on the implementation of Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys (Toy Safety Directive)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Social Climate Fund
REPORT on the EU action plan for the social economy
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Year of Skills 2023
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Syria
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes, as well as Directives (EU) 2015/2302, (EU) 2019/2161 and (EU) 2020/1828
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council extending Directive [XXXX] to third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/2394 and (EU) 2018/1724 with regards to the discontinuation of the European ODR Platform
Shadow opinions (8)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020
OPINION Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards exceptional additional resources and implementing arrangements under the Investment for growth and jobs goal to provide assistance for fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy (REACT-EU)
OPINION on the protection of persons with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities
OPINION on Protecting workers from asbestos
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022
OPINION on women’s poverty in Europe
OPINION Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities
Institutional motions (59)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation at the USA-Mexican border
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation at the USA-Mexico border
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the situation of women's rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the situation of women’s rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION On Uganda, notably the proposed bill to impose capital punishment of homosexual acts
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the criminalisation of sexual education in Poland
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on children’s rights on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on public discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI people, including LGBTI free zones
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the violent crackdown on the recent protests in Iran
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria, notably the recent terrorist attacks
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi, notably freedom of expression
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the gender pay gap
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Mozambique
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Dr. Denis Mukwege in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Mozambique
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Eritrea, the case Dawit Isaak
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ethiopia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ethiopia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, in particular the case of 2012 Sakharov Prize laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtas and other prisoners of conscience
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arrest of Alexei Navalny in Moscow
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political situation in Uganda
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Rwanda, the case of Paul Rusesabagina
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian and political situation in Yemen
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Rwanda, the case of Paul Rusesabagina
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the assassination of Italian ambassador and his entourage
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the cases of death row inmates and human rights defenders
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the mass trials against opposition and civil society in Cambodia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Syrian conflict – 10 years after the uprising
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the current situation in Chad
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the legal changes adopted by the Hungarian Parliament
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The case of Paul Rusesabagina in Rwanda
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Tigray
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on The situation in Somalia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Political crisis in Sudan
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political crisis in Sudan
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU priorities for the 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the EU Protection of children and young people fleeing because of the war in Ukraine
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION On threats to stability, security and democracy in Western and Sahelian Afric
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national Recovery Plan (RRF)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Violations of human rights in Uganda and Tanzania linked to the investments in fossil fuels projects
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The recent humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, notably that of children
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, notably that of children
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU response to ongoing protests and executions in Iran
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The humanitarian situation in Sudan, in particular the death of children trapped by fighting
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the murder of Alexei Navalny and the need for EU action in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society in Russia
Oral questions (7)
State of play of Council negotiations on the Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Autism and inclusive employment
European Child Guarantee
European Child Guarantee
Reversing the negative social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic
The EU’s responsibility to protect local staff targeted due to their working relations with the EU
Enforcement of revolving door rules by the Commission
Written questions (68)
Addressing mobility and accessibility in the building and renovating framework of the European Green Deal
The EU disability card
EU framework for national homelessness strategies
The situation of homeless people during the coronavirus epidemic in the EU
The situation of homeless people during the coronavirus epidemics in the EU
Rare diseases and employability
Mental health and the new Occupational Health and Safety Strategy
Madrid COVID-19 protocol – triage
Madrid COVID-19 protocol – triage
CRII and CRII+ in the light of the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities
Disability focal points
Disability focal points
Prosecution of NGOs in Greece
Task Force on Equality
Inappropriate terms used by Eurostat
Creation of an EU access board
Entrenched discrimination against Afghan girls with disabilities
Crackdown on reproductive rights in Poland amid the ongoing crisis of the rule of law
New evidence of push‑backs at the Croatian border – will the Commission now finally start to react?
The European Schools
Judicial immunity under threat in Poland
Cross-border EIA procedure in connection with the extended operation of nuclear reactors in the EU
Educational inequalities due to the physical closure of schools
Sexual violence against children as a weapon of war in conflict zones
Deinstitutionalisation of support services for persons with disabilities
EU target for ending homelessness
European Platform on Combating Homelessness
Follow up to the question on the exclusion of students with disabilities from PISA tests
Providing support to tackle India’s COVID-19 public health emergency
Construction of walls around Greek refugee camps
Revision of the EU’s cross-border healthcare framework
Protection of persons with disabilities from discrimination outside employment
Situation of women and girls with disabilities
Discrimination against LGBTI people in Hungary goes against the principles and rules of EU funding
LGBTIQ inclusion in ESF+ project selection
Spain is training Saudi soldiers to participate in the Yemen war
Disability in international cooperation
EU web accessibility for persons with disabilities
Group pushbacks by Bulgarian authorities
Improving the early detection of breast cancer as part of Europe’s beating cancer plan
Assessment of the Nord Stream 2 investment arbitration case against the EU based on the Energy Charter Treaty
Revision of target group of social housing
Support for the most deprived under FEAD and REACT-EU
Ways and means of providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan prior to the opening of an office in Kabul
Stepping up EU action on safeguarding the rights of transnational families
Implementation of the Youth, Peace and Security agenda by the Commission and the Member States
Effectiveness of the EURES platform for the specific needs of people with disabilities and their carers
Awareness-raising of the need for an action plan for rare diseases and the need to tackle health inequalities in the EU
Achieving environmental and climate targets under the EU Strategy for Sustainable Textiles through new binding legislation and aligned financial flows
EU strategy for sustainable textiles and subsequent legislation and the need to reduce the textile industry’s greenhouse gas emissions
The EU and the international debate on the human rights of older people
Access to safe abortion for women fleeing the war in Ukraine
Ukrainian refugees with disabilities
Threats against employees of the Fresenius hospital group in Colombia
Misallocation and improper use of cooperation funds for Syria
Budgetary difficulties for NGOs under the EaSI programme resulting from inflation
Access to healthcare in the occupied Palestinian territory
EU cardiovascular health strategy and gender equality
Reducing forced labour and child labour in EU supply chains by 2025
Revising public procurement legislation to stop the publicly financed race to the bottom on working conditions
The European Union’s reaction to the racist comments made by the Tunisian President Kais Saied on sub-Saharan migrants and the ensuing human rights violations
Is the Commission ready to act after the Crotone cover-up?
Adequate working conditions for primarily Eastern European guest workers in the EU
Belgium’s asylum seeker reception crisis and failure to comply with court decisions
The right of persons with disabilities to participate in the electoral process
Commission efforts to improve the situation of the unpaid truck drivers in Gräfenhausen
Rejection of official EU delegations by Tunisian authorities and consequences for EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding
Supporting the Abraham Accords as a stepping stone towards regional peace
Individual motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the health and lives of people living near farms
Amendments (942)
Amendment 4 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and particularly Article 7 on Children with Disabilities;
Amendment 9 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the Eurofound report “Guaranteeing access to services for children in the EU;
Amendment 24 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Recital A
A. whereas access to basic serviceshaving effective and free access to quality and free healthcare, includingsive early childhood education and care (ECEC) and healthcare, as well as to education,, school-based activities, and effective access to decent housing and adequate nutrition are key and plays an important role in breaking the cycle of intergenerational disadvantage and lifting children out of poverty and of social exclusion, as it; whereas this can help to tackle the complex and multifaceteddisciplinary nature of poverty and vulnerability;
Amendment 33 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Recital B
B. wWhereas investing in the youngest generation brings the greatest return and contributes to the growth and prosperity of society as a whole; whereas several Member Stat, several countries have allocated more than the requested 5 % of European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) resources to tackling child poverty and 23 Member States have programmed a total of EUR 8.9 billion in ESF+ support to addSF+; whereas an EUR 8.9 billion ESF+ support to address child poverty has been programmed by 23 Member States; wheresas the issue; whereasre has been a delay in the implementation of the ESF+ plans thas beent delayed, in turn delaying the reforms to be undertaken under Child Guarantee national action plans (NAPs) and financed through ESF+ Child Guarantee NAPs reforms financed through ESF+; whereas investing in the youngest generation is essential for a prosperous and equal society as a whole, and it can yield a return on investment at societal level at least four times higher than the original costs of the investments;
Amendment 46 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Recital D
D. whereas many more children are bound to be vulnerable, not only those living in poverty and social exclusion, but also childrenthose living with disabilities, children with a minority racial or ethnic background, children residing in institutions, migrant and refugee children, and so on; whereas etc.; whereas the European Child Guarantee has the potential to improvinge their lives in the short -term and establishing successful life paths for them in the long term requires structural changes and innovative solutions and an intersectoral approach at EU, national and local levelshelps establishing structural changes needed for successful long-term life paths ;
Amendment 48 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Recital E
Amendment 55 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Recital F
F. whereas 20 months on fromsince the original deadlinue date of March 2022, 24 Member States have adopted their Child Guarantee NAPs, with a focus on the majorNational Action Plans (NAPs) on Child Guarantee taking on board main areas identified in the associated Council Recommendation;
Amendment 61 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Recital I
I. whereas child poverty has a strong territorial dimension and cooperation with the local authorities is proving conduc; whereas Eurofound research shows that more attention should be given to more effective and sustainable results for children and their familiesthe urban rural divide and to gather evidence at the subnational level;
Amendment 63 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Recital J
J. whereas some countries have lacked transparency and have failed to consultinclusion of children and families, and their representative organisations (including non-governmental organisations (NGOs)) w the consultation process in then drafting of their NAPs;
Amendment 66 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Recital K
K. whereas consistent institutional commitment and the engagement of different ministries and agencies and ofs well as of the sub-national authorities presents challenges in a number of countries; whereas nNational cCoordinators are responsible for the coordination and implementation process and for coordinatingof the work of the variousdifferent ministries in charge of implementationresponsible;
Amendment 70 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Recital L
L. whereas some countries have struggled to develop and implement a monitoring framework for their NAPs and do not collect enough data on child poverty; whereas the lack of standardised guidelines for data collection hinders the monitoring of the implementation of the European Child Guarantee;
Amendment 91 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to design a national framework for data collection, monitoring and evaluation for their NAPs, involving participatory research methods; invites the Member States to create child poverty observatories to gather high-quality, disaggregated and internationally comparable data at national levelcomparable data;
Amendment 97 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. stresses the need for improved data collection from the Member States in collaboration with Eurostat, on children living in institutions, accompanied by time-bound targets for bringing children out of institutions and into family settings in the community;
Amendment 103 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Rreiterates its call forto the Commission to create a citizen-friendly EU-wide monitoring tool; urges the Commission to cooperate with Eurofound to build on their work in the creation of such tool in order to: monitor the development of the Child Guarantee NAPs and the relevant trends at EU level; work towards harmonised quantitative and qualitative data development and collection in all areas relevant for the implementation of the objectives of the ECG and other related policies on children; promote the exchange of practices among Member States and other relevant stakeholders, including engaging in joint initiatives promoting partnerships among Member States and other relevant stakeholders; support Member States in their follow-up on relevant Country Specific Recommendations within the European Semester; reflect on updates in relation to the guidelines of the ECG Recommendation to ensure its full and effective implementation; work in close cooperation with relevant stakeholders, scientific experts and practitioners, as well as consult regularly with children’s fora; promote awareness raising and campaigns; work with Member States on voluntary basis;
Amendment 110 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to use the mid-term review to support the revision of the NAPs; calls on the Member States to streamline NAPs and create synergies between them and national policies and strategies, as well as their funding, in order to ensure that the measures are consistent and sufficient human resources for the services are provided;
Amendment 120 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Nnotes that take-up of ECEC remains low amongreduced in low- income families; calls on the Member States to provide more quality places iincrease their capacity on childcare facilities and to support professional training for ECEC staff; and increase its number; asked the Member States in that regard to ensure the five components of the ECEC Quality Framework of the Council recommendation on high-quality early childhood education and care systems are implemented and met; access to early childhood education and care training and working conditions of staff in charge of early childhood education and care definition of appropriate curricula governance and funding monitoring and evaluation of systems
Amendment 127 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 11
11. Ccalls on the Member States to increase their efforts to ensure that all children enrolled in education receive at least one healthy warm meal each school dayensure at least one healthy warm meal each school day for all children given the increase in food poverty in the last years;
Amendment 136 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 13
13. Hhighlights that poor housing is still one of the causes of child poverty, given that it is linked witha human right and access to it being a major problem; informs that according to Eurofound 21,6% of children are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, due to experiencing housing cost overburden in the EU in 2022 alone; points out that this is one cause of child poverty being connected to energy poverty and, precarious livworking conditions; invites the of adults and as a consequence poor living conditions; therefore urges Members States, therefore, to assess and measure it and revise their social housing policies and housing benefit systems in order, as well as energy efficiency of buildings to better cater for the needs of vulnerable families;
Amendment 143 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 14
14. Eencourages the Member States to register all children and adolescents regardless of their parents’ administrative status (residence status) in order to decrease the practical and administrative barriers to accessing keyto decrease practical and administrative barriers for all children to access essential services;
Amendment 151 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 15
15. Ccalls on the Member States to promote outreach activities and proactively raise awareness of the European, inform about and provide the Child Guarantee and the's key services that children and families can benefit from;
Amendment 155 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 16
16. Hhighlights the importance of integrating services (free childcare, free healthcare, free education, and housing) as part ofaccessible and affordable housing) in a coordinated approach to reducing child poverty, and of taking a case-by-s well as case management approach for tailored interventions, and stresses that all of these services should be fully inclusive and accessible to children with disabilities and from all backgrounds;
Amendment 163 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 17
17. Ccalls for the Member States to ensure consistherencye between the European Child Guarantee and the rCG and Reinforced Youth Guarantee in order to cover the entire age span from pregnancy to adulthood; birth to adulthood; highlights that in the years to come, data should be gathered and analysed to identify if the beneficiaries of the Child Guarantee remain beneficiaries as well of the Youth Guarantee; calls on Member States to mobilize partnerships at national level that are relevant for both.
Amendment 177 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to assess the quality of spending on children, in particular to evaluate the effective and consistent use of the EUR 8.9 billion dedicated to the European Child Guarantee, and asks the Commission to propose options for synergies and blending with other sources of funding;
Amendment 183 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to ensure that best use is made of available EU funds and invites them to explore innovative funding schemes, including public-private partnerships; encourages the Member States to work with the European Investment Bank and invest in social infrastructure dedicated to children;
Amendment 187 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 21
21. Ccalls on the Commission to work further work with the Member States by providingfor tailor- made technical expertise through the Technical Support Instrument (TSI) and to take into account the support provided for the Reinforced Youth Guarantee in order to ensure efficiency and optimise resources;
Amendment 199 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. regrets the lack of involvement of the social partners in the process of data gathering and assessment; calls on the Commission and the Member States to closely cooperate with them in order to make sure that the workers needed to create or update services to achieve the goals of the Child Guarantee have decent working conditions and enough staff to provide the high quality services;
Amendment 214 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 27
Amendment 15 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the report of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic of 14 August 2023 to the 54th regular session of the Human Rights Council,
Amendment 19 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
– having regard to the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of 16 November 2023 on the request for the indication of provisional measures for the application of the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Canada and the Netherlands v Syrian Arab Republic),
Amendment 21 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
– having regard to the order of the Paris Judicial Court (TJP) of 14 November 2023 issuing an international arrest warrant against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Maher al-Assad, Ghassan Abbas and Bassam al-Hassan,
Amendment 24 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Geneva and Astana processes have failed, given the continued refusal of the Syrian regime to negotiate seriously a political solution with the opposition; whereas the Syrian regime has used selective engagement in international talks as a delaying tactic to nullify results, thereby prolonging the suffering of the Syrian people;
Amendment 30 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas since 2011 half a million Syrians have died and 14 million have been displaced due to violent attacks by armed and terrorist groups, but mainly as a result of the fierce repression and demographic engineering by the Syrian regime, with the help of its allies, of its own people; whereas this repression has included the repeated use of chemical weapons, cluster munition, incendiary bombs, barrel bombs, missiles and conventional aerial bombardments on civilians; whereas at least 150 000 Syrians are missing in the regime’s concentration-camp system, andmong which no fewer than 112 713 forcibly disappeared, frequently resulting in deaths in custody and extrajudicial executions; whereas families have still not been informed of the fate of their loved ones;
Amendment 39 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas despite the Syrian regime´s brutal repression of its people, Syrians continue organising peaceful anti-government protests, notably those in Souweïda that started in August 2023 and attracted thousands of protesters, particularly women, from across the province over several weeks;
Amendment 45 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas authoritarian foreign actors, including Russia, the Wagner militia, Hezbollah and IranIran and its backed-militias, namely the Lebanese Hezbollah, Iraqi militias, Afghan and Pakistani mercenaries as well as local Syrian proxies, have played a destructive role for the country since 2011, and whereas the Syrian regime does not control the whole of national territory and can remain in power only with the support of these foreign actors;
Amendment 62 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Türkiye, which occupies territories in northern Syria, is engaging in large-scale armed conduct on Syrian territory on a regular basis, particularly targeting Kurdish-held areas;
Amendment 70 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas ISISDaesh committed crimes against humanity, including genocide, in the territories temporarily under its control prior to the intervention of the international coalition;
Amendment 76 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas since 2014 the Bab-al Hawa crossing is being used for cross- border relief deliveries from Türkiye to Syria upon the authorisation of the UN Security Council; whereas Russia has frequently obstructed the renewal of the authorisation in the UN Security Council and eventually vetoed the authorisation for the aid corridor in July 2023 for which reason Bab-al Hawa remained closed; whereas in September 2023, as a result of negotiations between UN agencies, the Syrian regime, and Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham, the dominant armed group in Idlib, aid deliveries through Bab al-Hawa resumed and the aid corridors Bab al-Salam and Al-Rai border crossings, that the Syrian regime agreed to open following the devastating earth quake in February 2023, were extended for another three months; whereas the conditions under which the Syrian regime and Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham authorised the UN to resume aid deliveries through the three border crossings are unknown; whereas renowned experts of International Humanitarian Law question whether cross-border UN aid requires a UN Security Council authorisation;
Amendment 93 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the destruction and neglect of the Syrian regime for water sources and the healthcare system have led to the outbreak of a country-wide cholera-epidemic from August 2022 onwards;
Amendment 94 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas according to a report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) from September 2023, Europe is a key transshipment point for Captagon arriving from the Middle East, mainly Syria and Lebanon, and bound for the Arabian Peninsula;
Amendment 96 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syrian Arab Republic, in its most recent report from September 2023, found that insecurity remained rife far beyond frontlines, rendering the safe return of Syrian refugees implausible and further concluded that it had documented specific cases where Syrian refugees returning from neighbouring countries were ill- treated by Syrian security forces;
Amendment 105 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) stress the regime’s personal responsibility for the death of half a million civilians, the destruction of the country, the displacement of the majority of the population, the torture and disappearance of 150 000 peopleand the deliberate change of demographic structure, the torture and disappearance of 150 000 people, among which no fewer than 112 713 forcibly disappeared, at the hands of the concentration-camp system, the use of chemical weapons against civilians and the systematic destruction of any peaceful opposition;
Amendment 110 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) oppose any normalisation of relations with the Assad regime without any profound and verifiable developments in the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2254 (2015), including the release of political prisoners, informing the families of the victims about the fate of the missing persons and victims of enforced disappearance, and the cessation of any attacks and obstacles to humanitarian aid; call on EU Member States to refrain from measures weakening or undermining the common EU position on Syria;
Amendment 118 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) set up an EU coordinated security response to prevent the EU being used as a transshipment zone for Captagon produced in Syria and Lebanon;
Amendment 121 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) stress that the repression, negligence and corruption on the part of the regime are responsible for the economic situation, not the targeted sanctions from the EU against individuals and entities involved in the repression; commit to a constant review and adjustment of the targeted and sectoral sanctions to prevent any unintended effects, such as over-compliance by banks that can impede aid groups to transfer funds into the country and to run programmes or pay local staff and suppliers, even when the transactions are to support activities exempt from sanctions;
Amendment 125 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(ua) involve the Syrian civil society networks in Europe and their networks inside Syria in the design and implementation of EU foreign policy towards Syria; protect human rights defenders and activists in the region; provide long-term, flexible and core support to Syrian civil society organisations in the region and in Europe;
Amendment 129 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) deplore the continued presence on Syrian territory of hundreds of Iranian, Turkish and Russian bases and Iranian and Russian militias; express concern about the economic exploitation of the country by predatory foreign powers as well as investments into luxury real estate in Syria by the United Arab Emirates, such as the Marota City project in Damascus;
Amendment 138 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) condemn the attacks by Turkish forces and their occupation of Syrian territories in the north as well as the renewed brutal military campaign by the Syrian government and Russia in north- western Syria, including on civilian targets; express their deep concern about the persistence of radical Islamist opposition in Idlib province; support the continuation of the international coalition against the Islamic StateDaesh, which remains active in Syria despite significant defeats;
Amendment 144 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) stress the role of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the fight against Daesh; urge local partners of the international coalition to comply with international law, to continue the process of democratisation and to hold their forces to account;
Amendment 152 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) urge Member States to continue repatriating their nationals from the Al-Hol and Roj jihadist prison camps, giving urgent priority to children and their mothers, and provide rehabilitation and reintegration assistance; ask EU Member States to prosecute adults as appropriate and to try them for the crimes they have committed in fair trials;
Amendment 158 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) step up efforts to counter Russian disinformation about Syria, including disinformation in Arabic, including by translating Syria-related resolutions, reports and decisions into Arabic language;
Amendment 167 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) stress that the fight against impunity in Syria is a moral and political imperative for Europe; welcome the judicial progress made by the Franco- German Joint Investigation Team regarding the 11 000 bodies of torture victims identified in the César report, the suspension of Syria from the International Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the progress made in Germany, France and Sweden in bringing Syrian criminals to justice, the international arrest warrant issued by France against Bashar Al-Assad, his brother Maher Al- Assad and two further individuals, for their complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013, the ICJ order to prevent torture after the Netherlands and Canada filed a case regarding Syria’s violation of the international Convention Against Torture, and the progress made in Germany, France and Sweden in bringing Syrian criminals to justice, such as through the criminal trials in Koblenz and Frankfurt; encourage all EU Member States to implement universal jurisdiction;
Amendment 175 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) urge that information be exchanged automatically between all Member States on warthose implicated in serious criminales whose asylum applications are rejected under Article 1(F) of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees;
Amendment 181 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) call for the pooling of expertise and interpreters among the judicial and police authorities, and for a public prosecutor to be appointed in each Member State for crimes against humanity; call on EU Member States to establish specialised war crime units within law enforcement and prosecution services, where they do not already exist, and ensure they are adequately resourced; encourage the Member States to pay particular attention to, and prevent, the activities of Syrian intelligence services and their influence on the Syrian diaspora, including the protection of witnesses; call for European scholarships to be specifically allocated to Syrians seeking legal training;
Amendment 186 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) call on Member States to establish a European fund for victims of crimes against humanity in Syria and victims of torture, by developing a legal framework allowing the transfer to families of the victims funds frozen for being linked to property unlawfully acquired by the Syrian regime;
Amendment 189 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) welcome the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution of 29 June 2023 establishing an Institution for Missing Persons in Syria, and thesupport the new mechanism once finalised; continued funding of the International, Independent and Impartial Mechanism to support investigations into the most serious crimes committed in Syria since 2011;
Amendment 192 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) inviturge the international community, at the 2024 Brussels Conference, to increase urgently its humanitarian assistance to the 15.3 million Syrians who depend on it on a daily basis; insist on access to clean water, education and long- term budget support tailored to women’s needs; point out that the EU is the biggest contributor in this regard; welcome the continued efforts of Lebanon, Jordan, Türkiye and Iraq to host 6 million refugees while facing difficult economic conditioncall on the European Commission and EU Member States to step up efforts to support the work of local civil society and refugee-led organisations; stress the importance for aid agencies to reinforce accountability to the beneficiaries of assistance and act on their feedback and needs, in line with the principle of “Accountability to Affected Populations”; point out that the EU is the biggest contributor in this regard; welcome the continued efforts of Lebanon, Jordan, Türkiye and Iraq to host 6 million refugees while facing difficult economic conditions; makes sure that financial support provided to host countries adheres to International Law, in particular non- refoulement and the protection of refugees, including against attacks, discrimination and hate-speech; calls on the Commission to assess and monitor the compliance of the programmes supported by EU funds with the rights and principles enshrined in the Union acquis;
Amendment 198 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) develop and implement a human- rights based relief and recovery response to address the needs emerging from the 6 February 2023 earthquakes, that allows for the meaningful participation of a diverse set of local civil society organisations and communities, including women-led initiatives, in the determination of needs and the design, planning and evaluation of humanitarian programming and structural support, including contingency planning for possible future natural disasters;
Amendment 203 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r c (new)
(rc) increase the resettlement quotas of EU Member States for Syrian refugees living in host countries and increase EU Member States´ efforts in welcoming Syrian refugees in the EU;
Amendment 209 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) strongly condemn Russia’s countless vetos against delivering aid to the people in the north; denounce once again Russia’s attempts to tarnish the image of wthe “White hHelmets (Syria Civil Defense)”;
Amendment 210 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r b (new)
(rb) urge the European Commission and EU Member States to, in parallel with robust diplomatic action at the level of the UN Security Council, obtain the continued operation of the border crossings of Bab al-Hawa, Bab al-Salaam and Al-Rai, for a minimum period of 12 months; explore the possibility to also channel resources through the recently established “Aid Fund for Northern Syria” (AFNS);
Amendment 211 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(ta) urge for the UN General Assembly to codify aid access without consent where the state arbitrarily and systematically denies access; call on the UN to implement resolutions that address arbitrary denial of aid as a war crime;
Amendment 216 #
2023/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) recall that Syria cannot be regarded, in whole or in part, as a safe country for the return of its nationals living as refugees or asylum seekers in Europe, people who have fled the crimes of the regime and risk torture and enforced disappearance if they return to Syria; insist towards host countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, Türkiye and Iraq that Syria is not a safe country, neither in whole nor in part, and that Syrian nationals can therefore not return safely; urge EU Member States to issue or prolong residence permits and to stop issuing return decisions against Syrian nationals, including refugees and asylum seekers; encourage EU Member States to explore alternatives to individual document procurement by Syrians at Syrian embassies in the European Union, in order to minimise surveillance and repression as well as sources of income for the Syrian regime; actively encourage the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syrian Arab Republic to publish regular stand-alone reports on the conditions for safe, voluntary and dignified return in Syria;
Amendment 37 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Since at least two out of five online transactions made by consumers residing in the Union are with traders based in third countries, the scope of Directive 2013/11/EU should be extended to allow those third country traders willing to participate in an ADR procedure to do so. No procedural impediments should hinder consumers residing in the Union from resolving disputes against traders, irrespective of their establishment, if the traders accept to follow an ADR procedure through an ADR entity established in a Member State. The consumer should be able to commence a procedure in the Member State where he or she resides.
Amendment 44 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) It should be noted that not all ADR entities have the expertise to deal with non-contractual matters, in particular unfair commercial practices and terms. Therefore, procedures of ADR entities in this area should be limited to unfair commercial practices and terms with a personal scope, and hence only cover matters where a damage or loss, material or immaterial, has occurred to the consumer directly. In addition, only ADR entities that can demonstrate necessary expertise in the relevant area, covering the relevant economic sector in its entirety, such as a sectorial ombudsman, should be empowered to take on such procedures. Moreover, the entity should be able to demonstrate a high level of independence as well as sufficient resources, funding, and capacity and apply the applicable law, not fairness, in such cases. The principle of confidentiality of ADR procedures should not apply in these procedures. At the start of any such procedure, the ADR entity should inform the responsible national consumer protection authority or other relevant market regulators about the unfair practice brought to its attention and should keep them informed on a regular basis until the procedure has been closed.
Amendment 47 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Member States should ensure that ADR should enable consumer to initiate and follow ADR procedures also offline if requested. It should also be ensured that when digital tools are provided, those can be used by all consumers, including vulnerable consumers or those with varying levels of digital literacy. Members States should ensure that, upon request, parties to the disputes, in particular consumers, always have access to a review of automated procedures by a natural person.
Amendment 52 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Under Directive 2013/11/EU, Member States may introduce national legislation to make trader participation in ADR compulsory in sectors they deem fit, in addition to sector-specific Union legislation which provides for mandatory participation of traders in ADR. To encourage traders’ participation in the ADR procedures and to ensure due and swift ADR procedures, traders should be required, especially in cases where their participation is not compulsory, to respond within a specific period not exceeding 10 working days to enquiries made by ADR entities on whether they intend to participate to the proposed procedure.
Amendment 55 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 56 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) ADR entities and traders participating in ADR procedures should make best efforts to better promote the possibility of ADR procedures to increase awareness of ADR among consumers. In particular, traders should provide ADR information in a clear, prominent, comprehensible and easily accessible way. Where the trader has a website, it should present the information on it, clearly separated from other information. In addition, traders should also provide information on ADR procedures on their social media channels, where they exist.
Amendment 66 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 1
Article 1
-1 “Article 1 Subject matter The purpose of this Directive is, through the achievement of a high level of consumer protection, to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market by ensuring that consumers can, on a voluntary basis, submit complaints against traders to entities offering independent, impartial, transparent, effective, fast and fair alternative dispute resolution procedures. This Directive is without prejudice to national legislation making participation in such procedures mandatory, provided that such legislation does not prevent the parties from exercising their right of access to the judicial system.requires the participation by traders in ADR procedures to be mandatory in the transport and tourism sector. This shall not prevent the involved parties from exercising their right of access to the judicial system. This Directive is without prejudice to national legislation making participation in such procedures mandatory, provided that such legislation does not prevent the parties from exercising their right of access to the judicial system. Where under national legislation the participation in such procedures is voluntary, Member States shall require traders that choose not to participate to explain their reasons for that choice, and to make their explanation publicly available.”
Amendment 72 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 2 para 1
Article 2 para 1
(i) unfair commercial practices and terms, where a damage or loss (material or immaterial) has occurred to the consumer directly
Amendment 79 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
ADR entities shall only be empowered to offer to start a procedure under sub-point (b) (i) if all of the following criteria are fulfilled: (a) the entity can demonstrate necessary expertise in the relevant area, covering the relevant economic sector in its entirety; (b) the entity can demonstrate a high level of independence as well as sufficient resources, funding, and capacity; (c) the entity applies applicable law and not fairness when dealing with unfair commercial practices. The principle of confidentiality of ADR procedures shall not apply in these procedures. At the start of any such procedure, the ADR entity shall inform the responsible national consumer protection authority or other relevant market regulators about the unfair practice brought to its attention and shall keep them informed on a regular basis until the procedure has been closed.
Amendment 91 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 5 paragraph 2, point (a a) new
Article 5 paragraph 2, point (a a) new
(aa) ensure that the consumer can submit complaints in the country where he or she resides;
Amendment 93 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 2, point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2, point c
Amendment 97 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall ensure that traders established in their territories that are contacted by an ADR entity from their country or from another Member State, inform that ADR entity whether, or not, they accept to participate in the proposed procedure and reply within a reasonable period of time that shall not exceed 210 working days. In case the trader does not respond within the given timeframe it shall be deemed as tacit consent by the trader to commence with the ADR procedure.
Amendment 100 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 6 –paragraph 1, point a
Article 6 –paragraph 1, point a
3a. Article 6 paragraph 1, point a : "Article 6 Expertise, independence and impartiality 1. Member States shall ensure that the natural persons in charge of ADR possess the necessary expertise and are independent and impartial. This shall be guaranteed by ensuring that such persons: (a) possess the necessary knowledge and skills in the field of alternative or judicial resolution of consumer disputes, as well as a general understanding of law; and possess expertise, in particular in private international law, when dealing with cross-border cases"
Amendment 101 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point (a)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point (a)
Amendment 105 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Member States shall ensure that ADR entities make publicly available on their websites, on a durable medium upon request, and by any other means they consider appropriate, bieanniual activity reports.
Amendment 106 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 108 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
4a. Article 13 - paragraph 2 “2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided in a clear, comprehensible and easily accessible way on the traders’ website, and social media channels, where onethey exists, and, if applicable, in the general terms and conditions of sales or service contracts between the trader and a consumer.”
Amendment 109 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 120 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 18
Article 18
6a. “Article 18 Designation of competent authorities 1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority which shall carry out the functions set out in Articles 19 and 20. Each Member State may designate more than one competent authority. If a Member State does so, it shall determine which of the competent authorities designated is the single point of contact for the Commission. Each Member State shall communicate the competent authority or, where appropriate, the competent authorities, including the single point of contact it has designated, to the Commission. 2. The Commission shall establish a list of the competent authorities including, where appropriate, the single point of contact communicated to it in accordance with paragraph 1, and publish that list in the Official Journal of the European Union. 3. Member States should ensure that competent authorities have the necessary resources and capacity to perform their tasks and duties. 4. The natural persons working for competent authorities should be impartial and independent from the ADR entities that they supervise.”
Amendment 121 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 122 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
7a. “2. Each competent authority shall, on the basis of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1, list all the ADR entities that have been notified to it and fulfil the conditions set out in paragraph 1. That list shall include the following: (a) the name, the contact details and the website addresses of the ADR entities referred to in the first subparagraph; (b) their fees, if applicable; (c) the language or languages in which complaints can be submitted and the ADR procedure conducted; (d) the types of disputes covered by the ADR procedure; (e) the sectors and categories of disputes covered by each ADR entity; (f) the need for the physical presence of the parties or of their representatives, if applicable, including a statement by the ADR entity on whether the ADR procedure is or can be conducted as an oral or a written procedure; (g) the binding or non-binding nature of the outcome of the procedure; and (h) the grounds on which the ADR entity may refuse to deal with a given dispute in accordance with Article 5(4). Each competent authority shall notify the list referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph to the Commission. If any changes are notified to the competent authority in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 19(1), that list shall be updated without undue delay and the relevant information notified to the Commission. Competent Authorities shall conduct regular checks into the functioning and activities of the certified ADR entities to monitor compliance with the requirements of this regulation. If a dispute resolution entity listed as ADR entity under this Directive no longer complies with the requirements referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority concerned shall contact that dispute resolution entity, stating the requirements the dispute resolution entity fails to comply with and requesting it to ensure compliance immediately. If the dispute resolution entity after a period of three months still does not fulfil the requirements referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority shall remove the dispute resolution entity from the list referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph. That list shall be updated without undue delay and the relevant information notified to the Commission.”
Amendment 123 #
2023/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Directive 2013/11/EU
Article 20 – paragraph 6
Article 20 – paragraph 6
7b. “6. By 9 July 2018, and every fourtwo years thereafter, each competent authority shall publish and send to the Commission a report on the development and functioning of ADR entities. That report shall in particular: (a) identify best practices of ADR entities; (b) point out the shortcomings, supported by statistics, that hinder the functioning of ADR entities for both domestic and cross- border disputes, where appropriate; (c) make recommendations on how to improve the effective and efficient functioning of ADR entities, where appropriate. Competent Authorities shall make publicly available a summary of the reports summarising their activities and recommendations to ADR entities.”
Amendment 96 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Persons with disabilities moving for longer periods to other Member States for employment, study or other purposes, except where otherwise provided by law or agreed among Member States, may have their disability status assessed and formally recognised by the competent authorities in the other Member State and may receive a disability certificate, a disability card or any other formal document recognising their disability status in accordance with applicable rules of that Member State. Nevertheless, persons with disabilities staying for a fixed period of time, that is longer than the considered short period of time, in the context of a mobility programme, should not need to have their disability status assessed in the new Member State. Those could be mobility projects for VET, school pupils, adult education, youth exchanges, youth workers, youth participation activities, Discover EU Inclusion action, projects for higher education students and staff, partnerships for cooperation.
Amendment 161 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) In order to raise awareness and facilitate access to special conditions or preferential treatment, while travelling to or visiting another Member State, all relevant information with respect to the conditions, rules, practices, and procedures applicable to obtain the European Disability Card and/or the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities and its subsequent use should be made publicly available on an EU digital Portal in a clear, comprehensive, user-friendly manner and accessible formats for persons with disabilities respecting the relevant accessibility requirements for services established in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2019/882 including by making all information available in the national sign langue(s). Private operators or public authorities granting special conditions or preferential treatment to persons with disabilities should make such information publicly available in a clear, comprehensive, user-friendly manner and accessible formats, for persons with disabilities respecting the relevant accessibility requirements for services established in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2019/882.
Amendment 202 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. This Directive shall apply to all persons with disabilities participating in a mobility program within the EU that has a fixed period of time. In that case, the use of the Disability Card and the Parking Card shall be extended for the duration of the programme.
Amendment 236 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) “Reasonable accomodation” means necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedom.
Amendment 238 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(f b) “EU mobility programme” means any programme that has a fixed period of time, and that is temporary, that takes place in another Member State that the state or residence, in the field of education, training, or for work related purposes.
Amendment 284 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Competent authorities in the Member States shall issue, renew or withdraw the European Disability Card in accordance with their national rules, procedures and practices. Such procedures shall be free of charge for the card holder. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Member States shall ensure the security, integrity, authenticity and confidentiality of the data collected and stored for the purpose of this Directive. The competent authority responsible for issuing the European Disability Card shall be considered as the controller referred to in Article 4(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and shall have responsibility for the processing of personal data. Cooperation with external service providers shall not exclude any liability on the part of a Member State which may arise under Union or national law in respect of breaches of obligations with regard to personal data.
Amendment 299 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall use the back of the card to display information on the kind of assistance that the card holder needs.
Amendment 322 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Competent authorities in the Member States shall issue, renew, or withdraw the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities in accordance with their national rules, procedures and practices. Such procedures shall be free of charge for the card holder. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Member States shall ensure the security, authenticity and confidentiality of the personal data collected and stored for the purpose of this Directive. The competent authority responsible for issuing the European parking Card for persons with disabilities shall be considered as the controller referred to in Article 4(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and shall have responsibility for the processing of personal data. Cooperation with external service providers shall not exclude any liability on the part of a Member State which may arise under Union or national law in respect of breaches of obligations with regard to personal data.
Amendment 329 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The European Parking Card for persons with disabilities shall be issued or renewed by the Member State of residence upon application by the person with disabilities. It shall be issued or renewed within a reasonable period from the date of the application which shall not exceed 630 days.
Amendment 346 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article7a Provisions for card holders when changing residence 1. Member States shall ensure the beneficiaries who have changed their member state of residence and are pending the issuance of a national disability card by the competent authorities, are guaranteed their rights and benefits provided by the Disability Card and the Parking Card of the member state who issued it. The European Disability Card and the European Parking Card shall be valid until the new national card has been issued. 2. Member States shall ensure that the process of re-assessment of the disability and the issuing of the new national card and therefore the new European Disabilities and Parking Card does not exceed 6 months.
Amendment 360 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take appropriate measures to raise awareness among the public including to public authorities and private operators having the potential to offer preferential treatment pursuant to Article 5 and inform persons with disabilities, including in accessible ways, about the existence and conditions to obtain, use, or renew the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.
Amendment 424 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The information referred to in paragraph 1 of this article shall be made available free of charge in a clear, comprehensive, user-friendly and easily accessible way, including through the private operators or public authorities’ official website where available, or by other suitable means, in accordance with the relevant accessibility requirements for services set in Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/882. The Commission shall create a digital portal containing all the information which regards the benefits of holding the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card in all Member States including information on the different procedures in each Member States. Such information shall be sent by the Member States to the Commission and updated according to the reporting requirements in Article 16 of this Directive.
Amendment 436 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 440 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by dd/mm/yy [within 182 months after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 442 #
2023/0311(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. They shall apply those provisions from dd/mm/yy [3024 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 93 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Essential safety requirements for toys should ensure protection from all relevant health and safety hazards posed by toys, for users or third parties. Particular safety requirements should cover the physical and mechanical properties, flammability, chemical properties, electrical properties, hygiene, cybersecurity and radioactivity to ensure that the safety of children is adequately protected against those specific hazards. Since it is possible that toys which present hazards that are not covered by a particular safety requirement might exist or be developed, it is necessary to maintain a general requirement of safety to ensure protection of children in respect of such toys. The safety of toys should be determined by reference to the intended use, while taking into account also the foreseeable use, and bearing in mind the behaviour of children, who do not generally show the same degree of care as the average adult user. Together, the general safety requirement and the particular safety requirements should form the essential safety requirements for toys.
Amendment 98 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Relying on digital technologies has led to new hazards in toys. Radio toys are to comply with essential requirements, including on cybersecurity, for the protection of privacy and internet- connected toys are to incorporate safeguards towards cybersecurity and protection from fraud in accordance with Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council30 . Toys which include artificial intelligence are to comply with Regulation (EU) …/….../... [P.O. insert serial number for Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence]31 . Therefore, particular safety requirements regarding cybersecurity, protection of personal data and privacy or other hazards stemming from the incorporation of artificial intelligence in toys should not be set out. However, protecting the health of children should not merely ensure the absence of disease or infirmity and relying on digital technologies may pose risks to children which go beyond their physical health. To ensure that children are protected from any risk coming from the use of digital technologies in toys, the general safety requirement should ensure the psychological and mental health, as well as the well-being and cognitive development, of children. _________________ 30 Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC (OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 62). 31 PO: Please insert in the text the number of the Regulation andorizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020]. However, internet-connected toys might pose specific health and safety risks which can only be provoked by a cyberattack. Internet-connected toys attacked by malicious third parties may pose specific risks that, depending on their intended use or reasonably foreseen misuse, can impact the health and safety of its users. In this respect, health and safety risks in connection with the cybersecurity functions of instert the number, danet-connecte,d title and OJ referencoys shall fall within the scope of thatis Regulation in the footnote.
Amendment 102 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) Toys which include artificial intelligence are to comply with Regulation (EU) …/…[P.O. insert serial number for Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence]. As this Regulation focuses mainly on “high-risks AI systems" and does not specifically address toys, particular safety requirements regarding cybersecurity, protection of personal data and privacy or other hazards stemming from the incorporation of artificial intelligence in toys should be set out.
Amendment 103 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14 b) Protecting the health of children should not merely ensure the absence of disease or infirmity and relying on digital technologies may pose risks to children which go beyond their physical health. To ensure that children are protected from any risk coming from the use of digital technologies in toys, the general safety requirement should ensure the psychological and mental health, as well as the well-being and cognitive development, of children.
Amendment 107 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to provide for flexibility where the safety of children is not compromised and where it is necessary for making certain toys available on the market, it should be possible to derogate from the generic prohibitions of chemical substances in toys. Derogations to generic prohibitions permitting the use of prohibited substances should be of general application and should only be possible where the use of the relevant substance is considered safe for children, where there are no commercially viable alternatives for the substanceelimination or substitution of such prohibited substances via design changes or other materials or components is not technically possible, where there are no technically viable alternatives for the substance, where a substitution plan has been submitted and where the use of the substance is not prohibited in consumer articles under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. The assessment of the safety of the substance in toys should be carried out by the relevant scientific committees in the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in order to ensure consistency and efficient use of resources in the assessment of chemical substances in the Union.
Amendment 108 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The use of nickel in stainless steel and in components that transmit electric current has been considered safe in toys by the Scientific Committee on Health, Environment and Emerging risks and should be allow. However, since children should also be adequately protected from allergenic substances and certain metals its use should be limited. Other substances that are necessary to transmit electric current should be permitted in toys to allow for the making available of electric toys if such substances are completely inaccessible for a child playing with the toy and therefore do not present a risk.
Amendment 112 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Directive 2009/48/EC includes limit values for certain substances in toys intended for children under 36 months or intended to be put in the mouth. In a family with more than one child, children under 36 months are likely to be attracted by the toys of their siblings that are older than 36 months, making it in practice impossible to completely shield children below 36 months from the toys of their elder siblings. Those substances have shown to also pose a risk to older children, as they could be equally exposed to such chemicals via skin contact or inhalation. These limit values should therefore apply to all toys. Since the adoption of the limit values for bisphenol A in Directive 2009/48/EC, new scientific data has emerged. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) re-evaluated the risks to public health from dietary exposure to bisphenol A in April 2023 concluding that exposure to bisphenol A is a health concern for consumers across all age groups. EFSA has established a new tolerable daily intake of bisphenol A which is significantly lower than the previous one. In view of this scientific evidence, bisphenol A should fall under the generic prohibition for CMR substances in toye structural similarities between different bisphenols leading to comparable risks for children, and to avoid regrettable substitution, toys should not contain any bisphenols.
Amendment 115 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) To prevent misuse of warnings to circumvent the applicable safety requirements, the warnings provided for certain categories of toy should not be allowed if they conflict with the intended use of the toy. To ensure that supervisors are aware of any risks associated with the toy, it is necessary to ensure that the warnings are legible and visible. Minimum requirements on important parameters such as font size, distance and contrast should therefore be laid down.
Amendment 128 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Economic operatorsAny natural or legal person that either places a toy on the market under their own name or trademark or substantially modifyies a toy in such a way that compliancenformity with applicable requirements of this Regulation mayight be affected, should be considered to be the manufacturers and should assume the obligations of the manufacturers.
Amendment 129 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Toys are to comply with traceability requirements in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/988. Ensuring traceability of a toy throughout the whole supply chain helps to make market surveillance simpler and more efficient. An efficient traceability system facilitates market surveillance authorities' task of tracing economic operators who made non- compliant toys available on the market.
Amendment 136 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) It is appropriate to provide for the publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union indicating the date when the interconnection between the registry and the EU Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System referred to in Article 13 of [P.O. insert serial number for Regulation (EU) …/… on Ecodesign Requirements for Sustainable Products] becomes operational in order to facilitate public access to that information. Similar publication should be provided should further customs IT systems become operational.
Amendment 138 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) If a conformity assessment body demonstrates conformity of the toy with the criteria laid down in harmonised standards, ithe toy should be presumed to comply with the corresponding requirements set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 141 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) In order to take into account technical and scientific progress or new scientific evidence, 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 amending this Regulation by adapting the specific warnings to be affixed on toys, adopting specific requirements concerning chemical substances and limit values in toys and granting derogations to include specific uses allowed in toys of substances subject to generic prohibitions.
Amendment 145 #
Amendment 148 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down rules on the safety of toys,e objective of this Regulation is to ensuringe a high level of protection of health and safety of children and other persons, and on the free movement of toys in the Union.
Amendment 149 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This Regulation lays down rules on the safety of toys placed or made available on the market that are underpinned by the precautionary principle. Economic operators shall place or make available on the market only toys that do not adversely affect the health and safety of children and other persons.
Amendment 157 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on that person’s behalf in relation to specified tasks with regard to the manufacturer’s obligations under this Regulation;
Amendment 159 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘economic operator’ means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer, the distributor and the fulfilment service provider or any other natural or legal person who is subject to obligations in relation to the manufacture of products or making them available on the market in accordance with this Regulation;
Amendment 162 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘online marketplace’ means online marketplace as defined in Article 3, point (14), of Regulation (EU) 2023/98819/2161;
Amendment 164 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12 a) ‘toy’ means a product designed or intended, whether or not exclusively, for use in play by children under 14 years of age, whether or not having digital elements which allow for a direct or indirect connection to a device or network.
Amendment 172 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28
(28) ‘market surveillance authority’ means a market surveillance authority as defined in Article 3, point (4), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 as responsible for organising and carrying out market surveillance in the territory of that Member State;
Amendment 173 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)
(28 a) ‘notifying authority' means an authority designated by a Member State under Article 25 and 26 as responsible for the assessment and notification of conformity assessment bodies in the territory of that Member State;
Amendment 190 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Where necessary to ensure their safe use and the health and safety of children and other persons, toys shall bear a general warning specifying appropriate user limitations. The user limitations shall include at least the minimum or maximum age of the user and, where appropriate, the required abilities of the user, the maximum or minimum weight of the user and the need to ensure that the toy is used only under adult supervision.
Amendment 195 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The manufacturer shall mark warnings in a clearly visible, easily legible, accessible and understandable and accurate manner on the toy, on an affixed label or on the packaging and, if appropriate, on the instructions for use which accompany the toy. Small toys which are sold without packaging shall have appropriate warnings affixed to them.
Amendment 198 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Warnings shall be clearly visible to the consumer before the purchase, including in cases where the purchase is made through distance sales. Warnings shall be of sufficient size to ensure their visibility and legibility. In particular, warnings shall have the characteristics set out in Annex III.
Amendment 202 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Before placing toys on the market, manufacturers shall carry out an internal risk analysis and draw up the required technical documentation in accordance with Article 23 and carry out the applicable conformity assessment procedure in accordance with Article 22 or have it carried out.
Amendment 204 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Manufacturers shall keep up to date the technical documentation and the product passport for a period of at least 10 years after the last model of the toy covered by that documentation and product passport has been placed on the market.
Amendment 207 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
When manufacturers,deemed appropriate with regard to the risks presented by a toy, consider it necessary for the protection of health and safety of consumers, manufacturers shall, carry out sample testing of marketed toys.
Amendment 209 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Manufacturers shall ensure that toys bear a type, batch, serial or model number or other element allowing their identification and which is easily visible and legible for consumers, or, where the size or nature of the toy does not allow it, that the required information is provided on the packaging or in a document accompanying the toy.
Amendment 214 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. Manufacturers shall ensure that the toy is accompanied by instructions and safety information in a language or languages easily understood by consumers and other end-users, including persons with disabilities, as determined by the Member State concerned. Such instructions and information shall be clear, understandable and legible.
Amendment 216 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Where manufacturers consider, or have reason to believe, that a toy which they have placed on the market is not in conformity with this Regue relevant Union harmonisation legislation, they shall immediately take the corrective measures necessary to bring that toy into conformity, withdraw it or recall it, as appropriate.
Amendment 219 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the market surveillance authorities of the Member States in which they have made the toy available, via the Safety Business Gateway referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2023/988, giving details, in particular, of any non- compliance and of any corrective measures takenthe risks to the health and safety to consumers and of any corrective measures taken and if available, of the quantity, by Member State, of the toys still circulating in the market; and
Amendment 221 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 10
Article 7 – paragraph 10
10. Manufacturers shall ensure that other economic operators, the economic operator referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, and providers of online marketplaces, in the supply chain concerned, are kept informed in a timely manner of any non-conformity that the manufacturers have identifiedor risk to the health or the environment that the manufacturers have identified and of any corrective action, recall or withdrawal.
Amendment 226 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) keep the technical documentation at the disposal of national surveillance authorities and ensure that the product passport is available, in accordance with Article 17(2), for a period of at least 10 years after the last model of the toy covered by those documents has been placed on the market;
Amendment 229 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) further to a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide that authority with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of a toy in an official language that can be understood by the authority;
Amendment 232 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) cooperate with the competent national authorities, at their request, on any action taken to eliminate in an effective manner the risks posed by toys covered by the mandate.
Amendment 234 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(c a) immediately terminate the mandate if the manufacturer does not comply with the obligations of the manufacturer under this Regulation and immediately inform the market surveillance authority of the Member State in which is established;
Amendment 235 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
(c b) where the authorised representative considers or has reason to believe that a toy is a dangerous product, inform the manufacturer thereof;
Amendment 236 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)
(c c) inform the competent national authorities about any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by toys covered by their mandate through a notification in the Safety Business Gateway, where the information has not been already provided by the manufacturer or upon instruction of the manufacturer;
Amendment 237 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c d (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c d (new)
(c d) in case of change of authorised representative, the detailed arrangements for the change shall be clearly defined in an agreement between the manufacturer, where practicable the outgoing authorised representative, and the incoming authorised representative. That agreement shall address at least the date of termination of the mandate of the outgoing authorised representative and date of beginning of the mandate of the incoming authorised representative, as well as the transfer of documents, including confidentiality aspects and property rights.
Amendment 239 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) the relevant information in the product passport has been included in the product passport registry in accordance with Article 17(2) and Article 19(1);
Amendment 243 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Importers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal and electronic address at which they can be contacted on the toy or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the toy. Importers shall ensure that any additional label does not obscure any information required by Union law on the label provided by the manufacturer.
Amendment 246 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Where importers consider, or have reason to believe, that a toy that they have placed on the market presents a risk to health and safety of consumers and other end-users, they shall immediately inform the manufacturer, the competent national authorities of the Member States in which they made the toy available to that effect, giving details, in particular, of the non- compliance, or risk to the health and safety of consumers, and of any corrective measures taken.
Amendment 250 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Importers shall ensure that all relevant economic operators and providers of online marketplaces in the supply chain concerned are kept informed in a timely manner of any non-conformity or risk to the health or the environment that they have identified, and of any corrective action, recall or withdrawal.
Amendment 251 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2
Importers shall keep the manufacturer, distributors and, where relevant, providers of online marketplaces informed in a timely manner of the investigation performed and of the results of the investigation.
Amendment 256 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. When making a toy available on the market, distributors shall act with due care in relation tocomply with the requirements of this Regulation.
Amendment 260 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where distributors consider, or have reason to believe, that a toy that they have made available on the market presents a risk, they shall immediately inform the manufacturer or the importer, as applicable, the market surveillance authorities of the Member States in which they made the toy available to that effect, giving details, in particular, of the non- compliance or risk to health and safety of consumers, and of any corrective measures taken.
Amendment 263 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributorother persons
Amendment 266 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
An importer or a distributor natural or legal person shall be considered a manufacturer for the purposes of this Regulation, and shall be subject to the obligations of the manufacturer under Article 7, where such importer or distributornatural or legal person places a toy on the market under its name or trademark or modifies a toy already placed on the market in such a way that compliance with the applicable requirements of this Regulation may be affected.
Amendment 268 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
A natural or legal person, other than the manufacturer, that substantially modifies the product within the meaning of Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/988, shall be deemed to be a manufacturer for the purposes of this Regulation and shall be subject to the obligations of the manufacturer set out in Article 7 for the part of the product affected by the modification or for the entire product if the substantial modification has an impact on its safety.
Amendment 270 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article11a Providers of online marketplaces 1. Without prejudice to the prohibition to conduct general monitoring as established under Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, providers of online marketplaces shall, before and after allowing the offering of the toy by the trader, make reasonable efforts to conduct simple random samples to check whether the toys offered on their interface have been identified as dangerous in the Safety Gate Portal. 2. Providers of online marketplaces are subject to specific obligations in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/988 concerning the removal of content referring to an offer of a dangerous toy from their online interfaces and regarding the cooperation with market surveillance authorities and relevant economic operators to facilitate any action taken to eliminate or, if that is not possible, to mitigate the risks presented by a toy that is or was offered online through their services. 3. Notwithstanding the requirement that an economic operator shall be established in the Union pursuant to Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020, where a manufacturer of a toy cannot be identified or, where the manufacturer is established outside the Union, and where an importer, an authorised representative and a fulfilment service provider cannot be identified, any provider of online marketplaces that allows consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders and that is not a manufacturer, importer or distributor, provided that the conditions of Article 6(3) set out in Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 are fulfilled, shall be required by market surveillance authorities to provide adequate and proportionate remedies to consumers where: (a) a market surveillance authority, upon a reasoned request, asks that provider of online marketplace to identify the economic operator or the person who supplied the provider of online marketplace with the toy; and (b) the provider of online marketplace fails to identify the economic operator or the person who supplied the provider of online marketplace with the product within 1 month of receiving the request. 4. Notwithstanding the requirement that an economic operator shall be established in the Union pursuant to Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020, where a manufacturer of a toy cannot be identified or, where the manufacturer is established outside the Union, and where an importer, an authorised representative and a fulfilment service provider cannot be identified, providers of online marketplaces that allow consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders and that are not manufacturers, importers or distributors, shall be required by market surveillance authorities to provide adequate and proportionate remedies to consumers where such providers fail to comply with Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065.
Amendment 285 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) state that compliance of the toy with the requirements set out in Union legislation applicable to toys and in particular in this Regulation and, in particular, the essential safety requirements, has been demonstrated;
Amendment 289 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) be accessible to consumers or other end-users, market surveillance authorities, customs authorities, notified bodies, civil society organisations, researchers, trade unions, the Commission and other economic operators;
Amendment 291 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) be available for a period of at least the expected lifetime or 10 years after the last model of toy is placed on the market, whichever is longer, also in cases of insolvency, a liquidation or a cessation of activity in the Union of the economic operator that created the product passport;
Amendment 293 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(g a) be based on open standards, developed with an inter-operable format and shall be machine-readable, structured, searchable, and shall be transferable through an open interoperable data exchange network without vendor lock-in, in accordance with the essential requirements set out in the Ecodesign Regulation;
Amendment 294 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) fulfil the specific and technical requirements laid down pursuant to paragraph 10. in order to facilitate the verification of product compliance by competent national authorities;
Amendment 296 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. By creating the product passport, the manufacturer shall assume responsibility for the compliance of the toy with this Regulation and with any other Union legislation applicable to toys.
Amendment 297 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The data carrier shall be physically present on the toy or on a label attached to the toy, in accordance with the implementing act adopted in accordance with paragraph 10. In the case of small toys and toys consisting of small parts, the data carrier may alternatively be affixed to its packaging. It shall be clearly visible to the consumer before any purchase and to market surveillance authorities, including in cases where the toy is made available through distance sales. In addition, the data carrier shall be accompanied by the statement ‘More information on the product is available online’ or by a similar statement.
Amendment 299 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. The economic operator placing the toy on the market shall provide other economic operators involved in the distribution of the toy with a digital copy of the data carrier to allow them to make it accessible to consumers and market surveillance authorities where they cannot physically access the product. The economic operator shall provide that digital copy free of charge and within 5 working days of receiving a request.
Amendment 301 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8
Article 17 – paragraph 8
8. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, point (c), where information requirements relating to substances of concern in toys are established in a delegated act adopted in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation …/… [OP please insert: the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation], the information referred to in Part I, point (k), of Annex VI to this Regulation is no longer required insofar as the information requirements established in the delegated act are equivalent.
Amendment 306 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 17 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) the actors that shall have access to information in the product passport and to what information they shall have access and the actors that may introduce or update the information in the product passport, including where needed the creation of a new passport, including manufacturers, importers and distributors, dealers, repairers, refurbishers, remanufacturers, recyclers, notified bodies, competent national authorities, public interest organisations and the Commission, or any organisation acting on their behalf, and the types of information they may introduce or update.
Amendment 307 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) the period for which the product passport shall remain available by specifying the minimum period of time during which the actors of the value chain storing the data shall guarantee continuous availability of those data.
Amendment 314 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Product passports shall be designed and operated so that they are user-friendly and accessible.
Amendment 315 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Consumers shall not be requested to register, download or install applications, or to provide a password to access the product passport. A functionality shall allow consumers to place alerts about toys that present a risk to their health and safety through a separate section of the Safety Gate Portal pursuant to article 34 (3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/988.
Amendment 316 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Manufacturers shall provide, on oral or written demand or when the product passport is temporarily unavailable at the time of purchase of the toy, the information provided in the product passport by alternative means on a durable medium. Manufacturers shall provide that information independently of a purchase and free of charge.
Amendment 318 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. Economic operators may not trackand any other relevant natural or legal person shall not track or profile end-users or otherwise process any personal data in line with Regulation (EU) 2016/679, analyse or use any usage information for purposes other than what is absolutely and strictly necessary for providing the information on the product passport online. End-users must not be required to install any software, register or otherwise process personal data to access the digital product passport online.
Amendment 321 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. The rights to access and to introduce, modify or update information in product passport shall be restricted based on the access rights specified in delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 10 of Article 17.
Amendment 322 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Data authentication, reliability and integrity shall be ensured.
Amendment 323 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6 c (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. The product passport shall be designed and operated so that a high level of security and privacy is ensured and fraud is avoided.
Amendment 325 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. To make controls more efficient, the registry should be automatically accessible from other data sharing platforms used by authorities, such as customs IT systems.
Amendment 327 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. The verifications referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article shall take place electronically and automatically using the interconnection between the registry referred to in Article 19(1) and the EU Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System referred to in [Article 13 of [P.O. insert serial number for Regulation (EU) …/… on Ecodesign Requirements for Sustainable Products]] and any future customs IT systems.
Amendment 330 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) cover all the chemical, physical, mechanical, electrical, cybersecurity, flammability, hygiene and radioactivity hazards and the potential exposure to such hazards;
Amendment 334 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) assess the risks, including to mental health, that may emerge when the toy is used in accordance with its intended purpose and reasonably foreseeable use.
Amendment 335 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. In the following cases, the manufacturer shall use the EU-type examination procedure set out in Part II of Annex IV together with the conformity to type procedure set out in Part III of that Annex and, where applicable, a European cybersecurity certification scheme at assurance level ‘high’ pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/881:
Amendment 339 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Manufacturers shall use the EU- type examination procedure set out in Part II of Annex IV together with the conformity to type procedure set out in Part III of that Annex and, where applicable, a European cybersecurity certification scheme at assurance level ‘high’ pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/881, for toys for children under 36 months, toys which include artificial intelligence, internet-connected toys, toys which are chemical mixtures, toys which for functional reasons cannot be designed to eliminate all risks and toys which in case of a failure can lead to severe health consequences for children. The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 46 (5 a new) to amend this list, also contained in Anne IV, after consulting the stakeholders concerned, in the light of technical progress, advances in knowledge or new scientific evidence, by adding to the list of toys a new category of toys or by withdrawing an existing category of toys from this list.
Amendment 341 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The technical documentation shall contain all relevant data or details of the means used by the manufacturer to ensure that the toy complies with the essential safety requirements. It shall, in particular, contain the documents listed in Annex V. In case the toy or any part of it complies with European standards or common specifications, the list of the relevant European standards and common specifications shall also be indicated.
Amendment 342 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The technical documentation shall be drawn up and kept up-to-date by the manufacturer in one of the official languages of the Union.
Amendment 351 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 41 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. When market surveillance authorities of the Member States take measures as provided for in this Regulation, they shall take due account of the precautionary principle.
Amendment 354 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where the market surveillance authorities of one Member State have sufficient reason to believe that a toy covered by this Regulation presents a risk to the health or safety of persons, they shall carry out an evaluation in relation to the toy concerned covering all the requirements laid down in this Regulation. The relevant economic operators and providers of online marketplaces shall cooperate, as necessary, with the market surveillance authorities for that purpose.
Amendment 356 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
Article 41 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
(c a) shortcomings in the EU-type examination procedure referred to in Article 22;
Amendment 358 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 42 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency relating to the protection of health and safety of children and other persons, the Commission shall adopt an immediately applicable implementing act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 50.
Amendment 359 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where, on completion of the procedure set out in Article 41(3) and (4) and in Article 44 (2) and (2a new), objections are raised against a measure taken by a Member State, or where the Commission has reasons to believe that a national measure could be contrary to Union legislation, the Commission shall without delay enter into consultation with the Member States and the relevant economic operator or operators and shall evaluate the national measure.
Amendment 360 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Article 41, where a market surveillance authority makes, inter alia, one of the following findings with regard to a toy, it shall require the relevant economic operator to put an end to the non-compliance concerned:
Amendment 363 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) the toy is not in conformity with the product requirements in accordance with Article 5;
Amendment 364 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) the toy does not bear, where appropriate, a general warning in accordance with Article 6;
Amendment 365 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(e c) the conformity assessment procedures laid down in Article 22 are not fulfilled;
Amendment 367 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. Where, having carried out an evaluation under Article 41(1), a market surveillance authority finds that, although a toy made available on the market is in compliance with the particular safety requirements it poses a risk to the health and safety of persons, it shall require the relevant economic operator, including providers of online marketplaces, to take all appropriate measures, within a reasonable period of time prescribed by the market surveillance authority taking into account the nature of the risk to ensure that the toy, when made available on the market, no longer presents that risk, to withdraw the toy from the market or to recall it.
Amendment 368 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Where the relevant economic operator does not take adequate corrective actions within the period referred to in paragraph 1, the market surveillance authorities shall take appropriate provisional measures to prohibit or restrict the toy being made available on their national market, to withdraw the toy from that market or to recall it.
Amendment 371 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 a (new)
Article 45 a (new)
Article45a Pan-European Injury Database 1. A Pan-European Injury Database covering all types of injuries caused by toys shall be set up and coordinated by the European Commission. 2. The relevant market surveillance authorities established by the Member States shall contribute to the establishment of the database and deliver injury data to the database, based on a common methodology, comprehensive and in accordance with European and national laws on data protection. 3. The Commission shall support the co- ordination of the collection of data from Member States and the operation of the database.
Amendment 373 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 47 to amend Article 22 (4 a new) by adding to the list of toys that are required to comply with the EU-type examination procedure set out in Annex IV a new category of toys or by withdrawing an existing category of toys from that list.
Amendment 374 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 6
Article 46 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 47 to amend Part C of the Appendix to Annex II in order to permit for a specified period of time a certain use in toys of a specific substance or mixture that is prohibited under Part III, point 4, of Annex II, or to limit a certain use that has been permitted.
Amendment 375 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 9
Article 46 – paragraph 9
9. For the purposes of paragraphs 6, 7 and 78, the Commission shall systematically and regularly evaluate the occurrence of hazardous chemical substances or mixtures in toys. In those evaluations, the Commission shall take into account reports of market surveillance bodies and scientific evidence presented by Member States and stakeholders.
Amendment 379 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4
Article 47 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult relevant stakeholders and experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.
Amendment 381 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Competent national authorities, notified bodies, ECHA and the Commission shall respect the confidentiality of the following information and data obtained in carrying out their tasks in accordance with this Regulation:
Amendment 383 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1
Article 52 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and shall be increased if the relevant economic operator has previously committed infringements of this Regulation .. Member States by … [P.O. insert date: the first day of the month following 30 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] notify the Commission of those rules and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 386 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1
Article 54 – paragraph 1
1. Toys placed on the market in conformity with Directive 2009/48/EC before … [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following 3018 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] may continue to be made available on the market until … [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following 4230 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 395 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Article 55 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following 60 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Regulation. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the main findingsOn request, Member States shall provide the Commission with information necessary for the evaluation of this Regulation. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the main findings and draw up a summary that is made available to the public. The report shall assess whether this Regulation, and in particular the provisions in Chapter IV achieved the objective of ensuring a high level of protection of health and safety of children and other persons and shall assess the possibility to include adaptive toys in the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 403 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part II – point 3
Annex I – Part II – point 3
3. sports equipment, including roller skates, inline skates, and skateboards, scooters and other means of transport intended for children with a body mass of more than 20 kg;
Amendment 406 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part II – point 5
Annex I – Part II – point 5
Amendment 407 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part II – point 8
Annex I – Part II – point 8
Amendment 409 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part II – point 14
Annex I – Part II – point 14
14. electronic equipment, such as personal computers and game consoles, used to access interactive software and their associated peripherals or components, unless the electronic equipment or the associated peripherals are specifically designed for and targeted at children and have a play value on their own, such as specially designed personal computers, key boards, joy sticks or steering wheels;
Amendment 416 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part I – point 9
Annex II – Part I – point 9
9. Toys shall be designed and manufactured in such a way, in terms of the maximum values for impulse noise and continuous noise, that the sound from them is not able to impair children’s hearing. The maximum values shall not exceed those set in Directive 2003/10/EEC.
Amendment 419 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part II – point 2 – point a – point 5
Annex II – Part II – point 2 – point a – point 5
(5) hazard classes 3.9, 3.10 and 3.101;
Amendment 420 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part II – point 2 – point a – point 6
Annex II – Part II – point 2 – point a – point 6
(6) hazard class 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4;
Amendment 428 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part VI a (new)
Annex II – Part VI a (new)
VI a Part VIa Cybersecurity 1. Toys shall be designed, developed, and produced and, where applicable, updated, in such a way that they ensure a level of cybersecurity protection proportionate to the risks to health and safety of children that can be caused by a cybersecurity incident. Toys shall be designed and manufactured so as to eliminate cybersecurity incidents or reduce the associated risks by an inherent security, taking into account the intended use or reasonably foreseen misuse, any risk of adverse impact to the health and safety of its users bearing in mind the behaviour of children. 2. Toys shall comply with the relevant Union legislation relating to cybersecurity. In particular, toys shall comply with the specific cybersecurity requirements set out in Annex I of the Regulation XX/XX on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 (Cyber Resilience Act).
Amendment 431 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part A – point 2
Annex II – Part A – point 2
2. Nitrosamines and nitrosable substances are prohibited in toys intended for use by children under 36 months or in other toys intended to be placed in the mouth where the migration of those substances is equal to or higher than. The migration of those substances from toys, components of toys or micro-structurally distinct parts of toys, shall not exceed 0,01 mg/kg for nitrosamines and 0,1 mg/kg for nitrosable substances.
Amendment 434 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part A – point 4 – introductory part
Annex II – Part A – point 4 – introductory part
4. Toys shall not contain the following fragrance allergens unless their presence in the toy is technically unavoidable under good manufacturing practice and does not exceed 100 mg/kgthe limit of detection:
Amendment 436 #
Amendment 438 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex III – point 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 444 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Part I – point 4 – point 4.2
Annex IV – Part I – point 4 – point 4.2
4.2. The manufacturer shall draw up the product passport for a toy model and ensure that together with the technical documentation, it remains available for at least the expected lifetime of 10 years after the last model of the product has been placed on the market, whichever is longer. The product passport shall identify the toy for which it has been drawn up.
Amendment 446 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Part II – point 9
Annex IV – Part II – point 9
9. The manufacturer shall keep a copy of the EU-type examination certificate, its annexes and additions together with the technical documentation at the disposal of the national authorities for at least 10 years after the last model of toy has been placed on the market.
Amendment 447 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Part II a (new)
Annex IV – Part II a (new)
II a Part II - Module B (a new): Toys required to undergo the EU-type examination procedure 1. Toys for children under 36 months; 2. Toys which include artificial intelligence; 3. Internet-connected toys; 4. Toys which are chemical mixtures; 5. Toys which for functional reasons cannot be designed to eliminate all risks; 6. Toys which in case of a failure can lead to severe health consequences for children.
Amendment 449 #
2023/0290(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Part III – point 3 – point 3.2
Annex IV – Part III – point 3 – point 3.2
3.2. The manufacturer shall create a product passport for a toy model and ensure that it remains available for at least the expected lifetime or 10 years after the last model of toy has been placed on the market, whichever is longer. The product passport shall identify the toy for which it has been drawn up.
Amendment 18 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The form in which EU fertilising products are labelled in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 should be adapted to technological and societal changes in the field of digitalisation, with the aim at improving or, at least, maintaining, the quality and accessibility of the information of such labels.
Amendment 22 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Providing information on a label in a digital form (‘digital label’) has clear benefits. Digital labelling can improve the communication of labelling information both by avoiding overcrowded physical labels and by allowing users to rely on various reading options available only for digital formats, such as increased font, automatic search, loud speakers or translation into other languages. In addition, digital labelling of EU fertilising products contributes to the ongoing progress with regard to the digitalis and green transformation of the European agricultural sector, reducing packaging waste and can facilitate theing reporting obligations of farmers regarding the use of such products. Digital labelling can also lead to a more efficient management of the labelling obligations by economic operators, by facilitating the update of labelling information and permitting a more targeted information to users. In addition, digital labelling can contribute to reducing labelling costs all along the supply chain, which could ultimately lead to a reduction in fertiliser prices, given that the labels of EU fertilising products may be changed following a transaction between economic operators, before reaching end-users,
Amendment 23 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) However, digital labelling can also create new challenges concerning the availability and quality of the information on labels being compromised, as well as for the vulnerable population groups, in particular persons with no, or insufficient, digital skills or persons with disabilities, and thus accentuateaccess to digital devices needed to retrieve the digital labels, and for persons with disabilities, and thus preventing these groups from easily obtaining essential information, such as safety precautions, usage instructions or environmental impact, ultimately accentuating the digital divide. Therefore, digital labelling should be introduced in Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, under certain conditions, and should be easily legible, accessible and understandable to all groups, taking into account the need to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment, and the digital readiness.
Amendment 25 #
2023/0049(COD)
(5) Economic operators should remain free to choose if to provide a digital or physical label. This will ensure that such economic operators have flexibility to opt for the rules most appropriate to their situation. It is particularly important not to create unjustified costs for small and medium-sized enterprises for which digital labelling might be challenging, given the reduced volumes or types of EU fertilising products. It is also important to support such enterprises with guidance and training programmes in order to allow them to develop the adequate skills and capabilities to comply with this Regulation.
Amendment 32 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Where economic operators opt for digital labelling of EU fertilising products supplied to end-users in a packaging, they should therefore ensure that a minimum set of relevant information is also available on the physical label. In this context and with regard to other rules specific to products made available in a packaging, a packaging should contain no more than 1000 kg in coherence with Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/201124 . Products supplied in a packaging exceeding this limit should be considered as being supplied without a packaging for the purpose of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009. This will also address the challenges that vulnerable population groups may face. The specific information that economic operators should be allowed to provide only on a digital label should therefore reflect the current state of the digitalisation of the society and the particular situation of the users of EU fertilising products. In order to enable all end-users to make informed choices before buying EU fertilising products and to ensure the safe handling and use of such products by all groups of end-users, labelling information concerning safety, the protection of human and animal health and, the environment and the impact of the fertilisers, including their production process, as well as minimum information on the agronomic and agroecological efficiency of the EU fertilising products and on their content and use, should always be provided on the physical label. Digital labels should also include information on GHG emissions related to the production process. Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 should clearly indicate which information may be provided only digitally. _________________ 24 Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive, OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1.
Amendment 35 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) For EU fertilising products supplied without packaging, the economic operators are to provide the labelling elements in a leaflet. The leaflet, contrary to physical labels, has no physical link to the product itself and therefore does not offer immediate access to the information relevant to the product when handling it. Providing the same labelling elements in digital format would imply an adjustment of the way the information is retrieved without creating significant risks to users. Economic operators should therefore be allowed to provide all the labelling elements referred to in Annex III of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 in a digital label only for the EU fertilising products supplied without packaging. Where the economic operators choose to provide, in addition to a digital label, a physical label, they should be free to decide which labelling elements to include in that physical label, taking into account the need to include a minimum set of relevant information, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1009.
Amendment 37 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to ensure that users receive all the labelling elements on the digital label and will not need to compile the information both from a physical and a digital label, economic operators using a digital label should be required to include all such labelling elements in that label, even if they are also included on the physical label. The digital label should also contain information allowing end-users to identify and contact the manufacturer of the EU fertilising products and, where appropriate, the importer and the responsible person in the EU as defined in Regulation (EU) 2023/988, as this is an essential information and providing it digitally will facilitate the link between the product and the digital label. In addition, given that fertilising products are also placed on the market as non-harmonised products, it is important to include on the digital label the CE-mark and any corresponding reference to a notified body, so that end-users can deduce only from using the digital label that the product is marketed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1009. However, to facilitate the update of certain information to be provided by the manufacturers, which changes frequently and is not used on a daily basis by end-users (more precisely, the batch number and the production date), the manufacturers should have the choice to provide the information either physically or digitally.
Amendment 39 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Since digital labels, similarly to physical labels, are a means of providing mandatory information on EU fertilising products to users, economic operators should ensure free access to digital labels from the moment it is placed on the market until the expiry date. In addition, and in order to improve the chances that users will in practice retrieve the information, the information provided on the digital label should be easily accessible to end-users in the Union through widely used digital technologies compatible with all major operating systems and browsers, and ensuring that access to the label does not require any password, registration, nor any specific application and taking into account the needs of vulnerable groups.. Economic operators should not mix the information required by Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 with other information not requested by Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, such as marketing or commercial statements. Digital space has no space limitations typical for physical labels affixed to the packaging. It is therefore important to keep the labelling elements provided in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 concentrated in one place, so that they are not difficult to find among various other information which economic operators might provide. Economic operators should also ensure that digital labels are presented in a way that takes into account the needs of vulnerable population groups, including persons with disabilities, to further reduce the challenges such groups may face.
Amendment 43 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Taking into account both the interest of users to have access to information about EU fertilising products with a relatively long shelf life and the interest of economic operators to avoid unnecessary costs, economic operators should ensure that the digital label is available for a period of 5 years from the moment the EU fertilising product is placed on the market until the expiry date.
Amendment 46 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to keep Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 up-to-date to technical progress, new scientific evidence and the evolution of the digitalisation of the society, 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 supplementing the requirements for digital labelling and amending Annex III with regard to which labelling elements economic operators making available on the market EU fertilising products in a packaging to end-users may provide on a digital label only. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, taking into account the views of all relevant stakeholders, including at expert level, and that those consultations are conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making25 . 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. _________________ 25 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 49 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) When deciding which labelling elements may be provided only digitally by economic operators making available on the market EU fertilising products in a packaging to end-users, the Commission should take into account the level of digital readiness among users of EU fertilising products and the need to keep the use of such products safe for human and animal health and the environment, as well as the need to ensure availability of the digital label from the moment the fertilising product is placed on the market until the expiry date.
Amendment 50 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
(a) in a language and a format which can be easily understood by end-users, including persons with disabilities, as determined by the Member State concerned;
Amendment 52 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
(b) clear, accurate, understandable and intelligible;
Amendment 54 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
(a) in a language and a format which can be easily understood by end-users, including vulnerable groups such as persons with disabilites, as determined by the Member State concerned;
Amendment 55 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
(aa) clear, accurate, understandable and intelligible;
Amendment 71 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 11 b (new)
Article 11 b (new)
(b) easily and directly accessible by all major operating systems, without a need to register in advance, to download or install applications or to provide a password;accessible to all potential users in the Union;
Amendment 72 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 11 b (new)
Article 11 b (new)
(d) presented in a way that also addresses the needs of vulnerable groups and supports, as relevant, the necessary adaptations to facilitate access by those groups, including persons with disabilities;
Amendment 74 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 11 b (new)
Article 11 b (new)
(e) available for a period of 5 years from the moment the EU fertilising product is placed on the market until the expiry date, including in case of an insolvency, a liquidation or a cessation of activity in the Union of the economic operator that created it.
Amendment 75 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 11 b (new)
Article 11 b (new)
4. A data carrier used for a digital label shall be printed or placed physically on the packaging or, where the EU fertilising products are made available on the market without a packaging, on the accompanying document or leaflet, visibly, legibly, accessibily, easily understandable and in a way that allows it to be processed automatically by digital devices.
Amendment 77 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 11 c (new)
Article 11 c (new)
2. Upon request by the end-users, or without such request where the digital label is temporarily unavailable at the time of purchase, economic operators making available on the market EU fertilising products to such end-users shall provide the information included on the digital label, by alternative means and free of charge, from the moment the fertilising product is placed on the market until the expiry date.;
Amendment 80 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 11 c (new) 2(5) e a (new)
Article 11 c (new) 2(5) e a (new)
(ea) take into account the provision of the information from the moment the EU fertilising product is placed on the market until the expiry date;
Amendment 83 #
2023/0049(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009
Article 11 c (new)
Article 11 c (new)
10. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 44 to amend Annex III, as regards the labelling information which economic operators may provide on a digital label only in accordance with Article 11a(3) point (b), in order to adapt that Annex to technical and scientific progress or to the level of digital readiness among end-users of EU fertilising products. When adopting the delegated acts, the Commission shall take into account the need to ensure a high level of safety and protection of human and animal health and the environment.;
Amendment 57 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Union censuses should become more cost-effective through making full use of the rich set of administrative data available across the Member States or a combination of innovative methodologies and different sources including sources related to the Internet of Things (IoT) and provision of digital services. They should be also used to re-establish the demographic baseline and include surveys of the coverage of administrative data sources.
Amendment 71 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) This Regulation is without prejudice to Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725 and Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.38 Within their respective scope of application, the latter Regulations are to apply to the processing of personal data under this Regulation. In particular, statistics should be produced by processing anonymised data. Only where statistics cannot be produced by processing anonymised data, pseudonymised data should be processed. __________________ 38 Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37).
Amendment 89 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Statistics in the domains listed in paragraph 1 shall be organised into data sets following the topics and detailed topics as set out in the Annex. The topics detailed in the Annex shall be disaggregated by age and gender.
Amendment 129 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 1
Annex I – table 1
Amendment 1 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to Article 2 and Article 3 (3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 2, 9, 10, 19 and 216(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 2 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 4
Citation 4
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, in particular principles 31, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 14 and 17 thereof,
Amendment 4 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 5
Citation 5
— having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and its Optional Protocol, and its entry into force in the EU on 21 January 2011, in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 on the conclusion, by the European Community, of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Amendment 5 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
Amendment 6 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 6
Citation 6
— having regard to the concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) of 2 October 2015 on the initial report of the European Union, , and the list of issues submitted by the UN CRPD Committee of 20 April 2022, prior to submission of the second and third periodic reports of the European Union,
Amendment 8 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Amendment 10 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
— having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN 2030 Agenda) and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
Amendment 11 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 6 c (new)
Citation 6 c (new)
— having regard to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
Amendment 12 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 6 d (new)
Citation 6 d (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
Amendment 13 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 6 d (new)
Citation 6 d (new)
— having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Amendment 14 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 6 f (new)
Citation 6 f (new)
— having regard to the Europe 2020 target relating to the fight against poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 15 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 6 g (new)
Citation 6 g (new)
— having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 16 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 6 h (new)
Citation 6 h (new)
— having regard to the regulations laying down the rules on the EU funding programmes under the multiannual financial framework, especially the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the Erasmus programme, and the Just Transition Fund, which provide EU financial assistance for improving the situation of persons with disabilities,
Amendment 17 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission recommendation of 22 June 2018 on standards for equality bodies,
Amendment 21 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 11
Citation 11
— having regard to the Commission communication of 3 March 2021 entitled ‘Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030’ (COM(2021)0101), and in particular the six Flagship Initiatives,
Amendment 22 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 15 November 2010 entitled ‘European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A renewed commitment to a barrier-free Europe’ (COM(2010)0636) (Disability Strategy),
Amendment 23 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission staff working document of 2 February 2017 entitled ‘Progress Report on the implementation of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020’ (SWD(2017)0029),
Amendment 24 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 11 c (new)
Citation 11 c (new)
— having regard to the Commission pilot project of 2013 on an EU disability card, and the Study assessing the implementation of the pilot action on the EU Disability Card and associated benefits,
Amendment 25 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 11 d (new)
Citation 11 d (new)
— having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee opinion of 11 December 2019 ‘Shaping the EU agenda for disability rights 2020-2030’,
Amendment 26 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 11 e (new)
Citation 11 e (new)
— having regard to the Commission staff working document of 27 November 2020 ‘Evaluation of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020’ (SWD(2020)0291),
Amendment 27 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities (2018/2685(RSP)),
Amendment 28 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to its report on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD (2020/2086(INI)),
Amendment 37 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
— having regard to UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 42 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 14 c (new)
Citation 14 c (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 22 April 2021 on the European Child Guarantee;
Amendment 44 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 14 d (new)
Citation 14 d (new)
— having regard the Council Recommendation of Establishing a European Child guarantee,
Amendment 45 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 14 e (new)
Citation 14 e (new)
— having regard to the Commission study of 15 September 2017 entitled ‘Inclusive education for learners with disabilities’,
Amendment 46 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 14 f (new)
Citation 14 f (new)
— having regard to the Parliament’s resolutions of 7 October 2021 ‘Protection of PwD with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt’ and of 8 July 2020 on the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the COVID-19 crisis,
Amendment 47 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas disability results from the interaction between persons who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others; whereas disability is an evolving concept and a natural variation; whereas barriers can be attitudinal and environmental; whereas people with disabilities contribute to the diversity of human-kind and society whereas the CRPD prohibits discrimination on any ground, including that of disability, and recognises the rights of people with disabilities;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas people with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersectional discrimination and disadvantage based on their disability and their gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, migration status or socioeconomic background, including their education level;
Amendment 68 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas people with disabilities have the right to full participation in the labour market and society but their fundamental rights are often withheld in the EU; whereas they are overwhelmingly excluded from the open labour market and denied their right to engage in work on an equal basis with others or face major difficulties in achieving equal access to and equal conditions of participating in the labour market;
Amendment 76 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas in the report on the Equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD, the European Parliament revealed the shortcomings of the Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 80 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas social protection policies are vital elements of national development strategies to reduce poverty and vulnerability across the life cycle and to support inclusive and sustainable growth; whereas targeted strategies to support the most vulnerable and marginalised persons with disabilities in our societies in order to leave no one behind, must be put in place; whereas social protection schemes often exclude people with disabilities from access to minimum income schemes and do not cover disability related costs;
Amendment 89 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas 60% of the population of persons with disabilities are women and women with disabilities are two to five times more likely to be victims of violence than other women and face higher rates of unemployment, with only 20.7% being in full time employment (against to 28.6% of men with disabilities, and 48% of women without disabilities;
Amendment 91 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas poverty increases the risks of violence against women; whereas women faced with risks of poverty are more vulnerable and violence increases the risks of social exclusion; whereas the lack of economic resources creates dependency and deters women from leaving their abusers; whereas violence is one of the key reasons for women’s homelessness;
Amendment 94 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas women, in particular those in vulnerable situation and with a disability, such as young women, women with migration background, Romani women, women of religious or ethnic minorities as well as LBTIQ women, are at higher risks of poverty than men and other women; whereas they face additional and intersecting forms of discrimination when accessing education, healthcare, employment and social services and are thus exposed to a higher risk of poverty;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B h (new)
Recital B h (new)
Bh. whereas fewer women are in full time employment than men (48% of women comparing to 64% of men) and marginalised women are even more excluded from full time employment, whereas only 20,7% of women with disabilities and 28,6% of men with disabilities are in full-time employment; whereas people with disabilities are systematically denied their right to work in the open labour market and are employed in sheltered workshops where they often do not have employee status, neither labour rights, nor a guaranteed minimum wage; whereas this is effectively a violation of both the UNCRPD and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 100 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B i (new)
Recital B i (new)
Bi. whereas the UNCRPD rejects the medical model of disability and endorses the human and the socio-contextual model of disability instead; whereas the UNCRPD demands inclusive equality for people with disabilities; whereas ableist mindsets and the medical model of disability persist within society and public policy;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B j (new)
Recital B j (new)
Bj. whereas a decade after the EU became party to the UNCRPD the level of institutionalisation remains unchanged and that across Europe, at least 1.4 million people are still confined to institutions—a number which has remained unchanged since the adoption of the convention;
Amendment 103 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B k (new)
Recital B k (new)
Bk. whereas the issue of illegal and forced detentions as well as forced treatments in hospitals, especially psychiatric hospitals is closely linked to the problem of the prevailing of institution, deprivations of liberty and detentions against the will are occurring throughout Europe; whereas physical restraints, like straightjackets are commonly used;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B l (new)
Recital B l (new)
Bl. whereas access to adequate housing for people with disabilities is often judged to be inadequate; whereas in most countries, disabled people depend on family support to rent an apartment and obtaining housing with one's own means can be impossible;
Amendment 105 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B m (new)
Recital B m (new)
Bm. whereas according to the ENIL Independent Living survey from 2020, 24 out of 43 countries in the Council of Europe area do not have a deinstitutionalization strategy, and for the 18 countries which do have one, 88% of respondents describe the strategy either as inadequate or requiring improvement;
Amendment 106 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B n (new)
Recital B n (new)
Bn. whereas 33 countries in the Council of Europe area provide some kind of personal assistance while 97% of respondents indicate that access is either requiring improvement or inadequate;
Amendment 107 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B o (new)
Recital B o (new)
Bo. whereas only 29.4% of people with disabilities attain a tertiary degree compared to 43.8% of those without disabilities, and 52% of people with disabilities feel discriminated against;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B p (new)
Recital B p (new)
Bp. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing obstacles and inequalities for all people with disabilities;
Amendment 109 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B q (new)
Recital B q (new)
Bq. whereas the current legislative framework establishes no obligation for member states to designate an Equality Body to protect victims of discrimination on the ground of Disability;
Amendment 110 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B r (new)
Recital B r (new)
Br. whereas in 2008 the Commission presented a proposal to extend beyond employment the protection from discrimination provided by Directive 2000/78 which prohibits discrimination based on disability, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief in the areas of employment and occupation; whereas the new Directive would make the principle of equality applicable to education, to access to goods and services and to social protection, including social security and health care; whereas this proposal has not been adopted yet and has been blocked within the Council for 13 years by now, where unanimity is required for its adoption;
Amendment 111 #
2022/2026(INI)
Bs. whereas all EU Members States ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights oft he Child making it binding for them and whereas Article 3(3) of the Treaty of the European Union establishes the objective for the EU to promote protection of Children’s rights; whereas the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights guarantees the protection of the rights of the child by the EU institutions and by EU countries when they implement EU law; whereas the European Parliament with a strong majority voted on its Resolution on a European Child Guarantee strongly asking to ensure that all children have access to inclusive education from early childhood to adolescence, including for Romani children, children with disabilities, stateless and migrant children and those living in humanitarian emergency settings;
Amendment 112 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B t (new)
Recital B t (new)
Bt. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersectional obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in the applicable EU and UN normative and legal frameworks, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to personal assistance and community inclusion, equality in opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 113 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Emphasises that the human and the socio-contextual model of disability needs to be established as the framework in which society discusses disability and adapts disability support accordingly;
Amendment 118 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that persons with disabilities’ exercise of the right to work9 is closely linked to measures to tackle discrimination, poverty and obstacles in education, training, housing, care, support, personal mobility and the built environment; _________________ 9 Article 27 of the UNCRPD.
Amendment 120 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Asks the European Labour Authority to work with national labour inspectorates to implement existing legislation; recommends that labour inspectors access public and private employers to ensure compliance with occupational rights for people with disabilities;
Amendment 124 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to start the revision of the Employment Equality Directive as soon as possible with a view to fully harmonising it with the provisions of the UNCRPD and implementing a participatory process aimed at ensuring the direct and full involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 139 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that income support schemes- and disability-related assistance are complementary in promoting the effective participation of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls, therefore, on Member States to unbundle income- and disability-related assistance10 ; points out that wages are not a substitution for the coverage of the costs related to disabilities; calls, therefore, on Member States to unbundle income support schemes- and disability-related assistance, to ensure that assistance eligibility rules are as inclusive as possible and to work to eliminate known and hidden poverty traps in social protection systems that sometimes hinder access to work due to loss of assistance when in employment; _________________ 10 UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, ‘Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities’, presented to the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, August 2015.
Amendment 147 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Regrets that the lack of accessible and affordable housing is considered to be a large barrier to independent living; recalls that people with disabilities must be permitted to live as independently as everyone else; underlines that segregating people with disabilities whether at work or in other areas of life creates stigmatisation and discrimination;
Amendment 150 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the EU Member states to speed up deinstitutionalisation; calls on the Member States to include specific targets with a defined timeframe in their deinstitutionalisation strategies, to adequately finance them and to develop mechanisms to ensure effective coordination between relevant authorities across different administrative sectors and levels Underlines that community-based, independent, living- must be strengthened and achieved as alternative to institutional frameworks as according to the CRPD General comment No. 5 (2017) on living independently and being included in the community;
Amendment 159 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Urges the EU Member States to overcome the inadequacy of legal frameworks and budget allocations aimed at providing personal assistance and individualized support; taking into account standards of decent employment and sufficient funding;
Amendment 161 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Points out the need to reform social protection systems to ensure social inclusion of people with disabilities; emphasis that social protection needs to be universal, and reminds that social protection systems needs to take into account the diversity of disability as different impairments might entail different support needs and, therefore, asks for adequate financial supports that is provided irrespective of the employment status (or the individual or their household income) and without discrimination on the basis of age, where a person lives or other reasons;
Amendment 164 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Welcomes the agreement reached for the Directive on Minimum Wages, which will ensure a decent standard of living for workers, including those with disabilities. Recalls that the principle of equal pay for work of equal value should be respected, and that intersectional discrimination for women with disabilities is a reality in the work place. Welcomes the Directive proposal on Pay Transparency and calls on the Member States to ensure no-discrimination for women with Disabilities;
Amendment 170 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work and that teleworking could help increase the employment of persons with disabilities as a form of disability accommodation and a tool to achieve greater work-life balance and reduce pain- and fatigue-related barriers to the labour market; cautions, however, against the use of teleworking by employers to avoid making reasonable accommodations or creating inclusive workplace cultures for workers with disabilities11 ; and to avoid addressing the possible negative impact on social inclusion of such workers 11; _________________ 11 Schur, L.A., Ameri, M. & Kruse, D. ‘Telework After COVID: A ‘Silver Lining’ for Workers with Disabilities?’, J Occup Rehabil 30, pp. 521–536, 6 November 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-020- 09936-5
Amendment 173 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Notes that reasonable accommodation literacy should be increased for private and public employers, by public authorities to ensure duty bearers have the tools to employ, support and retain workers with disabilities;
Amendment 197 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes and supports the European Commission legal initiative for binding standards for Equality Bodies that will be published in September 2022 and encourages Member states to extend the mandate of Equality Bodies to protect victims of discrimination based on disability;
Amendment 202 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights that harassment at work, including sexual harassment and retaliation for speaking up, hinders access to work and employment, job retention and equal career paths, in particular for women with disabilities, and therefore calls Member States to take specific actions to prevent, combat and sanction harassment against persons with disabilities; in this context, welcomes the Proposal for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 216 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that the low activity rate of persons with disabilities is, as well, a huge obstacle hindering socioeconomic inclusion which must be improved by European and national programmes aiming at the activation and training of persons left outside the labour market;
Amendment 221 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Notes that the lack of recognition of disabilities and the associated benefits and social protection rights between Member States is a barrier for the freedom of movement in relation to employment and education; calls on the Commission and Member States to propose an ambitious European Disability Card that supports mutual recognition of disability across the EU;
Amendment 226 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls on the Member States to ensure that full use is made of the European Social Fund (ESF+), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the Erasmus programme, and the Just Transition Fund, which provide EU financial assistance for improving the situation of persons with disabilities; Stresses the crucial role of all European funds and programmes in the social area, particularly the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers , the Just Transition Fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund; calls on the Member States to ensure that the most vulnerable groups, including young women, women with disabilities, women with migration background, Romani women, women of religious or ethnic minorities as well as LBTIQ women are specifically targeted in the designing and planning of the national plans and the implementation of funded projects; reminds the Members States that all EU- funded projects must comply with EU law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD);
Amendment 234 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Calls on Member States to provide legal frameworks and long-term financial support to programmes and services proven to be effective in supporting the long-term labour market integration of persons with disabilities; suggest to commission research into models and programmes where an evidence-base does not yet exist, as well as fund innovation in service provision;
Amendment 238 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the European Court of Auditors to assess the performance of EU programmes, with special emphasis on education and employment programmes, for example the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and Erasmus+, in a thorough manner; as they often times fail to reach out to the most deprived groups, including persons with disabilities;
Amendment 241 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Points out that the inclusion of disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities in education and training has been a strong demand by the Parliament in the past years, including through the full integration of the disability-rights perspective in all aspects of Erasmus+ and in synergies with other relevant EU funds such as the Youth Guarantee ; Reminds of the Commitments made at the Porto Social Summit on the reduction of poverty and social exclusion, and on the acquisition of skills and on job creation;
Amendment 245 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4i. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include in the final work programmes and national operational programmes clear objectives and measures to improve the living and working conditions of persons with disabilities, while respecting the principles of accessibility and non-discrimination, and investing in equal opportunities and the participation of persons with disabilities in all areas of life, including in supporting the transition from institutional to community-based living; asks the Commission to monitor closely the use of EU funds in line with the CRPD;
Amendment 247 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Calls on the Council to unblock the negotiations on the proposed horizontal anti-discrimination directive without any further delay and move towards an agreement, thereby extending the protection to persons with disabilities in all spheres where EU and national legislation could have a positive influence on persons with disabilities;
Amendment 248 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4k. Calls on the Members States to bring forward strong multi-annual national strategies for tackling child poverty and social exclusion and Child Guarantee national action plans accordingly, that also ensure inclusive education; calls on the Member States to guarantee the right and access to education for every child and to establish structures of inclusive education, face-to- face or digital when needed, from early childhood to adolescence, including for Romani children, children with disabilities, stateless and migrant children and those living in humanitarian emergency settings; and irrespectively of special circumstances such as Pandemics like COVID 19;
Amendment 25 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) A skilled workforce is crucial to ensuring socially fair and just greQuality jobs and a skilled citizenry who are practised in democratic participation and the pursuit of personal and community development and digitalre crucial to ensuring the just transitions, and to strengthening the Union’s sustainable competitiveness and resilience in the face of adverse external shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic or the fallout of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. More and better skills open up new opportunities and empower individuals to fully participate in the labour market, society and democracysociety, democratic processes and the labour market, to harness and benefit from the opportunities of the green and digital transitions and to exercise their rights, to exercise their rights, closing skills and competences gaps that is necessary for empowered citizens and it shall explore how to build bridges between these so-called twin and how they can complement each other from an education and training point of view, along with alternative pathways to successfully achieve sustainability by means of lifelong learning.
Amendment 39 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Across the Union, companies report difficulties to find workers with the necessary skills and workers find it difficult to find quality jobs which match their skills levels and qualifications. In 2021, 28 occupations were classified as having shortages, including the healthcare, hospitality, construction and service sectors, in addition to shortages of IT and security specialists, in particular cybersecurity experts, and workers with science, technology, engineering and mathematics background.22 Increasingly, the biggest constraint to a successful digital and green transition is the quality jobs offers with decent salary and fair working conditions which results in lack of workers with the right skills22a. In many Member States, demographic ageing is expected to accelerate over the coming decade as “baby boom” cohorts retire, reinforcing the need to make use of the full potential of all working-age adultindividuals through continuous investments in their skills as well as acmotivitating more people, in particular women and young people especially those not in education, employment or training (NEETs)people belonging to disadvantaged groups, and those living in remote and rural areas. Strengthening personal development and learning guidance from an early age and supporting equal access to information and guidance by students and adult learners can help young people choose suitable learning pathways leading to fair and appropriate employment opportunities. _________________ 22 European Labour Authority, Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2021 and ENISA, Cybersecurity skills development in the EU, March 2020. The ENISA studies identify that there is a gap of 291,000 professionals in cybersecurity. 22a According to CEDEFOP, 45% of the workers think that their skills do not fully match to the jobs they do, while 70% of the companies suffer from skills shortages but few of them link this to obstacles they create to find skilled workers, e.g. recruitment problem, geographical location of the company, salary level and working conditions: European Skills and Jobs survey, CEDEFOP, 2015 and CEDEFOP, 2015 Skills, qualifications and jobs in the EU: the making of a perfect match?
Amendment 47 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Young people and women have more difficulties in participating in the labour market. NEETs is a broad category encompassing a heterogeneous population including the unemployed, school dropouts and all those discouraged college graduates who still have not found a job. The unemployed are only a subgroup of the broader category of NEET and the overlap between the unemployed and the NEET group varies over time and country. The NEET concept differs from the unemployment concept with respect to two dimensions. First, it includes people not meeting the job- seeking requirement to become classified as unemployed, and second, it includes young people in training. Nevertheless young people are particularly affected by the fact that working hours decreased during the Covid19 pandemic more than employment and tend to be overskilled and overqualified.
Amendment 48 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
Amendment 49 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 c (new)
Recital 2 c (new)
(2c) The OECD 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results show that more than 20 % pupils in the Union have insufficient proficiency in three basic skills: literacy, numeracy and scientific thinking. These trends continue into adulthood: according to data of the OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), one in five adult Europeans has inadequate literacy and numeracy skills, and for digital skills, this is as many as two in five Europeans with no or very low skills. Those skills are fundamental to the formation of a skilled citizenry, and, implicitly, workforce, as well as forming the basis for other skills, such as media literacy, basic and advanced digital literacy, critical thinking, systemic thinking and communicative skills, which are necessary for citizens to thrive in a democracy and to pursue personal development.
Amendment 54 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Low skills of working-age adultformal education and functional literacy, numeracy and digital skills levels of learners remain a significant challenge for the Union, pointing to considerable untapped potential of upskilling and reskilling to help mitigate increasing labour shortages in sectors such as manufacturing and services, and empowering people to create, embark on and continue their personal and professional learning particulthways, lear nin economic activities related to hospitality and manufacturing of computer and electronic equipment, and the care sectorg to a more skilled workforce, but also more active citizenship, sustainability, democracy and social inclusion.25 However, participation in adult learning in the Union has stagnated over the last decade and 21 Member States fell short of the 2020 EU-level target. For many adults, such as those in atypical forms of work, employees of small and medium-sized enterprises, the unemployed, the inactive and the low- qualified, skills development opportunitiesespecially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, learning adults, are too often out of reach. Increasing the upskillaccess to learning and reskillproviding osupportuniti through guidance and counselling services for these groups, and all working-age adults,adults, and boosting the capacity- building activities at the regional level, can also contributes to reaching the EU employment target of 78%, with employment rate in the EU in 2021 being at 73.1%.26, alongside the many non- labour market-related benefits of adult learning and education. Further efforts are needed to provide effective support to the unemployed, low-skilled and low qualified adults via enhanced implementation of the Council Recommendation on Upskilling Pathways: New Opportunities for Adults (2016) and the Council recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market (2016). _________________ 25 European Commission, 2021 Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe, p. 26 26 Eurostat, Employment (as % of the population aged 20 to 64), (LFSI_EMP_A)
Amendment 63 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Principle 3 of the European Pillar of Social Rights underlines that regardless of gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, everyone has the right to equal treatment and opportunities, and this includes employment and education. The European Year of Skills should be carried out in a way that is inclusive and actively promotes equality for all. The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan29 points out that by increasing participation of groups which are currently under-presented in the labour market, we can achieve a more inclusive employment growth and promote gender-sensitive initiatives and policies. _________________ 29 The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan (europa.eu)
Amendment 73 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In its resolution of 7 July 2021 on an old continent growing older - possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post - 2020, the European Parliament stresses the importance of the creation of accessible, age-appropriate lifelong learning opportunities, and of intergenerational learning opportunities, for a better integration of older people, including online education, whether they are (still) part of the labour market or not. It also encourages the Member States to allocate appropriate spending from ESF+, the ERDF and the Just Transition Fund, for the training of older workers, ensuring equal access to public services, encouraging companies to keep and actively employ older workers, as well as adapting public infrastructure, including transport, as well as public spaces accommodating to the needs of all ages.
Amendment 87 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) As companies and other stakeholdworkers know best what skills are needed in their industrialto perform new jobs and tasks in their socio economic ecosystems ecosystems, strengthening their collective action on skills development has to be part of the solution. The Pact for Skills brings together companies, social partners, education and training providers, regional authorities, public employment services and other key skills stakeholders, both private and public. So far, more than 700 organisations have signed up and 12 large scale partnerships in strategic sectors have been set up, with pledges to promote 6 million training opportunities. The regional dimension is also important, including in border regions, where finding workers with the right skills requires targeted measures to support effective cross-border labour markets. Similarly, disadvantaged and remote regions, including the outermost, face particular challenges as access to the labour market and upskilling and reskilling opportunities are limited.
Amendment 93 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Council Recommendations on Individual Learning Accounts34 and Micro- credentials for lifelong learning and employability35 help people to update or complete their skill-sets, also in response to emerging skills needs in the labour market,embark on and continue their learning pathways in a more flexible and targeted way. The Council Resolution from December 2021 on a new European Agenda for Adult Learning 2021-203036 promotes upskilling and reskilling that can in turn reduce skills mismatches and labour shortages. Skills“formal, non-formal and informal learning opportunities capable of providing all the necessary knowledge, skills and competences to create an inclusive, sustainable, socially just and more resilient Europe”. It emphasises that “adult learning, as an important part of lifelong learning, [...] is also important to provide the necessary conditions for people to be agents of change through the choices they make”. Learning guidance and skills self-assessment opportunities are among the measures which support people in their up- and reskillinglearning pathways. _________________ 34 Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on individual learning accounts (OJ C 243, 27.6.2022, p. 26) 35 Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro- credentials for lifelong learning and employability (OJ C 243, 27.6.2022, p. 10) 36 Council Resolution on a new European agenda for adult learning 2021-2030 (OJ C 504, 14.12.2021, p. 9)
Amendment 98 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The strengthened active labour market policies advocated for by the EASE (Effective Active Support to Employment) Commission Recommendation37 aim to support transitions into new employment amid the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and the better matching of skills in the labour market, supported by employment services with a sufficient administrative capacitycapacity building activities that not only include the labour market but also teaching and trainer staff levels who will teach the right skills and knowledge to the future workforce. _________________ 37 Commission Recommendation of 4.3.2021on an effective active support to employment following the COVID-19 crisis (EASE) (OJ L 80, 8.3.2021, p. 1)
Amendment 101 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In its resolution of 5 July 2022 on mental health in the digital world of work, the European Parliament underlines that improving digital skills in the workplace or allowing for flexible working hours can help to mitigate work-related stress. It also expresses concerns that teleworking is not yet available to all workers and stresses the impact of the shift to teleworking on the mental health especially the risk of feeling isolation and exclusion, and the violation of the Right to Disconnect. It stresses the importance of fighting the digital divide in Europe and the necessity of retraining younger and older people in order to ensure a sufficient level of digital skills for all. It calls for more targeted investments in the provision of digital skills and access to digital tools, especially groups that are more digitally excluded such as people of a low socio-economic status and a limited educational background, older people, people in rural and remote areas and people with disabilities.
Amendment 103 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) In its resolution of 19 May 2022 on establishing the European Education Area by 2025 – micro-credentials, individual learning accounts and learning for a sustainable environment, the European Parliament calls on the Council to adopt a common definition of micro- credentials and common standards for the European Education Area as a basis for quality assurance, recognition, transparency and portability. It also calls for the use of micro-credentials to recognise skills acquired in the course of learning mobility and civic-engagement, underscoring activities such as youth work, mentoring and volunteering. It reminds public authorities of their essential role in ensuring that those who are usually left behind find micro- credentials readily accessible and relevant, that there is balance in the skills training offered to adults, and points out that basic, transversal, psychosocial and soft skills are as important to the green and digital transitions as technical skills.
Amendment 108 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Council Recommendation on vocational education and training (VET)38 supports modernisation of VET systems to equip young people and adults with the knowledge, skills and competences they need to thrive in our society and the evolving labour market and society, to manage the recovery and the just transitions to the green and digital economy, in times of demographic change and throughout all economic cycles. It promotes VET as a driver for innovation and growth, which is agile in adapting to labour market changes and providing skills for occupations in high demand. _________________ 38 Council Recommendation of 24 November 2020 on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (OJ C 417 2.12.2020, p. 1)
Amendment 111 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Skills for thea just green transition and the upskilling and reskilling of the workforcesustainability learning will be needed in the context of the shift to a modern, resource-efficient, circular and competitive economy, as laid out under the European Green Deal39 setting the path towards EU climate neutrality by 2050. The Commission Communication “Fit for 55”40 recognises that the green transition can only succeed if the Union has the skilled workforce it needs to stay competcitizens standing strongly behind the green transitiveon and points to the flagship actions of the Skills Agenda to equip people with the skills that are needed for the green and digital transitions. In this twin transition, a new set of skills, from technical to so ones, that allow full participation in the economic activity and labour market but beyond that new culture needs to be developed also in the workplace by introducing significant changes in the way people interact, with each other, the environment and with technology. _________________ 39 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 (COM/2019/640 final) 40 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – Fit for 55: delivering the EU's 2030 Climate Target on the way to climate neutrality (COM(2021) 550 final)
Amendment 131 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Attracting skilled third-country nationals canProviding and improving the EU labour migration framework could contribute to tackling the Union’s skills and labour shortages. In October 2021, the revised EU Blue Card Directive45 entered into force, a key achievement for attracting highly skilled talent into the labour market. The New Pact on Migration and Asylum46 also places a strongn emphasis on labour migration and on integration of third country nationals. Against this background, the Commission adopted a Skills and Talent Package47 in April 2022 to reinforce the legal framework and Union action in this area. Proposals to recast the Long- Term Residents Directive and the Single Permit Directive will allow to simplify the procedures for the admission of workers of all skill levels to the Union and provide with better protection and rights. The Commission will also continue to roll out an EU Talent Pool to facilitate labour matching with non-EU nationals with the involvement of social partners. The Commission is also working towards the launch of tailor-made Talent Partnerships with specific key partner countries to boost international labour mobility and development of talent in a mutually beneficial and circular way. Social partners must be involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of those Talent partnerships. In addition, the Union continues to be the leading contributor to global funding for education focusing especially on teacher training, girls education and vocational education and training. This work, under the umbrella of the Global Gateway strategy48 , is complementary to the objectives of this proposal. _________________ 45 Directive (EU) 2021/1883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2021 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of highly qualified employment, and repealing Council Directive 2009/50/EC (OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 1) 46 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a New Pact on Migration and Asylum (COM/2020/609 final) 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Attracting skills and talent to the EU (COM/2022/657 final) 48 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank The Global Gateway (JOIN/2021/30 final)
Amendment 141 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Trust in and transparency of qualifications, whether acquired in Europe or beyond, is key in facilitating their recognition. EU transparency tools (European Qualifications Framework, Europass, EURES, ESCO, EU Skills Profile Tool for third country nationals, European Digital Credentials for Learning) are a starting point to help increase the transparency and comparability of qualifications. For well functioning labour markets, skills must be understood and valued, whether acquired in formal, non- formal or informal settings. Skills identification and documentation, as well as guidance to make skills visible, are crucial steps in this context.
Amendment 156 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Tailor-made expertise through the Commission’s Technical Support Instrument (TSI) can help Member States undertake reforms linked to national or regional/public authorities strategies on skills, translating temporary EU funding into durable improvements in the available reskilling and upskilling opportunities. Mutual learning, facilitated by the Commission, can also support the process.
Amendment 162 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In line with principles 1, 4 and 5 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, contributing to the objectives set out in the 2020 European Skills Agenda and the EU headline targets set by the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, the overall objective of the European Year shall be to further promote a mindset of reskilling and upskilling thereby boosting competitiveness of European companies, in particular small and medium-sized entrepriseslifelong learning thereby ensuring the possibility of each learner to fulfil their personal development in light of the current societal challenges, boosting quality of living, health aspects as well as the competitiveness of the European society, realising the full potential of the digital and green transitions in a socially fair, inclusive and just manner, including through the right to adequate minimum wages, which ensures a decent standard of living. More specifically, the activities of the Year will promote skills policies and investments to ensure that nobody is left behind in democratic processes, the twin transition and the economic recovery, and to notably address labour shortages for a better skilled workforce and closing gaps in the skills and competences needed for the empowerment of adults in the Union that is able to seize the opportunities of this process, by:
Amendment 172 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Promoting increased, more effective and inclusive investment into trainlifelong learning that supports, among others, upskilling and upreskilling, and training, to harness the full potential of the European current and future workforce and to support people in managing job-to-job transitions, active ageing, and benefiting from the new opportunities brought by the ongoing societal and economic transformation, especially supporting via targeted actions those most disadvantaged and with fewest opportunities to engage in lifelong learning and learning mobility opportunities.
Amendment 181 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Strengthening skills relevance by closely cooperating with social partners, civil society, public and private employment services, non-profit social service providers companies, education and training providers operating in formal, informal, non-formal learning environments, and developing joined-up approaches with all branches of governments operating at various levels (EU, national, regional and local) and among the different EU bodies and agencies considering the transversal nature of skills.
Amendment 189 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. Matching people’s aspirations and skills-set with the societal challenges and opportunities, labour market opportunities especially those offered by the green and digital transitions and the core sectors in need of recovery from the pandemic. A special focus will be given to activate more people for the labour market, in particular women and young people especially those not in education, employment or training (NEETs), and provide incentives and better quality jobs matching women and young people’s skills, as well as persons with disabilities, marginalised groups and people living in remote areas.
Amendment 201 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Amendment 208 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Accessible conferences, forum discussions and further events to promote debate on the role and contribution of skills policies to achieve competitive,proficiency in basic skills, active citizenship for resilient democracies, holistic development of transversal competences required to address the existing societal challenges and further sustainable and fair economic growth, in light ofcluding adequately funded and accessible lifelong learning opportunities for all, on mental health and wellbeing, wages, on preventing poverty and in-work poverty, on enhancing, and on ensuring remuneration for traineeships to avoid exploitative practices, taking into account the demographic challenges, and to mobilise relevant stakeholders to ensure access to training is a reality on the groundn equal and fair access to all forms of learning and training (formal, non-formal and informal);
Amendment 218 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) initiatives targetting inter alia individuals, companies, chambers of commerce and industry, social partners, public and regional authorities, education and training providers to promote the provision, financing and uptake of upskilling and reskilling opportunities, including paid, quality internships;
Amendment 220 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) information, communication and awareness-raising campaigns building activities on EU initiatives for upskilling and reskilling, promoting their implementation and delivery on the ground and also their uptake by potential beneficiaries;
Amendment 222 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) increasing dialogue in existing stakeholder groups and networks, also via established online platforms; with tripartite advisory committees, European cross- sectoral and sectoral social partners in existing stakeholder groups and networks, also via established online platforms, at national, regional and local level, particularly boosting the Strategic Dialogue process over 2023, developing Stakeholder Fora connected to the flagship events of 2023, but also via new processes akin to civil dialogue to ensure that education and training stakeholders can meaningfully take part in policy and decision-making considering their expertise on the ground, their capacity to express learners’ needs and their close connection with different national and regional authorities responsible for the implementation of the education and training recommendations;
Amendment 225 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) implementing and as necessary developing further skills intelligence tools, while promoting and disseminating their application in identifying current and future skills needs, particularly linked to the green and digitaljust transitions, the core sectors in need of recovery from the pandemic, energy crisis and the impact of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine;
Amendment 228 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) promoting the necessity to improve the validation systems and tools and instruments for increased transparency of qualifications, including qualifications awarded outside the Union, and the recognition, validation, and certification of those qualifications;
Amendment 234 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h – point i (new)
i) follow up of the Porto Summit to analyse how these actions are contributing to achieving the 2030 targets.
Amendment 243 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The organisation of participation in the European Year at national and regional level shall be a responsibility of the Member States. To that end, each Member State shall appoint a national coordinator that can represent the different branches of government in a holistic manner. The national coordinators shall ensure the coordination of relevant activities at national and regional level. Member States shall ensure the involvement of their social partners civil society, learning and education providers in the activities at national and regional level.
Amendment 249 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall rely on the expertise and assistance of relevant Union Agencies in implementing the European Year, in particular on synergies with the activities of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP), the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).
Amendment 253 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall convene meetings of the national coordinators in order to coordinate the activities referred to in Article 3. These meetings shall also serve as opportunities to exchange information regarding the implementation of the European Year at national and Union level. Representatives of the European Parliament and relevant Union Agencies mayshall participate in those meetings as observers.
Amendment 254 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall engage with social partners, civil society, learning and education providers labour market bodies, learners, and representatives of organisations or bodies active in the field of skills, education and lifelong learning to assist in implementing the European Year at Union level.
Amendment 258 #
2022/0326(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
By 31 DecemberMay 20245, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation, results and overall assessment of the initiatives provided for in this Decision. Such report shall include: - an evaluation of the contribution that the EY of skills to achieving the 2030 target of achieving 60% of adults participating in training every year and an employment rate of at least 78% - a stock taking of how many women have participated/engaged in trainings in STEM and how many women have entered the labour market in those fields. - a stock taking of how many young people have found quality jobs that match their skills, how many have participating in up- or re-skilling trainings, and how many have participated in unpaid internships programs. - a stock taking of third country nationals entering the EU labour market and an evaluation of the tools for recognising the skills acquired in their home countries, as well as an overview of the sectors where they are participating in.
Amendment 108 #
2022/0269(COD)
(3) The eradication of forced labour is a priority for the Union. Respect for human dignity and the universality and indivisibility of human rights are firmly enshrined in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. Article 5(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights provide that no one is to be required to perform forced or compulsory labour. The European Court of Human Rights has repeatedly interpreted Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights as requiring Member States to penalise and effectively prosecute any act maintaining a person in the situations described set out in Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.19The right of victims to an effective remedy for business-related human rights violations or abuses, including forced labour, is recognised in Union law, the UN Guiding Principles on the Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the Council of Europe and the OECD. _________________ 19 For instance paras. 89 and 102 in Siliadin v. France or para. 105 in Chowdury and Others v. Greece.
Amendment 114 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Through its policies and legislative initiatives the Union seeks to eradicate the use of forced labour and promote decent work and labour rights worldwide. The Union promotes due diligence in accordance with international guidelines and principles established by international organisations, including the ILO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (hereinafter “OECD”) and the United Nations (hereinafter “UN”), to ensure that forced labour does not find a place in the value chains of undertakings established in the Union.
Amendment 121 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) The 2021 EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child foresees that the EU will insist on third countries to update regularly national lists of hazardous occupations children should never be tasked to do. The Durban Call to Action on the Elimination of Child Labour recalls the commitments of UN members to strengthen the prevention and elimination of child labour, including its worst forms, forced labour, modern slavery and trafficking in persons and to increase financing and international cooperation for the elimination of child labour and forced labour. ILO Convention No. 138 requires Member States to create a national policy designed to ensure the effective abolition of child labour.
Amendment 124 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) [In particular, Directive 20XX/XX/EU on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence sets out horizontal due diligence obligations to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for actual and potential adverse impacts on human rights, including forced labour, and the environment in the company’s own operations, its subsidiaries and in its value chains, in accordance with international human and labour rights standards and environmental conventions. Those obligations apply to large companies over a certain threshold in terms of number of employees and net turnover, and to smaller companies in high-impact sectors over a certain threshold in terms of number of employees and net turnover.22] _________________ 22 Directive 20XX/XX/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937, OJ XX, XX.XX.20XX, p. XX.
Amendment 139 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to ensure the effectiveness of the prohibition, such prohibition should apply to products for which forced labour has been used at any stage of their production, manufacture, harvest and extraction, including working or, processing, storage, packaging, transportation or distribution related to the products. The prohibition should apply to all products, of any type, including their components, and should apply to products regardless of the sector, the origin, whether they are domestic or imported, or placed or made available on the Union market or exported.
Amendment 145 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (’SMEs’) can have limited resources and ability to ensure that the products they place or make available on the Union market are free from forced labour. The Commission should therefore issue guidelines on due diligence in relation to forced labour, which should take into account also the size and economic resources of economic operators. In addition, the Commission should issue guidelines on forced-labour risk indicators and on publicly available information in order to help SMEs, as well as other economic operators, to comply with the requirements of the prohibition.
Amendment 150 #
2022/0269(COD)
(18a) Remedy is a crucial part of the human rights due diligence process under the UNGPs and is critical to ensuring that a Forced Labour Instrument has a positive impact for workers and holds corporations to account. Remedy will encourage workers to come forward and report abuse. Accordingly, this Regulation must ensure the provision of effective remedy to affected rightholders.
Amendment 152 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The competent authorities of the Member States should monitor the market to identify violations of the prohibition. In appointing those competent authorities, Member States should ensure that those authorities have sufficient human and financial resources and that their staff has the necessary competences and knowledge, especially with regard to human rights, labour rights, gender equality, value chain management and due diligence processes. Competent authorities should closely coordinate with national labour inspections and judicial and law enforcement authorities, including those responsible for the fight against trafficking in human beings in such a way as to avoid jeopardising investigations by such authorities.
Amendment 155 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 160 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) When identifying potential violations of the prohibition, the Commission and competent authorities should follow a risk-based approach and assess all information available to them. CThe Commission and competent authorities should initiate an investigation where, based on their assessment of all available information, they establish that there is a substantiated concern of a violation of the prohibition.
Amendment 164 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Before initiatDuring an investigation, competent authorities shouldmay request from the economic operators under assessment information on actions taken to mitigate, prevent or, remediate and bring to an end risks of forced labour in their operations and value chains with respect to the products under assessment. Carrying out such due diligence in relation to forced labour should help the economic operator to be at a lower risk of having forced labour in its operations and value chains. Appropriate due diligence means that forced labour issues in the value chain have been identified and addressed in accordance with relevant Union legislation and international standards. That implies that where the competent authority considers that there is no substantiated concern of a violation of the prohibition, for instance due to, but not limited to the applicable legislation, guidelines, recommendations or any other due diligence in relation to forced labour being applied in a way that mitigates, prevents and brings to an end the risk of forced labour, no investigation should be initiated.
Amendment 175 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure cooperation among the Commission and competent authorities designated under this and other relevant legislation and in order to ensure consistency in their actions and decisions, competent authorities designated under this Regulation should request information from other relevant authorities, where necessary, on whether economic operators under assessment are subject to and carry out due diligence in relation to forced labour in accordance with applicable Union legislation or Member States legislation setting out due diligence and transparency requirements with respect to forced labour.
Amendment 182 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) During the preliminary phase of investigation,investigation, the Commission and competent authorities should focus on the economic operators involved in the steps of the value chain where there is a higher risk of forced labourvalue chain with respect to the products under investigation, also taking into account their size and economic resources, the quantity of products concerned and the scale of the suspected forced labour.
Amendment 186 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Competent authorities, when requesting information during the investigation, should prioritiseidentify to the extent possible and consistent with the effective conduct of the investigation the responsibilities of the economic operators under investigation that are involved in the steps of the value chain as close as possible to where the likely risk of forced labour occurs and take into account the size and economic resources of the economic operatorwith the highest leverage to prevent, mitigate, remediate and bring to an end the use of forced labour in their operations and value chains, the quantity of products concerned, as well as the scale of suspected forced labour.
Amendment 202 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Competent authoritieEconomic operators should bear the burden of establishproving that forced labour has not been used at any stage of production, manufacture, harvest or extraction, storage, packaging, transportation or distribution of a product, including working or processing related to the product on the basis of all information and evidence gathered during the investigation, including its preliminary phase. To ensure their right to due process, economic operators should have the opportunity to provide information in their defence towhen requested by the competent authorities throughoutor after the investigation.
Amendment 207 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Competent authorities that establish that economic operators violated the prohibition, should without delay prohibit the placing and making available of such products on the Union market and their export from the Union, and require the economic operators that have been investigated to withdraw the relevant products already made available from the Union market and have themdonate the products to charitable or public interest purposes. If such products cannot be donated, economic operators should recycle them and if recycling is not possible, the products should be destroyed, rendered inoperable, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with national law consistent with Union law, including Union legislation on waste management.
Amendment 214 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In that decision, competent authorities should state the findings of the investigation, and the information underpinning the findings, and set a reasonable time within which the economic operators should comply with the decision, as well as information allowing for the identification of the product to which the decision applies. The Commission should be empowered to adopt the implementing acts necessary to specify the details about the information to be contained in such decisions. The decisions from competent authorities should be made publicly available.
Amendment 216 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 223 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) If the economic operators fail to comply with the decision of the competent authorities by the end of the established timeframe, the competent authorities should ensure that the relevant products are prohibited from being placed or made available on the Union market, exported or withdrawn from the Union market and that any such products remaining with the relevant economic operators are donated to charitable or public interest purposes. If such products cannot be donated, economic operators should recycle them, and if that is not possible, they should have the products destroyed, rendered inoperable, or otherwise disposed of in accordance with national law consistent with Union law, including Union legislation on waste management at the expense of the economic operators.
Amendment 231 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Any person, whether it is a natural or legal person, or any association not having legal personality, should be allowed to submit information to the Commission or to competent authorities when it considers that products made with forced labour are placed and made available on the Union market and to be informed of the outcome of the assessment of their submission. Submissions may be addressed to one or more competent authorities. The Commission and competent authorities shall ensure that the identity of the person or persons reporting complaints, providing evidence, and of any individuals who are potentially being subjected to forced labour in terms of the complaint or investigation, is not disclosed without the explicit consent of that or those persons, to anyone beyond the authorised staff members competent to receive or follow up on complaints. This shall also apply to any other information from which the identity of the reporting person may be directly or indirectly deduced.
Amendment 242 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The Commission should issue guidelines in order to facilitate the implementation of the prohibition by economic operators and competent authorities. Such guidelines should include guidance on due diligence in relation to forced labour and complementary information for the Commission and competent authorities to implement the prohibition. The guidance on due diligence in relation to forced labour should build on the Guidance on due diligence for Union businesses to address the risk of forced labour in their operations and supply chains published by the Commission and the European External Action Service in July 2021. The guidelines should be consistent with other Commission guidelines in this regard and relevant international organisations’ guidelines. The reports from international organisations, in particular the ILO, as well as other independent and verifiable sources of information should be considered for the identification of risk indicators.
Amendment 246 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Decisions of the Commission and competent authorities establishing a violation of the prohibition should be communicated to customs authorities, who should aim at identifying the product concerned amongst products declared for release for free circulation or export. The competent authorities should be responsible for the overall enforcement of the prohibition with regard to the internal market as well as products entering or leaving the Union market. Since forced labour is part of the manufacturing process and does not leave any trace on the product, and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 covers only manufactured products and its scope is limited to release for free circulation, the customs authorities would be unable to act autonomously under Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 for the application and enforcement of the prohibition. The specific organisation of controls of each Member State should be without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council32and its general provisions on the control and supervisory powers of customs authorities. _________________ 32 Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (recast) (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 259 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Where the competent authorities conclude that a product corresponds to a decision establishing a violation of the prohibition, they should immediately inform customs authorities which should refuse its release for free circulation or export. The product should be destroyed, rendered inoperable, or otherwise disposed ofonated to charitable or public interest purposes. If the product cannot be donated, it should be recycled, and if that is not possible, it should be destroyed, in accordance with national law consistent with Union law, including legislation on waste management, which excludes re-export in case of non-Union goods.
Amendment 270 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) To ensure effective enforcement decisions taken by the Commission or a competent authority in one Member State should be recognised and enforced by competent authorities in the other Member States regarding products withfrom the same identification from the same supply chaiproduction site, company, group of companies or region for which forced labour has been found.
Amendment 275 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) To ensure effective enforcement of the prohibition, it is necessary to establish a network aimed at structured coordination and cooperation between the Commission, competent authorities of the Member States and, where appropriate, experts from customs authorities, and the Commission. That network should also aim at streamlining the practices of the competent authorities within the Union that facilitate the implementation of joint enforcement activities by Member States, including joint investigations. That administrative support structure and capacity building activities, such as the organisation of training programmes for competent authorities and other relevant stakeholders. The administrative support structure to be provided by the Commission should allow the pooling of resources and maintain a communication and information system between Member States and the Commission, thereby helping to strengthen the enforcement of the prohibition.
Amendment 280 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 a (new)
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) The Commission should ensure the effective and uniform application of this Regulation and to that effect support and encourage cooperation between enforcement authorities through the Network. Furthermore, the Commission should set up a harmonised approach for penalties, and, in particular, it should lay down harmonised rules on penalties applicable to non-compliance with the decision of competent authorities.
Amendment 289 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) No later than three years after the entry into force, the Commission should carry out a first review of this Regulation with particular attention to the effectiveness of the instrument, proposing additional measures where deemed appropriate.
Amendment 293 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules prohibiting economic operators from placing and making available on the Union market or exporting from the Union market products made, stored, transported, packaged or distributed with forced labour.
Amendment 297 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This Regulation lays down rules for remedial obligations for economic operators for cases where forced labour has been established.
Amendment 305 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) ‘forced labour high risk area’ means countries or regions where there is clear and reliable evidence of state- imposed forced labour, in an entire product group in a specific industry.
Amendment 307 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘due diligence in relation to forced labour’ means the efforts by economic operator to implement mandatory requirements, voluntary guidelines, recommendations or practices to identify, prevent, mitigate or bring to an end the use of forced labour in their operations and value chain with respect to products that are to be made available on the Union market or to be exported;
Amendment 309 #
2022/0269(COD)
(ca) ‘remediation’ means measures aiming to improve conditions for workers and affected victims of forced labour.These include evidence of one or more of the following: i) financial and non-financial compensation, including compensation based on the duration and extent of forced labour and any harms suffered; ii) restitution for the victims, including restoring relevant documents such as visas and work permits, and returning their passport; iii) rehabilitation; iv) preventive measures and guarantees of non-reoccurrence of forced labour;and where it is accompanied by one or more of the above measures, apologies; v) other remediation measures as agreed on by the economic operators and affected workers and stakeholders.
Amendment 312 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) 'root causes of forced labour' means the causes leading to economic exploitation, poverty, systemic discrimination, and lack of regular and decent labour migration pathways at the level of a country or region. At the level of an economic operator, it includes prices below the cost of production, the lack of living incomes and living wages as well as unfair purchasing practices.
Amendment 314 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) ‘stakeholders’ means: i) workers and other individuals, groups, communities, trade unions, worker representatives or entities whose rights or interests are or could be affected by forced labour as used by an economic operator, its subsidiaries or its business relationships; ii) other legal or natural persons defending human rights, including individuals, groups and organs of society that promote and protect universally recognised human rights and fundamental freedoms and labour conventions, including the rights of workers, trade unions, indigenous peoples or other vulnerable stakeholders;and (iii) organisations whose statutory purpose is the defence of human rights;
Amendment 326 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ‘product made with forced labour’ means a product for which forced labour has been used in whole or in part at any stage of its extraction, harvest, production or manufacture, storage, transport, packaging or distribution, including working or processing related to a product at any stage of its supply chain;
Amendment 339 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) ‘product supplier’ means any natural or legal person or association of persons in the supply chain who extracts, harvests, produces or, manufactures, stores, transports, packages or distributes a product in whole or in part, or intervenes in the working or processing related to a product at any stage of its supply chain, whether as manufacturer or in any other circumstances;
Amendment 345 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) ‘end user’ means any natural or legal person residing or established in the Union, to whom a product has been made available either as a consumer outside of any trade, business, craft or profession or as a professional end user in the course of its industrial or professional activities;
Amendment 350 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) ‘substantiated concern’ means a well-founded, yet not conclusive, reason, based on objective and verifiable information, for the competent authorities to suspect that products were likely made with forced labour;
Amendment 354 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
(p) ‘products entering the Union market’ means products from third countries and Union Member States intended to be placed on the Union market or intended for private use or consumption within the customs territory of the Union and placed under the customs procedure ‘release for free circulation’;
Amendment 364 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Economic operators shall not place or make available on the Union market products that are made, stored, transported, packaged or distributed with forced labour, nor shall they export such products.
Amendment 368 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 371 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 379 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 386 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 397 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 408 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Amendment 414 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Amendment 425 #
2022/0269(COD)
Amendment 433 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities that, pursuant to Article 4(5), determine that there is a substantiated concern of a violation ofThe Commission and competent authorities shall decide to initiate investigations on their own accord or in response to complaints or information submitted in accordance with Article 10, and shall follow a risk based approach in assessing the likelihood of a violation of Article 3 on the basis of relevant information, including: a) the risk indicators and other information pursuant to Article 23, shall decide to initiate an investigation on the products and economic operators concernedpoints (b) and (c); b) the database referred to in Article 11; c) information and decisions encoded in the information and communication system referred to in Article 22(1), including any past cases of compliance or non-compliance of an economic operator with Article 3; d) information requested by the competent authority from other relevant authorities, where necessary, on whether the economic operators under assessment are subject to and carry out due diligence in relation to forced labour in accordance with applicable Union legislation or Member States legislation setting out due diligence and transparency requirements with respect to forced labour.
Amendment 439 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. CThe Commission or the competent authorities that initiate an investigation pursuant to paragraph 1 shall inform, when they have reason to believe that the economic operators subject to the investigation, has additional information which is material to the investigation, inform the economic operators within 3 working days from the date of the decision to initiate such investigation about the following:
Amendment 447 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the possibility for the economic operators to submit any other document or information to the Commission or the competent authority, and the date by which such information has to be submitted.
Amendment 450 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Amendment 453 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where requested to do so by the Commission or competent authorities, economic operators under investigation shall submit to those competent authorities any information that is relevant and necessary for the investigation, including information identifying the products under investigation, the manufacturer or producer of those products and the product suppliers. In requesting such information, competent authorities shall to the extent possible:
Amendment 456 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) prioritise the economic operators under investigation involved in the steps of the value chain as close as possible to where the likely risk of forced labour occurs andidentify the individual responsibilities, along the value chain, of different economic operators down to the level where forced labour is taking place and prioritise the economic operators under investigation involved in the steps of the value chain with the highest leverage to prevent, mitigate, remediate and bring to an end the use of forced labour in their operations and value chains.
Amendment 460 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 467 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Economic operators shall submit the information within 15 working days from the request referred to in paragraph 3 or make a justified request for an extension of up to 5 working days of that time limit.
Amendment 473 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Amendment 478 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. CThe Commission and competent authorities may collect relevant information by consulting with stakeholders or by carrying out all necessary checks and inspections including investigations in third countries, provided that the economic operators concerned give their consent and that the government of the Member State or third country in which the inspections are to take place has been officially notified and raises no objection, within a limited timeframe.
Amendment 487 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities shall assess all information and evidence gathered pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 and, on that basis, establish whether there is reasonable but not conclusive evidence that Article 3 has been violated, within a reasonable period of time30 days from the date they initiated the investigation pursuant to Article 5(1).
Amendment 496 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 500 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Where competent authorities cannot establish that Article 3 has been violated, they shall take a decision to close the investigation and inform the economic operator thereof. This decision shall not preclude the right of competent authorities to start a new investigation on the same product where new information is made available.
Amendment 516 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) an order for the economic operators that have been subject to the investigation to donate, recycle or dispose of the respective products in accordance with national law consistent with Union lawArticle 20.
Amendment 524 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Without prejudice to paragraph 4 (a), (b) and (c), competent authorities shall be empowered to issue an order for the economic operators to provide evidence of remediation measures in accordance with Article 2, according to their individual responsibilities referred to in Article 5(3). The remediation plan and its implementation strategy must be agreed upon between competent authorities and must involve meaningful consultation of affected workers and stakeholders. Evidence that remediation measures have been correctly implemented should be obtained in consultation of the affected workers and stakeholders.
Amendment 535 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) that any product remaining with the economic operator concerned is donated, recycled or disposed of in accordance with national law consistent with Union law at the expense of the economic operatorArticle 20.
Amendment 541 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. Where the Commission or competent authorities establish that economic operators have provided evidence to the competent authorities that they have complied with the decision referred to in paragraph 4, and that they have eliminated forced labour from their operations or supply chain with respect to the products concerned, and that effective processes have been put in place to prevent harm from occurring again in the future and in cases of not state-imposed forced labour that they have provided remediation in accordance with paragraph 4 new, the competent authorities shall withdraw their decision for the future and inform the economic operators.
Amendment 556 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a reasonable time limit for the economic operators to comply with the order, which shall not be less than 30 working days and no longer than necessary90 days to withdraw the respective products. When setting such a time limit, the Commission or competent authority shall take into account, where relevant, the economic operator’s size and economic resourcesdue diligence activities and the likelihood that those will bring forced labour to an end within a reasonable period of time;
Amendment 564 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) all relevant information and in particular the details allowing the identification of the product, to which the decision applies, including details about the manufacturer or producer, the producer, the production site and the product suppliers;
Amendment 570 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. CThe Commission and competent authorities shall provide economic operators affected by a decision adopted pursuant to Article 6(4) the possibility of requesting a review of that decision within 15 working days from the date of receipt of that decision. In case of perishable goods, animals and plants, that time limit shall be 5 working days. The request for review shall contain information which demonstrates that the products are placed or made available on the market or to be exported in compliance with Article 3.
Amendment 575 #
2022/0269(COD)
3. AThe Commission or a competent authority shall take a decision on the request for review within 15 working days from the date of receipt of the request. In case of perishable goods, animals and plants that time limit shall be 5 working days.
Amendment 584 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The Commission and competent authorities shall ensure that any decision made by competent authorities, including a failure to make a decision, or a decision not to investigate, may be reviewed as an administrative decision of a public body in accordance with the Member States legal framework.
Amendment 589 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) any decision not to initiate an investigation following a preliminary phase of investigation,submission of information or a complaint, as referred to in Article 4(7)10;
Amendment 597 #
2022/0269(COD)
2. The Commission shall make available the decisions, and the withdrawals referred to in the paragraph 1, points (c), (d), (e) and (g) on a dedicated public website.
Amendment 601 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Submissions of information by any natural or legal person or any association not having legal personality, to competent authorities on alleged violations of Article 3 shall contain information on the economic operators or products concerned and provide the reasons substantiating the allegationThe Commission shall establish a mechanism to receive complaints and information regarding alleged or suspected forced labour, taking place within or outside the EU, from any natural or legal person, including workers or others affected or potentially affected by forced labour, civil society organisations including trade unions, affected communities, and any other individual or group that may have information regarding products which are alleged or suspected to be made by forced labour.
Amendment 607 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Submissions of information and complaints on alleged violations of Article 3 shall contain information on the economic operators or products concerned and provide the reasons substantiating the allegation. Submissions may be addressed to the Commission or one or more competent authorities. The Commission shall receive a copy of submissions received by competent authorities.
Amendment 611 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Complaints may be lodged anonymously. The Commission and competent authorities shall ensure that the mechanism is designed so that victims or witnesses of forced labour may lodge complaints without fearing retaliation of any sort, without prejudice to Directive 2004/81/EC, Directive 2009/52/EC, Directive 2011/36/EU and Directive 2012/29/EU. These rights should not be made conditional on the affected workers’ residence status, or on their citizenship or nationality.
Amendment 612 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. The Commission shall determine the rules and procedure to assign complaints to the competent authorities. These rules will take into account the specificities of the complaint, the domicile of the economic operator and the capacities of the competent authorities in concerned Member States. The Commission may retain the power to investigate.
Amendment 614 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority shall, as soon as possible, inform the person or association referred to in paragraph 1 a of the outcome of the assessment of their submission or complaint as well as the decision referred to in Article 9 a.
Amendment 617 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 622 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall call upon external expertise to provide an indicative, non-exhaustive, verifiable and regularly updated database of forced labour risks in specific geographic areas, sectors or with respect to specific products including with regard to forced labour imposed by state authorities. The database shall include a list of forced labour high risk areas and shall be based on the guidelines referred to in Article 23, points (a), (b) and (c), and relevant external sources of information from, amongst others, international organisations and third country authorities. Special attention will be paid to countries showing no or insignificant progress with respect to the elimination of forced child labour, the implementation of the 182 ILO Convention and other relevant conventions and protocols.
Amendment 637 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall ensure that the database is made easily accessible and publicly available by the external expertise at the latest 2418 months after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 656 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall make the mechanism referred to in Article 10 and the list of the designated competent authorities publicly available on its website and shall regularly update that list, based on the updates received from Member States.
Amendment 658 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the designated competent authorities exercise their powers impartially, transparently and with due respect for obligations of professional secrecy. Member States shall ensure that their competent authorities have the necessary powers, expertise and resources to carry out the investigations, including sufficient budgetary and other resources and coordinate closely with the national labour inspections and judicial and law enforcement authorities, including those responsible for the fight against trafficking in human beings.
Amendment 665 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Decisions taken by the Commission or a competent authority in one Member State shall be recognised and enforced by competent authorities in the other Member States in so far as they relate to products with the same identification and from the same supply chain for which forced labour has been found.
Amendment 670 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. A competent authority that has received, through the information and communication system referred to in Article 22(1), a request from the Commission or a competent authority of another Member State for information to verify any evidence provided by an economic operator shall provide that information within 15 working days from the date of receipt of the request.
Amendment 673 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Before initiating an investigation in accordance with Article 5, a competent authoritythe mechanism referred to in Article 10 shall verify in the information and communication system referred to in Article 22(1) whether there is a lead authority referred to in paragraph 3 investigating the same product and economic operator.
Amendment 684 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Customs authorities shall be provided with information identifying the product, information about the manufacturer, transporter, distributor, packaging or storage company or the producer and information about the product suppliers as regards products entering or leaving the Union market that have been identified by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 1, unless the provision of such information is already required pursuant to customs legislation referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.
Amendment 687 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Where customs authorities identify a product entering or leaving the Union market that may, in accordance with a decision received pursuant to Article 15(3), be in violation of Article 3, they shall suspend the release for free circulation or the export of that product. Customs authorities shall immediately notify the relevant competent authorities of the suspension and transmit all relevant information to enable them to establish whether the product is covered by a decision communicated pursuant to Article 15(3).
Amendment 690 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where the release for free circulation or the export of a product has been suspended in accordance with Article 17, the product shall be released for free circulation or exported where all the other requirements and formalities relating to such a release or export have been fulfilled and where either of the following conditions is satisfied:within 4 working days of the suspension, the competent authorities informed the customs authorities of their approval for release for free circulation or export pursuant to this Regulation. In case of perishable products, animals and plants that time limit shall be 2 working days.
Amendment 691 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 695 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 698 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Where the competent authorities conclude that a product that has been notified to them in accordance with Article 17 is a product made with forced labour pursuant to a decision referred to in Article 6(2) and (4), they shall require customs authorities not to release it for free circulation nor to allow its export.
Amendment 709 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Where the release for free circulation or export of a product has been refused in accordance with Article 19, customs authorities shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the product concerned is donated to public interest purposes or recycled or if that is not possible the products should be disposed of in accordance with national law consistent with Union law. Articles 197 and 198 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 shall apply accordingly.
Amendment 714 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. To enable a risk-based approach for products entering or leaving the Union market and to ensure that controls are effective and performed in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation, the Commission, competent authorities and customs authorities shall cooperate closely and exchange risk-related information.
Amendment 719 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Cooperation among the Commission, the mechanism referred to in Article 10 and other relevant authorities and exchange of risk information necessary for the fulfilment of their respective functions under this Regulation, including through electronic means, shall take place between the following authorities:
Amendment 731 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission shall issue guidelines no later than 182 months after the entry into force of this Regulation, which shall include the following:
Amendment 736 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) guidance on due diligence in relation to forced labour, including forced child labour, which shall take into account applicable Union legislation setting out due diligence requirements with respect to forced labour, guidelines and recommendations from international organisations, CSOs and existing collaborative multistakeholders initiatives as well as the size and economic resources of economic operators;
Amendment 742 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) information on risk indicators of forced labour, which shall be based on independent and verifiable information, including reports from international organisations, in particular the International Labour Organization, including the ‘Hard to See, Harder to Count’ guidelines, civil society, business organisations, and experience from implementing Union legislation setting out due diligence requirements with respect to forced labour;
Amendment 762 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A Union Network Against Forced Labour Products (‘the Network’) is established by the Commission. The Network shall serve as a platform for structured coordination and cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission, and to streamline the practices of enforcement of this Regulation within the Union, thereby making enforcement more effective and coherent.
Amendment 765 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. The Network shall be led by the Commission and composed of representatives from each Member States’ competent authority, representatives from the Commission, the European Labour Authority, the Fundamental Rights Agency and, where appropriate, experts from the customs authorities.
Amendment 768 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) conduct joint investigations, mandate research or monitor situation of wide-spread and systemic forced labour including as to expand database of risk of forced labour;
Amendment 778 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) promote collaboration and exchange with relevant existing multi- stakeholders’ collaborative initiatives;
Amendment 782 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Network may invite experts and stakeholders, including social partners and other workers’ representatives as well as civil society representatives to attend meetings of the Network or to provide written contributions or trainings for the Network.
Amendment 786 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall support and encouraglead and facilitate cooperation between enforcement authorities through the Network and participate in the meetings of the Network.
Amendment 788 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall provide the Network with the financial and human resources to carry out its missions.
Amendment 793 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Where requested, tThe Commission, Member States and competent authorities shall treat the identity of those who provide information, or the information provided, as confidential. A request for confidentiality shall be accompanied by a non-confidential summary of the information supplied or by a statement of the reasons why the information cannot be summarised in a non-confidential manner.
Amendment 794 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title
Article 26 – title
International Cooperation and Accompanying Measures
Amendment 798 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate effective implementation and enforcement of this Regulation, the Commission mayshall as appropriate cooperate, engage and exchange information with, amongst others, authorities of third countries, international organisations, and civil society representatives andincluding business organisations, trade unions, workers organisations, NGOs and networks of affected stakeholders. International cooperation with authorities of third countries shall take place in a structured way as part of the existing dialogue structures with third countries or, if necessary, specific ones that will be created on an ad hoc basis.
Amendment 805 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, cooperation with, amongst others, international organisations, civil society representatives, business organisations and competent authorities of third countries mayshall result in the Union developing accompanying measures to support the efforts of companies and partner countries efforts and locally available capacities in tackling forced labour.
Amendment 807 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission and Member States shall develop cooperation and partnership mechanisms with third countries to address the root causes of forced labour, and build the capacity of upstream economic actors to respond to the requirements under this Regulation.
Amendment 808 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Commission and competent authorities shall cooperate with relevant authorities of third countries to carry out investigations, as well as coordinate when it is relevant with investigations made by other countries and align with decisions made by other international entities. Member States’ competent authorities and the Commission shall actively exchange knowledge and intelligence with third country governments.
Amendment 809 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Amendment 815 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Member StatesCommission shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to non- compliance with a decision referred to in Article 6(4) and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented in accordance with national law.
Amendment 817 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasivetake the form of pecuniary fines and shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. The maximum limit of pecuniary sanctions shall be not less than 5% of the total worldwide turnover of the undertaking in the business year preceding the fining decision. The collected sum shall be used for the compensation fund referred to in paragraph 2b.
Amendment 818 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. If an operator circumvents or attempts to circumvent a ban or sanction imposed in accordance with this Regulation, or when they refuse to cooperate with the customs or competent authorities, the competent authority shall be empowered to impose additional proportionate and dissuasive penalties, such as pecuniary fines.
Amendment 819 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. A compensation fund shall be established by a delegated act to be adopted no later than 2 years after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 825 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30 a (new)
Article30a Review and annual reporting 1. No later than three years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall carry out a first review with particular attention to the effectiveness of the instrument, proposing additional measures where deemed appropriate. 2. No later than one year after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall present annually a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation.
Amendment 23 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) As the iInstrument aims to enhance the competitiveness and efficiency of the Union’s defence industry, to benefit from the instrument, common procurement contracts will need to be placed with legal entities which arecontractors and subcontractors established in the Union or in associated countries and are not subject to control by non-associated third countries or by non- associated third- country entities. In that context, control should be understood to beas the ability to exercise a decisive influence on a legal entitycontractor or subcontractor directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediate legal entities. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources of the contractors and subcontractors involved in the common procurement which are used for the purposes of the common procurement shall be located on the territory of a Member State or of an associated third country.
Amendment 32 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) IRegardless of the country in which the contracted party is established, increasing the common procurement of defence capabilities in the short-run and inducing cooperation, contributes to create favourable market conditions, such as structuring of the demand side in the EU, and hence contributes to the reinforcement of the EDTIB. Consequently, in certain strict circumstances, it should be possible to derogate from the principle that contractors and subcontractors involved in a common procurement supported by the Instrument are not subject to control by non-associated third countries or non associated third- country entities. In that context, a legal entitycontractor or a subcontractor established in the Union or in an associated third country and controlled by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity may participate as contractor andor subcontractor involved in the common procurement if strict conditions relating to the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, as established in the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), including in terms of strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base, are fulfilled.
Amendment 39 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Furthermore, the common procurement procedures and contracts shall also include a requirement for the defence product to not be subject to any form of control or restriction by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity.
Amendment 51 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the actions shall involve cooperation among public authorities of Member States and of associated countries for common procurement ofaddressing the most urgent and critical defence products between eligible entitieneeds implementing the objectives referred to in Article 3;
Amendment 62 #
Amendment 65 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States or associated third countries shall appoint a procurement agent to act on their behalf for the purpose of the common procurement. The procurement agent shall carry out the procurement procedures and conclude the resulting agreements with contractors on behalf of the participating Member StatesMember States and the associated countries participating in the common procurement.
Amendment 71 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The procurement procedures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on an agreement to be signed by the participating Member States with the procurement agent under the conditions set out in the work programme referred to in Article 11. The agreement shall specify, inter alia, the details of the procedure and the reason of its choice, the assessment of the tenders and the award of the contract.
Amendment 76 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Contractors and subcontractors involved in the common procurement shall be established and have their executive management structures in the Union or in associated countries. They shall not be subject to any form of control by a non- associated third country or by a non- associated third country entity.
Amendment 81 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, a legal entity established in the Union or in an associated third country and controlled by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity may participate as contractor and subcontractor involved in the common procurement only if it provides guarantees approved by the Member State or associated third country in which the contractor is established.
Amendment 88 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 8
Article 8 – paragraph 8
8. The infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources of the contractors and subcontractors involved in the common procurement which are used for the purposes of the common procurement shall be located on the territory of a Member State or of an associated third country. Where no competitive substitutes are readily available in the Union or in an associated third country, contractors and subcontractors involved in the common procurement may use their assets, infrastructure, facilities and resources located or held outside the territory of the Member States or of the associated third countries provided that such use does not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States and is consistent with the objectives set out in Article 3.
Amendment 97 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9
Article 8 – paragraph 9
9. Common procurement procedures and contracts shall also include a requirement for the defence product to not be subject to a restriction by a non- associated third country or a non- associated third country entity.
Amendment 98 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. The requirement for the defence product referred to in paragraph 9 does not apply when all the following conditions are met: (a) Common procurement procedures and contracts refer to urgent and critical defence products that are needed to replenish stocks that has been reduced as a result of the response to the Russian military aggression against Ukraine;and (b) the capacity of the EDTIB to fill the most urgent and critical gaps in the stocks of the Member States is not sufficient or is not able to provide the defence products in an adequate timeframe;and (c) Member States or associated countries participating in the common procurement have carefully assessed the feasibility of replacing the components that cause the restriction by an alternative restriction- free component of EU origin;and (d) the procured products were in use prior to 24 February 2022 within the armed forces of all the Member States participating in the common procurement.
Amendment 115 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) public contracting authorities or contracting entities as defined in Directives 2014/24/EU9 and 2014/25/EU10 of the European Parliament and of the Council; _________________ 9 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). 10 Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243).f Member States;
Amendment 116 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) public authorities of associated third countries.
Amendment 120 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. The cdemonstribuation of the action's contribution to strengthening, modernising and developing the Union defence industrial baseEDTIB to allow it to address in particular the most urgent and critical defence products needs as referred to in Article 3, including with respect to procurement procedure and delivery lead times, replenishment of stocks, availability and supply;
Amendment 122 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1 a. the demonstration of the action’s contribution to the replenishment of stockpiles, including those that have been depleted as a result of the response to the military aggression against Ukraine, as well as the replacement and reinforcement of capabilities as referred to in Article 3;
Amendment 124 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. the contribution of the action to competitiveness and adaptation of the EDTIB, including through the envisaged ramp-up of its manufacturing capacities, reservation of manufacturing capacities, its reskilling and upskilling, security of supply and overall modernization;
Amendment 126 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. the contribution of the action to strengthening cooperation among Member States or associated countries and interoperability ofrdination, cooperation and interoperability of products among Member States or associated countries in particular the proportional sharing of technical financial risks and opportunities to address, in particular the most urgent and critical defence products; needs;
Amendment 130 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4 a. the estimated value of the common procurement;
Amendment 136 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
7 a. the extent of the action's contribution to diversify supply chains through the involvement of SMEs and mid-caps;
Amendment 2 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 25 June 2018 entitled ‘Horn of Africa/RedSea’,
Amendment 3 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to the Strategic Compass for Security and Defense as adopted on 21 March 2022,
Amendment 63 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) coordinate EU initiatives and support with African counterparts by favouring African ownership of the programmes whenever possible, thus helping to find African solutions to African problems; adopt, in this regard, a conditionality approach based on the more for more and less for less principle;
Amendment 67 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) coordinate efforts in the region with the African Union and its regional components, as well as with the UNthe Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), as well as with the UN, international financial institutions (IFIs) and other like- minded partners;
Amendment 71 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) adopt a proactive, inclusive and cooperative approach based on selective engagement with countries and actors present in the Horn of Africa, sharing EU best practices and experience in integrating economic, financial, social, cultural and security-related issues to foster effective cooperation across the region and in the maritime domain, while also acting as a facilitator of dialogue with all parties involved especially through the EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa;
Amendment 74 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) ensure greater transparency and visibility of the work of the EUSR on the Horn of Africa, including by public reporting on country visits, work programme and priorities, as well as the creation of individual webpages to allow public scrutiny of her action; to ensure that the EUSR prioritises human rights and democracy support in her engagement with her interlocutors from the region and carries out a proactive engagement towards civil society actors, human rights defenders or voices of dissent, which may be under threat or targeted by the local authorities;
Amendment 82 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) contribute to regional security and stability both through conflict resoluivilian conflict prevention, conflict resolution, dialogue, reconciliation and mediation activities and by addressing the root causes of conflicts;
Amendment 86 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) endorse the concept of human security as the starting point of any regional security considerations and as a complement to state security approaches which puts measures and institutions at the service of its people;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) strengthen the EU-AU strategic partnership as regards conflict prevention, conflict resolution and peacekeeping;
Amendment 97 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) support all diplomatic efforts devoted to ending the ongoing conflicts within Ethiopia, both at national level and in the forums provided by the African Union, in order to agree on a permanent ceasefire, allow humanitarian relief to reach in-need areas and facilitate internal reconciliation;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) demand a new approach at the operational level to security sector reform, security assistance and military capacity building (SSR, DDR, CBSD) which incorporates lessons learned in particular in Mali and which puts the emphasis on (a) democratic control of all security forces including armed forces, (b) democratic and transparent governance of the sector, (c) systematic monitoring of full and strict compliance of all actors with international human rights law and international humanitarian law, (d) and clear mechanisms for suspension, or withdrawal in case of impunity, and ongoing violations;
Amendment 104 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) understand climate change as risk and threat multiplier, exacerbating insecurity and existing tensions, and address climate security as a core element of any comprehensive regional strategy; provide the countries affected by conflicts and natural disasters with prompt and adequate humanitarian assistance, in coordination with like-minded partners;
Amendment 113 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) acknowledge the positive impacts of Operation Atlanta in guaranteeing maritime security, and take note of the non-extension of its mandate within the UNSC; call on the Member States to show adequate commitment to the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and the EU Training Mission in Somalia both in terms of personnel and means, in order to empower the Somali Armed Forces to guarantee security in the country while fully complying with international humanitarian law and international human rights law;
Amendment 124 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) take note of the growing activity of terrorist groups, namely Al-Shabaab, Al- Qaeda and ISIS in the whole region, and provide tailored and effective assistance to the affected countries in countering both the immediate effects of this expansion and the root causes of extremism and radicalisation while fully complying with international humanitarian law and international human rights law;
Amendment 139 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) ensure that assistance channelled through the European Peace Facility abides by European fundamental values andNDICI's CBSD policy and the European Peace Facility complies with the eight criteria of the legally binding EU Common Position on arms exports, human rights and humanitarian law, obligations to carry out comprehensive ex ante risk assessment and permanent monitoring by the EU level of the supply of military technology to third country actors, and effective transparency provisions such as the publication of a detailed list of military equipment provided to partner countries, ensure the traceability and proper use of the material delivered to partners under the EPF, and that this assistance helps in building a transparent, accountable and reliable security sector;
Amendment 146 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) fully support democratic transitions, the rule of law and state- building processes and promote an open political space; deploy, whenever possible, at the same time incorporate local approaches, hybrid models and procedures for the operationalisation of universal values and norms of democracy, rule-of-law and human rights; deploy, whenever necessary, election observation missions;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) take particular care to assess and prevent any violation linked to the Union’s own policies, projects and funding in the region, including by creating a complaints mechanism for individuals or groups whose rights may have been violated by EU activities in these countries;
Amendment 155 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) work in partnership with our African counterparts and increase cooperation with civil society to identify and address the main human rights challenges and priorities in the region, to strengthening democratic and fundamental rights accountability;
Amendment 157 #
2021/2206(INI)
(l a) enhance their support to human rights defenders in the region; make use of all tools at their disposal and in a flexible manner, and fully implement the EU Guidelines on human rights defenders including ensuring accountability for violations through private and public advocacy on individual cases, and patterns of violations, ensuring internal protection mechanisms, services and support for those in the country, safe evacuation paths and specific measures to protect those in transit in third countries and coordinating in granting visas to those seeking to leave the country;
Amendment 174 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 4
Paragraph 1 – subheading 4
Sustainable and inclusive economic growthdevelopment – society
Amendment 185 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(o a) take into account that at least 20 million people are at risk of starvation this year due to unprecedented drought in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, a situation exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine, which has contributed to rising food and fuel prices and disrupted supply chains and welcomes the allocation of €21.5 million in additional EU humanitarian funding for the Horn of Africa; stress however that assistance should be significantly scaled up given that, as reported by the WFP, less than 4% of theUS$437 million needed to save lives and help communities facing recurrent and worsening climate shocks has been raised;
Amendment 188 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) devote particular attention to widespread, locally-owned projects that are more effective in improving people’s lives, i.e. off-grid solar power systems, in particular in the most remote areas and make sure that EU investments in sustainable energy in Africa, should primarily benefit the local population with the objective to end energy poverty not to export it to the European Union; stress that finding agronomic alternatives to expensive synthetic fertiliser can be the most cost-effective policy option for EU and countries in the Horn of Africa and recalls in this regard the EU Farm to Fork Strategy’s intention to reduce farmers’ dependency on external outputs;
Amendment 190 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(p a) address the highly concerning deadlocked dispute between Ethiopia on one side and Sudan and Egypt on the other over the use and distribution of the waters of the Nile the in the context of Ethiopia’s construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and call upon the conflicting parties to return to the negotiation table to avoid further escalation and find a balanced solution taking into account Ethiopia’s interest to generate hydropower as well as the riparian states’ concern about water security; take into account that the effect of climate change presents a major challenge to the Horn of Africa and requires the region to cooperate closely in the production of sustainable energy as well as resource sharing; call on the EU to contribute to mediation formats between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, support the role of the AU and IGAD in settling the conflict, and increase investment in the region’s green transition, including infrastructure such as trans-national energy grids;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2206(INI)
(q) adopt a holistic, conflict-sensitiveand contexte sensitive and human centred approach to cooperation on migration, in line with the Khartoum Process and the Global Compacts on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and on Refugees, taking into account the different drivers of migration in the region and the persistent vulnerabilityies of migrants, respecting the rights of migrants and refugees, and recognising the necessity, normality and benefits of circular migration and regional mobility in the wider Red Sea region;
Amendment 205 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(q a) develop a long-term partnership that focuses on safe, orderly and regular migration;
Amendment 210 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) provide assistance and support to the countries hosting and assisting refugees; facilitate the relocationsettlement of displaced persons and internally displaced persons;
Amendment 211 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(r a) ensure that all migration cooperation and readmission agreements with the region strictly comply with international human rights and refugee law, particularly with the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol; strictly delink development cooperation from cooperation on readmission or migration management;
Amendment 217 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) adopt a team Europe approach in the region, working with a wide spectrum of actors, including from the private sector, in supporting African-owned initiatives;
Amendment 219 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(s a) urge the EC and public financial institutions, including the EIB, to make sure that EU investments are aligned with the Paris Agreement and are used to steer a just climate transition along the lines of the European Green Deal objectives, and requires, that no single investment in the region should finance sectors that fuel the climate crisis, primarily fossil fuel industries;
Amendment 220 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) acknowledge that efficient infrastructures are key to consistent, sustainable and fair development in the region; fully exploit the potential ofnotes new EU-sponsored initiatives aiming at enhancing regional integration and connectivity; increase consultation and coordination with African counterparts in the definition of specific projects to be developed in the global gateway framework; note the prominent role attributed to blending mechanisms in the Global Gateway at the expense of other aid modalities; recall that there is little evidence of the development impact of blending; recall equally that blending raises concerns in terms of debt sustainability; call on the EU and its Member States, in a context where ODA remains a scarce resource, to limit blending operations to those areas where they can add value to the local economy, but to exclude blending finance from essential public services, particularly health, education and social protection, as the monetisation of those sectors could widen already existing inequalities and jeopardise the universal access to those services; more broadly, urge the European Commission and the Member States to prioritise partnerships with LDC domestic enterprises that pursue sustainable and inclusive business models;
Amendment 225 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(t a) highlight the important role of the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development(IGAD) as the Horn of Africa´s regional body in fostering stability and diplomacy; call on the EU to continue supporting and strengthening these multilateral organisations;
Amendment 231 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) take note of the growing, multifaceted influence of third parties in the region, in particular Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Turkey; recognise that the increasing presence of actors that do not share the Union`s values, interests and objectives could undermine the EU’s role as a privileged partner; call on the EU to promote itself as a partner in support of a regional approach, furthering economic cooperation and conflict prevention as opposed to third actor’s exacerbation of fragmentation and geopolitical escalation;
Amendment 246 #
2021/2206(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) reinforce strategicits communication through effective and fact-based campaignspublic information about EU actions, EU objectives and EU sponsored initiatives in the region, underlining their objective to create an added value for local communities, sustainable development and inclusive growth, while also countering disinformation and false narratives from third parties;
Amendment 2 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, signed and ratified by the EU and all its Member States, and in particular Article 27 on work and employment;
Amendment 3 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— Having regard to the Commission communication of 7 October 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation’ (COM(2020) 620) and the Council Recommendation of 12 March 2021 on Roma equality, inclusion and participation (2021/C 93/01)
Amendment 4 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the European Skills Agenda for Sustainable Competitiveness, Social Fairness and Resilience of 1 July 2020
Amendment 6 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— Having regard to its resolution of 17 February 2022 with recommendations to the Commission on a statute for European cross-border associations and non-profit organisations,
Amendment 7 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 16 September 2021 on fair working conditions, rights and social protection for platform workers – new forms of employment linked to digital development,
Amendment 8 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
Amendment 11 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee’s opinion on "The role of social economy in the creation of jobs and in the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights" of 27 April 2021,
Amendment 13 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)
Citation 22 b (new)
— having regard to the European Economic and Social Committee’s opinion of 23 December 2009 on the ‘Diverse forms of enterprise’ (2009/C 318/05)
Amendment 14 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the social economy encompasses diverse types of private entities, independent of public authorities, as cooperatives, mutual benefit societies, associations (including charities), foundations, social enterprises, and other legal forms, all characterised by different operating and organisational principles and feature, foundations and other legal forms, depending on each EU Member State; notes that this diversity of enterprises and organisations, which operate in all areas of activity, share a strong identity based on shared values and characteristics such as the primacy of people as well asinclusivity and the social purpose over profit, the reinvestment of most profits/surpluses, and democratic or participatory governancecapital, gender equality, local and regional responsibility, sensitivity for climate and environmental challenges, inclusion and democratic governance and the reinvestment, hence the limited distribution of profits and assets among members or shareholders, of most of the profits to achieve the sustainable development objectives of the enterprise or organisation, or in the collective and general interest;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas according to the European Economic and Social Committee the social economy represents 2.8 million businesses and organisations in Europe (EU28), employing 13.6 million workers, or around 6.3% of the EU workforce; whereas the social economy also includes over 232 million members of cooperatives, mutual societies and similar organisations, as well as 82.8 million volunteers; 1a _________________ 1a https://www.eesc.europa.eu/sites/default/fi les/files/qe-04-17-875-en-n.pdf
Amendment 23 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. Whereas the social economy was borne out of the need to address pressing social needs that the open labour market and Member State actions have not succeeded in tackling;
Amendment 37 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the social economy hasand social service providers have played an important role in mitigating and addressing the short- and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the EU’s social market, society and economy andfabric, society and economy and - in particular in the field of not-for-profit social, health and education/vocational training services - has driven and contributed to social and economic resilience thanks to the long- term orientation of the European Pillar business model and the nature of social rights and thegoals of the European Social Pillar and the social targets and activities of the social economy12 ; _________________ 12 OECD (2020), Social economy and the COVID-19 crisis: current and future roles.
Amendment 57 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas social economy organisationentities have a long history in the majority of Member States, most of which have adopted specific laws in this field, and have established themselves as crucial market players; actors in the economy and the labour market and make up more than 10% of the business and economic fabric of the EU;
Amendment 63 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas social economy organisations are recognised as important partners for public authorities in the provision of social, health and care services, therefore contributing to achieving key principles for social protection and inclusion of the European Pillar of Social Rights by reducing inequality, poverty, unemployment and gaps in service provision;
Amendment 67 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas social economy organisations operate in all sectors, including key sectors such as health, long-term care, pensions, education, culture and tourism, tech for good, housing, industry, finance, circular economy, renewable energy and waste management, and by virtue of their local anchoring and their social and integrative character, are an intrinsic part of the European social model;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas social economy plays an important role in promoting inclusive green and digital transition;
Amendment 77 #
2021/2179(INI)
Cd. whereas social economy organisations can create sustainable jobs, and can help provide decent working conditions, as well as ensure labour market integration of disadvantaged or marginalized workers;
Amendment 79 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Amendment 80 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas the social economy model holds great potential in reaching the most vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, such as the Roma, significantly improving their access to rights, resources, and services, as well as their professional, social, and civic participation;
Amendment 83 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
Cg. Whereas more than a third of the about 13.8 million paid jobs in the social economy are in the sector of social services
Amendment 94 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes, however, that concrete measures and follow-up measures for achieving each objective need to be laid out and the interlinkages between measures and to other EU-level initiatives such as the Action Plan of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Disability Strategy, the EU Roma Strategic Framework, the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness and the New Pact on Asylum and Migration must be further detailed; considers it necessary to establish a calendar for all actions included in the SEAP and their monitoring and evaluation, with a view to guiding the relevant authorities in the implementation and ensuring cohesion and common purpose;
Amendment 105 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission and the Member States, as well as regional and local authorities, to mainstream the social economy dimension in relevant policies, programmes and practices, such as those relevant to a green, circular and climate- neutral transition, including financial instruments;
Amendment 113 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that to truly develop the potential of the social economy through the measures laid out in the Action Plan and those subsequently developed by Member States, a dedicated budget must be established to implement the Social Economy Action Plan that is directly accessible by both national and regional administrations and by social economy entities;
Amendment 115 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to use the country reports and the country- specific recommendations in the Semester process to monitor the development of the social economy in Europe and calls on the Commission to make its initiatives more ambitious and coherent and where possible propose legal measures;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission to support the sharing of best practices and existing initiatives among local and regional authorities through a network of local and regional authorities to promote social economy;
Amendment 118 #
2021/2179(INI)
Amendment 125 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the proposal for a Council Recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions in 2023 and while recognising diversity in the social economy sector across the EU as one major wealth of the sector, such a recommendation could be instrumental for the further development and improvement of regulatory and financial framework conditions needed for a healthy and active social economy sector in all Member States; the Recommendation should refer to the social economy's diversity, in terms of types of organisations, enterprises and sectors, and should address all its forms;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 147 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that social economy entities face additional obstacles to operating transnationally in the Single Market compared to other SMEs and calls to resolve this fundamental deficiency. These difficulties stem from the lack of comprehensive legal frameworks covering all legal forms within the social economy;
Amendment 148 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the European Commission to implement the European Parliament’s resolution on a Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises, particularly as regards the creation of a certificate or label for social economy entities in order to give more visibility to social economy and foster a coherent legal framework;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to systematicalurgently adopt strategies aimed at developing socially responsible public procurement, thus which should guide all procurement of services or goods; Calls on the Commission to explicitly recognise alternatives to public procurement which focus more on partnerships and cooperation and less on buyer-supplier logics in the funding of quality social services, establishing a link across policy areas between the delivery of services and products and the contribution to social objectives; considers that the transposition of the Public Procurement Directive must be coupled with initiatives to increase knowledge about the relationship between public spending and its contribution to achieving the SDGs, and to build capacity among public procurement officers and social economy organisations; encourages public procurement officers to carry out pre- market consultconsultations, including with Social Economy Organisations, before drawing up tender documents, with a view to better understanding the existing needs and how social economy organisations could meet them; calls on public procurement officers not to award contracts based on the lowest price but on respect for social standards, working and employment conditions and respect for collective agreements;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages Members States to promote social impact, and request of beneficiaries of public funding to demonstrate their social added value which is anchored to solidarity and supporting the most vulnerable. Specifically, social impact should be aligned to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, and mainstreamed through all stages of the European Semester process, ensuring that the Pillar’s principles are systematically put into practice and monitored. In particular they must be visible in country reports and country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Encourages the European Commission to help and support social services and other social economy entities, particularly those providing social and health care services, in overcoming many of the employment challenges that they face, including – but not limited to – low wages due to the low value of contracts awarded by public authorities, precarious working conditions and challenges in effective recruitment and retention conditions; support should be provided to enable the employment of those who face barriers in accessing the labour market and the social economy entities themselves to become barrier-free environments and barrier lifters.
Amendment 167 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Encourages Members States to support Social Economy actors to develop social innovation programmes to improve social service development and delivery and improving accessibility to services for the most vulnerable, including people with disabilities and the older people;
Amendment 170 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the announced report on the possible extension of the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance to social objectives; considers that the EU taxonomy needs to cover social factors, without creating an excessively disproportionate burden on businesses, as it can be a driver for investment in the field of the social economy; calls on the European Commission to ensure that the Social Taxonomy is social-washing proof including through special provisions for adequate and affordable housing;
Amendment 178 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls the need for structured social dialogue in all sectors of the Social Economy and invites the European Commission to advance related pending initiatives;
Amendment 185 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up capacity-building partnerships and formal agreements with social economy networknational, transnational, and interregional level social economy entities and their representative organisations in order to provide social economy organisations with advisory services such as tailor-made mentoring and coaching, financing capacity-building, training and education, incubating services and networking for capacity-building paying particular attention to minority-led social enterprises;
Amendment 193 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure, by all means possible, that social economy entities uphold their social duty to their employees through offering, as it applies to all types of companies, secure employment contracts, decent working conditions, living wages and equal opportunities, prohibiting all types of discrimination based on disability, age, religion or belief, sex, gender identification or ethnic origin;
Amendment 196 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls for the need to ensure that women have prioritised access to funding given the greater difficulties experienced by women in gaining access to resources compared to men;
Amendment 200 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the key role that new technologies, when accessible to all, can play in developing and scaling up social economy projectsorganisations to reinforce and strengthen their social aim and the importance of giving social economy entrepreneurs, and employees, with a specific focus on vulnerable workers priority access to training programmes on digital skills and advanced technologies, both at EU and national level, and calls on the Commission and Member States to explore how mainstream businesses and social economy organisations can cooperate in that regard;
Amendment 206 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Reminds the Member States of the importance and potential of worker cooperatives in providing quality employment and bringing democracy to the workplace, better life-work balance, workers empowerment through ownership and governance and life-long learning; encourages all Member States to create favourable legal environments and supportive environments for the establishment and functioning of worker cooperatives;
Amendment 211 #
2021/2179(INI)
10b. Regrets that 11.6% of workers in the private sector of the Member States is undeclared and highlights the need for policy measures to fight undeclared work and effectively enforce workers’ rights; highlights the contribution of social economy organisations, and in particular cooperatives, to combatting undeclared work;
Amendment 213 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Amendment 216 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers it regrettablTakes note that social economy organisations do not feature to the same extent as more conventionalother businesses in the curricula of mainstream school education and higher education enterprise and business education14 ; in light of this, invites sector- representative bodies and relevant public authorities, in partnership with the relevant stakeholders, to review and evaluate the curricula and put forward policy recommendations for academic institutions and discuss impulses for research programs for academic institutions while upholding the freedom of scientific research; _________________ 14 Eurofound (2019), Labour market change. Cooperatives and social enterprises: work and employment in selected countries.
Amendment 223 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the role that the social economy plays in contributing to the green transition; notes that many social economy organisations develop sustainable and green practices and help people adapt to and contribute to a greener economy; supports the Commission’s initiative to boost the capacity of the social economy to adopt and develop greener practices, products and services;
Amendment 227 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Highlights that, through the Pact for Skills, the Commission should support the training and life-long learning access of social economy workers in areas such as digitalisation, including media literacy, participatory leadership, resilience and the green transition, in order to support them to enter or remain in the labour market of social economy enterprises; while paying particular attention to the groups with the greatest difficulties e.g. young people, long-term unemployed persons, persons with disabilities or those living in remote areas with limited access to digital resources; encourages to promote in line with the 2015 Council Conclusions education and training in entrepreneurship through different forms of social economy at all educational levels, from primary to higher education (including both university education and vocational training);
Amendment 233 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the possibilities offered under InvestEU to support the social economy; urges the Commission and the implementing partners to design financial products tailored to the needs of social economy enterprises under the Social Investment and Skills window which include microfinance and the financing of social economy enterprises, and to allocate sufficient resources to these products; notes that sound eligibility criteria should be developed to target financial intermediaries that specifically support the social economy and considers that advisory services should be made available under the InvestEU Advisory Hub in order to maximise the potential of these financial intermediaries to tap into the InvestEU programme; calls on the Commission to ensure that other InvestEU financial products such as those targeting SMEs are made accessible to social economy organisations, most of which are micro, small and medium-sized organisation; considers that advisory and technical assistance should be provided on the priories for the Social Investment and Skills window, in view of developing a pipeline of projects on key topics;
Amendment 239 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Supports the Commission’s initiative to launch a Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy in 2022 under the ESF+ to foster youth entrepreneurship; however considers it regrettable that the Action Plan for the Social Economy does not include other targeted initiatives to help underrepresented social entrepreneurs besides youth; reminds the Commission and all social economy stakeholders that there are still challenges for persons with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, elderly and women, among others, to set up their own social economy organisations or projects; calls on the Member States to include targeted support measures for all budding social entrepreneurs in national social economy strategy;
Amendment 247 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Invites the Commission, on the occasion of the next revision of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER), to adequately take into account the specific needs of social economy organisations in terms of access to finance and market development, to strengthen the role of State aid in promoting the recruitment of disadvantaged workers, in particular persons with disabilities, especially in the context of the post-COVID-19 recovery, and to explore different evidence-based options, after consulting relevant stakeholders, to support the development of social economy organisations; Encourages the European Commission to adapt the current EU State Aid rules to be more accessible to social economy entities, particularly those providing social and health care services;
Amendment 253 #
2021/2179(INI)
13a. Calls on the Commission to revise the Public Procurement Directives to prevent competition at the expense of wages and service quality so that only those who do not undermine existing collective agreements can successfully bid; that respect of fundamental labour rights is a mandatory exclusion criterium; calls on the Member States to ensure compliance, monitoring and enforcement.
Amendment 259 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that Member States must promote the access of social economy entities to Next Generation EU funding, through the Recovery and Resilience national plans, regardless of their legal form, in particular for the promotion of employment, socioeconomic inclusion and the adaptation to the digital and green transitions of disadvantaged groups, such as persons with disabilities;
Amendment 265 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes the Commission’s plans to assess the launch of dedicated co- investment mechanisms with foundations and philanthropic organisations around target mission areas such as homelessness; Calls on the European Commission to consider establishing a dedicated financial instrument to channel investment into the fight against homelessness;
Amendment 266 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Welcomes the various tools foreseen by the European Commission, such as the new single EU Social Economy Gateway, in order to give guidance about relevant EU funding, but calls on the European Commission and Member States to ensure the effective consultation of social economy organizations in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of national and regional operational programmes of the European Structural and Investment Funds;
Amendment 272 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly welcomes the proposal of a Council recommendation on social economy framework conditions to be approved in 2023; believes that taking into account the variety of the situations throughout EU Member States, it should serve as a compass to strengthen the social economy legal and policy frameworks, especially in Member States where the social economy ecosystem is less developed, and should clearly highlight the support instruments made available by the EU and provide guidance in relation to specific policies such as appropriate legal frameworks for different types of enterprises including cooperatives, public procurement, employment, state aid and social policies, taxation, education, skills and training and the importance of linking the circular economy, the green transition and the social economy agendas;
Amendment 286 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes the key role of Cohesion Funds, and in particular the ERDF and ESF, in supporting the development of the social economy and calls on Member States to ensure that not-for-profit social services are able to effectively use funds; Calls on the Commission to make greater use of the Erasmus+ programme to promote the participation of young people in the social economy, particularly in regions facing barriers to mobility;
Amendment 287 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Supports the setting up of national competence centres for social innovation aimed at social entrepreneurs and a European competence centre for social innovation; reminds the Commission and Member States however that social innovation is practiced by all social economy organisations, including not-for- profit social service providers, as well as social entrepreneurs;
Amendment 290 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that the full potential of the social economy sector for addressing socio-economic challenges requires a clear identification of social priorities by public authorities and frontline social service providers; highlights that social economy projects do generally require a close partnership with public entities, and calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to develop, within the macro- economic governance framework provided at EU level, a (new) social investment strategy where social priorities are clearly identifiedthat does not interfere with existing funding instruments and where social priorities are clearly identified, in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights, and which can provide a framework for cooperation between public authorities and social economy organisations;
Amendment 302 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the announced launch of a new study to collect qualitative and quantitative information on the social economy across all Member States; notes that detailed, standardised, comparablecalls for this study to cover workers or the composition of the different types of social economy entities, and to include the gender perspective, thus providing sex- disaggregated data including gender indicators; notes that detailed, standardised, comparable disaggregated (by sex, age, ethnic background, disability, gender and other factors) and reliable data on the scale and impact of the social economy including its sustainability impact, need to be generated with a view to facilitating evidence-based policy decisions, future-proofing the development of the social economy and contributing to EU economic and social goalwhich itself has the necessary transformative potential for the European economy as a whole; Calls for an EU platform for exchange of best practice between Member States, local and regional authorities and social economy networks;
Amendment 307 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to create a single online platform to support enterprises, organisations and entrepreneurship using different forms of social economy, which links all European studies and reports on the social economy and the opportunities offered by the EU to these enterprises and organisations; Recommends that this online platform be designed and managed in cooperation with European social economy networks and the expert group on social economy and social enterprises (GECES);
Amendment 310 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to strongly enforce the social clause of the existing EU public procurement directive and to revise that directive in order to strengthen social clauses in public contracts, requiring economic operators and subcontractors to fully respect workers’ right to collective bargaining, and to set conditions for the full implementation of the applicable sectorial collective agreements and the working conditions described therein, while at the same time respecting national labour market traditions and models”
Amendment 313 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Member States to review their implementation on the social clause of the public procurement directive in particular to assess the respect of collective agreements in public contracts.
Amendment 315 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to designate social economy coordinators and to set up local social economy contact points with a view to facilitating access to funding, including EU funding; Welcomes the setting up of a Social Services Helpdesk, referred to in the Action Plan and co-funded by ESF+, not least as social service providers and other social economy organisations have the potential to reshape the economy post-COVID through inclusive and sustainable economic models;
Amendment 322 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to set up an implementation taskforce for the SEAP and to disseminate its composition andcollaborate with the expert group on social economy and social enterprises (GECES), to set up an implementation taskforce for the SEAP - with regular reporting to the European Parliament, the Council and the relevant representative organisations of the social economy, facilitated by means of a dedicated budget -and to disseminate its timeline for action;
Amendment 325 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Member States to implement the Action Plan for the Social Economy in collaboration and partnership with all social economy stakeholders, and with the long-term goal of making the social economy the new mainstream.;
Amendment 326 #
2021/2179(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on the European Commission to ensure synergies with other important initiatives whereby there is complementarity, such as in the work of the European Platform on combatting Homelessness and the development of the European Care Strategy;
Amendment 4 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women, in particular those in vulnerable situation, such as young women, women with disabilities, women with migration background, Romani women, women of religious or ethnic minorities as well as LBTIQ women, are at higher risks of poverty than men and other women; whereas they face additional and intersecting forms of discrimination when accessing education, healthcare, employment and social services and are thus exposed to a higher risk of poverty;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had a severe impact on labour income and wealth and is halting improvements in AROPE; whereas support measures have cushioned the negative effects of the crisis in the short runvulnerable groups in precarious employment conditions such as sex workers and undocumented migrants were not taken into account for the implementation of the Covid19 recovery support measures; whereas the burden of the pandemic will be disproportionately borne by low-wage earners which will increase poverty and inequality across Europe;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas inequalities may increase when the support measures are progressively phased outwill continue to increase; whereas the medium-term impact of the crisis will depend on the degree of inclusiveness of the recovery; whereas social protection policies are vital elements of national development strategies to reduce poverty and vulnerability across the life cycle and to support inclusive and sustainable growth; whereas the recovery must include targeted strategies to support the most vulnerable and marginalised women in our societies in order to leave no one behind;
Amendment 27 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas women are over- represented in non-standard forms of work, in the hardest-hit sectors and among frontline workers in health and social care; whereas more women than men are in occupations that cannot be carried out remotely; whereas more women than men lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and whereas more women than men reduced working hours to ensure continued care for children and to provide for family members in need;
Amendment 32 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas fewer women are in full time employment than men (48% of women comparing to 64% of men) and marginalised women are even more excluded from full time employment 1a, whereas only 20,7% of women with disabilities and 28,6% of men with disabilities are in full-time employment; whereas persons with disabilities are systematically denied their right to work in the open labour market and are employed in sheltered workshops where they often do not have employee status, neither labour rights, nor a guaranteed minimum wage; whereas this is effectively a violation of both the UNCRPD and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; _________________ 1ahttps://eige.europa.eu/gender-equality- index/2021/domain/work/disability
Amendment 40 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the burden of domestic unpaid labour, the discrimination in access to the labour market, low pay and low career prospects are barriers to achieving equal economic independence for women and men and can lead to higher risks of poverty and social exclusion; whereas the gender pay gap within the EU remains persistently at 14%; whereas there is no country where full gender equality is achieved;
Amendment 45 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Amendment 52 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas poverty increases the risks of violence against women; whereas women faced with risks of poverty are more vulnerable and violence increases the risks of social exclusion; whereas the lack of economic resources creates dependency and deters women from leaving their abusers; whereas violence is one of the key reasons for women’s homelessness;
Amendment 54 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the multiple gender gaps such as the so called "dream gap" or the "entitlement gap" and lack of women representation in leadership position condition girls career and education choices from an early age and therefore contribute to increasing inequality in certain sectors of the job market between men and women, in particular STEM careers;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for an overarching European anti-poverty strategy, with ambitious targets for reducing poverty and a focus on breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty risks; calls for such a strategy to integrate an intersectional analysis and approach and set out targeted measures to support the most marginalised.
Amendment 72 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to reduce the burden of womenand responsibilities of women and actively support informal care-providers, the majority of them being women, by providing adequate income for carers and by ensuring accessible, affordable and adequate quality care and services for children, people with disabilities, the elderly and other dependants; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adequately fund public as well as not-for- profit social services and other social infrastructures and to ensure universal access to essential services for women, especially for vulnerable groups, as this would allow more women to participate in the labour market and would also contribute to reducing the risk of women and their dependents falling into poverty;
Amendment 83 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to ensure universal access to quality early childhood education and care to support gender equality in the labour market as well as children’s healthy development in the early years. Recognises that efforts are needed to address existing inequalities in access to quality early childhood education and care services and to facilitate access for those most in need, including single parent households – the majority of which are women – who usually have lower income and therefore are more prone to poverty due to high costs for childcare;
Amendment 86 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that universal access to public, solidarity-based and adequate retirement and old age pensions must be granted to all; underlines the importance of public and occupational pension systemsand accessible to all, particularly to women as the average gender pension gap within the EU remains persistently at 35%; underlines the importance of public and occupational pension systems that take into account women’s contribution in unpaid care responsibilities and that provide an adequate retirement income above the poverty threshold and allow pensioners to maintain their standard of living; askscalls on the Member States to consider factoring child-raising and other informal care responsibilities into pension schemes when women and persons are not able to undertake paid work and make suitable contributions during such period payments due to their caring tasks;
Amendment 93 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the recovery efforts should boost jobs and growth,invest in the care sector, boost quality jobs and growth, decent work, skills and training and the resilience and fairness of our societies, and should be complemented by a strong social dimension, paying attention to people, in particular young women, who have aomen with disability or who stay at home to care for a family memberies, women with migration background, Roma women, women of religious or ethnic minorities as well as LBTIQ+ women who care for dependents, as they are particularly at risk of falling into or remaining in poverty;
Amendment 102 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for an obligatory EU framework establishing minimum wages, that allows for a decent standard of living for workers and their families, benchmarked at 60% of median wage and 50% of the gross average wage for all groups of workers and without variations or discrimination;
Amendment 105 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights that in-work poverty discriminates women; urges the Commission to come forward with EU legislation to guarantee a minimum income for those most at risk of exclusion; calls on the European Commission and Member States in the upcoming Recommendation on Minimum Income to ban all discrimination in minimum income schemes in order to break the poverty-cycle of vulnerable families;
Amendment 107 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls to prioritise and examine more systematically the in-work poverty rate, in relation to gender and specific groups, and calls to increase wages, increase employment security and against involuntary part-time work, countering discrimination in pay rates, including closing the gender pay gap, in order to ensure that decent work is a sustainable route out of poverty;
Amendment 109 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on Member States, not least through the European Semester instruments, to build inclusive labour markets, with pathway approaches for vulnerable groups to quality jobs and employment, with decent wages and employment and social protection;
Amendment 110 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Welcomes the proposal for the Pay Transparency Directive, aiming at reducing the gender pay gap and therefore improving women’s financial stability, which could allow them to escape situations of domestic violence. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that such proposal covers as many workers as possible without discrimination. Reminds that higher participation into the labour market does not automatically close the gender pay gap. Stresses that the segregation of the labour market undervalues feminised sectors and leads to precarious working conditions for women in those sectors;
Amendment 112 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. RecogniStresses the crucial role of all European funds and programmes in the social area, particularly the European Social Fund Plus and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers; calls on the Member States to make full use of these funds , the Just Transition Fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund; calls on the Member States to make full use of these funds and ensure that the most vulnerable groups, including young women, women with disabilities, women with migration background, Romani women, women of religious or ethnic minorities as well as LBTIQ women are specifically targeted in the designing and planning of the national plans and the implementation of funded projects; reminds the Members States that all EU-funded projects must comply with EU law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD);
Amendment 121 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to submit initiatives in line with the Commission’s recommendation on Effective Active Support to Employment and to promote women’s empowerment through accessible and inclusive education, vocational training and lifelong learning with specific attention to the most marginalised, as well as access to finance, female entrepreneurship and women’s representation in future-oriented sectors with a view to ensuring access to high- quality employment; calls for greater promotion of STEM subjects, digital education, artificial intelligence and financial literacy in order to ensure that more women enter these sectors and contribute to their development.
Amendment 130 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Council to unblock the Women on Boards Directive; stresses that women in leadership representation conditions girls and young women’s school and career choice and contributes to ending inequalities in certain sectors of the job market where women are less represented, as well as improving the working conditions of feminised sectors;
Amendment 14 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, commits the Commission stresses the need to intto introduce or reinforce provisions to ensure that consumer products, including for toys, do not contain chemicals that cause cancers, gene mutations, affect the reproductive or reinforce provisions to take into account the combination effects of chemicals, including for toysthe endocrine system, or are persistent and bioaccumulative; in addition, the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability commits the Commission to assess modalities and timing for extending the generic approach to risk management, with regard to consumer products, to further harmful chemicals, including those affecting the immune, neurological or respiratory systems and chemicals toxic to a specific organ;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the key role of standards in allowing for the efficient and agile application of the directive by manufacturers, as well as the role of notified bodies in ensuring compliance when standards are not available or are not applied; Stresses the need to have open, inclusive, sustainable, transparent and high-quality standards, with the highest protection of personal data and privacy. Standards should also be technology neutral and performance based, ensuring equal conditions of competition among economic operators, in particular SMEs;
Amendment 25 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the need to develop ambitious standards for adaptive toys, which allow children with disabilities to enjoy and interact with toys they may not be able to otherwise;
Amendment 26 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes that some market surveillance authorities face problems in enforcing the provisions contained in Article 11 of the TSD, that obliges manufacturers to mark warnings on toys in a clearly visible, easily legible, understandable and accurate way. Such problems are caused by the lack of specified requirements and related standards. Therefore, calls on the Commission to introduce specific requirements on the visibility and legibility of warnings on toys, in order to enable Member States to enforce these requirements in a uniform way.
Amendment 27 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Is concerned by the fact that impulse noise limits for toys are higher than what is allowed for adults and that levels for close to the ear toys have been increased; calls on the Commission to set the limit for impulse noise to what is allowed for adults in industry according to Directive 2003/10 and to set maximum safety level in decibels for sound-emitting toys duly considering the precautionary principle;
Amendment 30 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes, however, that inconsistencies that call for an urgent revision of the TSD remain and that risks coming from the use of new technologies need to be addressed;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that spreading out requirements across several pieces of legislation, and providing for different limit values, can be burdensome and can in some cases necessitate duplicate the measuring of substances, as in the case of migration and content limit values; calls on the Commission, therefore, to consider consolidating all applicable limits for toys in one piece of legislation in order to streamline conformity assessment with the aim to converge on the lowest existing limits and to ensure that secondary raw materials do not contain toxic substances which could appear in raw materials not intended for children’s toys;
Amendment 45 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the derogation from the prohibition of chemicals that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (CMRs) set out in the TSD allows for the presence of those chemicals in concentrations that are too high to ensure the protection of children; calls on the Commission urgently to substantially reducto delete the generic limits for derogated CMRs in the TSD; insists that, in line with the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, the possibility to derogate from the rules on the presence of CMRs in parts of the toy that are inaccessible to the child should be deleted and adequate provisions to avoid children exposure to dangerous, toxic, harmful, corrosive and irritant substances should be foreseen;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that lower limit values for chemicals such as nitrosamines and, nitrosatable, lead and barium substances set out at national level compared to those established in the TSD create inconsistencies, even when justified by the Commission; notes, however, that all EU children should enjoy the same high level of protection; acknowledges that this limit value cannot be amended by an implementing act but would require a legislative procedure; calls on the Commission, therefore, to propose adapting the limit values at least for nitrosamines and nitrosatable substances to the strictest value in force at national level in a revision of the TSD; and to consider stricter values also for lead and barium;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to propose a hazard identification procedure for endocrine disruptors, based on the definition of the World Health Organization (WHO)Welcomes the commitment of the Commission to extend the TSD’s preventive approach on CMRs to endocrine disruptors, in line with the precautionary principle, and to apply it in a future revision of the TSD to ensure that endocrine disruptors are banned in toys as soon as they are identified, as well as to consider introducing horizontal legislation with that aim, as repeatedly requested by Parliament and by the Council, also respecting the principle "one substance, one assessment" contained in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability; calls on the Commission to extend this approach to chemicals affecting the immune, neurological or respiratory systems and to chemicals toxic to a specific organ, in order to guarantee a high level of protection against these chemicals as well as to ensure a future- proof regulatory response to their use in toys, consistent with the Commission’s intention to prioritize all uses of these chemicals for REACH restrictions;
Amendment 66 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned that the stricter provisions for chemicals in toys intended for children aged under 36 months do not take into account the fact that older children remain highly vulnerable to dangerous substances; notes that this distinction can result in manufacturers circumventing the provisions by indicating that the toy is intended for children above 36 months even when it is clearly not the case; stresses that several stakeholders, the Commission and Member States have indicated that this distinction is clearly inadequate and asked for it to be eliminated;limit the Directive’s effectiveness; therefore, calls on the Commission, therefore, to do so in its revision of the TSDo eliminate the age distinction and to set specific limit values for any chemicals in toys;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission to include in the revision of the TSD specific provisions for limiting children’s combined exposure to chemicals and for considering low-dose effects, in line with the goals of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the TSD contains an general obligation for Member States to perform market surveillance under the precautionary principle, test toys on the market and verify manufacturers’ documentation with a view to withdrawing unsafe toys and taking action against those responsible for placing them on the market; is concerned that the effectiveness of market surveillance under the TSD is limited, putting the health and safety of children at risk and undermining the level playing field for economic operators that comply with the legislation, to the benefit of rogue traders, who do not; notes that difficulties are still reported in obtaining information and documentation from economic operators;
Amendment 79 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which aims to improve market surveillance by strengthening controls by national authorities to ensure that products entering the single market, including toys, are safe and comply with the rules, and calls on the Member States to implement it fully by making available the necessary human, financial and technical resources to systematically identify, assess, and regulate chemicals in toys;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to continuously explore possibilities for using new technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence to facilitate the work of market surveillance authorities by providing easily accessible and structured information on products and their traceability;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to step up coordination of their market surveillance activities; among their market surveillance authorities also with the exchange of best practices and to increase human, financial and technical resources for their market surveillance activities; calls on the Commission to organise and finance joint market surveillance actions on toys;
Amendment 109 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is concerned by the new vulnerabilities and risks posed by connected toys which may harm not only children’s physical health and safety, but also their privacy and security. Such toys already placed on the European market have been shown to have inadequate security, illegal terms of service, highly intrusive data collection and sharing and manipulative marketing techniques; calls on the Commission to explore different options for action, such as extending the scope of the TSD to include provisions on privacy and on information security orand reinforcing the relevant horizontal legislations, such as the Radio Equipment Directive and the Cybersecurity Act, as well as the GDPR, while keeping Parliament informed of its choices;
Amendment 126 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the guidance of the Commission on Article 4 of Regulation 2019/1020, which clarifies the tasks of economic operators, in particular with regard to products sold online and placed on the EU market from non-EU countries; stresses however that the new traceability provisions in Regulation 2019/1020 need to be strengthen, in order to solve the issues posed by non-compliant direct imports facilitated by marketplaces; highlights that compliance with EU rules by all economic operators is key to ensuring the safety of children and providing a level playing field for companies, and calls on market surveillance and customs authorities to perform robust enforcement actions to stop rogue traders from exploiting the EU market;
Amendment 132 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that online marketplaces should take additional steps to ensure the safety and compliance of toys sold on their platforms and to prevent the reappearance of unsafe toys in their listings; insists in the strongest terms, in this sense, that it is fundamental to ensure effective and predictable enforcement as well as consistency between different instruments such as the Digital Services Act and the future legislative act revising the GPSD when it comes to, the Artificial Intelligence Act, the General Product Safety Regulation and the future legislative act revising the Product Liability Directive, in order to guarantee the highest standards on safety, liability and fundamental rights and to strengthen the responsibility of online marketplaces, under the principle ‘what is illegal offline is illegal online’;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights the added value of the ‘know your business customer’ principle to increase compliance and traceability of toys sold online; regrets that the product safety pledge has shown limited effects so far; calls,supports therefore, the Commission’s proposal for increased responsibilities for online marketplaces to detect and remove unsafe and non- compliant toys from their platforms and prevent their reappearance;
Amendment 145 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers it essential to provide for a broader scope for amendments in the future revision, including mechanical and physical requirements in particular for children under 36 mo; therefore, calls on the Commission to amend Article 46 of the TSD in order to allow easy and flexible modifications for all kinds of chemicals in toys and for mechanical and physical requiremenths, limit values for nitrosamines and nitrosatable, labelling provisions for allergenic fragrances and CMRs; stresses that requirements for allergenic fragrances need to be considerably strengthened and encourages the Commission to explore how transparency about chemicals in toys could be improved, for example through an obligation to declare the chemical content of toys on product labels;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. CIs concerned by the number of products that can be mistaken for food and therefore consumed as such, with a consequent danger to health; notes that some producers avoid complying with TSD by claiming that their products are not toys, while they are clearly used as such; calls on the Commission to clarify the definition of ‘grey zone’ products in the future revision of the TSD;
Amendment 160 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to introduce sustainable mandatory labelling for toys, providing the consumer at the time of purchase with clear, immediately visible, easily understandable and comparable information on a toy’s estimated lifetime, the extent to which it is reparable and the availability of spare parts, including, where relevant, the availability of the necessary software, and setting out options for repair; believes that this labelling could take the form of an environmental performance index, taking into account multiple criteria throughout the life cycle of toys and should be developed by involving all relevant stakeholders, centred on harmonised research-based and transparent standards further to impact assessments demonstrating relevance, proportionality and effectiveness in reducing negative environmental impacts and protecting children;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Considers that CE Marking should be removed from the toy or its packaging and relegated to the technical file;
Amendment 163 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27 b. Calls on the European Commission to introduce a provision to allow independent third-party testing and certification for certain categories of toys, such as: - toys intended for children under three years; - toys which, for functional reasons, cannot be designed to eliminate all risks; - toys which, in case of a failure, can lead to severe health impacts of a child; - toys which have caused severe accidents in the past; - toys which have raised considerable concern in enforcement activities; - connected toys;
Amendment 170 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Highlights that the lack of consistent EU-wide statistics on toy-related accidents makes it impossible to quantitatively assess the level of protection granted by the TSD; believes that a lack of coordination and funding at EU level is a root cause of the absence of consistent data and calls on the Commission to address this in a future revision through the establishment of a pan-European accident and injury database in order to systematically collect complete and representative information on accidents and injuries that occur because of dangerous toys and to improve traceability along the supply chain, also for toys sold online;
Amendment 171 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Member States to step up their data collection on the TSD, which is now uneven and incomplete, not representative and incomplete; calls on businesses to step up cooperation with Member States, sharing more data on toy-related accidents, in order to enhance children’s safety and to improve trust on toys placed in the internal market;
Amendment 175 #
2021/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to provide itself with the necessary resources to efficiently regulate chemicals in toys and to use the opportunity provided by the TSD revision to introduce indicators to monitor its implementation and effectiveness;
Amendment 110 #
2021/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Certain elements of the information referred to in Article 10(8) of Directive 2014/53/EU should also be provided by means of a dedicated graphic, the details of which should be specified in the annex to this Directive. The graphic should consist of visual elements that can easily enable end-users, including end- users with disabilities, to determine before the purchase of the product whether or not a charging device is included with the radio equipment and inform them about the minimum and the maximum power required to charge the radio equipment at the maximum charging speed. The graphic should be placed in a prominent position on the end-user packaging in order to be clearly visible to end-users before the purchase, including where the purchase is made online. In the absence of a packaging, the label should be attached on the radio equipment. The information obligations should be applicable to manufacturers, importers, distributors and where applicable, authorised representatives, as long as they supply the radio equipment directly to end-users, and should be adapted accordingly in the revision of the Union framework regulating the ecodesign requirements.
Amendment 163 #
2021/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2014/53/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Manufacturers, importers, distributors and where applicable, authorised representatives shall ensure that radio equipment falling within the scope of Article 3(4) are accompanied by an easily legible, accessible and understandable graphic indicating whether or not a charging device is offered together with the radio equipment in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex Ia, Part III. The graphic shall be placed in a prominent position on the end-user packaging in order to be clearly visible to end-users before the purchase, including where the purchase is made online. In the absence of a packaging, the label shall be attached to the radio equipment. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 44 in order to amend Annex Ia, Part III, by introducing, modifying, adding or removing any details to the graphic in relation to any future labelling requirements for external power supplies or charging cables or any relevant changes to Part I and II of that Annex.
Amendment 208 #
2021/0291(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I
Annex I
Directive 2014/53/EU
Annex I a – Part II – paragraph 2
Annex I a – Part II – paragraph 2
Such information shall also be provided and displayed online in case of online sales and shall be in a language and a format which can be easily understood by consumers and other end-users, including persons with disabilities, as determined by the Member State concerned, and shall be clear, understandable and intelligible.’
Amendment 12 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the social and employment related consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic demand a strong response for all people, families, workers and businessesall families, including LGBTIQ families, workers and all types of employers, including the self- employed; highlights in this regard the crucial role the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), which will be the main driver for strengthening the social dimension of the Union and ensuring a socially sustainable recoveryand environmentally sustainable and just recovery in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Green Deal, as well as of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and the Just Transition Fund (JTF);
Amendment 18 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the budget should help preserving and createing quality employment, reduce povereradicate poverty and inequality, ensure inclusive equality and increase upward social convergence in a time of unprecedented crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that the crisis has exacerbated existing social and economic inequalities and has worsened the living and working conditions of many workers and their families, particularly vulnerable groups of workers and those working under precarious employment contracts and arrangements; insists on the need to tackle territorial and regional disparities;
Amendment 28 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of policies and measures to support labour market transition, especially in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; insists on the need for up- and reskilling policies to address the challenges posed by demographic change as well as the green and digital transition; recalls that the integration into the labour market of women and the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, people with disabilities, young and elderly people, and the unemployed, is paramount to create a fair and socially just and inclusive society;
Amendment 36 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 13 ,173 5 billion in 2022 to the ESF+; highlights that the ESF+ must play a key role in supporting the Member States to achieve highfoster social inclusion, fight against poverty, achieve high levels of quality employment levels, adequate social protection and a skilled and resilient workforce ready for the transition to a green and digital economy; welcomes the transfer from REACT-EU of an additional EUR 10,8 billion to cohesion in 2022, of which 30 % will be allocated to the ESF +;
Amendment 45 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the obligation by all Member States to use the Youth Guarantee, especially those with a higher share than the average Union rate of young people not in employment, education or training to allocate at least 12,5 % of their ESF+ resources to implement the Youth Guarantee; calls on the Members States to make the best use of the directly managed strand of the ESF+, the Employment and Social Innovation strand for investment in social innovation and for stimulating labour mobility;
Amendment 49 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that Member States with a level of child poverty above the Union average should use at least 5 % of their ESF+ resources to address this issue, whereas all other Member States must allocate an appropriate amount of their ESF+ resources to targeted actions to combat child poverty in view of supporting the implementation of the Child Guarantee; strongly encourages Member States to go beyond the minimum requirements of the ESF+, in view of the persistently high levels of child poverty and social exclusion throughout the Union;
Amendment 54 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the EGF will offer direct one- off assistance to dismissed workers to find another jobworkers who have been made redundant to find another job in a sustainable and future-oriented sector as rapidly as possible in major restructuring events, in particular those caused by important changes in trade relations of the Union or the composition of the internal market, the transition to a low-carbon economy or as a consequence of digitisation or automation; Highlights that the EGF will provide training packages to include skills required in the digital industrial age as well as in a resource-efficient economy; Underlines the importance of the revised application requirements and eligibility criteria in the EGF Regulation, lowering the minimum threshold of workers made redundant or of self-employed persons from 500 to 200;
Amendment 57 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes note that the level of EGF commitment appropriations in reserve for 2022 is set at EUR 201,3 million (+2% compared to 2021), corresponding to the maximum annual amount envelope of EUR 186 million (2018 prices) available in accordance with Article 8 of the MFF Regulation; Welcomes the alignment of the co-financing rate with the ESF+.
Amendment 62 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the JTF provides support for territories and people facing socio-economic and employment challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate neutral economy of the Union by 2050; takes note of the Commission appropriations in 2022 of EUR 1 159,749 million; Highlights the broadening of its scope to address the social aspects of the transition, in particular support to jobseekers with and without disabilities, and irrespectively of their gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, migration status or socioeconomic background, including job search assistance, upskilling and reskilling and their active inclusion into the labour marketdecent and sustainable jobs as well as investments in smart and sustainable mobility, other activities in the areas of inclusive education and social inclusion, including investments in infrastructure for the purposes of training centres, child- and elderly-care facilities and the possibility to support investments in large enterprises in ’assisted areas’sustainable investments pursuant to regional State aid guidelines, if such support is necessary for job creation in the identified territory;
Amendment 74 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists on the importance of budgetary accountability and prioritisation; welcomes in this regard the Commission Communication on the performance framework for the 2021-2027 MFF; stresses that in order to deliver true value for money for EU citizens, the focus should be put on evidence-based policymaking; recalls that gender budgeting is key to ensure a sustainable, just and inclusive economy.
Amendment 78 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that pilot projects (PPs) and preparatory actions (PAs) are important tools to test new policy initiatives in the fields of employment and, social inclusion and inclusive equality, including through data collection; recalls that the assessment of their implementability is formally anchored in the Interinstitutional agreement of 2 December 2013 and in practice, is meant to ensure that Parliament adopts PPs/PAs that are legally and technically implementable; highlights, therefore, that the evaluation must be thorough and detailed, as well as transparent and objective and that the grade given must reflect only the merit of the proposal; also points out that the implementation of an adopted PP/PA must remain faithful to the proposal; Calls on the European Commission to establish direct communication and exchanges with the European Parliament in order to ensure reasonable evaluations of the PP/PA;
Amendment 96 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to implement the commitments towards climate neutrality, the Union’s climate and energy legislation has been reviewed and amended in order to accelerate the greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Those amendments should be in line with the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, ensuring that everyone can fully benefit from the just transition and that no one is left behind. A new Social Climate Fund would contribute to protect and empower the most vulnerable households with a view to eradicating energy and mobility poverty across Europe.
Amendment 97 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 110 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Eradicating energy and mobility poverty across the Union is an essential part of the EU Green Deal’s objective of ensuring a just transition where no one is left behind. A wide range of EU funding instruments, including the Cohesion Funds, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and revenues currently generated by the EU ETS, are available for Member States to invest in the deep renovation of buildings, the creation of quality green jobs as well as the development of the necessary skills for the green and digital transition, the decarbonisation of the transport sector and in greater access to public, shared soft mobility. A particular attention is required for the most disadvantaged groups as well as the households in situation of mobility and energy poverty to ensure that they actually benefit from the implementation of those funding instruments.
Amendment 112 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 121 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) High fossil gas prices causing extreme price spikes in certain Member States in the 2021/2022 heating season, aggravated by import dependencies and geopolitical tensions, have exposed once more the EU dependence on imported fossil gas for its industries and households, especially felt by the poorest of society. Investments in energy efficiency measures, as well as renewable energy based heating systems, including with electric heat pumps, heating and cooling at district level and participation in renewable energy communities, are hence the most cost-effective method of reducing import dependency and emissions while increasing EU resilience. Notably in the group of poorest households third party funding schemes are necessary to ensure compliances with the afore mentioned principles
Amendment 124 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels may disproportionally affect vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-EU Toolbox on Energy Prices 1a already provides the EU and its Member States with immediate emergency measures to support and protect households against the current increase of enterprises and vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, do not have accgy prices which is primarily due to a spike in fossil gas prices, including emergency income support, state aid for companies and targeted tax reductions. Ambitious climate action would allow the Union to cut its dependence on fossil fuels and to protect Union citizens from dependence on imported fossil fuels and the impact of fluctuating energy prices. The Social Climate Fund should come as a complement to those measuress to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who masupport Member States and aim at providing structural long-lasting solutions to eradicate energy and mobility poverty lackross the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption. Union. _________________ 1a COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THER EGIONS Tackling rising energy prices: a toolbox for action and support, COM(2021)660 final)
Amendment 138 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 151 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This is even more relevant in view of the existing levels of energy poverty. Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services such as cooling, as temperatures rise, and heating. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9% of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey32 . Overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty. Energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union. Energy poverty is often caused by a combination of factors, including low household income, unequal access to quality and affordable services, poor energy efficiency of buildings and high energy prices. While social tariffs or direct income supportsubsidies for energy bills can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only targeted structural measures, in particular energy renovations, can provide lasting solutions. they are not an efficient, long-term solution to lift households out of energy poverty. On the contrary, they risk locking people further into energy poverty. Only targeted structural measures and investments aimed at ending the reliance on fossil fuels, in particular deep and staged deep building renovations, the application of the energy efficiency first principle, the installation of additional renewable energy sources, including through community-lead projects, as well as information and awareness-raising measures targeted at the households, can provide lasting solutions and effectively help combating energy poverty. _________________ 32 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]).
Amendment 166 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Social Climate (‘the Fund’) should therefore be established to provide funds to the Member States to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading for buildings and road transport on vulnerable houseThe Union and its Member States will not be able to meet their climate and environmental objectives without properly addressing energy and mobility poverty. Yet there is currently no standard Union- level definitions of energy and mobility poverty across the Union, and only one third of Member States have adopted a national definition of energy poverty. As a result, no transparent and comparable data on energy and mobility poverty in the Union is currently available, hindering the possibility to effectively monitor progress at national level to eradicate energy and mobility poverty. A Social Climate Fund (‘the Fund’) shoulds, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users therefore be established to support Member States in their efforts to eradicate energy and mobility poverty. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support andadaptive measures and investments with lasting impact intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and coolfocusing particularly on those living in the worst performing of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable so and in social housing, increased access to renewable energy for heating and cooling, as well as measurces, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emissionemission sustainable mobility and public transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterpin particular for those living in rural, insular and less accessible areas for the less developed regions and territorises and vulnerable transport user, including less developed peri- urban areas.
Amendment 196 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) For that purpose, each Member State should submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’). Those Plans should pursue two objectives. Firstly, they should provide vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in energy efficiency, decarbonisation of heating and cooling, in zero- and low-emission vehiclesidentify and map households in situation of energy and mobility poverty, and provide a detailed analysis, conducted together with the local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society, on the main causes of energy and mobility poverty in their respective territories. The Plans should also set targets for the progressive and effective eradication of energy and mobility poverty. Secondly, they should mitigate the impact of the increase in the cost of fossil fuels on the most vulnerable and thereby prevent energy and transpprovide households in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in the deep renovation of buildings, in particular worst poverty during the transitioerforming buildings and social housing, in poweriod until such investments have been implementedng any residual demand for heating and cooling with renewable energy, and in zero-emission mobility. The Plans should mainly have an investment component promoting the long-term solutions of reducephasing out fossil fuels reliance and could envisage other measures, including temporary. Other measures such as direct income support to mitigate adverse income effects in the shorter termcould be envisaged but should be limited in time and conditioned to long-term investments with long lasting impacts.
Amendment 220 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Particular attention needs to be paid to vulnerable tenants who are significantly affected by the price impacts of heating costs or by higher rental prices following renovation, but are not in a position to renovate the building they occupy.
Amendment 227 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Member States, in consultation with regional, level authoritieocal, urban and other public authorities, civil society, economic and social partners, are best placed to design and to implement Plans that are adapted and targeted to their local, regional and national circumstances as their existing policies in the relevant areas and planned use of other relevant EU funds. In that manner, the broad diversity of situations, the specific knowledge of local and regional governments, of social and economic partners and the civil society, research and innovation and industrial relations and social dialogue structures, as well as national traditions, can best be respected and contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall support to the vulnerable.
Amendment 238 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 257 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Pending the impact of those investments on reducing costs and emissions, well targeted direct income support for the most vulnerable would help the just transition. Such support should beAs an immediate relief, well targeted, temporary direct support for those in energy poverty and mobility poverty may contribute to reduce energy and mobility costs while waiting for more structural investments to take place. Such support should nevertheless be limited in time and understood to be a temporaryn adaptive measure accompanying the decarbonisstructural investments, such as the deep and staged deep renovation of the housbuildings and transport sectors. It would not be permanent as it does not address the root causes of energy and transport poverty. Such support should only concern direct impacts of the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, not electricity or heating costs related to the inclusion of power and heat productios well affordable access to zero-emission mobility solutions, as part of a holistic and long-term strategy to effectively eradicate energy and mobility poverty to be demonstrated by the Member States. Eligibility for such direct support should be targeted to people facing energy poverty and mobility poverty, with special attention to vulnerable women, such as single-mothers, women with disabilities and elderly women with low income, who are disproportionately affected by energy poverty and mobility poverty, due to different energy needs and mobility patterns. Such support should be in lin the scope of that Directive. Eligibility for such direct income support should be limited in time with the principle of additionality and should not replace national schemes already in place.
Amendment 264 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Respect for fundamental rights and compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, should be ensured throughout the preparation, evaluation, implementation and monitoring of eligible projects under the Fund. The Fund should contribute to eliminating inequalities, promoting gender equality and integrating the gender perspective, as well as combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation as set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), Article 10 TFEU and Article 21of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. All stakeholders involved at all stages of implementation of the Facility should commit to promote equality, and in particular, ensure that the impact on women is taken into account, given that women are disproportionately impacted by the transition process.
Amendment 267 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) The Fund should be consistent with the Union's obligation under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and should not support any measure or investment that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion.
Amendment 268 #
2021/0206(COD)
(17c) The aim of the Fund should be aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda as well as the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights in order to ensure a just transition, towards a greener, fairer and more inclusive Europe.
Amendment 270 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Taking into account the importance of tackling climate changeclimate and environmental emergency in line with Paris Agreement commitments, and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the actions under this Regulation should contribute to the achievement of the target that at least 30% of all expenditure under the 2021- 2027 multiannual financial framework should be spent on mainstreaming climate objectives and should contribute to the ambition of providing 10% of annual spending to biodiversity objectives in 2026 and 2027, while considering the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals. For this purpose, the methodology set out in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 should be used to tag the expenditures of the Fund. The Fund should support activities that fully respect the climate and environmental standards and priorities of the Union and comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning ofechnical screening criteria established by the Commission in accordance with Article 170(3) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . Only such measures for the relevandt investments should be included in the Plans. Direct income support measures should as a rule be considered as having an insignificant foreseeable impact on environmental objectives, and as such be considered compliant with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’. The Commission intends to issue technical guidance to the Member States well ahead of the preparation of the Plans. The guidance will explain how the measures and investments must comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 ofeligible under the Fund. Only such measures and investments should be included in the Plans. The Commission shall adopt a delegated act to specify eligibility criteria for those activities for which technical screening criteria have not yet been developed under Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission intends to present in 2021 a proposal for a Council Recommendation on how to address the social aspects of the green transition. _________________ 33 Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159). 34 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
Amendment 281 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing as they represent 85% of single parent familiesdisproportionately affected by energy poverty and mobility poverty, in particular single mothers, who represent 85% of single parent families, as well as single women, women with disabilities, or elderly women living alone. Single parent families with dependent child have a particularly high risk of childenergy poverty. Gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility for persons with disabilities should be taken into accountensured and promoted throughout the design, preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind.
Amendment 294 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Member States should submit theirprepare their Plans in close cooperation with the regional and local actors, economic and social partners and all the relevant stakeholders, in particular representatives from the civil society, while respecting the European Code of Conduct on Partnership, and submit these Plans together with the update of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 . The Plans should include the measures to be financed, their estimated costs and the national contribution. They should also include key milestones and targets to assess the effective implementation of the measures. _________________ 35 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).
Amendment 313 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The Union should support Member States with financial means to implement their Plans through the Social Climate Fund. PIn order to ensure the most efficient use of EU funds, payments from the Social Climate Fund should be made conditional on the achievement of the milestones and targets included in the Plans. This would allow efficiently taking into account national circumstances and priorities while simplifying financing and facilitating its integration as well as on the adoption by Member States of legally binding targets and measures for the phase out of all fossil fuels in a timeframe consistent with other national spending programmes while guaranteeing the impact and the integrity of EU spending. objective of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels, including the phase out of solid fossil fuels by 2030 at the latest and of fossil gas by 2040.
Amendment 326 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% of the expectedannual revenues from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in the period 2026-2032. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/205341 , Member States should make those revenues available to the Union budget as own resources. Member States are to finance 50% of the total costs of their Plan themselves. For this purpose, as well as for investment and measures to accelerate and alleviate the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter alia useauctioning of allowances from Chapter II and III of Directive 2003/87/EC as of the entry into force of this Regulation. Member States are to finance 50% of the total costs of their Plan themselves. The financing of the Fund should not come at their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purpose. _________________ 41 Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1)nse of other Union programmes and policies.
Amendment 349 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The Fund should support measures that respect the principle of additionality of Union funding. The Fund should not be a substitute for recurring national expenditures, except in duly justified cases.
Amendment 355 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure an efficient and coherent allocation of funds and to respect the principle of sound financial management, actions under this Regulation should be consistent with, come in addition to and be complementary to ongoing Union programme, national and, where appropriate, regional programmes, instruments and funds, whilst avoiding double funding fromand that the Fund andsubstitutes other Union programmes, instruments and funds, for the same expenditure. In particular, the Commission and the Member State should ensure, in all stages of the process, effective coordination in order to safeguard the consistency, coherence, complementarity and synergy among sources of funding. To that effect, Member States should be required to present the relevant information on existing or planned Union financing when submitting their plans to the Commission. Financial support under the Fund should be additional to the support provided under other Union programmes and instruments. Measures and investment financed under the Fund should be able to receive funding from other Union programmes and instruments provided that such support does not cover the same costs.
Amendment 358 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) To ensure that support under the Plans can be effectively implemented from the initial years starting from the entry into force of the Social Climate Fund, it should be possible for an amount of up to 13 % of the financial contribution of Member States to be paid in the form of pre-financing by the Commission.
Amendment 374 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
Amendment 390 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall directly benefit households, micro- in enterprises and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty and citizens without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas)gy poverty and people facing mobility poverty, in particular households in energy poverty living in worst performing buildings or in social housing, as well as people living in rural, insular, mountainous, and remote areas, including peri-urban areas, with low or no access to basic services or public transport.
Amendment 404 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The general objective of the Fund is to contribute to theaccelerate the green transition towards a climate -neutrality by add, sustainable, non-toxic, resource-efficient, renewable energy- based, ressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transpolient and competitive circular economy in a just, equitable and inclusive way by 2050 at the latest , in line with the Union’s commitments under the Paris Agreement, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while leaving no one behind, and to contribute to eradicating energy and mobility poverty into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECUnion and its Member States. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-contribute to eradicate enterprises and vulnerable transport users through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sourcegy and mobility poverty across the Union, through targeted measures and investments intended to phase out the reliance on fossil fuels, increase energy efficiency of buildings, combined with access to renewable energy sources for heating and cooling of buildings, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transportsustainable mobility solution and integrated mobility services.
Amendment 424 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)
In line with these objectives, the Fund shall not provide any support to measures and investments which could prolong the reliance on fossil fuels or lead to carbon lock-in, while hampering or delaying the deployment of renewable energy sources.
Amendment 427 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘deep building renovation’ means all kinds of energy-related building renovation, including the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows, the replacement of heating, cooling and cooking appliances, and the installation of on-site production of energy from renewable sources;deep building renovation, as defined in [Article 2(19) of recast EPBD]
Amendment 440 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as defined in point [(49)] of Article 2 of Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council50 ; _________________ 50 [Directive (EU) [yyyy/nnn] of the of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ C […], […], p. […]).] [Proposal for recast of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency]a household’s lack of access to adequate, affordable, reliable, quality, safe and environmentally sound energy services that underpin a decent standard of living and health, including adequate warmth, cooling, lighting, and energy to power appliances, due to, inter alia, low quality housing, as well as low-levels incomes;
Amendment 461 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Amendment 473 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Amendment 492 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘vulnerable transport users’ means transport users, including from lower middle-income households, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to purchase zero- and low- emission vehicles or to switch to alternative sustainable modes of transport, including public transport, particularly in rural and remotemobility poverty' means a household unable to afford the necessary transport required to meet essential services as well as essential cultural and socio-economic needs, in particular quality employment and education and training, in a given context and which can be caused by one or the combination of the following factors: low-level incomes, high fuel expenditures and/or high costs of public transport, availability of mobility alternatives and their accessibility and location, travelled distances and transport practices, particularly in rural, insular, mountainous and remote areas, including peri-urban areas.
Amendment 505 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13a) ‘worst performing buildings’ mean buildings below E energy performance rating, as defined in [Article 2(17) of Recast EPBD].
Amendment 508 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. EWithin 6 months upon the entry into force of this Regulation, each Member State shall submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’) together with the update to.The Plan shall be coherent and maximise synergies with the integrated national energy and climate plan of that Member State referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the procedure and timeline laid down in that Articl. The Plan shall contain detailed mapping of households and individuals in situation of energy or mobility poverty, and an gender-sensitive analysis of the main causes of energy and mobility poverty in that Member State. The Plan shall also contain a coherent set of measures and investments to address the impact of carbon pricing on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users in order to ensure affordable heating, cooling and mobility while accompanying and accelerating necessary measures to meet the cshort- and medium-term targets to eradicate energy and mobility poverty, and a coherent set of measures and investments at national, regional or local level to meet those targets, as a way to accelerate both the delivery of the Union energy and climate targets and of the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights. The Plan shall also indicate how additional revenues from the auctioning of allowances in respect of activities listed under Chapters II and III of Directive 2003/87/EC contribute to achieving the targets set out in the Plan. Member States shall apply the Partnership principle laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 at each stage of the preparation and implementation of the Plan. In order to facilimtate targets of the Union. he preparation of the Plan, the Commission shall publish guidance, including a template.
Amendment 525 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. TIn case Member States provide sufficient evidence that households in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty may not enjoy the benefits of the measures and investments referred to in paragraph 3 within a maximum of three years after the adoption of the Plan, they may include national or subnational measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and households that are vulnerable transport users to reduce the imdirect support to households and people, provided that they demonstrate that such support is proportional and limited to three years, and is pacrt of the increase in the price of fossil fuels resulting from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECa holistic strategy to lift those households and people out of energy and mobility poverty, with special attention to women and people living in remote and less accessible areas, including peri-urban areas, to help reducing immediate energy and mobility costs, by providing facilitated access to green energy efficient solutions and shared and integrated mobility services.
Amendment 541 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Plan shall include national project, regional or local projects or programmes to:
Amendment 545 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) finance measures and investments to increase energy efficiency of buildings, to implement energy efficiency improvement measures, to carry out building renovation, and to decarbonise heating and coolingwith a lasting impact to decarbonise the identified building stock, prioritising demand-side measures and applying the energy efficiency first principle, starting with the deep or staged deep renovation of buildings, includingand the integrstallation of on-site and nearby facilities for energy production from renewable energy sources; to cater for residual energy needs, including for heating and cooling.
Amendment 556 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) provide financial and technical support to renewable energy communities and community-led local development projects in urban, peri-urban and rural areas, including locally owned energy systems, as well as the arrangements for engaging and building capacity at the local level;
Amendment 557 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
(ab) finance measures and investments to ensure access to decent, affordable and sustainable housing, including through the rehabilitation of abandoned buildings;
Amendment 558 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a c (new)
(ac) finance measures addressing non- monetary barriers to improvements in the energy efficiency in buildings and uptake of renewable energy as well as barriers to accessing sustainable mobility and public transport services, in order to combat energy poverty and mobility poverty, these may include measures addressing administrative barriers and information deficit such as energy consultations and advice services, including at community level;
Amendment 560 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) finance measures and investments to increase the uptake of zero- and low- emission mobility and transportwith a lasting impact to accelerate the shift towards zero-emission mobility, prioritising demand-side measures and applying the energy efficiency first principle, starting with measures and investments leading to a modal shift from private to public, shared and active mobility.
Amendment 575 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Access to justice 1. Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with their national legal system, members of the public concerned have access to a review procedure before a court of law or other independent and impartial body established by law with a view to challenging the substantive or procedural legality of decisions, acts or omissions subject to Articles 3-6, 8,10,14, 17 and 22 of this Regulation; or to Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 when one of the following conditions is met: (i) they have a sufficient interest; (ii) they claim the impairment of a right where administrative procedural law of a Member State requires such a right to be a precondition. 2. Member States shall determine the stage at which decisions, acts or omissions may be challenged. 3. Member States shall determine what constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a right, consistent with the objective of giving the public concerned wide access to justice. To that end, non governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed as having a sufficient interest or having rights capable of being impaired for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article. 4. This Article shall not exclude the possibility of a preliminary review procedure before an administrative authority and shall not affect the requirement of exhaustion of administrative review procedures prior to recourse to judicial review procedures, where such a requirement exists under national law. Any such procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive. 5. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made easily available to the public on access to administrative and judicial review procedures.
Amendment 577 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) concrete measures and investments in accordance with Article 3 to reduce the effects referred to in point (c) of this paragraphand 6 to combat energy poverty and mobility poverty together with an explanation of how they would contribute effectively to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 1 within the overall setting of a Member State’s relevant policies in particular; (i) community led local development projects, planned use and arrangement to encourage and deliver integrated territorial development and community led local developments as well as the arrangements for engaging and building capacity at the local and territorial levels to engage in the transition; (ii) an overview of the non- financial barriers in the national context and a detailed description of measures to address the relevant non-financial barriers and estimated impact of the measures on the implementation of energy efficiency and transport measures;(iii) specific measures to enhance access to basic energy services, where relevant, based on the analysis provided in point (a a) new;
Amendment 579 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) a robust and detailed description on households in energy poverty to identify potential beneficiaries of measures outlined in Article 3 (3) a as well as those living in mobility poverty in the national context. The description for households in energy poverty shall include inter alia (i) people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, households living in energy poverty, (ii) households that lack access to basic energy services, and in particular households that are not physically connected to the grids and who face disconnections due to inability to pay (iii) households living in worst performing buildings or if such data is not or only partially available, household living in buildings constructed before 1960;
Amendment 582 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) national targets broken down into biannual sub-targets to reduce the number of households in energy and mobility poverty and emission reduction targets over the duration of the plan based on the analysis provided in point (a a) new;
Amendment 584 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) concrete accompanying measures and reforms that are needed to accomplish the measures and investments of the Plan and reduce the effects referred to in point (c) as well as information on existing or planned financing of measures and investments from other Union, international, public or private sources; including: i) measures aimed at ensuring that building renovations do not result in evictions or indirect evictions through rent increases of vulnerable people, including conditioning any financial support or fiscal incentives on the obligation for the landlord to maintain the rental agreement for a period of at least 10 years and keep the costs of the rent at the same level as prior to the renovation, except in case of any exemptions and indexations foreseen in national rental law; ii) measures aimed at addressing the problem of split-incentives between home- owners and tenants, while strengthening the protection and safeguards of tenants and promoting the right to decent, affordable and sustainable housing;
Amendment 592 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an estimate of the likely effects of that increase in prices on households, and in particular on inThese impacts are to be analysed with a sufficidence of energy poverty, on micro-enterprises and on transport users, comprising in particular an estimate and the identification of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users; these impacts are to be analysed with a sufficient level of regional disaggregation, taking into account elements such as access to public transport and basic servicet gender disaggregated data and gender-sensitive information, a sufficient level of regional disaggregation, taking into account elements such as access to decent, adequate, safe, accessible, affordable and healthy housing, to public transport and essential services as well as cultural and socio-economic needs and identifying the areas mostly affected, particularly territories which are remote, insular and rural or less accessible, including peri-urban areas;
Amendment 601 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) a gender impact assessment and an explanation of how the measures and investments contained in the Plan take into account the objectives to contribute to gender equality and equal opportunities for all and the mainstreaming of those objectives, in line with principles 2 and 3 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 and, where relevant, with the national gender equality strategy;
Amendment 604 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) where the Plan provides for measures referred to in Article 3(2), the criteria for the identification of eligible final recipients, the indication of the envisaged time limit for the measures in question with a maximum of three years, and their justification on the basis of a quantitative estimate and a qualitative explanation of how the measures in the Plan are expected to reduce energy and transport poverty and the vulnerability of households, micro-enterprises and transport users to an increase of road transport and heating fuel prprovide a necessary and proportionate immediate relief for households in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty as part of a holistic strategy to effectively lift those households and people out of energy and mobility poverty through more structural investments on the short to medium term, in particular deep and staged deep renovation of buildings, the phase out the reliance on fossil fuel energy for heating and cooling, as well as access to zero-emission mobility services;
Amendment 615 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) envisaged milestones, and targets to eradicate energy and mobility poverty, and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the measures and investments to be completed by 31 July 2032each biennial integrated national energy and climate progress report pursuant to Article 23, and at the end of each multiannual financial framework, that is, by 31 December 2027 and by 31 July 2035 respectively;
Amendment 634 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the arrangements for the effective monitoring and implementation of the Plan by the Member State concernedand regional and local authorities concerned, including the involvement of economic and social partners and civil society in the process, in particular of the proposed milestones and targets, including indicators for the implementation of measures and investments, which, where relevant, shall be those available with the Statistical office of the European Union European Statistical Office and the European Energy Poverty Observatory as identified by Commission Recommendation 2020/156354 on energy poverty; _________________ 54 OJ L 357, 27.10.2020, p. 35.
Amendment 637 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) for the preparation and, where available, for the implementation of the Plan, a detailed description summary of the consultation process, conducted in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Article 8 of Regulation(EU) 2021/1060 and with the national legal framework, of local and regional authorities, social partners, civil society organisations, youth organisations and other relevant stakeholders, and how the input of the stakeholders is reflected in the Plan as well at their specific roles for the design, implementation and monitoring;
Amendment 646 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. WThen preparing their Plans, Member States may request the Commission to organis Commission shall set up a platform to actively promote the exchange of good practices among all stakeholders and communities concerned by the implementation of the Fund as well as to provide guidance to enable and exchancourage the capacity buildinge of good practices. Member Statestakeholders to participate in the development and implementation of the Fund. Member States and the stakeholders involved in the preparation of the Plans may also request technical support under the ELENA facility, established by an Agreement of the Commission with the European Investment Bank in 2009, or under the Technical Support Instrument established by Regulation (EU) 2021/240 of the European Parliament and of the Council58 . _________________ 58 Regulation (EU) 2021/240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 February 2021 establishing a Technical Support Instrument (OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 647 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Biennial progress reports 1. In the context of the biennial integrated national energy and climate progress reports referred to in Article17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, Member States shall report on the number of households in situation of energy and transport poverty, and on progress towards the milestones and targets referred to in point (e) of Article 4(2). 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 25 to supplement this Regulation in order to set out the structure, format and technical details of this reporting.
Amendment 651 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 657 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) deep and staged deep building renovation;
Amendment 658 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) development and use of renewable energy sources including through renewable energy communities;
Amendment 660 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) zero- and low-emission mobility and transportintegrated mobility services;
Amendment 671 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) reductions in the number of vulnerable households, especially households in energy poverty, of vulnerable micro-enterprises and of vulnerable transport usershouseholds in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty, including in rural and remote areas., disaggregated per gender;
Amendment 680 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) creation of sustainable, safe, quality jobs.
Amendment 697 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Social Climate Fund shall not support measures and investments excluded under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1056.
Amendment 699 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. The activities financed by the Social Climate Fund should be conditional to decent wages and decent working conditions - including for health and Safety aspects and direct employment contracts, adequate trade union representation, social dialogue and collective bargaining rights. Any activity financed by the fund shall therefore respect applicable collective agreements as well as social labour law at national and EU levels and ILO conventions.
Amendment 703 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. In case Member States may include the costs of measures providing temporary direct income support to vulnerable households and vulnerable households that are transport users to absorb the increase in road transport and heating fuel prices. Such support shall decrease over time and be limited to the direct impact of the emission trading for buildings and road transport. Eligibility for such direct income support shall cease within the time limits identified under Article 4(1) point (d). provide sufficient evidence that households in energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty may not enjoy the benefits of the measures and investments referred to in paragraph 2 within a maximum of three years after the adoption of the Plan, they may include the costs of measures providing temporary and proportionate direct support, strictly limited to households affected by energy poverty and people facing mobility poverty by improving access to affordable clean energy efficiency solutions and to sustainable mobility and public transport. Such support shall be limited to three years and conditioned to additional structural investments with long lasting impacts provided in the Plan to effectively lift those households and people out of energy and mobility poverty. Direct support should not exceed 20% of the total estimated costs of the plan.
Amendment 715 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States may include the costs of the following measures and investmenstructural investments with lasting impacts in the estimated total costs of the Plans, provided they principally benefit vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-households in enterprises or vulnerable transport usersgy poverty and people facing mobility poverty and intend to:
Amendment 730 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support deep and staged deep building renovations, especially for those occupying worst- performing buildings, in privately-owned homes or in social housing, including in the form of financial support or fiscal incentives such as deductibility of renovation costs from the rent, independently of the ownership of the buildings concerned;
Amendment 735 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) contribute to the decarbonisation, including the electrification, of heating and cooling of, and cooking in, buildingsachieving a climate- neutral building stock, including energy- efficient electrification, from additional renewable energy sources of heating and cooling of, and cooking in, buildings and support the installations of on-site and nearby production and distribution and the integration of energy from additional renewable sources including through citizen energy communities and peer-to- peer energy sharing, to power any residual demand and that contribute to the achievements of energy savings;
Amendment 746 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) provide households with tailored advice and information about energy savings and consumer rights, renewable energy technologies and participation and consumer rights, as well as about sustainable and affordable mobility and transport alternatives, including via tailored mobility management services, tailored energy consultations or other type of personalised support aimed at addressing energy and mobility poverty;
Amendment 749 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(bb) support the rehabilitation of abandoned buildings and spaces to increase access to affordable and sustainable housing, while increasing the energy efficiency of the buildings;
Amendment 754 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) support public and private entities, in particular social housing providers, in developing and providing affordable energy efficiency renovation solutions and appropriate funding instruments in line with the social goals of the Fund;
Amendment 758 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide access to zero- and low- emission vehicles and bikesinvestments aimed at accelerating the modal shift from private individual vehicles towards fostering a zero-emission sustainable mobility, including financial support for fiscal incentives for their purchase as well as for appropriate public and private infrastructure, including for recharging and refuelling; for support concerning low-emission vehicles, a timetable for gradually reducing the support shall be providedthe creation and development of cycling routes and of integrated mobility services, and for the purchase of bikes; in case Member States include measures to support access to zero-emission vehicles, they shall demonstrate that the beneficiaries of such support cannot have access to other means of transport or mobility services;
Amendment 774 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) grant free access to public transport or adapted tariffs for access to public transport, as well as fostering sustainablezero- emission mobility on demand and shared mobility services, especially in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas;
Amendment 787 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Amendment 792 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
Amendment 802 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Fund shall not support, and the estimated total costs of Plans shall not include measures in the form of direct income support pursuant to Article 3(2) of this Regulation for households already benefiting:
Amendment 809 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 816 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Pass-on of benefits to households, micro- enterprises and transport users
Amendment 817 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States may include into the estimated total costs financial support provided to public or private entities other than vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-households in enterprises and vulnerable transport usesgy poverty and people facing mobility poverty, if those entities carry out measures and investments ultimately benefitting vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport userson their behalf and which ultimately directly benefit those households and people.
Amendment 824 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Member States shall provide for the necessary statutory and contractual safeguards to ensure that the entire benefit is passed on to the households, micro- enterprises and transport users. The Commission shall issue guidance on minimum principles and safeguards and promote best practices.
Amendment 830 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 20254-2027 shall be EUR 23 7at least EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 844 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period 2028-2032 shall be EUR 48 500 000 000 in current prices, subject to the availability of the amounts under the annual ceilings of the applicable multiannual financial framework referred to in Article 312 TFEUas of 2028 shall be determined during the negotiations of the next multiannual financial framework, but shall not be set at a level lower than EUR 48 500 000 000.
Amendment 857 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The amounts referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities which are required for the management of the Fund and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, consultation of stakeholders, information and communication actions, including inclusive outreach actions, and corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, insoin so far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, and all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the Fund. Expenses may also cover the costs of other supporting activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of the eligible actions.
Amendment 864 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 897 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Amendment 924 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) whether the Plan represents an adequate and effective response to the social impact on and challenges faced by vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-households in enterprises and vulnerable transport users in the Member State concerned from establishing the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/ECgy and mobility poverty in the Member State, especially households in energy poverty, duly taking into account the challenges identified in the assessments of the Commission of the update of the concerned Member State’s integrated national energy and climate plan and of its progress pursuant to Article 9(3), and Articles 13 and 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as well as in the Commission recommendations to Member States issued pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in view of the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets and the long- term objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050. This shall take into account the specific challenges and the financial allocation of the Member State concerned;
Amendment 946 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) whether the Plan contains measures and investments that contribute to the green transition, including to addressing the challenges resulting therefrom and in particular to the achievement of the 2030 and 2050 climate and energy objectives of the Union and the 2030 milestones of the Mobility Strategy.
Amendment 948 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) whether the Plan has been prepared and developed through the meaningful and inclusive participation of all relevant stakeholders in compliance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU)2018/1999 and Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060;
Amendment 949 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii b (new)
(iiib) whether the Plan contains a gender impact analysis and an explanation of how the measures and investments contained in the Plan are expected to address the gender dimension of energy poverty and mobility poverty and ensure a gender-balanced impact, while contributing to the mainstreaming of gender equality, in line with the national gender equality strategy, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 969 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) For the purpose of assessing coherence, the Commission shall take into account whether the Plan contains measures and investments that represent coherent actions.the following criteria:
Amendment 972 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point i (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point i (new)
i) whether the Plan contains measures and investments that represent coherent actions.
Amendment 973 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point ii (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point ii (new)
ii) how the measures and investments contained in the Plan interact with existing policies and financing programmes;
Amendment 974 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point iii (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point iii (new)
iii) whether the measures and investments included in the Plan deliver adequately on the potential synergies between climate, environment and social targets to meet the EU's 2030 and 2050 targets and commitments to achieve the UN sustainable development goals as well as the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 975 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point iv (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d – point iv (new)
iv) whether the measures and investments are accompanied by complementary measures required to effectively address energy poverty and mobility poverty.
Amendment 988 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Social Climate Plan, including relevant milestones and targets, is no longer achievable, either in whole or in part, by the Member State concerned because of objective circumstances, in particular because of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC, the Member State concerned may submit to the Commission an amendment of its Plan to include the necessary and duly justified changes. Member States may request technical support for the preparation of such request.
Amendment 996 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. By 15 March 2027 each Member State concerned shall assess the appropriateness of its Plans in view of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/ECobjective to eradicate energy poverty and mobility poverty, while meeting the Union energy and climate targets. Those assessments shall be submitted to the Commission as part of the biennial progress reporting pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Amendment 1004 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. After the Commission has adopted a decision as referred to in Article 16, it shall in due time conclude an agreement with the Member State concerned constituting an individual legal commitment within the meaning of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 covering the period 2025-2027. That agreement may be concluded at the earliest one year befrom the entry into force the year of the start of the aucof this Regulations under Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/ECtil 2027.
Amendment 1040 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure complementarity, synergy, coherence and consistency among different instruments at Union, national and, where appropriate, region, regional and local levels, both in the planning phase and during implementation;
Amendment 1043 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure close cooperation between those responsible for implementation and control at Union, national and, where appropriate, region, regional and local levels to achieve the objectives of the Fund.
Amendment 1049 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22 a (new)
Amendment 1056 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) detailed quantitative information as well as disaggregated data on the number of households in energy poverty and users effected by mobility poverty and changes compared to the last report using the definition proposed in their plan;
Amendment 1064 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) detailed information on the results of the measures and investments, included in its Plan, in particular as regards the emission reduction achieved and the number of people benefitting from the measures by gender and age group;
Amendment 1068 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) in 2027, an assessment of the Plan referred to in Article 17(5) in view of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/EC;
Amendment 1084 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 July 20286, the Commission shall provide the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions with an evaluation report on the implementation and functioning of the Fund until that date, taking into account in particular the results of the first reports submitted by the Member States according to Article 23.
Amendment 1094 #
2021/0206(COD)
3. The evaluation report shall, in particular, assess to which extent the objectives of the Fund laid down in Article 1 have been achieved, the efficiency of the use of the resources and the Union added value. It shall consider the continued relevance of all objectives and actions set out in Article 6 in light of the impact on greenhouse gas emissions from the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC and from the national measures taken to meet the binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council63 . It shall also consider the continued relevance of the financial envelope of the Fund in relation to possible developments concerning the auctioning of allowances under the emission trading system for buildings and road transport pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC and other relevant considerations. _________________ 63 Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and ameevolution of the situation of energy and mobility poverty across the Union as reported by Member States pursuant to Article 4a, the updated integrated national energy and climate plans submitted in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and progress towards the implementation of the objectives of the EU Pillar of Social Rights. It shall also consider the continued relevance of the financial envelope of the Fund ing Regu relation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26-42)to those developments.
Amendment 1104 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1111 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Annex I – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Amendment 1112 #
2021/0206(COD)
Amendment 1 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs highly appreciates the role of the Committee on Petitions as a bridge between the Union’s citizens, Parliament and the other EU institutions; whereas the Committee on Petitions plays a crucial part in ensuring a participatory democracy, citizens orientated parliamentary activities and citizen involvement, revealing infringements that fall within the European Union's fields of competencies and activities and which affects citizens directly, but also wrongdoing that falls out of scope of EU competences thereby revealing possible loopholes and weaknesses in EU Law that need to be tackled;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas approximately 1 % of all petitions received each year by the Committee on Petitions relate to a various disability issues; whereas social protection and employment rights,ety of problems persons with disabilities encounter every day; whereas among the reported problems social protection and inclusion, employment and workers rights, discrimination, ensuring equality, children’s' rights and protection, the use of the European Structural and Investment Funds in compliance with EU regulations and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and other issues falling within the competences of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, are among the most common disability equality concerns voiced in the petitions received by Parliament falling within the competences of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas all EU Members States ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights oft he Child making it binding for them and whereas Article 3(3) of the Treaty of the European Union establishes the objective for the EU to promote protection of Children’s rights; whereas the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights guarantees the protection of the rights of the child by the EU institutions and by EU countries when they implement EU law; whereas the European Parliament with a strong majority voted on its Resolution on a European Child Guarantee strongly asking to ensure that all children have access to inclusive education from early childhood to adolescence, including for Romani children, children with disabilities, stateless and migrant children and those living in humanitarian emergency settings;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is generally acknowledged that persons with disabilities continue to face multiple and intersectional obstacles and discrimination in everyday life and that they do not enjoy the fundamental freedoms and rights laid down in numerous EU and UN documentthe applicable EU and UN normative and legal frameworks, such as mutual recognition of disability status between Member States, access to public transport, accessibility of the built environment, use of sign languages, financing of and equal access to education and vocational training, access to personal assistance and community inclusion, equality in opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in the report on the Equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD, the European Parliament revealed the shortcomings of the Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the work-life balance for parents and carers and the repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU requires Member States to assess whether the conditions of access to and the detailed arrangements for parental, carers’ and workers leave should be adapted to the specific needs of parents in particular disadvantaged situations, such as parents with a disability, (adoptive, single, separated) parents of children with a disability or a long-term illness, or parents in particular circumstances;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas repeatedly in almost all Petitions the argument of limited competences of the EU is brought forward in the answers by the Commission to the Petitioners; whereas in 2008 the Commission presented a proposal to extend beyond employment the protection from discrimination provided by Directive 2000/78 which prohibits discrimination based on disability, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief in the areas of employment and occupation; whereas the new Directive would make the principle of equality applicable to education, to access to goods and services and to social protection, including social security and health care; whereas this proposal has not been adopted yet and has been blocked within the Council for 13 years by now, where unanimity is required for its adoption;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Member States comply with theall relevant EU and UN obligations on the rights of persons with disabilities, in particular the UN CRPD and the CRPD Committee’s General Comments to the Convention, and with the relevant EU measures and funding rules, and to provide support to them in this regard;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to assess if in the PETI Committee mentioned wrong-doing and mentioned missing competences due to a missing legal base, can be approached in future policy making and policy assessment procedures;
Amendment 117 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card will be available by the end of 2023; and calls on the Commission to grant the EU-wide Disability Card with a strong scope harmonising the status and definition of disability and making the Card mandatory for all Member States;
Amendment 126 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to undertake national disability awareness campaigns promoting the UN CRPD and the EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030, and to come up with strong ambitious inclusive national disability strategies that go beyond the minimum targets mentioned in the EU Disability Strategy and to ensure compliance with the commitments outlined in these documents;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the right and access to education for every child and to establish structures of inclusive education, face-to- face or digital when needed, from early childhood to adolescence, including for Romani children, children with disabilities, stateless and migrant children and those living in humanitarian emergency settings; and irrespectively of special circumstances such as Pandemics like COVID 19;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Council to present a strong Council Recommendation on the European Child Guarantee and calls on the Members States to bring forward multi-annual national strategies for tackling child poverty and social exclusion and Child Guarantee national action plans accordingly, that also ensure inclusive education;
Amendment 146 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to start the revision of the Employment Equality Directive as soon as possible with a view to fully harmonising it with the provisions of the UNCRPD and implementing a participatory process aimed at ensuring the direct and full involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 162 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to make use of the European Social Fund (ESF+), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the Erasmus programme, and the Just Transition Fund, which provide EU financial assistance for improving the situation of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 168 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the European Court of Auditors to assess the performance of EU programmes, with special emphasis on education and employment programmes, for example the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the European Regional Development Fund(ERDF), and Erasmus+, in a thorough manner; as they often times fail to reach out to the most deprived groups, including persons with disabilities;
Amendment 173 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Amendment 179 #
2020/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Council to unblock the negotiations on the proposed horizontal anti-discrimination directive without any further delay and move towards an agreement, thereby extending the protection to persons with disabilities in all spheres where EU and national legislation could have a positive influence on persons with disabilities;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion, and are victims of a specific form of structural racism, called anti- Gypsyism; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited; calls on local authorities and governments to single out as a priority the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS);
Amendment 51 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to safeguard inclusive equality for Roma people - with particular attention to women and girls, and persons with disabilities being victims of intersectional discrimination - in all areas of life;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Youth Employment Initiative programme has an explicit focus on young Roma people, especially Roma women, accompanied by effective active outreach measures through Roma and pro-Roma NGOs;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that mainstream programmes, including those covered by the Structural Funds, actively reach out to the Roma, and their outreach is regularly monitored with the involvement of Roma and pro-Roma NGOs;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the fact that the Racial Equality Directive6 provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment with regard to access to and supply of goods and services, including housing, which is primarily within the remit of national and regional governments; expresses its deep concern that Member States continue to violate the housing rights of Roma, who often live in segregated settlements characterised by substandard living conditions, including the lack of public utilities, poor sanitation, the exposure to environmental hazards, and by the complete lack of public services, including education, healthcare and employment opportunities, roads and transport links, which result in Roma people’s compromised health, deep poverty and social exclusion; _________________ 6 Article 3(1)(h) of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
Amendment 129 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design and, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of housing projects, to reduce and prevent forced evictions and to provide sufficient and appropriate halting sites for non- sedentary Roma; emphasises the urgent need for public investments in this regard also due to the dangers of the COVID-19 epidemic, and urges the Commission and the Member States to utilize the planned Just Transition Fund for improving the housing-, health- and employment-related situation of the Roma;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Acknowledges that specific funding priority for Roma was introduced in the Common Provisions Regulation7 and that country-specific recommendations related to Roma integratclusion became a requirement for granting funds for its promotion; calls on the Member States and the Commission to guarantee that these changes will result in specific projects for the benefit of Roma on the ground8 . _________________ 7 Annex XI on ex ante conditionalities, Part I: Thematic ex ante conditionalities, Investment Priority 9.2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320. 8Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Revisiting the EU Roma Framework: Assessing the European Dimension for the Post-2020 Future, Open Society Institute, June 2017, p.17.
Amendment 118 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Given that under the NIS 2 Directive entities identified as critical entities, as well as identified entities in the digital infrastructure sector that are to be treated as equivalent under the present Directive are subject to the cybersecurity requirements of the NIS 2 Directive, the competent authorities designated under the two Directives should cooperate, particularly in relation to cybersecurity risks and incidents affecting those entities. Member States should pay particular attention when transposing this Directive and the NIS 2 Directive in order to ensure that the obligations imposed by each instrument are complementary and that entities can benefit from simplified enforcement conditions and reporting obligations.
Amendment 119 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Member States should support critical entities in strengthening their resilience, in compliance with their obligations under this Directive, without prejudice to the entities’ own legal responsibility to ensure such compliance. Member States could in particular develop guidance materials and methodologies, and should support the organisation of exercises to test their resilience and provide training to personnel of critical entities. Moreover, given the interdependencies between entities and sectors, Member States should establish information sharing tools to support voluntary information sharing between critical entities, without prejudice to the application of competition rules laid down in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 127 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to matters covered by Directive (EU) XX/YY [proposed Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union; (‘NIS 2 Directive’)], without prejudice to Article 7. A coherent approach shall be ensured between these acts, such as by ensuring that entities under NIS 2 susceptible to being subject to obligations under this Directive, where possible, benefit from a single point of contact and a common set of rules.
Amendment 151 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. For the purposes of Chapter IV, Member States shall ensure that critical entities, following the notification referred in paragraph 3, provide information to their competent authorities designated pursuant to Article 8 of this Directive on whether they provide essential services to or in more than one thirdfifth of Member States. Where that is so, the Member State concerned shall notify, without undue delay, to the Commission the identity of those critical entities.
Amendment 171 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that critical entities may submit requests for background checks on persons who fall within certain specific categories of their personnel, including persons being considered for recruitment to positions falling within those categories, and that those requests are assessed expeditiously by the authorities competent to carry out such background checks. Those persons shall be informed in advance about the checks, including general information about how, when and by whom the checks will be carried out.
Amendment 172 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) in exceptional cases, when deemed necessary by Member States, cover previous employments, education and any gaps in education or employment in the person’s resume during at least the preceding five years and for a maximum of ten maximum of the ten preceding years.
Amendment 173 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The background checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall fully respect the requirements under Union and national law. The results communicated to the entity should be limited to what is strictly necessary to achieve the aims of the background check.
Amendment 177 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the number of individual and business users affected by the disruption or potential disruption;
Amendment 181 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) any impact on human life or the environment.
Amendment 184 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. An entity shall be considered a critical entity of particular European significance when it has been identified as a critical entity and it provides essential services to or in more than one thirdfifth of Member States and has been notified as such to the Commission pursuant to Article 5(1) and (6), respectively.
Amendment 197 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
(ha) publishing relevant findings from its work, to facilitate academic and security research.
Amendment 10 #
2020/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Member States have been affected by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in an unprecedented manner. The crisis has led to severe economic and social consequences dramatically worsening the situation of people experiencing or at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and endangering the life of persons affected by deep poverty and material deprivation. This has created an exceptional situation which needs to be addressed with specific measures in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 16 #
2020/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to redress huge shocks to the society and the economy and serious impacts on the functioning of the European Social Model and the Single Market due to exceptional restrictions put in place by Member States to contain the COVID-19 spreading, the European Council endorsed on 23 April 2020 the “Roadmap for recovery” with a strong investment component, called for the establishment of the [European Recovery Instrument ] and mandated the Commission to analyse the needs so that the resources are targeted towards the sectors and geographical parts of Europe most affected, while clarifying also the link with the MFF.
Amendment 17 #
2020/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Commission issued a proposal for a Regulation11 amending Council Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1311/201312 on 27 May 2020 and unlocked additional resources to support Member States in crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing the social, resilient and sustainable recovery of the economy. As part of this package, an additional exceptional amount of EUR 58 272 800 000 for budgetary commitment from the Structural Funds under the Investment for growth and jobs goal, for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 is made available for this purpose, with a view to deploying them quickly for the real economy through the existing structures for the 2014-2020 cohesion policy programmes. The Commission should set out the breakdown of the additional resources for each Member State on the basis of an allocation method based on the latest available objective statistical data, including equality data, concerning Member States’ relative prosperity and the nature and the extent of the effect of the current crisis on their economies and their society, especially on the most deprived, including homeless people and people living in institutions, who are traditionally not reached by Member State statistical offices. For this reason, NGOs and local authorities working in the field of poverty and social exclusion and in the provision of services to the most deprived should be involved in the collection of relevant data. In order to reflect the evolving nature of the effects of the crisis, the breakdown should be revised in 2021 on the basis of the same allocation method using the latest statistical data available by 19 October 2021. In order to provide for an effective response to the social impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the most deprived, it is appropriate that the additional resources may be allocated by Member States to the FEAD, in accordance with their needs. In doing so, Member States should pay due attention to the increases in the number of the most deprived since the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, it is necessary to establish ceilings concerning the allocation of the increased resources to technical assistance of the Member State. Taking account of the expected quick spending of the additional resources, the commitments linked to these additional resources should also be decommitted at the closure of the programmes. Possibilities for financial transfers under the Investment for Growth and Jobs goal betweenfrom the ERDF, to the ESF and the FEAD are also introduced for the additional resources. Taking into account the vital role of the ESF in eradicating poverty and fighting social exclusion, the ESF share should not be decreased below the current legal obligation of 23,1%. __________________ 11 COM(2020) 446. 12 Council Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014- 2020 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884).
Amendment 20 #
2020/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Due to the feminisation of poverty resulting in a higher incidence and more severe poverty of women than men, the gender aspects should be taken into account during the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of FEAD.
Amendment 21 #
2020/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) Due to the inextricable link between discrimination and poverty, and in accordance with Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, any discrimination based on any ground 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 is prohibited in the implementation of FEAD.
Amendment 23 #
2020/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure that Member States have sufficient financial means to swiftly implement crisis repair actions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare the social, resilient and sustainable recovery of the economy and the society, it is necessary to provide a higher level of pre-financing payment as early as possible for the quick implementation of actions supported by the additional resources. The magnitude of the pre-financing should ensure that Member States have the means to arrange for advance payments to beneficiaries where necessary and to reimburse beneficiaries quickly following the submission of payment claims. In order to ensure an immediate relief for beneficiaries, Member States should commit to taking all necessary steps to launch the advance payments as fast as possible.
Amendment 27 #
2020/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to respond to the impact of the public health and the socio- economic crisis on the most deprived, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of the proposed action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve this objective.
Amendment 28 #
2020/0105(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In view of the COVID-19 pandemic and the urgency to address the associated public health and socio-economic crisis, it is considered necessary to use the exception to the eight- week period referred to in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Amendment 11 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards exceptional additional resources and implementing arrangements under the Investment for growth and jobs goal to provide assistance for fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy (REACT-EU)
Amendment 12 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Member States have been affected by the crisis due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in an unprecedented manner. The crisis hamperss exacerbated the situation of people experiencing or at risk of poverty, deepened social cleavages, increased job losses and inequalities, and has hampered growth in Member States, which in turn aggravates the serious liquidity shortages due to the sudden and important increase in public investments needed in their health systems and other sectors of their economies. This has created an exceptional situation which needs to be addressed with specific measures.
Amendment 19 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) An additional exceptional amount of EUR 58 272 800 000 (in current prices) for budgetary commitment from the Structural Funds under the Investment for growth and jobs goal, for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 should be made available to support Member States and regions most impacted in crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic or preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy, with a view to deploying resources quickly to the real economy through the existing operational programmes. Resources for 2020 stem from an increase in the resources available for economic, social and territorial cohesion in the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 whereas resources for 2021 and 2022 stem from the European Union Recovery Instrument. Part of the additional resources should be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. The Commission should set out the breakdown of the remaining additional resources for each Member State on the basis of an allocation method based on the latest available objective statistical data concerning Member States’ relative prosperity and statistical data, including equality data, on the extent of the effect of the current crisis on their economies and societies, with special focus on the most deprived, such as homeless people and people living in segregated institutions, who are traditionally not reached by Member State statistical offices; to this end, data should be collected with the involvement of non-governmental organisations working in the field of poverty and social exclusion. The allocation method should include a dedicated additional amount for the outermost regions given the specific vulnerability of their economies and societies. In order to reflect the evolving nature of the effects of the crisis, the breakdown should be revised in 2021 on the basis of the same allocation method using the latest statistical and equality data available by 19 October 2021 to distribute the 2022 tranche of the additional resources.
Amendment 28 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to allow maximumsufficient flexibility to Member States for tailoring crisis repair actions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic or preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy, allocations should be established by the Commission at Member State level. Furthermore, the possibility for using any additional resources to support aid for the most deprived should also be provided for. In addition, it is necessary to establish ceilings concerning the allocation to technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States while allowing maximumsufficient flexibility to the Member States as to its allocation within operational programmes supported by the ERDF or the ESF. It should be clarified that there is no need to respect the ESF minimum share for the additional resources. Taking account of the expected quick spending of the additional resources, the commitments linked to those additional resources should only be decommitted at the closure of the operational programmes.
Amendment 30 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Possibilities for financial transfers under the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal betweenfrom the ERDF andto the ESF should also be introduced for the additional resources, as is already the case for the part of the global resources available for programming in 2020 in accordance with Article 25a of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. Such transfers should affect neither the resources available under the European territorial cooperation goal nor the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative.
Amendment 32 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to complement the actions already available under the scope of support of the ERDF, as extended by Regulations (EU) 2020/460 and (EU) 2020/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council5, Member States should continue to be allowed to use the additional resources primarily for investments in products and services for health services for all, for providing support in the form of working capital or investment support to SMEs, in operations contributing to the transition towards a digital and green economy, infrastructure providing non- discriminatory basic services to citizenspeople or economic support measures for those regions most dependent on sectors most affected by the crisis. Technical assistance should also be supported. It is appropriate that the additional resources are focused exclusively under the new thematic objective “Fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy”, which should also constitute a single investment priority, to allow for simplified programming and implementation of the additional resources. __________________ 5 Regulation (EU) 2020/460 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 March 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013 and (EU) No 508/2014 as regards specific measures to mobilise investments in the healthcare systems of Member States and in other sectors of their economies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak (Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative) (OJ L99, 31.3.2020, p. 5); Regulation (EU) 2020/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 1301/2013 and (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards specific measures to provide exceptional flexibility for the use of the European Structural and Investments Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, (OJ L 130, 23.4.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 36 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) For the ESF, Member States should primarily use the additional resources to support social inclusion and poverty eradication, with a particular focus on child poverty, job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes providing a living income above the poverty threshold and support to self- employed, job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, support to youth employment measures, inclusive education and training, skills development and to enhance access to universal, inclusive, accessible and high-quality services, including healthcare and social services of general interest, including for children. It should be clarified that in the present exceptional circumstances support to short-time work schemes for employees and the self- employed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic can be provided even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. Union support to those short-time work schemes should be limited in time.
Amendment 44 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure that Member States have sufficient financial means to swiftly implement crisis repair actions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy, it is necessary to provide a higher level of initial pre- financing payment for the quick implementation of actions supported by the additional resources. The initial pre- financing to be paid should ensure that Member States have the means to arrange for advance payments to beneficiaries where necessary and to reimburse beneficiaries quickly following the submission of payment claims.
Amendment 45 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Member States should have the flexibility to allocate the additional resources to new dedicated operational programmes or new priority axes within existing programmes. In order to allow quick implementation, only already designated authorities of existing operational programmes supported by the ERDF, the ESF, or the Cohesion Fund are allowed to be identified for new dedicated operational programmes. An ex ante evaluation by the Member States should not be required and the elements required for the submission of the operational programme to the Commission’s approval should be limited. However, REACT-EU should not support any action that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion or provides an income below the Member States' poverty threshold. The gender aspects should be taken into account in all programmes implemented, throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Moreover, REACT-EU should comply with Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union that stipulates that any discrimination based on any ground 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 is prohibited.
Amendment 47 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) With a view to alleviating the burden on public budgets regarding crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy, Member States should be given the exceptional possibility to request a co- financing rate of up to 100 % to be applied to the separate priority axes of operational programmes providing support from the additional resources.
Amendment 49 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to enable Member States to deploy the additional resources for crisis repair quickly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy within the current programming period, it is justified to exempt, on an exceptional basis, Member States from the need to comply with ex ante conditionalities and requirements on the performance reserve and application of the performance framework, on thematic concentration, also in relation to the thresholds established for sustainable urban development for the ERDF, and requirements on preparation of a communication strategy for the additional resources. It is nevertheless necessary that Member States carry out at least one evaluation by 31 December 2024 to assess the inclusiveness, effectiveness, efficiency and impact of the additional resources as well as how they contributed to achieving the goals of the new dedicated thematic objective. To facilitate the availability of comparable information at Union level, Member States are encouraged to make use of the programme-specific indicators made available by the Commission. In addition, while carrying out their responsibilities linked to information, communication and visibility, Member States and managing authorities should enhance the visibility of the exceptional measures and resources introduced by the Union, in particular by ensuring that potential beneficiaries, beneficiaries, participants, final recipients of financial instruments and the general public are aware of the existence, volume and additional support stemming from the additional resources.
Amendment 50 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) With a view to allow the targeting of these additional resources to the geographic areas where they are most needed, as an exceptional measure and without prejudice to the general rules for allocating Structural Funds resources, the additional resources allocated to the ERDF and the ESF are not to be broken down per category of region. However, Member States are expected to take into account the different regional needs and development levels in order to ensure that focus is maintained on less developed regions, in accordance with the objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion set out in Article 173 TFEU. Member States should also involve local and regional authorities, as well as relevant bodies representing civil society, including non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and bodies working in the field of poverty, social inclusion, gender equality and non- discrimination, and social partners in accordance with the partnership principles.
Amendment 54 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) An additional exceptional amount of EUR 58 272 800 000 (in current prices) for budgetary commitment from the Structural Funds under the Investment for growth and jobs goal, for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 should be made available to support Member States and regions most impacted in crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic orand in particular its social impacts, and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy, with respect to the “Do no harm principle” and with a view to deploying resources quickly to the real economy through the existing operational programmes. Resources for 2020 stem from an increase in the resources available for economic, social and territorial cohesion in the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 whereas resources for 2021 and 2022 stem from the European Union Recovery Instrument. Part of the additional resources should be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. The Commission should set out the breakdown of the remaining additional resources for each Member State on the basis of an allocation method based on the latest available objective statistical data concerning Member States’ relative prosperity and the extent of the effect of the current crisis on their economies and societies. The allocation method should include a dedicated additional amount for the outermost regions given the specific vulnerability of their economies and societies with a special focus on the most deprived, such as homeless people and people living in segregated institutions, who are traditionally not reached by Member State statistical offices; to this end, data should be collected with the involvement of non-governmental organisations working in the field of poverty and social exclusion. In order to reflect the evolving nature of the effects of the crisis, the breakdown should be revised in 2021 on the basis of the same allocation method using the latest statistical data available by 19 October 2021 to distribute the 2022 tranche of the additional resources.
Amendment 58 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – title
Article 92b – title
Exceptional additional resources and implementing arrangements for the Investment for growth and jobs goal to provide assistance for fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy (REACT-EU)
Amendment 59 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 1
Article 92b – paragraph 1
1. The additional resources referred to in Articles 91(1a) and 92a (‘the additional resources’) shall be made available under the Investment for growth and jobs goal to provide assistance for fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy (REACT-EU). The additional resources shall be used to implement technical assistance pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Article and the operations implementing the thematic objective in paragraph 10 of this Article.
Amendment 65 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 6
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 6
Each Member State shall allocate the additional resources available for programming under the ERDF and the ESF to operational programmes. The ESF share shall not be decreased below the current legal obligation of 23, 1 %.
Amendment 69 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 8
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 8
Following their initial allocation, the additional resources may, at the request of a Member State for amendment of an operational programme pursuant to Article 30(1), be transferred between the ERDF and the ESF, irrespective of the percentages referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 92(1) as long as the ESF share does not decrease below 23, 1 %.
Amendment 70 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 11
Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 11
Amendment 73 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
8. The additional resources not allocated to technical assistance shall be used under the thematic objective set out in paragraph 10 to support operations fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic or preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy.
Amendment 75 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
For the ERDF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support investment in products and services for health services for all, to provide support in the form of working capital or investment support to SMEs, investments contributing to the transition towards a digital and green economy, investments in infrastructure providing non- discriminatory basic services to citizenspeople, and economic measures in the regions which are most dependent on sectors most affected by the crisis.
Amendment 77 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
For the ESF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemessocial inclusion and poverty eradication, with a particular focus on child poverty, job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes providing for an income above the Member States' poverty threshold and support to self- employed, even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. The additional resources shall also support job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, youth employment measures, inclusive education and training, skills development, in particular to support the twin green and digital transitions, and to enhance access to universal, inclusive, accessible and high-quality services including healthcare and social services of general interest, including for children.
Amendment 84 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 92b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
9. With the exception of technical assistance referred to in paragraph 6 and of the additional resources used for the FEAD referred to in the seventh subparagraph of paragraph 5, the additional resources shall support operations under the new thematic objective “Fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy”, complementing the thematic objectives set out in Article 9.
Amendment 87 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 6
Article 92b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 6
By way of derogation from Article 30(1), requests for the amendment of a programme submitted by a Member State shall be duly justified and shall in particular set out expected impact of the changes to the programme on fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID- 19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy. They shall be accompanied by the revised programme.
Amendment 89 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2
Article 92b – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from Article 96(2)(a), where such a new operational programme is established, the justification shall set out the expected impact of the operational programme on fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital, inclusive and resilient recovery of the society and the economy.
Amendment 93 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2
Article 92b – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2
By way of derogation from Article 56(3) and 114(2), the Member States shall ensure that by 31 December 2024 at least one evaluation on the use of the additional resources is carried out to assess their inclusiveness, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and how they contributed to the thematic objective referred to in paragraph 10 of this Article.
Amendment 94 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 11 a (new)
Article 92b – paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. All programmes implemented under REACT-EU shall ensure gender equality throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also ensure equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on 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, sexual orientation, thereby enhancing social inclusion and reducing inequalities.
Amendment 108 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Member States should have the flexibility to allocate the additional resources to new dedicated operational programmes or new priority axes within existing programmes. The resources should be primarily allocated to regional programmes, where such programmes are in place, in accordance to the objective to target the worst hit regions set out in recital 5. In order to allow quick implementation, only already designated authorities of existing operational programmes supported by the ERDF, the ESF, or the Cohesion Fund are allowed to be identified for new dedicated operational programmes. An ex ante evaluation by the Member States should not be required and the elements required for the submission of the operational programme to the Commission’s approval should be limited. However, REACT-EU should not support any action that contributes to segregation or to social exclusion or provides an income below the Member States' poverty threshold. Gender aspects should be taken into account in all programmes implemented, throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Moreover, REACT-EU should comply with Article 21 of the Charter, which stipulates that any discrimination based on any ground 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, is prohibited.
Amendment 126 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) With a view to allow the targeting of these additional resources to the geographic areas where they are most needed, as an exceptional measure and without prejudice to the general rules for allocating Structural Funds resources, the additional resources allocated to the ERDF and the ESF are not to be broken down per category of region. However, Member States are expected to take into account the different regional needs and development levels in order to ensure that focus is maintained on less developed regions, in accordance with the objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion set out in Article 173 TFEU and on the regions and local communities most affected by COVID-19. Member States should also involve local and regional authorities, as well as relevant bodies representing civil society, in accordance withand in particular bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, gender equality and non-discrimination, as well as social partners, in full respect of the partnership principles.
Amendment 231 #
2020/0101(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 92 b – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
All programmes implemented under REACT-EU shall ensure gender equality throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. They shall also ensure equal opportunities for all, without discrimination based on 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, sexual orientation, thereby enhancing social inclusion and reducing inequalities.
Amendment 279 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 341 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In accordance with paragraph 1, the JTF shall support social investments, including those supporting the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, ensuring the participation and accessibility of persons with disabilities and the most deprived persons, in particular through: (a) microfinance, social enterprise finance and social economy; (b) social infrastructure; (c) facilities for education and training, including early childhood education and care, educational facilities, student housing and digital equipment; (d) social housing and housing first solutions for people at risk or experiencing homelessness; (e) health and long-term care, including clinics, hospitals, primary care, home services and community-based care; (f) social innovation, including innovative social solutions and schemes aiming to promote social impacts and outcomes in the areas related thereto; (g) cultural and heritage activities with a social goal; (h) infrastructure for local communities such as community and volunteer centres (i) innovative health solutions, including health services and new care models.
Amendment 345 #
2020/0006(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In accordance with paragraph 1, the JTF shall support the following investments geared towards workers and job seekers: (a) upskilling and reskilling not only of workers but also persons outside and the furthest from the labour market, particularly those with under-exploited or low educational levels and having unequal access to traditional education and training opportunities, with the aim of bridging the skills gap necessary for the just transition to a green and resource- efficient society; (b) active labour market and skills policies targeted towards future-oriented sectors and employment, as well as personalised and people-centred job-search assistance to jobseekers; (c) income support measures for workers in transition between work, training, self- employment or retirement; (d) active inclusion of jobseekers; ensuring equal access and active outreach to persons furthest from the labour market, such as homeless people, and gender equality.
Amendment 41 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to the study of the European Parliament Policy Department C of 2016 on European Structural and Investment Funds and people with disabilities in the European Union,
Amendment 49 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 22 a (new)
- having regard to the European Ombudsman’s strategic inquiries into how the European Commission ensures that persons with disabilities can access its websites (OI/6/2017/EA), how the European Commission treats persons with disabilities under the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme for EU staff(OI/4/2016/EA), and the Decision in the joint inquiry in cases 1337/2017/EA and1338/2017/EA on the accessibility for visually impaired candidates of selection procedures to recruit EU civil servants, organised by the European Personnel Selection Office,
Amendment 51 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 23 a (new)
- having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 56 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 26 a (new)
- having regard to the reports and recommendations of representative organisations of persons with disabilities,
Amendment 69 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the persons with disabilities are still deprived of their basic human rights;
Amendment 118 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital H
H. whereas the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (the present Strategy) has served as a framework for policy proposals to implement the UNCRPD both within and outside of the EU;
Amendment 122 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the present Strategy has not been coordinated with the Europe 2020 strategy, the European Semester process and with the EU funds and programmes;
Amendment 123 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the present Strategy has not been adaptable to emerging policy areas, e.g. it has not been aligned with the Agenda 2030, which the EU and all its Member States are committed to implementing, nor with the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 126 #
Amendment 128 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas the present Strategy does not address the Concluding Observations (CO) of the UNCRPD Committee to the EU;
Amendment 129 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital I c (new)
I c. whereas the present Strategy has a general approach and thereby has failed to recognise the diversity of disabilities, what barriers they pose to the persons living with them, what needs they create and what support they demand;
Amendment 130 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital I d (new)
I d. whereas the present Strategy fails to address the specific situation, forms of discrimination and rights deprivations of women and girls with disabilities;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital I e (new)
I e. whereas there has been a lack of mainstreaming of the rights of persons with disabilities in a large number of EU policy areas;
Amendment 152 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Calls on the Commission to continue the work by upscaling the present Strategy and proposeing a comprehensive, ambitious and long-term post-2020 European Disability Rights Strategy (the post-2020 Strategy)
Amendment 173 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
- reflecting the diversity of persons with disabilities including through targeted actions,
Amendment 179 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
- addressing the specific challenges of persons with disabilities being victims of intersectional discrimination,
Amendment 189 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
- mainstreaming the rights of the childrenpersons with disabilities into all areas,
Amendment 198 #
Amendment 201 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new)
- safeguarding gender mainstreaming and placing specific attention to the multiple forms of discrimination and rights violations faced by women and girls with disabilities,
Amendment 208 #
Amendment 249 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to prepare the post-2020 Strategy with the close and systematic involvement of persons with disabilities and of their representative family members or organisations, and to ensure their accessible and meaningful participation in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the post-2020 Strategy also through funding their capacity-builthe provision of capacity-building and sustainable funding;
Amendment 273 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for continuous monitoring of the implementation of the UNCRPD; calls for the collection - with legally established safeguards - of robust, disaggregated, comparable data on the situation of persons with disabilit data broken down by type of disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, ethnic origin, asylum or migrant status, relevant to the monitoring of progress in the implementation of the UNCRPD and relevant to addressing the barriers to facilitate proper monitoring of progresfaced by persons with disabilities in exercising their rights; urges the Commission to provide adequate resources to the EU CRPD Framework to enable it to perform its functions independently and adequately;
Amendment 294 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission expert Task Force under the supervision of Commissioner Dalli to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilities in all the relevant EU laws, decisions, policies and programmes, including in its gender equality policy, with a special attention placed on the fight against violence, and in its foreign policy; reminds the Commission to also monitor this inside the EU institutions;
Amendment 307 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 320 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the UNCRPD-compliant use of EU funds and to ensure that EU funds will not contribute to the construction or refurbishment of institutional care settingsegregation or to social exclusion in any fields, and safeguard that EU-funded opportunities actively reach out to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 339 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Court of Auditors to examine if EU-funded opportunities reach persons with disabilities equally;
Amendment 341 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Commission to include a section in the post-2020 Strategy on European Union institutions as public administrations to ensure that they comply with the UN CRPD in all respects, which includes making available the necessary resources, coordination mechanisms, internal policies, accessible infrastructure such as buildings, communications (including in sign language and Braille), websites and ICT applications, as well as positive actions and anti-discrimination safeguards that are necessary for the successful implementation of the post-2020 Strategy and of the CRPD both in the EU at large as well as within the EU institutions and agencies;
Amendment 368 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive campaign in accessible format to raise awareness of the UN CRPD among the persons with disabilities, the duty-bearers and the society in general;
Amendment 435 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to contribute to the adoption ofCouncil to adopt the proposed horizontal anti-discrimination directive thereby extending protection to persons with disabilities outside the area of employment;
Amendment 465 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 13
13. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and the Council., the Council, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and candidate countries, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, the Court of Auditors, the Committee of the Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee, for distribution to subnational parliaments and councils, the Council of Europe, and the United Nations;
Amendment 8 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 25 October 2017 on the fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism,
Amendment 16 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the employment rate of people aged 20-64 reached 73.9 % in the EU in the second quarter of 2019, and 72.7 % in the euro area; whereas the employment rate of deprived social groups, such as persons with disabilities, the homeless, and the Roma, is significantly lower;
Amendment 70 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas more than one European in five is at risk of poverty and social exclusion and 6% of the population lives in severe material deprivation;
Amendment 80 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas countries that were hit hardest by the financial crisis also had to conduct the toughest cuts to potentially growth-enhancing public expenditure; whereas social cuts have detrimental effects on vulnerabledeprived people and hamper economic growth;
Amendment 161 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the limited intergenerational social mobility and increased income inequality compared to pre-crisis levels; calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle income inequalities; stresses that tax and benefit systems must be designed in a way to reduce inequalities, fight discrimination and promote fairness;
Amendment 223 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an integrated response to tackle the lack of affordable housing, poor housing conditions, non-accessible housing, housing exclusion and homelessness, to stop investing into segregated residential institutions and to perform prompt deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 228 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 260 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve work-life balance and gender equality and to ensure equal pay for equal work at the same place; calls for more efforts to close the gender pay and pensions gaps, and to tackle disincentives for women to work; calls for accessible and affordablfree quality childcare and early education services, as well as care services for those reliant on care, including persons with disabilities and the elderly;
Amendment 289 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts towards the further inclusion of people with disabilities in the open labour market by removing barriersprohibiting discrimination against them, removing barriers, ensuring that reasonable accommodation is provided to persons with disabilities in the workplace and creating incentives towards employers for their employment;
Amendment 332 #
2019/2212(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that decisive support is needed for society, workers and businesses to face the challenges of climate change and the transition to carbon neutrality; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate and equitable social and environmental investment for a true ‘just transition’, the implementation of the EPSR and the achievement of the SDGs, by exempting social spending from the euro area fiscal rules and thereby allowing more investment in human capital, skills and health;
Amendment 1 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), and its entry into force in the European Union on 21 January 2011, in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 on the conclusion, by the European Community, of the UN CRPD1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 23, 27.1.2010, p. 35.
Amendment 2 #
Amendment 4 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation2a,, __________________ 2a OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16.
Amendment 5 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 8 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies,
Amendment 12 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities3a, __________________ 3a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0484.
Amendment 13 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 c (new)
Citation 14 c (new)
- having regard to the Gender Equality Index of the European Institute on Gender Equality,
Amendment 16 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 f (new)
Citation 14 f (new)
Amendment 17 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the reports of the European Anti-Poverty Network, and the relevant reports of the European Disability Forum and European Roma Grassroots Organisations (ERGO) Network,
Amendment 68 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU has clearly missed its target set by the Europe 2020 Strategy of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty by 20 million by 20209 ; __________________ 9Francesca Pepé and Gaia Teresa Sartori Pallotta, Fostering access to services to support people to move out of poverty, Report on poverty and inequalities in Europe, Brussels, November 2019, p. 7 and p. 13 et seq., and COM (2010) 2020 final, 3.3.2010.
Amendment 97 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas homelessness is increasing everywhere, with the exception of Finland, and around 700 000 people are homeless each night in the EU, 70% more than a decade ago14; __________________ 14 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/ag enda/briefing/2020-01-13/11/housing- urgent-action-needed-to-address- homelessness-in-europe
Amendment 98 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Amendment 100 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas 80% of Roma and their children live with an income below the respective national at risk-of-poverty threshold6a regardless of whether they are in employment or not; whereas employment has not proven to be a failsafe route out of poverty yet; __________________ 6a https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2016-eu-minorities-survey- roma-selected-findings_en.pdf
Amendment 111 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the number of people living in poverty, also while working, is expected to increase significantly due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic7a; __________________ 7a https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/pover ty/brief/projected-poverty-impacts-of- COVID-19
Amendment 139 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the proportion of workers living in a household at risk of poverty rose from 8% to 9.4% within ten years – this corresponds to 20.5 million people18; whereas those working part-time and with temporary contracts are more exposed to such risk, i.e. in 2018, 16.2% of the employees with a temporary contract were at risk of poverty, compared to 6.1% of those with a permanent contract; __________________ 18 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 89&furtherNews=yes&langId=en&newsId =9378
Amendment 153 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas only 20,7% of women with disabilities and 28,6% of men with disabilities are in full-time employment 7a; whereas persons with disabilities are systematically denied their right to work in the open labour market and are employed in sheltered workshops where they often do not have employee status, neither labour rights, nor a guaranteed minimum wage 8a; whereas this is effectively a violation of both the UNCRPD and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; __________________ 7a Gender Equality Index 2019 8a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/ 2014_2019/documents/empl/dv/empl2014 1120-wss-people-disabilities- /empl20141120-wss-people-disabilities- en.pdf
Amendment 159 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P d (new)
Recital P d (new)
Pd. whereas precarious employment affects some groups significantly more than others, with some populations, such as the Roma, being overrepresented in atypical, unstable and low-paid work;
Amendment 173 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas unemployment, precarious and atypical employment rose sharply during the 2008 financial crisis, and in the COVID-19 crisis the focus is also on social issues with job losses, short-time work, threats to economic survival, e.g. in small craft industries; whereas the middle class is shrinking, the gap between rich and poor is widening and the disparities within and between Member States are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis; and whereas some groups, such as the Roma, have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic and containments measures 9a; __________________ 9ahttp://ergonetwork.org/2020/04/eu- recovery-plan-the-case-of-roma/
Amendment 193 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reminds the Commission and the Member States to achieve the goal of comparable living conditions through upward convergence and to counter the increasing inequality and de-solidarisation within and between Member States through appropriate measures, such as the strengthening of collective systems and a coordinated approach to minimum security systems for all age groups, an adequate minimum income, minimum living wages and minimum pensions;
Amendment 213 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to present an EU framework directive on minimum income as well as on national basic security systems;
Amendment 216 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, on the basis of their obligations under the ILO Conventions, the revised European Social Charter and, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the SDGs, to promote collective bargaining, as well as the right to associate, negotiate and conclude collective agreements, and to respect and enforce the right to fair minimum wages; calls on Member States to safeguard that persons with disabilities are able to exercise their labour and trade union rights on an equal basis with others;
Amendment 234 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds the Commission and the Member States of their obligation to fight discrimination in the field of employment and occupation10a, and to provide equal opportunities to all groups of society, including persons with disabilities 11a; __________________ 10aIn line with Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation 11a In line with UN CRPD, article 24.
Amendment 247 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to promptly propose a legally binding instrument to ensure that every worker in the Union receives a fair minimum wage21 ; requests that the Commission goes beyond a minimum wage and aims for a living wage enabling families and individuals to pay their expenses with their salary, get out of poverty and participate as equals in society; recalls that a living wage, other than a minimum wage, also bears the potential of lifting children out of poverty, so that they have real prospects for a better, dignified life; calls also for this plan to ensure, through legislation or collective agreements, that nobody is at risk of poverty and that everyone can live from their work and participate in society; underlines that the floor should be at least 60% of the national gross median wage and that a mechanism should be included so no Member State should step back on existing standards and legislation; stresses that if this is too low to live on in relation to standards in a given country, an additional mechanism based on objective criteria should be used to calculate a supplement that ensures a decent life; calls on all EU Member States to commit themselves to setting national minimum wages above the poverty threshold so that every worker receives a living wage; calls on Member States to involve several actors in setting and adjusting with time the living wage, including beyond social partners also NGOs working in the field of housing, since housing is one of the biggest costs for all, NGOs working in the field of poverty, and equality bodies, that have first-hand experience in the field of employment-related wage discrimination; __________________ 21 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta- political/files/political-guidelines-next- commission_de.pdfhttps://ec.europa.eu/co mmission/sites/beta-political/files/political- guidelines-next-commission_en.pdf
Amendment 267 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure mandatory minimum working conditions for all workers and full and equal access to all social protection schemes, in particular for those employed in atypical and precarious work or the bogus self-employed, either by improving existing directives or through new legal acts, and to ban zero-hour contracts;
Amendment 272 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on Member States to ensure the provision of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities in the workplace1; ___________________ 1 the provision of reasonable accommodation is an obligation under EU’s Employment Equality Directive and article 5 of the UN CRPD
Amendment 274 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat strategies adding to in-work poverty, such as undeclared overtime, unreliable or unpredictable working time planning by the employer, zero hour contracts, grey and undeclared economy; recalls that health and safety at the workplace is the employers’ responsibility and that job- related training must happen during working hours;
Amendment 285 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the Commission’s discussion to adopt a legislation on pay transparency to address the gender pay gap and ensure equality between women and men, and further calls on the Commission to also address the disability pay gap that increases the risk of poverty of workers with disabilities;
Amendment 286 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that persons with disabilities are provided the necessary skills to gain employment in the open labour market and that all forms of employment are bound by legal frameworks covering social security, minimum wages and non-discrimination;
Amendment 292 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States, when implementing the work-life-balance Directive22 , to ensure that access to childcare in general and in particular for single parents and parents of children with disabilities is secured so that they are not pushed into precarious and low-paid work; __________________ 22Directive (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 299 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for compliance with the rules on equality and anti-discrimination, particularly with regard to wages, and to combatting gender and ethnic pay gap;
Amendment 315 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat evictions and to ensure access to decent, affordable, accessible, energy-efficient and healthy housing for all and to do more to promote affordable public housing;
Amendment 316 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Given the links between in-work poverty and homelessness, calls on the Commission to propose an EU Framework for National Homelessness Strategies and calls on Member States to take urgent measures to prevent and tackle homelessness;
Amendment 324 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to target atypical and precarious employment groups in the labour markets and to take measures to counteract this form of employment; reminds Member States not to make the access to employment and related support measures by public employment services subject to punitive conditionality for its effect of pushing people into precarious and atypical employment;
Amendment 327 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the guidelines on the protection of seasonal workers presented by the Commission on July 16, 2020; calls on the Council to adopt ambitious Council conclusions on seasonal workers;
Amendment 403 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that imbalances must not be exacerbated and that the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis must not be borne by workers or the poor through austerity measures or through the European Semester; insists that measures to combat poverty, including through the EU Recovery plans and packages, and in-work poverty are particularly necessary;
Amendment 409 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to pay particular attention to the economic impact of short-time work and layoffs and the social impact on people living precariously; to this end, calls on the Commission and Member States to protect workers and ensure adequate income for all, including by providing financial support to keep people in their jobs and guaranteed income support to self- employed or those in atypical work who are losing income due to the crisis; furthermore, calls on Member States to protect people living precariously by suspending evictions due to non-payment of rent and mortgages, by supporting their payment of energy bills, and by providing free school meals for those who need it;
Amendment 412 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis has once again shown how important employment in health and social services is for the functioning of our economy and society; stresses that health and social care work is essential work that is systemically undervalued and underpaid; adds that Europe’s current social care system reveals shortcomings and vulnerabilities of a mobility-based care system and the necessity for upward social care convergence;
Amendment 430 #
2019/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Proposes to actively counter potential high unemployment through European and national employment programmes and to foster the green and just transition that leaves no one behind by investing in new, sustainable, accessible jobs, future-oriented infrastructure, and digital change and ‘green transition’.;
Amendment 87 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas the access to decent and affordable housing is harder for women, the youth and people in more vulnerable situations such as young unemployed couples, single parents, large families, the elderly, LGBTI persons, migrants, refugees, persons with disabilities, people with physical or psychiatric illnesses, people from marginalised communities including Roma ;
Amendment 127 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure access for all to decent housing, including clean and high- quality drinking water and, adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene,, hygiene and indoor environmental quality and to affordable, reliable and, sustainable energy, for all hence contributing to eradicatinge poverty in all its forms, supporting the most vulnerable groups, especially young children, the elderly and permanently sick and persons with disabilities, the homeless and Roma so as to protect their health and well- being; reaffirms its call for EU-a wide EU action for a winter heating disconnection moratorium; calls on theencourages Member States to meet the standards laid down by theensure a minimum water supply and to protect the human rights of disadvantaged households; calls on the Member States to meet World Health Organization (WHO) standards for adequate housing temperature; demands that the revision of the air quality regulation to be aligned with WHO standards; calls for the introduction at EU level of minimum mandatory requirements to be introduced for indoor air quality, at the minimum aligned with WHO guidelines;
Amendment 170 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for an EU- level goal tof ending homelessness by 2030; calls on the Commission to take stronger action to support Member States in reducing and eradicating homelessness as a priority in the context of the action plan on the EPSR; calls on the Commission to propose an EU fFramework for nNational hHomelessness sStrategies; calls on the and Member States to prioritise the provision of permanent housing to homeless people; stresses the importance of reliable data collection on homelessness also by preparing their National Homelessness Strategies listing proactive and reactive measures on the basis of systemic consultation with NGOs working in the field of homelessness, poverty and discrimination; stresses the importance of reliable data collection on homelessness with the involvement of the relevant NGOs and authorities active in service provision for persons at risk or experiencing homelessness; calls on the Commission to develop coherent EU indicators and monitoring;
Amendment 190 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its call forof 16 January 2014 to put an end to the criminalisation of homeless people and to change the discriminatory practices used to prevent homeless people from accessing social services and shelter; calls on Commission to play its role in swiftly challenging such measures and strongly oppose any hostile measures against the poor and the marginalised;
Amendment 197 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that women’s homelessness is often less visible and needs to be specifically addressed; calls on the Commission and Member States to develop a gendered approach in their homelessness strategies in order to support women experiencing homelessness, who have often suffered from complex trauma and face re- traumatisation, such as domestic violence and abuse, separation from their children, stigmatisation and lack of safe and secure spaces;
Amendment 218 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to ensure equal access to housing for all, fight against racism and anti-gypsyism and safeguard non-discrimination on all grounds stipulated in Article 21 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the implementation of the Charter as well as of the Racial Equality Directive as well as the EU framework for the implementation of National Roma Integrations Strategies and the UNCRPD; demands that they pay particular attention to intersectional discrimination; calls on the Council to swiftly adopt the horizontal anti-discrimination directive; calls on the Commission to effectively evaluate the political commitment of Member states and launch infringement procedures against Member Statesthose which do not enforce EU anti- discrimination legislation or which criminalise the homeless;
Amendment 226 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with deep concern that the living conditions of Romani people continue to be extremely worrying; calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in housing projects, with many often living in segregated settlements characterised by substandard living conditions ;Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation all stages of housing projects, to effectively ensure they are provided with the information to benefit from the existing funds as well as the antidiscrimination policies and mechanisms to prevent forced evictions, and to provide sufficient and appropriate halting sites for non-sedentary Roma; emphasises the urgent need for public investments in this regard also due to the dangers of the COVID-19 epidemic, and urges the Commission and the Member States to utilize the planned Just Transition Fund for improving the housing-, health- and employment-related situation of the Roma;
Amendment 234 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes with deep concern that persons with disabilities often face several complex challenges and rights deprivation in the field of housing, such as their lack of a right to live in the community with equal opportunities, the lack of availability of community-based services which are necessary to safeguard the transition from institutional care to living in the community, the fact that they are often forced to live in segregated residential institutions, poverty, their lack of access to housing programmes, the existing barriers to accessibility, etc.; calls for a rapid deinstitutionalisation all across Europe and the use of available EU and national funds to create accessible, non-segregated housing and to provide the necessary community-based services for persons with disabilities for the sake of safeguarding their right to live independently in the community and to have equal chances to participate in the society;
Amendment 238 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that no EU or Member State funds will be used for housing projects leading to segregation or social exclusion;
Amendment 239 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to impose a general obligation of meeting accessibility criteria in the in the framework of the planned Renovation Wave of public and private buildings foreseen by the European Green Deal communication and to use its potential to tackle accessibility for persons with disabilities and older persons in order to make housing “future proof” in the light of the increasing demographic change;
Amendment 245 #
2019/2187(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that EU policies, funding programmes and financing instruments have a great impact on housing markets and citizens’ lives; calls on the Commission to develop an integrated strategy for social, public, non-segregated and affordable housing at EU level creating an enabling framework for national, regional and local authorities to ensure the provision of safe, healthy, accessible and affordable quality housing for all;
Amendment 18 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a mandatory screening and a detailed registration of existing asbestos in buildings should be considered a first step to ban asbestos, also taking into account the Renovation Waves Strategy that aims at doubling the renovation rate of buildings in the next ten years to increase energy and resources efficiency in the building sector while promoting circularity principles of construction materials;
Amendment 21 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the European Social Pillar of Rights calls for a high level of protection of workers’ health and safety at work, including from exposure to carcinogens and mutagens at the workplace; whereas the Pregnant Workers Directive (92/85/EEC) presents serious loopholes regarding the prevention from asbestos.
Amendment 26 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Calls on the Commission to bring forward, on the basis of Article 169(3) and Article 114(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a legislative proposal introducing mandatory screening for the owners of buildings in order to detect the presence of asbestos in buildings before their sale or rental and layingbut also prior to maintenance, renovation and demolition works; requires that this proposal lays down minimum requirements for locating and, identifying and reporting all materials containing asbestos in buildings constructed before 2005, or the year in which the national ban on asbestos was introduced, under the following conditions:
Amendment 31 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
b. the screening shall be validated by an asbestos risk certificate detailing the areas screened, the nature of contamination, the quantity of asbestos containing materials estimated and, where appropriate, the action taken to reduce the risk posed by asbestos;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
c. the result of the screening must be communicated to a competent national body, which through a rapid and user-friendly alert system. This body shall maintain a national register of asbestos risk reduction certificates and provide advice to owners;
Amendment 40 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
d. in order to protect users or occupants as effectively as possible, the screening and, when required, the removal must be carried out by qualified and certified operators in accordance with Directive 2009/148/EC;
Amendment 44 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea. effective, proportionate and dissuasive fines shall be established for owners of buildings who do not comply with their screening and reporting obligations to competent authorities; fines shall be allocated to ad hoc funds to finance the removal of asbestos and support the victims of asbestos related problems;
Amendment 50 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to establish a European framework for national asbestos removal plans, under which Member States should define and implement asbestos’ removal targets for public and private buildings, establish one-stop-shops to centralise actions and information regarding asbestos removal plans, designate a national contact point to assist victims and their families and establish clear and efficient compensation mechanisms for the victims of asbestos related diseases;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights that the European framework for national asbestos removal plans should include the establishment of a European platform for national authorities to report the presence of asbestos in the view of mapping and exchanging good practices on its removal and safe disposals; Adds that this platform should be fully accessible to the general public and should include data reported in the national registers;
Amendment 63 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Highlights that building owners should have the possibility to access financial support mechanisms, including through Union funds, for financing maintenance, renovation and demolition works related to the removal of asbestos;
Amendment 66 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Amendment 67 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on the Member States to enhance market surveillance activities, including labour inspections, in order to increase the level of safety;
Amendment 69 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to promote public information campaigns, in order to raise awareness on the risks related to all varieties of asbestos and to all level of exposure, including secondary exposure;
Amendment 71 #
2019/2182(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Calls on the Commission to come up with an ambitious revision of the Pregnant Workers Directive (92/85/EEC) which should include measures to avoid exposure also during the early weeks of gestation.
Amendment 133 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Youth Employment Initiative programme has an explicit focus on persons with disabilities, especially women with disabilities, accompanied by effective active outreach measures through NGOs representing persons with disabilities;
Amendment 159 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to safeguard inclusive equality for women and girls with disabilities in all areas of life, to ensure their sexual and reproductive rights, to provide protection to them from domestic violence and violence by care and support service providers, and to launch sensitisation and capacity-building programmes to this end for professionals in the field of healthcare, social and care services, education, training and employment services, law enforcement and the judiciary;
Amendment 1 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that effective and carefully considered employment policy enhancements reflecting demographic and automation challenges, accompanied by well-targeted investment strategies and responsible fiscal policies, continue to be an important precondition for sustainable growth which is the key factor leadsustainable growth, well-targeted investment and fiscal policy are the key to creation of quality jobs and increased prosperity for all and that it is necessary to direct the structural funds and investments more effectively towards promoting inclusive growth, reducing to inequality employmenties and boosting upward social convergence;
Amendment 7 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Rejects any reductions to the budgetary programming for the employment, social affairs and inclusion lines and recalls that a proper balance between commitment and payment appropriations must be found in order to allow these policies to reach their full potential;
Amendment 13 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the 2020 budget should contribute towards achieving the Europe 2020 targets in the social and employment area, which seem to be within reach as regards the employment rate target but remain far from being achieved as regards the target of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion; stresses, in this regard, the need for comprehensive policy reforms and integrated approaches that combat youth and long-term unemployment and the often neglected issue of elderly employability, and for measures beyond labour market measures to reduce inequalities and poverty;
Amendment 17 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RecogniseUnderlines the importance of adequate funding for the programmes and initiatives within the 2014-2020 MFF that seek to address unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, and especially those aimed at the most disadvantaged in society, such as the crucial role of the European Social Fund (ESF), the Youth Guarantee (YG), the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD); highlights, in this regard, that the activities implemented in these areas should always result in strategic measures with clearly defined objectives and targets and that efficient and effective spending is equally as important as the total budget ceilings;
Amendment 23 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the lack of future opportunities for young people is a very real social emergency in some regions and that this requires innovative and focused solutions, which can be promptly implemented, in order to bring concrete improvements in the short term; therefore expects the 2020 budget to continue demonstrating great ambition to fight youth unemployment;
Amendment 33 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges the forthcoming rationalisationmerger of the current ESF, the YEI, the FEAD, the EaSI and the European Health Programme under the ESF+ as of 2021; calls on the Commission to present financial information in a manner that makes itperformance comparable with performance information; expresses concerns onbetween current programmes and the subheadings in ESF+; rejects the substantial decrease (by EUR 5 million) proposed by the Council on the PROGRESS axis of EaSI; stresses, in this regard, that all legislative and budgetary revisions should be based on evidence, understanding of their impacts and in line with the better regulation agenda, as well as related recommendations of the European Court of Auditors;
Amendment 42 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that, in the context of ongoing budgetary constraints, it will be critical to make the best use of the 2020 general budget, including future skills policies and measures to support labour market transition and better adjustment to demographic change, particularly by improved integration of potentially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the labour market and by the implementation of integration and poverty reduction measures;
Amendment 51 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the policy developments in the area of employment and social affairs during the 8th legislature, but emphasises that the policy initiatives need proper and timely funding to become operational; reminds of the creation of the European Labour Authority, which is expected to begin operating in 2019; highlights the need to provide for additional funding to ensure that sufficient financial resources are set aside for its establishment; insists that this funding cannot be accomplished by redeploying allocations from the other employment and social affairs agencies;
Amendment 54 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the important contribution of the agencies in dealing with a wide range of employment, social issues and data collection; stresses that their tasks are developing and hencegrowing constantly and that they must therefore be given the necessary resources to fulfil them; therefore calls for a thorough assessment of the new tasks assigned to the agencies and of their overall performance, with a view to ensuring appropriate and efficient budgetary allocations onlyir tasks and ensure the best possible results in support of EU legislative and policy objectives;
Amendment 33 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Network should continue to organise cooperation and contacts with othercooperate even stronger with relevant labour market stakeholders to promote synergies between them, including in particular cooperation with Union Agencies in the area of employment, social policy, gender, education and training, organisations representing unemployed persons or vulnerable groups, equality bodies, NGOs working in the field of employment, human rights and just transition, as well as the social partners, to promote synergies and to ensure a consistent policy framework, where relevant.
Amendment 66 #
2019/0188(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Decision No 573/2014/EU
Article 5
Article 5
Article 5 Article 5 Cooperation Cooperation The Network shall develop cooperation with relevant labour market stakeholders, including relevant Public Employment Services from third countries that are not members of the EEA, other providers of employment services and the social partners, and where appropriate, EU Agencies in the area of employment, social policy, gender and education and training, social partners, organisations representing unemployed persons or vulnerable groups, equality bodies, NGOs working in the field of employment, human rights and just transition, and regional and local authorities, by involving them in relevant activities and meetings of the Network and by exchanging information and data with them.