Activities of Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU
Plenary speeches (31)
Fight against cancer (topical debate)
EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence (debate)
On-going negotiations for a new EU-ACP Partnership Agreement (debate)
EU disability strategy post 2020 (debate)
The new comprehensive EU-Africa strategy (debate)
The EU priorities for the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)
Migration situation at the Greek-Turkish border and the EU's common response to it (debate)
The 2019 Human Rights Annual report - Stability and Security in the Mediterranean and the negative role of Turkey - Situation in Belarus (debate)
Preparation of the Special European Council, focusing on the dangerous escalation and the role of Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean (debate)
Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (“EU4Health Programme”) (debate)
Abortion rights in Poland (debate)
The need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality (debate)
EU global strategy on COVID-19 vaccinations (debate)
The gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period - The EU Strategy for Gender Equality - Closing the digital gender gap: women’s participation in the digital economy (continuation of debate)
The de facto abortion ban in Poland (debate)
Challenges ahead for women’s rights: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (debate)
New EU-Africa Strategy (debate)
Meeting the Global COVID-19 challenge: effects of waiver of the WTO TRIPS agreement on COVID-19 vaccines, treatment, equipment and increasing production and manufacturing capacity in developing countries (debate)
25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) (Nairobi Summit) (debate)
Situation in Afghanistan (debate)
Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (debate)
The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children (debate)
EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority: ensuring a coordinated EU approach for future health crises and the role of the European Parliament in this (debate)
The first anniversary of the de facto abortion ban in Poland (debate)
The EU's role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic: how to vaccinate the world (topical debate)
The International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women and the State of play on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention (continuation of debate)
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 16-17 December 2021 - The EU's response to the global resurgence of Covid-19 and the new emerging Covid variants (debate)
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the European Union (continuation of debate)
EU-Africa relations (debate)
EU Gender Action Plan III (debate)
The impact of the war against Ukraine on women (debate)
Reports (2)
REPORT on a new EU-Africa Strategy – a partnership for sustainable and inclusive development
REPORT on the EU Gender Action Plan III
Shadow reports (2)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU
REPORT on the impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children
Opinions (1)
POSITION IN THE FORM OF AMENDMENTS on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a Programme for the Union's action in the field of health –for the period 2021-2027 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 (“EU4Health Programme”)
Shadow opinions (5)
Opinion on EU-African security cooperation in the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa
POSITION IN THE FORM OF AMENDMENTS on Old continent growing older - possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post 2020
OPINION on the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
OPINION on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health
OPINION on the implementation report on on-farm animal welfare
Institutional motions (42)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the situation of women's rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the situation of the Rohingya
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 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 Myanmar, notably the situation of the Rohingya
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on situation in Turkey, notably the removal of elected mayors
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 the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of human rights including religious freedoms in Burkina Faso
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Russian "Foreign Agents" Law
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Afghanistan, notably the allegations of sexual abuse of boys in the Logar Province
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Uyghurs in China (China Cables)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Uyghurs in China (China Cables)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of human rights including religious freedoms in Burkina Faso
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Russian ‘foreign agents’ law
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Afghanistan, notably the allegations of sexual abuse of boys in the Logar Province
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi, notably freedom of expression
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria, notably the recent terrorist attacks
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela after the illegal election of the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela after the illegal election of the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria, notably the recent terrorist attacks
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi, notably freedom of expression
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the gender pay gap
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU priorities for the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on an EU strategy to put an end to female genital mutilation around the world
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Guinea-Conakry, notably violence towards protesters
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Child labour in mines in Madagascar
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Republic of Guinea, notably violence towards protestors
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on child labour in mines in Madagascar
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cultural recovery of Europe
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cultural recovery of Europe
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on escalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal actions by Turkey and the urgent need for the resumption of talks
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the de facto ban on the right to abortion in Poland
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on escalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal actions by Turkey and the urgent need for the resumption of talks
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on challenges ahead for women’s rights in Europe: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on meeting the global COVID-19 challenge: effects of the waiver of the WTO TRIPS Agreement on COVID-19 vaccines, treatment, equipment and increasing production and manufacturing capacity in developing countries
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the first anniversary of the de facto abortion ban in Poland
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU priorities for the 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Oral questions (10)
Animal welfare and the new Green Deal
The need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality
The use of contact tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus
The use of contact tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus
LGBTI-free zones in Poland within the scope of the Rete Lenford case
The need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality
Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament
An EU ban on the use of wild animals in circuses
An EU Commissioner for Animal Welfare
An EU Commissioner for Animal Welfare
Written explanations (1)
Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament (B9-0412/2021, B9-0413/2021)
Le 15 juin 2021, le Parlement hongrois a voté en faveur d'amendements proposés par des députés du Fidesz qui restreignent sévèrement la liberté d'expression et les droits des enfants. La loi interdit « la représentation et la promotion d'une identité de genre différente du sexe assigné à la naissance, le changement de sexe et l'homosexualité » dans les écoles, les programmes télévisés et les publicités accessibles au public sur toutes les plateformes destinées aux personnes de moins de 18 ans, même à des fins éducatives. Cette loi introduit des amendements aux lois sur la protection de l'enfance, sur la protection de la famille, sur l'activité publicitaire commerciale, sur les médias et sur l'éducation publique.Je considère donc que cette loi est clairement en violation avec le droit européen (la directive sur les services de médias audiovisuels, la directive sur le commerce électronique, en liaison avec la Charte des droits fondamentaux...etc) et les droits des citoyens LGBTIQ en Hongrie, c'est pourquoi j'ai voté en faveur de la résolution.
Written questions (60)
EU must protect African elephants
EU must protect African elephants
The New Silk Road
The EU disability card
COVID-19 – Transport of healthcare supplies in Europe
Emergency eurobonds
EU support for telemedicine
The Commission’s decision to award a contract to BlackRock to oversee the development of ESG factors in the EU banking sector and corporate investment policies
Mobilisation of EU research against COVID-19
Rare diseases and employability
COVID-19, a Report on the Impact of Demographic Change and the Green Paper on Ageing
Launch of the Skills & Education Guarantee Pilot
Strengthening the EU-level tool to screen foreign direct investment
Coordination of de-confinement measures
Dangers of COVID-19 and worker protection
Lack of data on the creative and cultural sectors (CCS)
Renewable forms of maritime energy
Disability focal points
Disability focal points
The need for a gender impact assessment on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on gender equality
Compliance of self-proclaimed ‘LGBT-free zones’ in Poland with the principle of non-discrimination and the rule of law in view of the Next Generation EU recovery plan
Newborn screening
Mass arrest of LGBTI activists in Poland
Immediate cessation of funding to Turkey for cultural heritage matters
Call for the release of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
Pakistan motorway case
The EU’s leadership in global biodiversity conservation
Turkey’s aggressive policy of intimidation and denial of the Armenian Genocide
Timing of the Commission’s replies to complaints related to animal transport
Azerbaijan’s hostile activities against Armenia
Task Force on Equality
Hate speech against LGBTI persons by Polish governmental officials
Inappropriate terms used by Eurostat
Vans inciting hate speech against LGBTI persons in Poland
Creation of an EU access board
Enforcing the Commission’s guides to good and better practices for animal transport
The situation of abortion rights in Poland
Extending the mandate of EPPO to cover cross-border terrorist crimes
Derogation for unlicensed slaughter establishments
Recovery and Resilience Facility - specific measures
The European Schools
Current state of play as regards State aid in the European railway sector
Developing a common vaccination card in the EU in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
Educational inequalities due to the physical closure of schools
State of play of EU-Turkey political, economic and trade relations
The Commission’s failure to appoint a representative to coordinate the EU’s protection of wildlife
Strengthening paediatric research
Follow up to the question on the exclusion of students with disabilities from PISA tests
One Health approach in the Global Europe instrument
Funding of the Great Green Wall
The outcome of the ECA Special Report on gender mainstreaming in the EU budget
So-called LGBT-free zones in Poland violate the principle of non-discrimination in EU cohesion policy
Mass slaughter of dolphins and whales in the Faroe Islands and the role of Danish authorities
Distortion of competition in digital markets: the practice of offering ‘cloud credits’
Revitalising the activities and engagement of the Scientific Review Group
The EU’s preparations for and participation at the Global Disability Summit 2022
Unpaid traineeships in EU institutions
The exclusion of trainees in EU institutions from Erasmus grants
The global dimension of the EU strategy on the rights of the child
New pandemic instrument and pandemic prevention at source
Amendments (890)
Amendment 65 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a key challenge in operationalising intersectionality and addressing intersecting forms of discrimination is the absence of intersectional equality data, including data disaggregated by race and ethnicityon marginalised and minority groups;
Amendment 145 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas hate speech and hate crime against persons of Asian origin, particularly members of Chinese communities, or those perceived to be of Asian origin, has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, including racist attacks and beatings, violent bullying, threats and, racist abuse and cyber violence;
Amendment 185 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to collect equality data, including data disaggregated by gender, racial and ethnic origin and by membership of a marginalised or minority group, based on voluntary participation, anonymity, confidentiality, self- identification and informed consent, while respecting the key principles of data protection and fundamental rights;
Amendment 285 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental human rights to which all people, in their diversity, should have safe and legal access;
Amendment 5 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the International Labour Organization Convention No. 190 on eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work,
Amendment 6 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan,
Amendment 15 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 10 February 2021 on reducing inequalities with a special focus on in- work poverty1a _________________ 1a OJ C 465, 17.11.2021, p. 62.
Amendment 35 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic women have been disproportionately affected in the socio- economic sphere, the employment rate of women has even fallen more sharply than it did during the 2008 recession and has also resulted in a lower labour intensity, leading to significant increases in women’s poverty; whereas according to estimates for 2019 in the EU-27, women are particularly affected by the risk of poverty (AROP), with the poverty rate standing at 2517.1 % beforeafter social transfers and 17.1 % after such transfe; whereas the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not yet fully comprehended and the socio- economic impact will continue to be experienced in the coming years;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas poverty in general, and thus also women’s poverty, is multidimensional, and therefore includes not only material deprivation, but also a lack of access to many different resources and even an inability to fully exercise the rights of citizenship; services; whereas it is directly influenced by the lack of fair valuation of work typically carried out by women, career breaks due to maternity leave or care responsibilities, unequal sharing of unpaid caring responsibilities and domestic work and segregation in education and subsequently in the labour market;
Amendment 60 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas although work in highly female-dominated sectors, is essential and of high socioeconomic value, it is undervalued and lower paid than work in male-dominated sectors; whereas there is an urgent need to reassess the adequacy of wages in female-dominated sectors related to their social and economic value and to advance on minimum wages, minimum income and pay transparency in EU regulations;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 78 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas investment in universal services, including care services, has a positive impact on women’s fundamental rightseconomic independence and their ability to participate in the labour market;
Amendment 80 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas poverty also makes women more vulnerable to gender-based violence; whereas this includes the inability to leave an abusive partner and disproportionate vulnerability to trafficking and sexual exploitation; whereas gender-based violence contributes to poverty as it leads to social isolation of women subject to violence;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas women have a lower employment rate and are disproportionally highly represented in low-paid, and precarious and dead-end job sectorjobs; whereas the gender pay gap stands at 14.1 %; in 2019 although this varies significantly between Member States;3a _________________ 3a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Gender_pay_g ap_statistics
Amendment 95 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas harassment at the workplace, including sexual and psychological harassment, of which women are the majority of victims, has a deterrent effect on women including increased absenteeism, reduced productivity and consequently loss of income and contributes to driving them out of the labour market, which has a negative impact on an individual’s career and economic independence; whereas reporting harassment at the workplace can lead to dismissal or isolation of the victim;
Amendment 102 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the pgension entitlementsder pension gap averages at almost 30 %29.4 % in 20194a as a result of the imbalances created by persistent lifelong inequalities; whereas this pension gap means that women are more likely to fall below the poverty line as they get older; _________________ 4a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20210203-1
Amendment 108 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 120 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the discussions on the review of the current EU model of socio- economic governance is harmfshould toake into consideration the EU’'s commitment to reduce inequalities and eradicate poverty, in particular women’' s poverty resulting from a lifetime of discrimination;
Amendment 131 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to develop an ambitious 2030 European anti- poverty strategy, with concrete targets for reducing poverty and a focus on ending women’s poverty and the risk ofbreaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty risks;
Amendment 136 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to promote equal participation and opportunities for women and men in the labour market and to introduce initiatives to promote women’s access to finance, female entrepreneurship and women’s economic independence;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to put forward a ‘care deal for Europe’, which should take a holistic, gender-sensitive and lifelong approach to care while envisaging legislative measures and investment at EU level; Believes that this 'care deal' should promote fair working conditions and adequate wages in order to maintain the attractiveness of the care sector;
Amendment 154 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that an increase in women's poverty has a greater impact on wider society as women tend to be mainly responsible for the purchase of basic goods and are key for the sustenance of the household; expresses concern about the impact this will have in terms of child poverty; welcomes, in this regard, the adoption of the Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 of 14 June 2021 establishing a European Child Guarantee;
Amendment 168 #
2021/2170(INI)
5. Highlights that in order to tackle the multidimensionality of women’s poverty, it is necessary to overcome the segregation of unpaid domestic care workwork and care responsibilities mainly performed by women and to introduce flexitimestrengthen the fight against stereotypes, as well as to introduce family- friendly working arrangements, such as adaptable working hours and the possibility of teleworking, in order to allow women and men to better reconcile their professional life with their private life (time use policy);
Amendment 179 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive so as to ensure a fair division of work and family life, and invites them to go beyond the Directive’s minimum standards;
Amendment 182 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Member States to implement active and effective policies to prevent and combat harassment in the workplace, including sexual and psychological harassment; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure proper and adequate funding mechanisms for programmes and actions to combat harassment in the workplace, including mechanisms to support women in reporting cases of harassment; calls on the Member States and the EU to ratify International Labour Organization Convention No 190 on eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work;
Amendment 190 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the crucial role of high- quality publicand affordable universal services in combatting women’s poverty, in particular services for early childhood education and care, or care for other dependent persons such as elderly people and people with disabilities;
Amendment 241 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to design a special programmeuse existing programmes and funding to fight against women’s digital poverty in order to equip women with the necessary skills to operate safely in the digital environment;
Amendment 243 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote women’s empowerment through education, vocational training and lifelong learning, as well as female entrepreneurship and women’s representation in future-oriented sectors; calls, in particular, for greater promotion of STEM subjects, digital education, artificial intelligence and financial literacy in order to combat prevailing stereotypes and ensure that more women enter these sectors and contribute to their development;
Amendment 245 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that in-work poverty can be addressed at some of its root causes and components, such as education, training and care services, which are determinant and must therefore be considered in policy-making;
Amendment 247 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 277 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recognises the crucial role of all European funds and programmes in the social area, particularly the European Social Fund Plus; Calls on the Member States to make full use of these funds with a gender perspective;
Amendment 286 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that the EU’s fiscal capacity urgently requires thea revisionew of the current economic and social governance so that itregarding its ability to contributes to reaching gender equalities and ending female poverty and does not just include austerity measures;
Amendment 290 #
2021/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Council to establish a dedicated configuration on gender equality in order to deliver common and concrete measures to address the challenges in the field of women’s rights and gender equality and ensure that gender equality issues are discussed at the highest political level;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
– having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality5 and to the European Commission's Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025, _________________ 5 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0025.
Amendment 35 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2021 on challenges ahead for women’s rights in Europe: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
Amendment 37 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2020 on the de facto ban on the right to abortion in Poland,
Amendment 42 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
– having regard to is resolution of 21 January 2021 on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period,
Amendment 46 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 c (new)
Citation 15 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 1 February 2021 89 on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims and to the European Commission's Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (2021-2025),
Amendment 57 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 83(1) of the TFEU provides the possibility to establish minimum rules for criminal offences with a cross-border dimension resulting from the nature or impact of such offences or from a special need to combat them on a common basis ; whereas one woman on three is a victim of gender-based violence still today in Europe and there is a special need to jointly intensify the combat to eradicate gender-based violence ; whereas online gender-based violence and online sexual harassment are cross-border by nature;
Amendment 74 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 crisis resulted in a dramatic increase in domestic and gender-based violence, including physical violence, psychological violence and online violence, with a 60 % increase in emergency calls from women subjected to violence by their intimate partner reported among World Health Organization Europe Member States;
Amendment 120 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Council of Europe Istanbul Convention), the most comprehensive instrument to counter violence against women in Europe, was opened for signature 10 years ago, but has not yet been ratified by all EU Member States nor acceded to by the EU;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas reports and data from several Member States during the Covid- 19 pandemic and following the lockdown periods revealed a worrying increase in domestic and gender-based violence, including physical violence, psychological violence, coercive control and cyberviolence, called the ‘shadow’ pandemic;
Amendment 163 #
2021/2035(INL)
3a. Recalls that gender-based violence is multifaceted, including physical, psychological as well as economic violence; insists that gender-based violence is a structural obstruction to social elevation and economic empowerment while reminding in particular that coercive control can isolate victims from social circles, deprive victims from material or financial resources, drive away from employment or prevent from access to employment;
Amendment 171 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the wide range of psychological impacts that gender-based violence has on victims, including stress, concentration problems, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, low self- confidence, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, lack of trust and of sense of control; recalls that gender- based violence also has a social and economic impactwhich can force victims into committing suicide;
Amendment 184 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the ‘Istanbul Convention’) remains the international standard and a key tool for the eradication of gender- based violence by following a holistic and coordinated approach that places the rights of the victim at the centre and addresses the issues from a wide range of perspectives; reiterates its call to conclude the EU’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention on the basis of a broad accession, and to advocate its ratification by Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia; calls on the Member States to take into account the recommendations by GREVIO and to improve legislation to bring it more into line with the Istanbul Convention’s provisions in order to ensure proper implementation and enforcement;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Denounces the fact that the combat against gender-based violence is negatively affected by the attack on women’s rights and gender equality; condemns the actions of anti-gender and anti-women movements in Europe and worldwide that aim to overturn existing laws on women’s rights, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights, and LGBTI+ rights;
Amendment 233 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the regular availability and comparability of quality, disaggregated data on all forms of gender- based violence through cooperation with Eurostat, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality; welcomes the announcement of a new EU-wide survey by the FRA on the prevalence and dynamics of all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 244 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the need for targeted policies to address the situation of survivors who experience intersectional forms of discrimination, such as women refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, indigenous women, racialised women, women from religious, racial and ethnic minorities, lesbian, bisexual and trans women, elderly women and women with disabilities;
Amendment 257 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that violations of sexual and reproductive rights are a form of violence against women and girls; strongly condemns the backlash against women’s rights and gender equality in the EU, in particular the setback to women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights and the de facto ban to safe and legal abortion in Poland;
Amendment 278 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Insists that cyber violence, including online sexual and psychological harassment, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, revenge porn, sexist hate speech online and new forms of online harassment such as zoom bombing or threats online, constitutes forms of gender-based violence; Reminds of their cross-border nature with perpetrators using online platforms or cell phones connected to or hosted by other European countries than where the victim of harassment is located, thus raising the question of which jurisdiction is competent in a given case;
Amendment 297 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the obligation on Member States to ensure that there is adequate support and services for survivors of gender-based violence; recalls the importance, in that context, of providing support to independent civil society and, women’s shelter organisations and to organisations providing legal advice and psychological support, as well as support, counselling, and training to victims with regards to access to employment;
Amendment 333 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to adopt specific measures to eradicate all forms of online violence, including online stalking, online sexual harassment, sexist hate speech online, revenge porn and sexual exploitation online which disproportionally affects women and girls, and to specifically address its increase during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to put forward relevant regulation and any other possible actions to eradicate all forms of technology- facilitated violence against women and girls;
Amendment 334 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for the EU to urgently address the increase in gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to develop a European Union Protocol on gender-based violence in times of crisis and to include protection services for victims, such as helplines, safe accommodation and health services as ‘essential services’ in the Member States, in order to prevent gender-based violence and support victims of violence during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 338 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to adopt specific measures to eradicate online violence (including online stalking, online sexual harassment, sexist hate speech online, revenge porn and sexual exploitation online), which disproportionally affects women and girls, and to specifically address its increase during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to put forward relevant regulation and any other possible actions to eradicate all forms of technology-facilitated violence against women and girls;
Amendment 339 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Member States to ratify and implement without delay the ILO Convention 190 on eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work;
Amendment 340 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the Member States to implement effectively the Anti-Trafficking Directive 2011/36/EU and to adopt specific measures to address violence against women and gender inequality as root causes of trafficking; welcomes the commitment of the Commission to revise the directive, to improve measures for the prevention and prosecution of all forms of trafficking, especially for sexual exploitation as the most prevalent and reported area of THB impacting 92 % of trafficked women and girls in Europe; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to amend the directive with a view to ensuring that Member States explicitly criminalise the knowing use of all services provided by victims of trafficking;
Amendment 356 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Requests that the Commission submit, on the basis of the third subparagraph of Article 83(1) TFEU, a proposal for a Council decision identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto and requests the Commission to use that new area of crime as a legal basis for a holistic dand victim- centred EU Directive to prevent and combat all forms of gender- based violence;
Amendment 369 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on gender-based violence that implements the standards of the Istanbul Convention and includes the following elements: prevention, including through gender-sensitive education programming directed at both girls and boys, and empowerment of women and girls; support services and protection measures for survivors; combating all forms of gender-based violence, including violations of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, online violence and sexual exploitation and abuse; and minimum standards for law enforcement;
Amendment 84 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Sustainable Development Goal No 5 (SDG 5) is to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls and whereas this goal must be mainstreamed into the various areas in which the EU is empowered to act;
Amendment 87 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the EU and the United Nations have launched the Spotlight initiative with a view to combating violence, including sexual violence, against women and girls;
Amendment 90 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the pandemic is havingand lockdown measures have had a serious impact on women and girls, particularly in terms of access to education and healthcare, particularly sexual and reproductive healthcare, and is resulting in increasing gender violence and economic inequalities;
Amendment 106 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Amendment 113 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas EU missions and delegations are in the front line of efforts to implement GAP III and the expertise of delegation and mission staff are a key element of its success;
Amendment 119 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes the achievements of and lessons learned from GAP II; welcomes the improvements made to the Gender Action Plan III (GAP III), in particular its transition from a working document to a communication, as the European Parliament called for in its resolution of 23 October 2020 on Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy;
Amendment 125 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the fact that the Council of the European Union has failed to achieve unanimity on conclusions owing to objections from four Member States to the word ‘gender’, and thus to formally endorse the Action Plan;
Amendment 136 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that achieving gender equality will benefit both women and men; notes that gender inequality is exacerbated by other forms of inequality, stresses that inequalities have far- reaching socioeconomic consequences for societies as a whole and that this should be taken into account by change-resistant stakeholders; advocates an approach taking into account the intersectionality between gender and other forms of discrimination;
Amendment 147 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for full implementation of GAP III in every aspect of EU external action, both in terms of GAP III’s geographical coverage and areas of action, as well as gender mainstreaming in all areas of external action, whether trade, development policy, humanitarian aid or security;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for an annual regular assessment of GAP results at every level and every stage, against targeted and measurable objectives; calls for the systematic implementation of rigorous gender analysis and the use of gender- sensitive and sex-disaggregated indicators and statistics;
Amendment 174 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on EU missions and delegations and on the Member States to cooperate closely in the implementation of GAP III; recalls the key importance of the gender focal points and calls for their role and visibility to be strengthened;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for funding for local women’s organisations, in all their diversity, to be increased; condemns all moves to clamp down on women’s rights activists and defenders and urges all governments to protect, support and cooperate with civil society;
Amendment 208 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WDeplores the fact that DSG No 5 is one of the three least well-funded SDGs; welcomes the fact that 85% of all new external actions will be required to incorporate gender as a significant or principal objective; welcomes the Commission’s aim of having gender equality as the main objective of 5% of its new external action programmes; further welcomes the inclusion of at least one initiative per country with gender equality as its main objective; stresses that the objectives set should also be quantified in terms of dedicated funding and not just a percentage of the overall programmes;
Amendment 220 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of the Global Europe instrument’s programming exercise as a unique opportunity to operationalise GAP III’s targets;
Amendment 247 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that child marriages make girls vulnerable to discrimination, violence and abuse; points out that at least 200 million women have been victims of genital mutilation worldwide and that at least three million girls are at risk of genital mutilation every year; calls for integrated action to raise awareness of and prevent female genital mutilation and forced marriages;
Amendment 267 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Ensuring access to healthcare for women and sexual and reproductive rights
Amendment 270 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. EReiterates that sexual and reproductive health and rights are underpinned by human rights and constitute fundamental elements of human dignity and women’s empowerment; expresses concern at the rise of conservative rhetoric and organised religious and other groupings, which is threatening to undermine sexual and reproductive rights inside and outside the Union;
Amendment 281 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Deplores the fact that access to sexual and reproductive health, including safe and legal abortion, is seriously curtailed and often criminalised in many regions; stresses that poor, rural and minority women are the main victims;
Amendment 286 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for GAP III to attach greater importance to these rights, given the serious repercussions the pandemic has had on women and girls in partner countries; and for adequate funding to be allocated to them when programming the ‘Europe in the World’ instrument;
Amendment 291 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the EU and Member States to ensure the full and effective implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences, acknowledging by the same token their contribution to the achievement of all health-related SDGs;
Amendment 314 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for measures to prevent girls from missing school during their periods, by improving menstrual hygiene facilities oin school premises and by combating stigmatisation in this ares, in particular WASH services, and by combating period stigma;
Amendment 323 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Draws attention to the inequalities and disparities between women and men regarding access to healthcare and the quality of healthcare provided; calls for universal access to facilities for the prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment of female and sexually transmitted diseasesdiseases, such as endometriosis and cervical cancer, and sexually transmitted diseases, such as HIV; calls on the European Union to support the implementation of the WHO’s global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer;
Amendment 327 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for funding for research into women’s health worldwide to advance knowledge of gender and sex-related issues in the areas of disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research; further calls for the public to be educated and informed in such a way as to take account for the characteristics specific to each sex;
Amendment 336 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls for greater funding to be allocated to strengthen public health systems in partner countries;
Amendment 337 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Promoting economic and social equality and ensuring the autonomy of women and girls
Amendment 339 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Stresses that women’s economic and social autonomy is crucial for sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 340 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates that the crisis isCOVID-19 crisis is disproportionately affecting women’s access to the labour market; stresses the need for the inclusion of a gender dimension in all recovery plans; calls on the Commission to mainstream the gender dimension into all measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic in partner countries and to support projects, including financial projects, in such a way as to include gender equality; stresses that new forms of financing such as gender bonds could kick-start national economies while empowering women;
Amendment 350 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that financial support for women must be accompanied by training, access to information, upskilling and awareness-raising on their fundamental rights;
Amendment 380 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the need to encourage access to education at all levels and in all circumstances with a view to reducing early marriage, teenage pregnancy and economic dependency; calls for increased efforts to enable girls who become mothers to return to school and complete their education;
Amendment 386 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls for increased funding and scholarships to enable women and girls to access higher education and vocational training, in particular with a view to promoting women’s participation in science and technology (STEM) fields as well as in jobs related to the green and digital transitions;
Amendment 404 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that women are under- represented at every level of political and public life and that progress is slow; calls for programme funding to promote the training and, participation of womenand civic engagement of young women and adolescent girls;
Amendment 416 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that respect for and the full realisation of the human rights of women are the foundations of a democratic and inclusive society;
Amendment 417 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls for the active promotion of women’s role and participation in the economy and society and recognition of their civil and legal rights, including the right to own property, access to bank loans and the right to participate in different economic sectors and political life;
Amendment 428 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Welcomes the integration of the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) into GAP III and calls for its effective implementation;
Amendment 429 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of the contribution made by women to promoting dialogue, forging coalitions and mediating for peace and bringing different perspectives on what peace and security mean, in particular in conflict prevention and resolution and post-conflict reconstruction; calls on the EU to promote greater participation by women in peacekeeping and further peacebuilding; as well as EU military and civil crisis management missions;
Amendment 438 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need to ensure that women and girls who have suffered sexual violence in conflict zones receive holistic care and treatment; to ensure they receive both physical and psychological medical care and legal and judicial aid; notes that this system is already working where it is has been put in place and that it also helps to reintegrate these victims into society; recalls the importance of combating the stigmatisation of victims;
Amendment 445 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls that women and girls are disproportionately affected by armed conflict; reiterates the need to combat the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and to combat impunity; further stresses that women are often the first victims of displacement in conflict areas, and are frequently deprived of their economic autonomy and of access to education and reliable sexual and reproductive health services; highlights the need to ensure access to education and jobs for those displaced by conflict or natural disasters;
Amendment 465 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Reiterates its demand for the Green Deal for Europe to be swiftly followed by ‘Green Deal diplomacy’ that systematically involves women and girls, including indigenous women, in strategic decision-making on climate change adaptation;
Amendment 469 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Points out that in many regions women are at the forefront when it comes to finding solutions and providing expertise in the fields of agriculture, climate and preserving biodiversity, and are in the front line in combating climate change; calls for them to be given support in the form of funding, legislative framework provisions and, access to resourceland and resources, and cooperation with the private and financial sectors;
Amendment 477 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Recalls the strong correlation between new technologies and access to the labour market and that the digital transition acts as a powerful lever for development and economic empowerment; welcomes GAP III’s determination to bridge the digital gender gap in order to drive a truly inclusive digital transformation;
Amendment 482 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for women and girls to be given better access to digital tools and training in the use thereof, for their potential to be realised as users of new technologies, for support for women innovators and entrepreneurs in this area, and for measures to be taken to promote their advancement in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the STEM professions);
Amendment 492 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that social networks are a source of gender-based discrimination and harassment; stresses the need for not only digital platforms but also governments to be suitably regulated in order to combat gender-based online violence and cyberbullying; calls for greater involvement of women in the design, manufacture and development of artificial intelligence applications in order to combat the perpetuation of gender stereotyping and prejudice;
Amendment 498 #
2021/2003(INI)
27a. Calls for EU support for the modernisation and digitisation of administrative procedures in partner countries, in particular to ensure that all these countries have reliable civil registers that record every birth;
Amendment 509 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates the need for the EU to play a leading role at multilateral level in promoting feminist diplomacy, in order to implement international commitments pertaining to the rights and empowerment of women and girls;
Amendment 520 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the EUR 33 billion pledged by governments around the world, the private sector and civil society at the Generation Equality Forum in Paris; calls for the annual monitoring of agreed actions and their implementation in practice;
Amendment 100 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title
Title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 101 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Forests provide a broad variety of environmental, economic and social benefits, including timber and non-wood forest products and environmental services essential for humankind, as they harbour most of the Earth’s terrestrial biodiversity. They maintain ecosystem functions, help protect the climate system, provide clean air and play a vital role for the purification of waters and soils as well as for water retention. In addition, forests provide subsistence and income to about one third of the world’s population and their destruction has serious consequences for the livelihoods of the most vulnerable people, including indigenous peoples and local communities who heavily depend on forest ecosystems18. Furthermore, deforestation and forest degradation reduce essential carbon sinks and increase the likelihood of new diseases spreading from animals to human. Deforestation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems also increase contacts between wild animals and farmed animals and humans, thereby increasing the likelihood of new diseases spreading and the risks of new epidemics and pandemics. __________________ 18 Commission Communication of 27 July 2019 ’Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests’, COM(2019) 352 final.
Amendment 108 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Climate breakdown induces the loss of biodiversity globally and biodiversity loss aggravates climate change, they are inextricably linked, as recent studies have confirmed. Biodiversity helps mitigate climate change. Insects, birds and mammals act as pollinators, seed dispersers and can help store carbon more efficiently, directly or indirectly. Forests and other ecosystems also ensure a continuous replenishment of water resources and prevention of droughts and their deleterious effects to local communities, including indigenous peoples. Drastically reducing deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems and systemically restoring forests and other ecosystems is the single largest nature-based opportunity for climate mitigation.
Amendment 115 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Climate change, biodiversity loss and, deforestation and the conversion of other ecosystems are concerns of the highest global importance, affecting the survival of humanity and sustained living conditions on Earth. The acceleration of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, paired with tangible examples of their devastating effects on nature, human living conditions and local economies, have led to the recognition of the green transition as the defining objective of our time and a matter of gender equality and of intergenerational equity.
Amendment 116 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Union consumption is a considerable driver of deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems on a global scale. The initiative’s Impact Assessment estimated that without an appropriate regulatory intervention EU consumption and production of the sixeight commodities included in the scope (wood, cattle, soy, palm oil, cocoa and, coffee, maize and rubber) will rise to approximately 248,000 hectares of deforestation annually by 2030.
Amendment 124 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Combatting deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems constitutes an important part of the package of measures needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to comply with the Union's commitment under the European Green Deal as well as with the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change33, and with the legally binding commitment under the EU Climate Law to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. __________________ 33 Ratified by the EU on 5 October 2016, and entered into force on 4 November 2016.
Amendment 126 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Primary forests are unique and irreplaceable. Plantation forests and planted forests are less biodiverse and protect the environment less well than primary and natural forests; it is therefore appropriate to distinguish clearly between different types of forests in connection with the implementation of this Regulation.
Amendment 127 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Combatting deforestation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems also requires consumer awareness of healthier consumption patterns having a smaller environmental footprint.
Amendment 128 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Plant proteins for feeding livestock contribute greatly to deforestation and the conversion of other ecosystems worldwide; deforestation and the conversion of other ecosystems can be countered in particular by reducing the Union’s dependence on imported plant proteins and promoting locally and sustainably sourced plant proteins. The achievement of the objectives of this Regulation must be accompanied by an increase in protein autonomy and the implementation of a Union strategy on plant proteins.
Amendment 130 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Union imported and consumed one third of the globally traded agricultural products associated with deforestation between 1990 and 2008. Over that period, Union consumption was responsible for 10% of worldwide deforestation associated with the production of goods or services. Even if the relative share of EU consumption is decreasing, EU consumption is a disproportionally large driver of deforestation. The Union should therefore take action to minimise global deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems driven by its consumption of certain commodities and products and thereby seek to reduce its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and global biodiversity loss as well as promote sustainable production and consumption patterns in the Union and globally. To have the greatest impact, Union policy should aim at influencing the global market, not only supply chains to the Union. Partnerships and efficient international cooperation with producer and consumer countries are fundamental in that respect.
Amendment 132 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Halting deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems is an essential part of the SDGs. This Regulation should contribute in particular to meeting the goals regarding life on land (SDG 15), climate action (SDG 13), responsible consumption and production (SDG 12), zero hunger (SDG 2) and good health and well-being (SDG 3). The relevant target 15.2 to halt deforestation by 2020 has not been met, underlining the urgency of ambitious and effective action.
Amendment 142 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) In order to ensure consistency with the Union’s commitments under the Paris Agreement, which calls for the protection of forests in order to contribute to the fight against climate change, and in the context of the review of the Union’s trade policy, sustainable forest management should be strengthened in trade agreements negotiated by the Union. Robust clauses on deforestation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems should be included where relevant in the negotiating mandates, and sustainability benchmarks for relevant raw materials should be included as part of negotiations on the granting of new trade preferences. The issue of deforestation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems should be strengthened in the implementation or in the review of the ‘trade and sustainable development’ chapters, with a differentiated approach being adopted that takes into account the development levels and economic situations of our trade partners.
Amendment 144 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) TIn coordination with the Member States, the Commission should continue to work in partnership with producer countries, and more generally in cooperation with international organisations and bodies, and should be reinforcing its support and incentives with regard to protecting forests and other ecosystems and the transition to deforestation-free production, acknowledging the role of indigenous people, improving governance and land tenure, increasing law enforcement and promoting sustainable forest management, ecotourism, climate-resilient agriculture, sustainable intensification and diversification, agro- ecology and agroforestry. In doing so it should acknowledgThe Commission should cooperate with producer countries so that they can develop national strategies for the sustainability of their relevant sectors and fully recognise the role of indigenous people in protecting forests and other ecosystems. Building upon the experience and lessons learned in the context of the already existing initiatives, the Union and the Member States should work in partnership with producer countries, upon their request, to exploit the multi- functionalities of forest and other ecosystems, support them in the transition to sustainable forest management of forests and other ecosystems, and address global challenges while meeting local needs and paying attention to the challenges faced by smallholders in line with the Communication to Stepping up Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests. The partnership approach should help producer countries in protecting, restoring and sustainably using forests and other ecosystems, hence contributing to the objective of this Regulation to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. , forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems.
Amendment 150 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Smallholders should receive fair remuneration for their production and should not be penalised by this Regulation by having to bear costs relating to the traceability requirement and the transition to sustainable farming practices. These costs should be fairly distributed throughout the value chain. The Commission should therefore carry out an assessment, as soon as possible after the entry into force of this Regulation, of the specific needs in terms of technical and financial assistance and capacity enhancement for smallholders to comply with the new rules.
Amendment 151 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Another important action announced in the Communication is the establishment of the EU Observatory on deforestation, forest degradation, changes in the world’s forest cover and associated drivers (“EU Observatory”) launched by the Commission in order to better monitor changes in the world’s forest cover and related drivers. Moreover, building on already existing monitoring tools, including Copernicus products, the EU Observatory will facilitate access to information on supply chains for public entities, consumers and business, providing easy-to-understand data and information linking deforestation, forest degradation, and changes in the world’s forest cover to EU demand/trade for commodities and products. The EU Observatory will thus directly support the implementation of this Regulation by providing scientific evidence in regard to global deforestation and forest degradation and related trade. The EU Observatory should have stable and sufficient resources and should participate in the establishment of a rapid alert system for operators, traders, civil society and competent authorities where the forest cover analysis reveals deforestation or forest degradation activity. In order to facilitate the implementation of this Regulation, the Commission should also examine how the EU Observatory can contribute to the analysis of relevant legislation in producer countries, including tenure rights and the procedural right to give free, prior and informed consent. The EU Observatory will cooperate closely with relevant international organisations, civil society organisations, research institutes, and third countries. It will also cooperate with the competent authorities of the Member States with a view to centralising the data and the results of the controls which they carry out on the spot. As part of the review of this Regulation, the Commission should examine how the EU Observatory could also be tasked with monitoring changes in other natural carbon-rich and biodiversity-rich ecosystems covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 162 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The definition of “deforestation- free” should be sufficiently broad to cover both deforestation and forest degradation, ias well as the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems. It should provide legal clarity, and it should be measurable based on quantitative, objective and internationally recognised data.
Amendment 163 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The Regulation should cover those commodities whose Union consumption is the most relevant in terms of driving global deforestation and forest degradation as well as the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems and for which a Union policy intervention could bring highest benefits per unit value of trade. An extensive review of scientific literature, namely of primary sources estimating the impact of EU consumption on global deforestation and linking that footprint to specific commodities, was carried out as a part of the study supporting the Impact Assessment and cross-checked via extensive consultation with stakeholders. That process delivered a first list of eight commodities. Wood was directly included in the scope as it was already covered by the EUTR. The list of the commodities was then further reduced via an efficiency analysis in the Impact Assessment. This efficiency analysis compared the hectares of deforestation linked to EU consumption, as estimated in a recent research paper44, for each of those commodities with their average value of EU imports. According to the research paper used for the efficiency analysis, sixthe eight commodities analysed represent the largest sharemore than 95% of EU-driven deforestation among the total of eight commodities analysed in that research paper: palm oil (33,95%), soy (32,83%), wood (8,62%), cocoa (7,54%), coffee (7,01%) and beef (5,01%). __________________ 44 Pendrill F., Persson U. M., Kastner, T. 2020.
Amendment 168 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) Financial institutions should be covered by this Regulation as their services could lead to support activities linked directly or indirectly to deforestation and forest degradation. All banking, investment and insurance activities of financial institutions should therefore be included in the scope of this Regulation in order to prevent them to support projects directly or indirectly linked to deforestation or forest degradation.
Amendment 170 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Obligations concerning relevant commodities and products should be laid down by this Regulation in order to effectively combat deforestation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems, and to promote deforestation- free supply chains.
Amendment 172 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Many international organisations and bodies (e.g. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations Environment Programme, the Paris Agreement, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Convention on Biological Diversity) have developed work in the field of deforestation and forest degradation as well as the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems and the definitions in this Regulation build on this work.
Amendment 175 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) To strengthen the Union’s contribution to halting deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems, and to ensure that commodities and products from supply chains related to deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems are not placed on the Union market, relevant commodities and products should not be placed or made available on the Union market, nor exported from the Union market unless they are deforestation-free and have been produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production and with international human rights law, including the right to prior, free and informed consent. To confirm that this is the case, they should always be accompanied by a due diligence statement.
Amendment 181 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) On the basis of a systemic approach, operators should take the appropriate steps in order to ascertain that the relevant commodities and products that they intend to place on the Union market comply with the deforestation-free and legality requirements of this Regulation. To that end, operators should establish and implement due diligence procedures. The due diligence procedure required by this Regulation should include three elements: information requirements, risk assessment and risk mitigation measures. The due diligence procedures should be designed to provide access to information about the sources and suppliers of the commodities and products being placed on the Union market, including information demonstrating that requirements relating to the absence of deforestation and forest degradation and, forest degradation and conversion and degradation of other ecosystems are fulfilled, and that the country of production has complied with the legality requirements are fulfillednd with international human rights law, including the right to prior, free and informed consent, inter alia by identifying the country and area of production, including geo-location coordinates of relevant plots of land. These geo-location coordinates that rely on timing, positioning and/or Earth observation could make use of space data and services delivered under the Union’s Space programme (EGNOS/Galileo and Copernicus). On the basis of this information, operators should carry out a risk assessment. Where a risk is identified, operators should mitigate such risk to achieve no or negligible risk. Only after completing the required steps of the due diligence procedure and concluding that no or negligible risk exists that the relevant commodity or product is not compliant with this Regulation, should the operator be allowed to place the relevant commodity or product on the Union market or to export it.
Amendment 184 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) Operators and traders and the competent authorities of the Member States should be able to benefit from the tools made available by the Union when collecting and retranscribing the information required for the due diligence procedure. The agencies in charge of EGNOS/Galileo and Copernicus should strengthen their synergies in order to allow for a holistic approach. Operators and traders, in cooperation with the Commission, should support farmers, particularly smallholders, indigenous peoples and local communities, so that they can procure and make appropriate use of the necessary tools to collect information, including geo-location, and to take ownership of them in a sustainable manner.
Amendment 191 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) In order to recognise good practice, certification or other third party verified schemes could be used in the risk assessment procedure, however, they should notunder no circumstances substitute the operator’s responsibility as regards due diligence.
Amendment 195 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) There is a direct link between deforestation and the conversion of ecosystems and violations of human rights, in particular those of indigenous peoples and local communities. Special attention should be paid to their needs and their full inclusion in the implementation of this Regulation should be promoted. Full respect for international texts and standards, including ILO Convention No 160 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) as described by the FAO, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples should also be promoted.
Amendment 196 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Responsibility for enforcing this Regulation should lie with the Member States, and their competent authorities should be required to ensure that this Regulation is fully complied with. A uniform enforcement of this Regulation as regards relevant commodities and products entering or leaving the Union market can only be achieved through systematic exchange of information and cooperation amongst competent authorities, customs authorities and the Commission. The Commission should, in particular, carry out an analysis of the sanctions applied by the Member States and conduct an exchange with them in order to promote harmonised implementation of this Regulation.
Amendment 202 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The effective and efficient implementation and enforcement of this Regulation are essential to achieving its goals. To this end, the Commission should set up and manage an information system to support the operators and the competent authorities in presenting and accessing the necessary information on relevant commodities and products placed on the market. The operators should submit the due diligence statements to the information system. The information system should be accessible to competent authorities and customs authorities to facilitate fulfilling their obligations under this Regulation. The information system should also be accessible for a wider public, with the anonymised datadata being anonymised – apart from information concerning the European list of non-compliant operators and traders – and provided in an open and machine- readable format in line with the Union’s Open Data Policy.
Amendment 205 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) The risk of non-compliant commodities and products being placed on the Union market varies depending on the commodity and product as well as on its country of origin and production. Operators sourcing commodities and products from countries or parts thereof that present a low risk of growing, harvesting or producing relevant commodities in violation of this Regulation should be subject to fewer obligations, thereby reducing compliance costs and administrative burden. Commodities and products from high-risk countries or parts thereof should be subject to enhanced scrutiny by the competent authorities.
Amendment 209 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) For this reason, the Commission should assess the risk of deforestation and forest degradation risk, forest degradation and conversion and degradation of other ecosystems at a level of a country or parts thereof based on a range of criteria that reflect both quantitative, objective and internationally recognised data, and indications that the countries are actively engaged in fighting deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems. This benchmarking information should make it easier for operators in the Union to exercise due diligence and for competent authorities to monitor and enforce compliance, while also providing an incentive for producer countries to increase the sustainability of their agricultural production systems and reduce their impact on deforestation impactand the conversion of other ecosystems. This should help making supply chains more transparent and sustainable. This benchmarking system should be based on a threewo-tier classification of countries to be regarded as low, standard or high risk. In order to ensure appropriate transparency and clarity, the Commission should in particular make publicly available the data being used for benchmarking, the reasons for the proposed change of classification and the reply of the country concerned. For relevant commodities and products from low risk countries or parts of countries identified as low-risk, operators should be allowed to apply a simplified due diligence, whilst cCompetent authorities should be required to apply enhanced scrutiny on relevant commodities and products from high risk countries or parts of countries identified as high-risk. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing measures to establish the countries or parts thereof that present a low or high risk of producing relevant commodities and products that are not compliant with this Regulation. The Commission should intensify the dialogue and cooperation, in particular with countries or regions identified as high risk, in order to support them in the transition towards sustainable supply chains.
Amendment 216 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) The checks of operators and traders by competent authorities should cover the due diligence systems and the compliance of the relevant commodities and products with the provisions of this Regulation. The checks should be based on a risk-based plan of checks. The plan should contain risk criteria that enable competent authorities to carry out a risk analysis of the due diligence statements submitted by operators and traders. The risk criteria should take into account the risk of deforestation, forest degradation and conversion and degradation of other ecosystems associated to relevant commodities and products in the country of production, the history of compliance of operators and traders with the obligations of this Regulation and any other relevant information available to competent authorities. The risk analysis of due diligence statements should allow competent authorities the identification of operators, traders and relevant commodities and products to be checked, and should be carried out using electronic data processing techniques in the information system which collects the due diligence statements.
Amendment 220 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52a) The Commission should publish the names of operators and traders not in compliance with this Regulation. This could help increase the pressure from consumers and civil society on non- compliant operators and traders to source from supply chains that are free from deforestation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems.
Amendment 221 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Taking into account the international character of deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems and related trade, competent authorities should cooperate with each other, with customs authorities of the Member States, with the Commission, as well as with the administrative authorities of third countries. Competent authorities should also cooperate with the competent authorities for the supervision and enforcement of other EU legislative instruments that set out due diligence requirements in the value chain with regard to adverse human rights or environmental impacts.
Amendment 223 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53 a (new)
Recital 53 a (new)
(53a) In order to facilitate the access to factual, reliable and updated information on deforestation to operators, Member States authorities, and interested third countries authorities, and to facilitate the compliance of economic operators with the requirements of this Regulation, the Commission should establish a Platform covering the forest areas worldwide, featuring a range of tools to enable all parties to quickly move towards No- Deforestation across supply chains. The Platform should include thematic maps, a land cover map with time series since the cut-off date set by this Regulation, and a range of classes allowing to appreciate landscape composition. The platform should also provide an alert system, relying upon a monthly monitoring of forest cover change, and a range of analyses and user-friendly and secured outputs, depicting how supply chains are linked to deforestation. In order to foster the use of the most accurate and timely information, to develop risk assessment and risk analyses, to improve checks on declarations and countries benchmarking, whilst developing a cooperative approach, the Platform should be made available to all the stakeholders listed above. The Platform should use satellite imagery, including Copernicus Sentinel, which have the capability to provide the factual, reliable and updated information required.
Amendment 224 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) While tThis Regulation addresses deforestation and forest degradation, as envisaged in the 2019 Communication ’Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests, protecting forests should not lead towell as the conversion orand degradation of other natural ecosystems. Ecosystems such as wetlands, savannahs and peatlands are highly significant to global efforts to combat climate change, as well as other sustainable development goals and their conversion or degradation require particular urgent attention. To address this, the Commission should assess the need and feasibility of extending the scope to other ecosystems and to further commodities two years after the entry into force. At the same time, the Commission should also undertake a review of the relevant products as listed in Annex I of this Regulation by way of a delegated act. These other ecosystems shall be included in the scope of this Regulation in order not to shift the problem of deforestation and forest degradation to these ecosystems. These ecosystems are highly significant to global efforts to combat climate change, as well as to other sustainable development goals, and their conversion or degradation must be prevented.
Amendment 226 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54 a (new)
Recital 54 a (new)
(54a) Two years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission should present an assessment of the need to extend the list of relevant products in Annex I to other relevant commodities or products, as well as to other ecosystems.
Amendment 228 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 230 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) Since the objective of this Regulation, fighting against deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems by reducing the contribution of consumption in the Union, cannot be achieved by the Member States individually and can therefore, by reason of its scale, 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 in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 239 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation lays down rules regarding the placing and making available on the Union market, as well as the export from the Union market, of cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, soya and wood, wood, maize and rubber (“relevant commodities”) and products, as listed in Annex I, that contain, have been fed with or have been made using relevant commodities (“relevant products”), with a view to
Amendment 246 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) minimising the Union’s contribution to deforestation and forest degradation and to the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems worldwide
Amendment 253 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) addressing human rights violations linked to the production of the commodities covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 256 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) This Regulation also lays out obligations for financial institutions headquartered or operating in the Union that provide financial services to natural or legal persons whose economic activities consist, or are linked to, the production, supply, placing on or export from the Union market of the relevant commodities and products as defined in this Article.
Amendment 267 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘deforestation’ means the conversion of forest to, in particular, agricultural or mining use, whether human-induced or not, including the conversion of primary forest to planted forest or plantation forest;
Amendment 280 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘forest’ means land spanning more than 0,5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10%, or trees able to reach those thresholds in situ, excluding agricultural plantations and land that is predominantly underunder other use, including agricultural or urban land use;
Amendment 288 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) ‘other ecosystems’ means land with high carbon stocks and land with a high biodiversity value, such as grasslands, savannahs, peatlands and wetlands; this definition extends to ecosystems managed by humans but having an ecological function, structure and biodiversity comparable to natural ecosystems;
Amendment 307 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘forest degradation’ means harvesting operations that are not sustainable and causeand other ecosystem degradation’ means a reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of forest ecosystems, resul affecting in the long-term reduction of the overall supply of benefits from forest, which includes wood, biodiversity and other procomposition of species and the structure and/or function of those forest ecosystems, whether or not the reductsion or servicdisappearances has direct human causes;
Amendment 308 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) ‘conversion of other ecosystems’ means changing a natural ecosystem to another land use, including the severe degradation of an ecosystem or the use of practices resulting in a lasting change in the structure, species composition or function of the ecosystem;
Amendment 311 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Amendment 323 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – introductory part
(8) ‘deforestation-free’ means that the relevant commodities and products, including those used for or contained in relevant products, were produced on land that has not been subject to deforestation, forest degradation or the conversion or degradation of other ecosystems after 31 December 2020;
Amendment 326 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Amendment 332 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b
Amendment 341 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘produced’ means grown, harvested, raised, fed from (from birth to slaughter) or obtained on relevant plot of land;
Amendment 345 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
(11a) ‘right to free, prior and informed consent’ means the right of indigenous peoples and local communities to give and withdraw their consent prior to the establishment of an activity that could affect their rights, land or territories, resources, activities or food security, and to do so through representatives chosen by the local communities or indigenous peoples and in accordance with their norms, customs and values;
Amendment 383 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) they have been produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production as well as international law on human rights, in particular the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, including the right to free, prior and informed consent; and
Amendment 389 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Financial institutions shall provide financial services to customers only when they conclude that there is no more than a negligible risk that the services in question may provide support directly or indirectly to activities leading to deforestation and forest degradation.
Amendment 391 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Operators shall exercise due diligence prior to placing relevant commodities and products on or prior to their export from the Union market in order to ensure their compliance with Article 3(a), (b) and (ba). To that end, they shall use a framework of procedures and measures, hereinafter referred to as a ‘due diligence’, as set out in Article 8.
Amendment 395 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) the relevant commodities and products are not compliant with Article 3(a), (b) or (ba);
Amendment 397 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the exercise of due diligence has revealed a non-negligible risk that the relevant commodities and products are not compliant with Article 3(a), (b) or (ba);
Amendment 401 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. Operators that have received new information, including substantiated concerns, or information provided via the rapid alert mechanism, that the relevant commodity or product that they have already placed on the market is notat risk of not being in conformity with the requirements of this Regulation shall immediately inform the competent authorities of the Member States in which they placed the relevant commodity or product on the market. In the case of exports from the Union market, the operators shall inform the competent authority of Member State which is the country of production.
Amendment 405 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Operators shall take the necessary measures: (a) to consult broadly and without delay with the stakeholders potentially impacted by this Regulation, in particular those that are most vulnerable; and (b) to provide adequate assistance and fair remuneration to their suppliers, in particular small operators, so that they can comply with the rules, in particular with regard to the geolocation requirement, and to ensure that the costs resulting from the implementation of this Regulation are fairly shared among the different actors in the value chain.
Amendment 452 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) adequate and verifiable information that the production has been conducted in accordance with relevant legislation of the country of production, including any arrangement conferring the right to use the respective area for the purposes of the production of the relevant commoditythe legal status of land (ownership/title including both formal and customary rights of indigenous peoples and local communities to lands, territories and resources) and evidence of free, prior and informed consent;
Amendment 457 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) information on the working conditions of the people who were responsible for the harvesting, processing and treatment of the relevant commodities and products and the conditions under which those activities took place, for the purpose of verifying compliance with the human rights obligations of this Regulation;
Amendment 462 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Financial institutions shall collect the information, documents and data demonstrating that the provision of financial services to customers complies with Article 11a. These shall include, at least: (a) description of the customer’s economic activities, of the activities of entities controlled by the customer, of the economic activities of the customers’ suppliers; (b) information on the relevant commodities and products placed on, made available on or exported from the Union’s market and on the related exercise of due diligence under this Regulation; (c) use, for the activities under (a) of relevant commodities and products, including information on the relevant commodities and products effectively used and on the related exercise of due diligence under this Regulation; (d) policies adopted, and implemented by the customer and by the entities and suppliers referred to under (a) in view of ensuring that their activities do not cause deforestation and forest degradation; (e) identification of the country of production and geo-localisation coordinates, latitude and longitude of all plots of land where the relevant commodities and products is to be produced;
Amendment 469 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 33 to supplement paragraph 1 and paragraph 1a concerning further relevant information to be obtained that may be necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the due diligence system.
Amendment 470 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Operators and financial institutions shall verify and analyse information collected in accordance with Article 9 and any other relevant documentation, and on this basis carry out a risk assessment to establish whether there is a risk that the relevant commodities and products intended to be placed on or exported from the Union market are non- compliant with the requirements of this Regulation. If the operators cannot demonstrate that the risk of non- compliance is negligible, they shall not place the relevant commodity or product on the Union market nor export it. If the financial institutions cannot conclude that the risk of non-compliance is negligible, they shall not provide financial services to the concerned customers.
Amendment 477 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the presence of forests and other ecosystems in the country and area of production of the relevant commodity or product;
Amendment 483 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) prevalence of deforestation or forest degradation, forest degradation or conversion or degradation of other ecosystems in the country, region and area of production of the relevant commodity or product;
Amendment 488 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) concerns in relation to the country of production and origin, such as level of corruption, prevalence of document and data falsification, lack of law enforcement, violations of human rights and of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, armed conflict or presence of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council or the Council of the European Union;
Amendment 494 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the risk of mixing with products of unknown origin or produced in areas where deforestation or forest degradation, forest degradation or conversion or degradation of other ecosystems has occurred or is occurring;
Amendment 495 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) information provided via the rapid alert mechanism;
Amendment 501 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Except where the analysis undertaken in accordance with paragraph 1 allows the operator to ascertain that there is no or negligible risk that the relevant commodities or products are not compliant with the requirements of this Regulation, the operator shall adopt prior to placing the relevant commodities and products on the Union market or to their export risk mitigation procedures and measures that are adequate to reach no or negligible risk. This may include requiring additional information, data or documents, undertaking independent surveys or audits, strengthening the capacities of and providing adequate support to suppliers to modify their practices or other measures pertaining to information requirements set out in Article 9.
Amendment 523 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Unless otherwise provided by other EU legislative instruments that lay down requirements regarding sustainability value chain due diligence, operators which are not SMEs shall, on an annual basis, publicly report as widely as possible, including on the internet, on their due diligence system including on the steps taken by them to implement their obligations as set out in Article 8 and the necessary measures set out in Article 4(7a). Operators falling also within the scope of other EU legislative instruments that lay down requirements regarding value chain due diligence may fulfil their reporting obligations under this paragraph by including the required information when reporting in the context of other EU legislative instruments.
Amendment 530 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Obligations of financial institutions 1. In view of complying with Article 3, financial institutions shall exercise due diligence prior to providing financial services to customers whose economic activities consist, or are linked to, the trading or placing on the market of commodities and products defined in Article 1 and Annex I. 2. The due diligence shall include: (a) the collection of information and documents, as referred to in Article 9(a), needed to fulfil the requirement set out in paragraph 1; (b) risk assessment and mitigation measures as described in Article 10; 3. Financial institutions shall not provide financial services to customers without prior submission of a due diligence statement to the competent authorities; 4. For customers with whom they have established an ongoing business relationship before the date of entry into force of this Regulation, financial institutions shall complete the relevant due diligence within one year from the date in question.
Amendment 531 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 b (new)
Article 11 b (new)
Article 11b 1. Financial institutions shall verify and analyse information collected in accordance with Article 9(1a) and any other relevant documentation, and on this basis carry out a risk assessment to establish whether there is a risk that the provision of financial services to a customer may not comply with Article 12a(1). If the financial institutions cannot demonstrate that the risk of non- compliance is negligible, they shall not provide financial services to the customer at issue.
Amendment 532 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12
Article 12
Amendment 569 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Competent authorities shall monitor the compliance of financial institutions with the requirements of this Regulation.
Amendment 573 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. To carry out the checks referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authorities shall establish a plan based on a risk-based approach. The plan shall contain at least risk criteria to carry out the risk analysis under paragraph 4 and thereby inform the decisions on checks. In establishing and reviewing the risk criteria, the competent authorities shall take into account in particular the assignment of risk to countries or parts thereof in accordance with Article 27, the history of compliance of an operator or trader with this Regulation and any other relevant information. Based on the results of the checks and the experience on implementation of the plans, the competent authorities shall review those plans and risk criteria on a regular basis in order to improve their effectiveness. When reviewing the plans, the competent authorities shallmay establish a reduced frequency of checks for those operators and traders who have shown a consistent record of full compliance with the requirements under this Regulation.
Amendment 585 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 11
Article 14 – paragraph 11
11. Without prejudice to the checks under paragraphs 5 and 6, competent authorities shall conduct checks referred to in paragraph 1 when they are in possession of evidence or other relevant information, including based on the rapid alert mechanism or on substantiated concerns provided by third parties under Article 29, concerning potential non-compliance with this Regulation.
Amendment 591 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 13
Article 14 – paragraph 13
13. The competent authorities shall keep records of the checks indicating in particular their nature and results, as well as on the measures taken in case of non- compliance. Records of all checks shall be kept for at least 510 years.
Amendment 596 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the use of any technical and scientific means to determine whether the relevant commodity or product is ‘deforestation free’, including Earth observation data such as that obtained from the Copernicus programme and tools;
Amendment 604 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 616 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 18 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Without prejudice to the obligation of operators to exercise due diligence as provided for in Article 8 and in order to provide assistance to operators and competent authorities in checking the legality requirement referred to in Article 3(b), the Commission shall draw up a non-exhaustive list of relevant legislation in producer countries in consultation with them and any other relevant stakeholders, in particular indigenous peoples and local communities.
Amendment 617 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities shall cooperate with each other, with authorities from other Member States, with the Commission, and, if necessary, with administrative authorities of third countries in order to ensure compliance with this Regulation, including as regards the implementation of field audits.
Amendment 618 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Competent authorities shall exchange information necessary for the enforcement of this Regulation. This shall include giving access to and exchange of data on operators and traders including due diligence statements, the nature and results of the controls carried out and any sanctions imposed with other Member States’ competent authorities to facilitate the enforcement of this Regulation.
Amendment 621 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. At the request of a competent authority, Member States shall provide to it, without undue delay, the necessary information to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
Amendment 623 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18a Satellite imagery and access to forest data The Commission shall establish a Platform using satellite imagery, including Copernicus Sentinel, covering the forest areas worldwide, and featuring tools to enable all parties to quickly move towards no-deforestation across supply chains. The platform shall provide: (a) thematic maps, including a land cover map with time series since the cut- off date defined in Article 2 (8) and a range of classes allowing to appreciate landscape composition, (b) an alert system, relying upon a monthly monitoring of forest cover change, (c) a range of analyses and user- friendly and secured outputs, depicting how supply chains are linked to deforestation. The Platform shall be made available to Member State authorities, interested third countries’ authorities, operators and traders.
Amendment 626 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall make available to the public and the Commission, at the latest by 30 April of each year, information on the application of this Regulation during the previous calendar year. This information shall include their plans for checks, the number and the results of the controls carried out on operators and traders, including the contents of these checks, the volume of relevant commodities and products checked in relation to the total quantity of relevant commodities and products placed on the market, the countries of origin and of production of relevant commodities and products as well as the measures taken in case of non-compliance, including the sanctions imposed, and the costs of controls recovered.
Amendment 628 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission services shall make publicly available, on an annual basis, a Union-wide overview of the application of this Regulation based on the data submitted by the Member States under paragraph 1. Where appropriate, and in order to promote the effective implementation of this Regulation, the Commission shall make recommendations with a view to encouraging the harmonisation of sanctions between Member States.
Amendment 641 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Where relevant commodities or products were produced in a country or part thereof listed as high risk in accordance with Article 27, or there is a risk of relevant commodities or products produced in such countries or parts thereof entering the relevant supply chain, each Member State shall ensure that the annual checks carried out by their competent authorities cover at least 1520% of the operators placing, making available on or exporting from the Union market each of the relevant commodities on their market as well as 1520% of the quantity of each of the relevant commodities placed or made available on or exported from their market from high risk countries or parts thereof.
Amendment 644 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Where, following the checks referred to in Article 15 and 16, possible serious shortcomings have been detected, or risks have been identified pursuant to Article 14(6), the competent authorities may take immediate interim measures, including seizure or suspension of the placing or making available on and exporting from the Union market of the relevant commodities and products. Member States shall inform the Commission and the competent authorities of other Member States about such measures directly.
Amendment 649 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 23, where competent authorities establish that an operator or trader has not complied with its obligations under this Regulation or that a relevant commodity or product is not compliant with this Regulation, they shall without delay require the relevant operator or trader to take appropriate and proportionate corrective action to bring the non-compliance to an end as soon as possible.
Amendment 655 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) destroyonating the relevant commodity or product or donating it to charitable or public interest purposes.
Amendment 658 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) rectifying flaws in the exercise of due diligence in order to prevent possible future infractions.
Amendment 681 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) in the case of serious or repeated violations, suspension or withdrawal of the right to submit due diligence statements;
Amendment 690 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Without prejudice to the obligations under Directive 2008/99/EC, Member States shall apply criminal sanctions in the case of serious or repeated violations of this Regulation.
Amendment 693 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23a Establishment of a European list of non- compliant operators and traders 1. The Commission shall draw up a list of operators and traders who have failed to fulfil their obligations under this Regulation. An operator or trader shall be included on that list if an administrative authority or a court of a Member State has imposed on it, in accordance with Article 23 of this Regulation, sanctions which are final. 2. Member States shall notify the Commission without delay of any final administrative or criminal sanction or penalty imposed on an operator or trader for failure to comply with its obligations under this Regulation. 3. Upon receipt of such notification the Commission shall, without delay, include the operator or trader concerned on the list and inform the operator and trader concerned of its inclusion, and update the information system (‘Register’) referred to in Article 31. 4. Member States shall establish more frequent checks on operators and traders on the list, including at least one check within two years of their inclusion on the list.
Amendment 694 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 b (new)
Article 23 b (new)
Article 23b Removal from the European list of non- compliant operators and traders The Commission shall remove an operator or trader from the list of non- compliant operators and traders referred to in Article 23a two years after the last administrative or criminal sanction or penalty, provided no other administrative or criminal sanction or procedure concerning an alleged infringement has been reported. The Commission shall, without undue delay, notify the competent authorities of the removal of an operator or trader from the list and update the information system (‘Register’) referred to in Article 31.
Amendment 695 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 c (new)
Article 23 c (new)
Amendment 708 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall develop an electronic interface based on the EU Single Window Environment for Customs to enable the transmission of data, in particular the notifications and requests referred to in Article 24, paragraphs 5 to 8, between national customs systems and the information system referred to in Article 31. This electronic interface shall be in place at the latest fourone years from the date of adoption of the relevant implementing act referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 711 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Commission mayshall develop an electronic interface based on the EU Single Window Environment for Customs to enable:
Amendment 720 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a threewo- tier system for the assessment of countries or parts thereof. Unless identified in accordance with this Article as presenting a low or high risk, countries shall be considered as presenting a standard risk. The Commission may identify countries or parts thereof that present a low or high risk of producing relevant commodities or products that are not compliant with Article 3, point (a). The list of the countries or parts thereof that present a low or high risk shall be published by means of implementing act(s) to be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 34(2). That list shall be updated as necessary in light of new evidence.
Amendment 724 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The identification of low and high risk countries or parts thereof pursuant to paragraph 1 shall take into account information provided by the country concerned and by other stakeholders, such as civil society, including indigenous peoples and local communities, and be based on the following assessment criteria:
Amendment 731 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) rate of deforestation and forest, forest degradation and ecosystem conversion and degradation,
Amendment 741 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) whether the nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change covers emissions and removals from agriculture, forestry and land use which ensures that emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems are accounted towards the country's commitment to reduce or limit greenhouse gas emissions as specified in the NDC;
Amendment 744 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) agreements and other instruments concluded between the country concerned and the Union that address deforestation or forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems and facilitates compliance of relevant commodities and products with the requirements of this Regulation and their effective implementation;
Amendment 745 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) whether the country concerned has national or subnational laws in place, including in accordance with Article 5 of the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and takes effective enforcement measures to avoid and sanction activities leading to deforestation and forest degradation or the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems, as well as the human rights violations linked to these phenomena, and in particular whether sanctions of sufficient severity to deprive of the benefits accruing from deforestation or forest degradation, forest degradation or the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems are applied.
Amendment 759 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) the consequences of its identification as a high or low risk country.
Amendment 762 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where a country is placed in the higher risk category, the Commission shall propose that the country engage in sustained dialogue and cooperation, in accordance with Article 28, in order to develop an ongoing partnership aimed at creating the necessary conditions for that country to be able to return to the standard risk category.
Amendment 765 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. The CommissionIn a coordinated approach, the Commission and the Member States shall engage with producer countries concerned by this Regulation to develop partnerships and cooperation to jointly address deforestation and forest degradation. Such partnerships and cooperation mechanisms, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems, as well as the human rights violations linked to these phenomena. Such partnerships and cooperation mechanisms shall prioritise countries in the higher risk category pursuant to Article 27 and will focus on the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of forests, deforestation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems, and the transition to sustainable commodity production, consumption, processing and trade methods and, where appropriate, the development of ecotourism based on sustainable management of forests and other biodiversity-rich ecosystems. Partnerships and cooperation mechanisms may include structured dialogues, adequate support programmes and actions, administrative arrangements and provisions in existing agreements or agreements that enable producer countries to make the transition to an agricultural production that facilitates the compliance of relevant commodities and products with the requirements of this regulation. Partnerships and cooperation mechanisms shall pay particular attention to smallholders in order to enable them to transition to sustainable farming practices and to comply with the requirements of this Regulation. In the context of programming under the Global Europe instrument, adequate financial resources must be available to help meet the support needs of smallholders. Such agreements and their effective implementation will be taken into account as part of the benchmarking under Article 27 of this Regulation.
Amendment 771 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. Partnerships and cooperation shall have adequate financial resources and shall take full account of the information and alerts provided by the EU Observatory. They should allow the full participation of all stakeholders, including civil society, indigenous people, local communities, women and the private sector including, SMEs and smallholders.
Amendment 776 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Partnerships and cooperation shall promote the development of integrated land use planning processes, relevant legislations, fiscalincluding tenure rights and the procedural right to give or withhold free, prior and informed consent, fiscal or trade incentives and other pertinent tools to improve forest, other ecosystem and biodiversity conservation, sustainable management and restoration of forests, tackle the conversion of forests and vulnerable ecosystems to other land uses, optimise gains for the landscape, tenure security, agriculture productivity and competitiveness, transparent supply chains, strengthen the rights of forest or other ecosystem dependent communities including smallholders, indigenous peoples and local communities, and ensure public access to forest management documents and other relevant information.
Amendment 779 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall engage in international bilateral and multilateral discussion on policies and actions to halt deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems, including in multilateral fora such as Convention on Biological Diversity, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, United Nations Environment Assembly, United Nations Forum on Forests, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, World Trade Organisation, G7 and G20. Such engagement shall include the promotion of the transition to sustainable agricultural production and sustainable forest and other ecosystems management as well as the development of transparent and sustainable supply chains as well as continue efforts towards identifying and agreeing robust standards and definitions that ensure a high level of protection of forest and other ecosystems.
Amendment 790 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Competent authorities shall, without undue delay, diligently and impartially assess the substantiated concerns and take the necessary steps, including checks and hearings of operators and traders, with a view to detecting potential breaches of the provisions of this Regulation and, where appropriate, interim measures under Article 21 to prevent the placing making available on and export from the Union market of relevant commodities and products under investigation.
Amendment 793 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. The competent authority shall, as soon as possible and no later than 30 days from the receipt of the substantiated concern and in accordance with the relevant provisions of national law, inform the natural or legal persons referred to in paragraph 1, which submitted observations to the authority, of its decision to accede to or refuse the request for action and shall provide the reasons for it.
Amendment 815 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish and maintain, by the date established in Article 36(2), an information system (“Register”) which shall contain the due diligence statements made available pursuant to Article 4(2) and the European list of non- compliant operators and traders referred to in Article 23b.
Amendment 817 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) registration of the outcome of controls on due diligence statements and the sanctions imposed;
Amendment 818 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) registration of the European list of non-compliant operators and traders and allow the risk profiling of operators, traders and relevant commodities and products for the purpose of identifying high risk consignments according to the risk analysis in Article 14(4);
Amendment 823 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 5
Article 31 – paragraph 5
5. IWithout prejudice to the provisions laid down in Articles 23a, 23b and 23c on the European list of non-compliant operators and traders and in line with the EU’s Open Data Policy, and in particular the Directive (EU) 2019/102451 , the Commission shall provide access to the wider public to the complete anonymised datasets of the information system in an open format that can be machine-readable and that ensures interoperability, re-use and accessibility. __________________ 51 Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, p. 56–83).
Amendment 827 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31 a (new)
Amendment 831 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. No later than two years after the entry into force, the Commission shall carry out a first review of this Regulation, and shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal. The report shall focus in particular on an evaluation of the need and the feasibility of extending the scope of this Regulation to other ecosystems, including land with high carbon stocks and land with a high biodiversity value such as grasslands, peatlands and wetlands and further commoditiesas well as on proposals for additional support measures for farmers, in particular smallholders, indigenous peoples and local communities on the basis of the impact assessment and continuous assessment carried out under Article 31a.
Amendment 847 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point a (new)
(aa) sanctions imposed by Member States and the need for and feasibility of encouraging harmonisation between Member States in order to ensure more effective implementation of the Regulation
Amendment 848 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 856 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to the general review under paragraph 1, a first review of Annex I shall be carried out by the Commission no later than two years after the entry into force of this Regulation, and thereafter at regular intervals in order to assess whether it is appropriate to amend or extend the relevant products listed in Annex I in order to ensure that all products that contain, have been fed with or have been made using relevant commodities are included in that list, unless the demand for those products has a negligible effect on deforestation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems. The reviews shall be based on an assessment of the effect of the relevant commodities and products on deforestation and forest degradation, forest degradation and the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems, and take into account changes in consumption, as indicated by scientific evidence.
Amendment 889 #
2021/0366(COD)
Amendment 228 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
Amendment 573 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The CBAM helps meet Union objectives and international commitments, including in particular those under the Paris Agreement and the WTO.
Amendment 962 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24a Engagement with Least Developed Countries The Union shall enhance its support to least developed countries’ efforts toward decarbonisation of their industries impacted by the CBAM by reinforcing climate spending through the relevant instruments in the Union budget. The financial support shall be additional and shall be equivalent in financial value to the revenues generated by the sale of CBAM certificates stemming from least developed countries , and shall not be a simple reallocation of existing budgetary lines.
Amendment 1208 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. An installation covered by Directive 2003/87/EC belonging to the 10% most efficient installations as laid down in Article 10a of that Directive shall, upon request, receive an amount of free allocations corresponding to the emissions resulting from the quantity of goods it exports which are covered by this Regulation, taking into account the emissions embedded in a similar product in the third country pursuant to Articles 7, 8 and 9 of this Regulation. The rules for transitional free allocation under Articles 10a and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC shall apply to the allocation.
Amendment 1214 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Commission shall adopt before the end of the transition period a delegated act in accordance with Article 28 that establishes the arrangements for granting free allowances to the exported part of the production of an installations covered by this Regulation, in particular the methodology for the calculation of the average embedded carbon content of the corresponding sector within a third country. The average embedded carbon content of a third country sector shall be taken into account when establishing the amount of free allocations to be granted to the emissions resulting from the quantity of goods exported by an EU installation as referred in paragraph(2a) of this Article.
Amendment 10 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the report of FOREST EUROPE of 17 December 2020on the State of Europe's Forests,
Amendment 17 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS),
Amendment 21 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the Special Reports of the European Court of Auditors on "Sustainable use of plant protection products: limited progress in measuring and reducing risks" (05/2020), "Biodiversity on farmland: CAP contribution has not halted the decline" (13/2020), "Protection of wild pollinators in the EU — Commission initiatives have not borne fruit" (15/2020), and "Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not deep" (26/2020),
Amendment 24 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the European Court of Auditors special report entitled Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not Deep, published on 26 November 2020,
Amendment 35 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 d (new)
Citation 11 d (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 26 February 2016 on an EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking(COM/2016/087);
Amendment 42 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to the European Environment Agency assessment report of 6 October 2020entitled Management effectiveness in the EU's Natura 2000 network of protected areas,
Amendment 44 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 c (new)
Citation 11 c (new)
- having regard to the JRC Science for policy report of 13 October 2020 entitled Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services: An EU ecosystem assessment, published,
Amendment 61 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and approved an ambitious Climate Law report; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change, reinforce each other, representing equal threats to life on our planet, and as such, should be urgently tackled together;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Parliament has declared a climate and environmental emergency and approved an ambitious Climate Law report; whereas biodiversity loss and climate change are linked to and represent equal threats to life on our planet;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Court of Auditors has highlighted serious shortcomings in Union policies related to the protection or restoration of biodiversity, including but not limited to inadequate measures to protect or restore biodiversity, lack of implementation and funding, and inappropriate indicators to measure progress; whereas future Union policies should remedy and address said shortcomings;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas indigenous peoples and local communities play an essential part to preserve the world’s biodiversity and global biodiversity targets cannot be achieved without the recognition of their rights;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas key ecosystems deliver numerous services essential to food and agriculture, including supply of freshwater, protection against hazards and provision of habitats for species such as fish and pollinators, which are declining at a sharp rate;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas biodiversity is crucial for food security, human well-being and development worldwide; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted areas of inequalities across agri-food systems, and the necessity to adapt and improve smallholder production sustainably, ensure that the livelihoods of rural populations are more resilient, transform agri-food-systems, and reorient agriculture towards climate sustainability;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the upcoming international agreement under the CBD aim to establish the European and global framework on biodiversity up to 2030; whereas the EU must seize these occasions to incorporate the lessons drawn from the Sars-CoV-2 outbreak into its policies and objectives, with a view to restoring and maintaining healthy environments and functioning ecosystems;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas according to the findings of the 2020 ECA and EEAs reports, there is a lack of an effective, well-managed and well-connected network of marine protected areas resulting in limited protection of marine biodiversity;
Amendment 78 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas close to 80% of the biodiversity of the EU currently lives in its Outermost Regions (ORs) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs);
Amendment 79 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas according to the JRC 2020 report, invasive alien species (IAS) are now present in all ecosystems and are threatening urban ecosystems and grasslands in particular;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the evidence available suggests that it is not too late to halt and reverse current trends in the decline of biodiversity4 provided very substantial changes and innovations are implemented on a short timescale, while involving a wide range of actors at all scales and across all sectors of society 4; _________________ 4 Global Biodiversity Outlook 5.
Amendment 86 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the unfortunate one-year delay in the 2020 Conferences of Parties to the UNFCCC and the CBD caused by the Sars-CoV-2 outbreak provides a unique opportunity to switch from a reactive model to a proactive and precautionary model and ultimately bring about the transformative change needed; whereas new scientific advances should inform and strengthen the links between both international agendas and their national implementation;
Amendment 107 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the European Union still faces large implementation gaps to effectively manage the Natura 2000 network; whereas current and future climate change impacts should be also incorporated under management guidelines of Natura 2000;
Amendment 117 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas, according to the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report, both the illegal and legal trade in, and use of, wildlife significantly contributes to biodiversity decline, and the destruction of natural habitats and the exploitation of wildlife are linked to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases;
Amendment 126 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas climate change affects biodiversity as climate variables largely determine the geographical distribution ranges of species; whereas in areas where the climate is no longer suitable, some species shift their geographical ranges and others go extinct locally, depending on their dispersal capacities; whereas species phenology and physiology, community structures and ecosystem functions are also exacerbating the challenge to manage and conserve biodiversity;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas Nature-based solutions (NbS) have the potential to provide a strong policy connection between the three Rio Conventions on Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification providing an opportunity for Presidencies and Secretariats of all three agreements to work together to achieve closer linkages towards the 2021 Year for Nature to address climate change and biodiversity loss in an integrated and coherent manner;
Amendment 194 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of holistically recognising the linkages between human health, animal health and biodiversity through the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies with the changes needed; further calls on the Commission to present, in collaboration with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, a European Strategy against pandemics, including pandemics from zoonotic origins; believes that such a Strategy should put in place pandemic preparedness and prevention, further address the drivers of biodiversity loss, ensure long-term resilience, and ultimately contribute to the overall objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;
Amendment 200 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed; calls for an urgent rethinking of how to align the Union’s current policies, including its external action and development cooperation, with the changes needed;
Amendment 215 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that only one target from the Biodiversity Strategy 2020 was met (to protect 10% of marine areas and 17% of terrestrial areas), and underlines therefore that all targets from the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 should be clearly defined and measurable in order to be achieved;
Amendment 256 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with, in cooperation with their local and regional authorities, in accordance with the whole-of-government approach, science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas, the quality and effective management of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented and monitored;
Amendment 263 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses strong support for the targets of protecting at least 30 % of the Union’s marine and terrestrial areas, and of strictly protecting at least 10 % of these areas, including primary and old-growth forests; stresses that these should be binding and implemented by Member States in accordance with science-based criteria and biodiversity needs; underlines that in addition to increasing protected areas,the number and size of protected areas, representativeness, good management and the quality of protected areas should be ensured and clear conservation plans implemented;
Amendment 278 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the ongoing participatory processes of defining, mapping and monitoring primary and old- growth forests, aiming to ensure their conservation; believes that these efforts and the implementation of the Strategy should take into account national conditions;
Amendment 301 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to update the Adaptive management guidance in Natura 2000, which involves the consideration of potential regional impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems and the design of management actions that take those impacts into account;
Amendment 315 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that according to the EEA report, existing management effectiveness standards are insufficiently known and understood among practitioners; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States for more targeted capacity building and better EU guidance on management effectiveness;
Amendment 346 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WStrongly welcomes the upcoming legislative proposal on the EU Nature Restoration Plan and reiterates its call for a restoration target of at least 30 % of the EU’s land and seas, which should be implemented by each Member State consistently throughout their territory; considers that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem- specific targets should be set, with a particular emphasis on ecosystems for the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that after restoration, no ecosystem degradation should be allowed;
Amendment 369 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Strongly supports the proposed actions and commitments under the EU Nature Restoration Plan and calls upon the Member States for a thorough and swift implementation thereof;
Amendment 374 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 375 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the importance of protected area governance and cooperation that engages landowners, fishermen, users and local stakeholders for the successful implementation of the Strategy at all levels; believes that Member States should carefully evaluate compensation measures, when the financial income and ownership rights are being compromised, as a result of additional designation of protected areas;
Amendment 437 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the basis for key ecological processes; notes with concern the increased soil degradation and the lack of specific EU legislation; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the establishment of a common framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil that includes a specific decontamination target, including against microplastic pollution;
Amendment 561 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that all fishing activities must be subject to maximum sustainable yield levels, with zero tolerance of illegaland calls for greater support for partner countries for sustainable fishing and zero tolerance of illegal, undeclared and unregulated fishing practices and the elimination of by- catches of sensitive species;
Amendment 623 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points out that forests are home to 80 % of the world’s land-based biodiversity and that deforestation, in particular of tropical forests, is continuing at a catastrophic rate; stresses that unsustainable agricultural practices are an important vector of deforestation and ecosystem degradation in the world; emphasises that agroecological development will play an essential role in preserving biodiversity and calls on the Union and Member States to promote this globally;
Amendment 633 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Encourages the Commission to scale up collaboration especially for marine ecosystems and the designation of marine ecological corridors;
Amendment 634 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Recalls that 1.6 billion people directly depend on forests for their existence, and that combating deforestation in partner countries is a major challenge that contributes to achieving several Sustainable Development Goals; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen and coordinate their efforts to support partner countries through partnerships devoted to sustainable forest management that recognise the essential role of local communities and encourage their participation in decision-making;
Amendment 668 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. StressesWelcomes the commitment to plant at least 3 billion additional trees in Europe; stresses however that the Union’s tree planting initiatives should prioritise connectivity and be based on proforestation, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas; calls on the Commission to ensure that these initiatives are carried out only in a manner compatible with and conducive to the biodiversity objectives and following the latest scientific guidance;
Amendment 713 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses its concern that the majority of the ranges of terrestrial and marine species will decrease significantly in a 1.5 to 2°C scenarioglobal warming scenario and that these temperature increases will most likely be exceeded with the current trajectory; highlights, therefore, the need to prioritise nature-based solutions in meeting climate mitigation goals and in adaptation strategies and to increase the protection of natural carbon sinks in the EU; as a complementary measure to decreasing green house gas emissions; emphasises that removals by natural carbon sinks should be complementary and additional to the prioritisation of swift reductions of direct greenhouse gas emissions, including when implementing the EU’s 2030 climate target;
Amendment 733 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to assess the magnitude of expected changes on biodiversity by performing a sensitivity analysis of the responses of species geographical distributions to climate change and to support Member States to adequately channel these assessments into national policies; stresses that expected changes in abundance and distribution (e.g. a potential northwards migration) should thus also be addressed in future reporting under the Nature Directives and taken into account within the context of the new Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;
Amendment 744 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to preparesent a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that improvensures coherence and interconnections for future actions, and formally integrates commitments under the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement; Nationally-Determined Contributions of the Paris Agreement; underlines the importance of creating a formal coordination structure as soon as possible, as well as better coordination of reporting, monitoring, assessment and review of both climate and biodiversity plans in the future;
Amendment 747 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that improves coherence and interconnections for future actions, and integrates commitments under the post- 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and, the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 756 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission, in collaboration with the IUCN and the EEA, to present guidelines, definitions and strict principles of implementation and optimisation tools to clearly define NbS as biodiversity-inclusive and guide decisions on where to implement NbS to maximise nature connectivity, benefits and synergies between biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 762 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Stresses that the post-2020 global biodiversity framework should commit Parties to incorporate NbS that protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystem integrity into both National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to meet the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 764 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Stresses that despite growing consensus at the UNFCCC, the CBD and other relevant COPs on the need for integrated action at country and local levels to tackle both the biodiversity and the climate crises together, NbS are still absent in many national climate pledges and country strategies; considers that a multi-stakeholder Platform on NbS could help strengthen synergies across multilateral international conventions on biodiversity and climate change and enable the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 765 #
Amendment 783 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission’s targets of reducing the use of more hazardous and chemical pesticides by 50 %, the use of fertilisers by at least 20 % and nutrient losses by at least 50 % by 2030, which should be made binding and have an explicit connection with the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability; underlines the link between the Biodiversity, Farm to Fork, and Chemical strategies in this regard; considers that the derogation envisaged in Article 53(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should be clarified and must only be applied for health and environmental reasons;
Amendment 851 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy are fully reflected in the future Zero Pollution Action Plan, which should also address noise, including underwater noise pollution, and light pollution;
Amendment 867 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Regrets that the list of Union concern represents less than 6 % of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission to step up action and ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non- native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest; urges the Commission to urgently revise the listing processes, together with prevention, control or eradication plans for those affecting critically endangered species as determined by science;
Amendment 902 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming and proofing across EU spending and programmes on the basis of the EU Taxonomy and the ‘do no significant harm’ principle, including in its external action and in the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), on the basis of the EU Taxonomy; calls for the effective application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle to biodiversity across EU spending and programmes; calls on the Commission to provide a comprehensive assessment of how the EUR 20 billion per year needed for nature could be mobilised, to make corresponding proposals for the Union’s annual budget and to examine the need for a dedicated funding instrument for TEN-N; considers that efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards; recalls that, as agreed by the co- legislators, the Recovery and Resilience Facility should contribute to mainstream biodiversity action in the Union policies; notes therefore that Member States should be encouraged to include biodiversity actions in the Recovery and Resilience Plans;
Amendment 921 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes the recent agreement on the multiannual financial framework to establish a new annual biodiversity target of 7.5% in the MFF from 2024, in view of reaching 10% in 2026 and 2027; underlines, however that all possible efforts should be made to reach 10 % annual spending on biodiversity under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) as soon as possible from 2021 onwards;
Amendment 933 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide an assessment of all subsidies harmful to the environment with a view to their phasing out by 2030 at the latest; reiterates its calls for the reorientation of taxation systems towards an increased use of environmental taxation; calls the Commission to provide clear guidelines and incentives to mobilise private finance for biodiversity and encourage divestment from harmful activities by companies;
Amendment 956 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to achieve the objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy in the most effective and least burdensome way for the economic operators;
Amendment 968 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights the need for a legally binding biodiversity governance framework, similar to the Climate Law, which steers a path to 2050 through a set of binding objectives, including targets for 2030 and the COP15 commitments, and which establishes a monitoring mechanism with smart indicators; calls on the Commission to submit a legal proposal to this end in 2022; stresses that increasing human and financial capacity at local, Member State and EU-level will be critical for an effective governance framework, alongside more clarity on specific sectorial commitments and integration into international target deliveries;
Amendment 980 #
2020/2273(INI)
24a. Regrets that the lack of a Monitoring and Review Mechanism for the Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 has hindered progress towards the established objectives; believes that due to the trans- boundary and cross-sectorial nature of biodiversity there is an urgent need to integrate all existing monitoring tools at EU-level into one comprehensive monitoring and review Mechanism for the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 including terrestrial and marine biodiversity;
Amendment 1021 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation within the EU and in third countries; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;
Amendment 1033 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that greater research is urgently needed to understand biodiversity tipping points, and how biodiversity collapse could impact essential services, such as food provision;
Amendment 1034 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recommends the EU to join the global call of the ‘UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration’ (2021-2031), to massively scale up to protect and revive ecosystems all around the world;
Amendment 1040 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Stresses the importance of closing critical knowledge gaps and improving our understanding of biogeographical regions; underlines the need to improve knowledge on key risk behaviours, illegal, unregulated, and the legal and regulated wildlife trade as a contributing factor to disease risk, and improving understanding of the relationship between ecosystem degradation and restoration, landscape structure and the risk of disease emergence; urges to improve horizon scanning to identify emerging threats and challenges and policy responses to them;
Amendment 1050 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 11
Subheading 11
Amendment 1051 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 11
Subheading 11
International action, trade, and ocean governance
Amendment 1054 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. RHighlights the need for strong and coordinated multilateral action to bring the biodiversity crisis to an end; emphasises the importance of meeting international commitments, in particular those relating to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); recalls the position expressed in its resolution of 16 January 2020 on COP156 on biodiversity and the need for a post- 2020 binding agreement similar to the Paris Agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030; _________________ 6 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0015.
Amendment 1056 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls the position expressed in its resolution of 16 January 2020 on COP156 on biodiversity and the need for a post- 2020 binding agreement, with smart targets and a robust implementation framework, similar to the Paris Agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030; stresses the need for a science- based, independent, harmonised and transparent review mechanism on the progress of the Parties to meeting the targets; _________________ 6 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0015.
Amendment 1065 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Highlights the importance of long- term EU support for the most important ecosystem, biodiversity hotspots and protected areas in Africa; welcomes the new ‘NaturAfrica’ initiative and its potential to benefit conservation, economic recovery, security and local populations; calls for the development of similar initiatives for other regions while extending Key Biodiversity Areas to contribute to increasing the resilience of developing countries to Climate Change;
Amendment 1066 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Takes note of the failure of the World Trade Organisation Members to conclude the ongoing negotiations on fisheries subsidies by the end of 2020; calls on the Union to play a more prominent role in bringing these negotiations to an agreement, while showing more ambition towards a rapid phasing out of harmful fisheries subsidies, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 14;
Amendment 1072 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Welcomes the launch of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People during the One Planet Summit on 11 January 2021 and the commitment made by 50 countries to protect 30 % of lands and seas by 2030;
Amendment 1075 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Amendment 1076 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to crack down on illegal wildlife trade; considers that the Biodiversity Strategy fails to recognise legal wildlife trade as a driver of biodiversity loss as well; urges the Commission to address the impact of legal and illegal wildlife trade as a whole on biodiversity and global health, to promote and assist third countries in seriously restricting or ending the trade and sale of wildlife for human consumption while taking into account the legitimate consideration of subsistence hunting by Indigenous People and local communities for household consumption; calls on the Union to champion this idea in all relevant international fora;
Amendment 1079 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Calls on the EU to strengthen its inter-parliamentary dialogue and be a world pioneer in biodiversity conservation by cooperating with low-income countries; stresses the importance of increased EU support towards the COP 15 in conserving, protecting and restoring biodiversity worldwide;
Amendment 1082 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Underlines the impact of illegal wild meat trafficking into the EU on the biodiversity of the meat's countries of origin as well as of the EU through the potential import of pathogens; highlights the lack of knowledge as regards the magnitude and routes of this traffic; calls on the Commission to make full use of the potential of the pilot project "International Wild Meat Trafficking: developing new tools and policies to halt this underreported crime in the EU" adopted by the Parliament to remedy this and better fight this traffic;
Amendment 1083 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Stresses the strong links between biodiversity loss and increasing emergence of pandemics; calls on the EU to promote during the upcoming COP 15 the establishment of a supranational scientific council to identify policy options, monitor and prevent the root causes of pandemics resulting from environmental degradation and biodiversity loss; calls on the Parties to commit to a reduction and elimination of wildlife trade of high-risk disease species;
Amendment 1085 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Points out that the African continent is home to a unique biodiversity and calls on the two continents to unite their efforts in the context of the new Africa-European Union partnership to preserve African biodiversity and address the threats facing it, in particular deforestation, desertification, and poaching, trafficking and trade in wildlife; stresses, moreover, the importance of European support for the Great Green Wall initiative in the Sahel and nature-based solutions;
Amendment 1086 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 d (new)
Paragraph 27 d (new)
27d. Welcomes the announcement of the launch of the NaturAfrica initiative to protect wildlife and ecosystems; calls for local communities to be fully involved in protecting flora and fauna and for focus to be placed on education in order to raise awareness among the youngest children of the conservation of this unique heritage;
Amendment 1087 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 d (new)
Paragraph 27 d (new)
27d. Urges the Commission and Member States to continue to work with the international community to recognise the contribution of indigenous people and local communities in the protection of biodiversity, to guarantee their rights, and to support their participation in decision- making processes;
Amendment 1088 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 d (new)
Paragraph 27 d (new)
27d. Strongly supports the integration of human rights in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework;
Amendment 1089 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 e (new)
Paragraph 27 e (new)
27e. Welcomes the Biodiversity Strategy's commitment to revise by 2021 the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking to step up efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade both within the EU and globally; calls on the Commission to ensure that the post-2020 EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking is fully integrated into the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, receives adequate funding and includes baselines and measurable indicators so that progress can be assessed and objectives delivered within a specified timeframe;
Amendment 1090 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 e (new)
Paragraph 27 e (new)
27e. Points out that wildlife trafficking is one cause of biodiversity loss, and that it threatens the survival of numerous species, fosters organised crime and violence, and encourages the transmission of viruses to humans; stresses that the European Union is still a destination market and transit zone for products resulting from this trafficking, and that it is highly profitable and poorly penalised;
Amendment 1091 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 e (new)
Paragraph 27 e (new)
27e. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to ensure the full implementation of the biodiversity provisions in all EU Free Trade Agreements; calls on the Commission to make use of all tools available to this end, including sanctions in cases of non- compliance;
Amendment 1092 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 f (new)
Paragraph 27 f (new)
27f. Welcomes the announcement of the revised EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking; calls for this action plan to be included in the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 with sufficient financial resources; calls, too, for the European Commission and Member States to substantially scale up assistance to partner countries in combating these criminal networks and securing protected areas;
Amendment 1093 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 f (new)
Paragraph 27 f (new)
27f. Stresses that environmental crimes constitute a threat to peace and security, and often converge with other serious crimes such as corruption, cybercrimes and financial crimes; therefore calls on the EU to adopt a new legislation similar to the US Lacey Act that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold in violation of any foreign law;
Amendment 1094 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 g (new)
Paragraph 27 g (new)
27g. Considers that the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) from 2021 onwards can act as an important driver of change for biodiversity restoration and preservation worldwide; therefore calls for at least 10% of annual spending under the new NDICI to be dedicated to biodiversity restoration and preservation, and as a critical means of implementing the new Multiannual Financial Framework target spend on biodiversity;
Amendment 1095 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. RCalls on all Parties to the CBD to scale up and reinforce action and monitoring against wildlife legal and illegal trafficking and promote the development of specific, measurable, quantifiable targets to this end; reiterates its call for a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivory to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre- convention’ ivory and rhino horns, and asks for similar restrictions for other endangered species, such as tigers;
Amendment 1107 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission and the Union to push for the adoption of an ambitious Global Ocean Treaty to protect marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction worldwide in the next session of the Intergovernmental Conference on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction;
Amendment 1128 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Notes with alarm that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting directly at least 267 species; calls on the Union to lead negotiations for an international agreement forproviding for binding targets towards plastic-free oceans by 2030;
Amendment 1164 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges Member States to fully comply with the obligations set to out in existing EU nature legislation and calls on the Commission to swiftly pursue infringement procedures more swiftly, effectively and transparently, including through the regular follow-up of cases, to remedy all cases of non-compliance and to allocate sufficient resources in order to overcome the current delays; stresses that strategic enforcement can also be delivered through an enhanced environmental implementation review process, with more binding and time-bound commitments;
Amendment 1185 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to speed up implementation and enforcement;
Amendment 1212 #
2020/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Amendment 2 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
- having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), and in particular Article 192(1) and Article 13 (Title II) thereof,
Amendment 61 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens; Council Directive 2007/43/EC of 28 June 2007 laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production; Council Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs; Council Directive 2008/119/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves; Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport; Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing,
Amendment 117 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission’s Scientific Opinion No. 3/2017 - Food from the Oceans,
Amendment 309 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European mModel of a multifunctional agricultural sectore, driven by family farms, continues toshould ensure quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental and animal welfare standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EUuropean Union;
Amendment 601 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at improving animal welfare and reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order toand make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience; encourages the Commission to use this proposal to ensure the EU’s food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss,; urges the Commission to leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectiveagro-ecological practices, the protection of animal welfare, the restoration of biodiversity, the transport of meat/carcasses and genetic material rather than live animals, fair incomes for farmers and full transparency and accountability towards consumers; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail in the transformation of the food system;
Amendment 1115 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding , nor be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the animal welfare and environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1235 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and, shifting to the transport of meat/carcasses and genetic material instead of live animals, increasing the proportion of high animal welfare farming systems and supporting quality food production;
Amendment 1445 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for support to primary producers to be supported in makingin the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement of, including cage-free animal farming, by encouraging cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and theby enhancement ofing the possibilities for cooperation within the common market organiszations for agricultural, products and fishery and aquaculture products, and thus forstrengthening farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production;
Amendment 1491 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up on Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22 and the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal action if progress in integrating, animal welfare, economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient, and in so doing promoting and rewarding the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options andand higher animal welfare food while also reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing the consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers; _________________ 22OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
Amendment 1577 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Regrets that unsubstantiated and often misleading claims and images are used on food packaging, decreasing the transparency of products for consumers; emphasises the need to regulate front of pack claims and images making it difficult for consumers to make healthy, animal welfare and environmentally friendly food choices;
Amendment 1586 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes Council Conclusions of 15 December 2020 on an EU-wide animal welfare label; recalls that a majority of European citizens are interested in receiving information on farmed animal welfare when buying animal products; calls on the Commission to develop a harmonised multi-tiered animal welfare labelling system clearly and concisely indicating the methods used for the production during the rearing, transport and slaughter and underpinned by science-based animal welfare indicators, including minimum EU standards and exceeding them, empowering consumers to make informed choices;
Amendment 1591 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Urges the Commission to revise, improve and expand the animal welfare acquis in the light of the latest scientific evidence and to introduce updated science-based species-specific animal welfare requirements for all farmed species, with special attention to the stunning methods and parameters used before slaughter and to ensure effective protection to all the animals transported for commercial reasons, to stop long- distance transports, and to promote a meat and carcasses and genetic material intra- and extra-EU trade; demands that the ‘One Welfare’ approach should guide the review process;
Amendment 1594 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Recalls that an overwhelming majority of European citizens want better protection for all farmed animal species and hence calls for the thorough revision of the animal welfare acquis, with special focus on improving and expanding Directive 98/58/EC and Regulations 1/2005 and 1009/2009, in light of the latest scientific evidence and to introduce updated science-based animal welfare requirements for all farmed species, including farmed fish;
Amendment 1596 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Welcomes the recognition that better animal welfare improves animal health and reduces the need for medication, while also contributing to protecting biodiversity; calls on the Commission to proactively promote a decisive transition towards higher animal welfare and nature-inclusive farming and aquaculture practices, which can deliver ecological services while also better safeguarding animal and human health and welfare;
Amendment 2236 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and standards applied in the EU and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account;
Amendment 2266 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the commitment made by the EU to pursue the development of Green Alliances on sustainable food systems with all its partners in bilateral, regional and multilateral fora; reminds that sustainable food systems are linked to improved welfare of animals;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
1a. whereas the pandemic and lockdown measures are disrupting access to education and healthcare; whereas they have therefore made access to contraception and sexuality education even more difficult, leaving women and girls more exposed to the risk of unwanted and early pregnancies, as well as female genital mutilation and domestic violence;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
1b. whereas the Spotlight Initiative was launched by the EU and the UN to combat violence, including sexual violence, against women and girls, and whereas one of its aims is to improve access to sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
1c. whereas early pregnancies can give rise to serious complications and are one of the main causes of death among girls;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital 1 d (new)
Recital 1 d (new)
1d. whereas WASH services are essential to sexual and reproductive health, but are still too often inaccessible, particularly in remote areas;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
Amendment 11 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are grounded in human rights, are fundamental elements of human dignity, are essential if women are to retain control over their own bodies and remain crucial to achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Condemns any violations of SRHR, including failures to provide access to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), family planning services and maternal healthcare; calls on the EU to support health and family planning centres in partner countries with a view to exchanging information and doing away with taboos surrounding menstruation, sexuality and procreation and also fully involving young men in the fight against stereotypes and taboos;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that CSE programmes are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth; recalls the role of non-governmental organisations as service providers and advocates for SRHR; underlines that CSE programmes help prevent early pregnancy and marriage, which lead to girls dropping out of school, and urges that these programmes be made as inclusive as possible;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2020 on the de facto ban on the right to abortion in Poland,
Amendment 60 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III: an ambitious agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment in EU external action JOIN(2020) 17,
Amendment 61 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)
Citation 27 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a Programme for the Union's action in the field of health –for the period 2021-2027 and repealing Regulation (EU)No 282/2014 (“EU4Health Programme”) COM/2020/405,
Amendment 66 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for increased efforts to enable girls who become mothers to return to school and complete their education; stresses the need to combat the stigmatisation of these girls;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Points out that there is a taboo surrounding periods and that this has consequences for girls’ education, as schools do not have the right facilities and services; calls for efforts to reduce absenteeism among girls during their periods, by improving menstrual hygiene facilities in schools, in particular WASH services, and by combating stigmatisation;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls for the potential of communication tools such as radio, television and the telephone, and also digital tools, including social networks and messaging services, to be exploited to improve young people’s access to sexuality education, and in particular their awareness of sexually transmitted diseases and the risks associated with early pregnancies; considers that this will entail addressing gender inequalities in access to digital services, as well as cyber- bullying and violence against women and girls on the internet;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU and the Member States to secure adequate and well-targeted funding for SRHR in itstheir development cooperation policy;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that SRHR services should be gender-responsive, rights-based, youth-friendly and available to all, regardless of age or marital status, including during conflicts and disasters, and to persons with disabilities;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that in sub-Saharan Africa women are more likely to be infected with HIV, making them even more vulnerable to cervical cancer; stresses the need to include a gender dimension in public health policies and awareness-raising campaigns, in order to take proper account of diseases that particularly affect women and girls;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2215(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Points out that women and girls are particularly exposed to rape and sexual violence in crisis-affected areas, including in the context of conflicts, natural disasters and the consequences of climate change; calls on the EU to step up the fight against the use of rape as a weapon of war and to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health services for rape victims;
Amendment 142 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) constitute an essential element of comprehensive healthcare provision;
Amendment 143 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas SRHR is a primary condition for gender equality; whereas it is their body, their choice, and full autonomy should be guaranteed;
Amendment 144 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are targets for UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, and whereas gender-based violence and harmful practices are targets for SDG 5;
Amendment 177 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes: comprehensive and evidence-based sexuality education; information and counselling on modern contraceptiveson; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and new-born care; safe and legal abortion services; the prevention, detection and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender-based violence; prevention, detection and treatment for reproductive cancers; and fertility services;
Amendment 184 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas comprehensive sexuality education facilitates informed reproductive choices, evidence- based, non-discriminatory and age- appropriate sexuality education based on international standards facilitates informed reproductive choices and contributes to achieving gender equality;
Amendment 199 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas several Member States are attempting to limit access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through highly-restrictive laws which lead to gender discrimination and negative consequences for women’s health;
Amendment 211 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas the most vulnerable and marginalised people face additional barriers, discrimination and violence in accessing healthcare, including people belonging to ethnic or religious minorities, Roma people, people coming from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, people without health insurance, people living in rural areas, persons with disabilities, LGBTIQ people, victims of violence, etc.;
Amendment 229 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had a disproportionate impact on timely access to essential healthcare services including those related to sexual reproductive health and rights; whereas the unavailability of doctors and the subsequent possible discontinuation of pregnancy termination services and of contraceptive prescriptions due to containment measures has had severe implications for women’s fundamental right to bodily autonomy;
Amendment 238 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
N b. whereas the European Parliament has addressed sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in its newly adopted position at first reading on the Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (“EU4Health Programme”) to ensure timely access to goods that are needed for the safe provision of SRHR (e.g medicines, contraceptives and medical equipment);
Amendment 251 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote universal access to SRHR services and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range of high-quality, comprehensive and affordable SRHR, and to remove all barriers impeding full access to SRHR;
Amendment 268 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in line with national competences, calls upon the Member States to safeguard the right of all persons to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHR, regardless of age, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation, gender, class and/or migration status, to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHR and to ensure the right of bodily integrity and personal autonomy, equality and non- discrimination;
Amendment 302 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that stereotypes and taboo surrounding menstruation remain widespread in our societies, and that these can delay diagnosis of diseases such as the endometriosis disease, which despite affecting 1 women on 10 of reproductive age, being the first cause of women's infertility, causing chronic pelvic pain, has a median delay of 8 years for its diagnosis and for which there is no cure ; Calls on Member states to ensure comprehensive and scientifically accurate education about menstruation, to raise awareness and to launch major information campaigns on endometriosis targeting the public, healthcare professionals and legislators, and to invest on research about the causes and treatments of this disease;
Amendment 304 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reminds that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) constitute an essential element of comprehensive healthcare provision and a universal, legal, safe and barrier-free access to high-quality and affordable healthcare services has to be provided to all persons, with special consideration to the most vulnerable and marginalised people, including people belonging to ethnic or religious minorities, Roma people, people coming from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, people without health insurance, people living in rural areas, persons with disabilities, LGBTIQ people, victims of violence, etc.;
Amendment 310 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the Commission to make full use of its competence in Health policy and to support Member States in guaranteeing universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights SRHR in the framework of the Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (“EU4Health Programme”);
Amendment 340 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the provision of comprehensive sexuality education is one of the main instruments for achieving the commitments on the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25), namely zero unmet need for family planning, zero preventable maternal deaths, zero gender-based violence and harmful practices against women, girls and youth;
Amendment 351 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Condemns any backlash against sexuality education and any attempt to misinform, stigmatise or ban sexuality education;
Amendment 369 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls upon the Member States to establish awareness-raising programmes and campaigns, including comprehensive targeted information on modern contraceptive choice and the full range of contraceptives, and to provide high- quality modern contraceptive service delivery and counselling by healthcare professionals, including emergency contraception without prescription, which is often denied by doctors on the grounds of personal beliefs;
Amendment 430 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on Members States to tackle infertility and subfertility as public health issues affecting both women and men, by ensuring responsiveness of reproductive healthcare services to the shifting needs of women, couples and families, taking a rights-based, inclusive and non- discriminatory approach, in particular by making medically assisted procreation, in accordance with appropriate ethical guidelines and medical standards, widely available, affordable and accessible in Europe;
Amendment 460 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls upon the Member States to regularly exchange best practices and commit to an upward convergence and harmonisation of women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); calls on the Council to establish a configuration on Gender Equality gathering Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality in one dedicated forum in order to deliver common and concrete measures to address the challenges in the field of women’s rights and gender equality, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and ensure that gender equality issues are discussed at the highest political level;
Amendment 485 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to includethrough them in the nextmplementation of the EU gender equality strategy;
Amendment 491 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to uphold the European Consensus on Development and the SDGs, in particular targets 3.7 and 5.6, to ensure that SRHR remain a development priority in all EU external activities; welcomes the commitment in promoting SRHR in the new Gender Action Plan III and calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to propose concrete measures to fulfil this objective;
Amendment 498 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls upon the Commission to streongthen its actions to counterly condemn the backlash against women’s rights, make full use of its competence and strengthen its actions to counter it;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
D. whereas there is a gender gap in digital skills of 11%; Whereas women are still under-represented at all levels in the digital sector in Europe and the share of women in this sector is decreasing and the percentage of women in ICT careers still remains below 2% of women's total share in the European labour market; whereas four times more men than women in Europe have ICT-related studies;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E (new)
Recital E (new)
Amendment 13 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M (new)
Recital M (new)
M. whereas attitudes towards STEM do not differ from boys and girls through primary education, however, gender stereotypes negatively impact girls’ self- confidence to pursue continued studies in STEM and ICT related subjects, hampering their ability to work in developing future oriented sectors and related high quality, better paid jobs;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P (new)
Recital P (new)
P. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has shown the need to increase investments in digital skills and online education;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S (new)
Recital S (new)
S. whereas girls’ access to related infrastructure and services such as ICT equipment and broadband are essential to their pursuit of digital literacy and skills; whereas girls in rural and depopulated areas face more barriers to enroll in digital education and access good ICT infrastructure and services;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V (new)
Recital V (new)
V. whereas the digital transformation and innovation must be done following a human-centered approach and taking into consideration all possible outcomes of technology; whereas the insufficient use of human capital associated to gender inequalities reduces potential advantage for research and innovation-related business and for overall economic development, as well as having harmful social consequences;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a (new). Welcomes the Gender Equality Strategy’s focus on gender equality in the digital transition; Underlines the need for gender mainstreaming across all EU policies regarding education, skills and digitalisation, in particular the updated Digital Education Action Plan, Updated Skills Agenda for Europe and the Council recommendation on vocational education and training; Welcomes the Commission’s Women in Digital (WID) Scoreboard to monitor women’s participation in the digital economy;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a (new). Stresses the need for digital education to begin from an early age and include a strong gender perspective ensuring bias-free education curricula and materials which combat gender stereotypes; encourages a more social approach to ICT and STEM education to underline the social impact of these careers through, for example, introductory courses of social sciences in each technical subject during the digital education;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a (new). Encourages the Commission to facilitate best practices between Member States in this regard and for Member States to ensure educators are aware of the digital education gender gap and its causes and that appropriate measures are introduced to address them;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a (new). Considers it fundamental to encourage women's participation in the digital economy to promote a human centered approach to technology that respects fundamental values and gender equality;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a (new). Considers that, given the rising demand for ICT practitioners and the importance of digital careers in the future of European economy, it is critical to increase the share of women in the digital sector to build a more sustainable and inclusive economy and society through scientific, digital and technological innovation; Encourages public and private actors to increase the visibility of women leaders in digital and technology to establish stronger role models and break existing stereotypes;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a (new). Stresses that digital education must include digital literacy and cyber hygiene and safety modules to equip young people to navigate disinformation and cyber violence and harassment online, in particular for girls and women who are disproportionately affected; Encourages Member states to set strict codes of conduct and protocols to report to the relevant authorities all cases of harassment;
Amendment 346 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that intersecting disadvantages create additional barriers and challenges for specific groups of women, therefore the safety and protection of all persons must be secured and their specific needs addressed by taking due account of an intersectional approach;
Amendment 351 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines that due to a higher life expectancy and higher likelihood of experiencing health problems, older women are often the majority of residents in long-term care facilities30 that became virus hotspots in many countries; calls on the Member States to examine the provision of care for older persons in different settings; and calls on the Council to establish targets for the provision of accessible, affordable and quality long term care equivalent to the Barcelona objectives; _________________ 30https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and- gender-equality/gender-impacts-health
Amendment 355 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Regrets that many of the women with disabilities who depend on others for everyday care or support were unable to access their usual support networks or maintain physical distancing; calls on the Member States to ensure that these support networks are sdeemed essentilal accessible andservices adequately adapted to the circumstances; and that provision for the specific needs of people with disabilities and in particular women and girls is made in future crisis and emergency planning measures;
Amendment 366 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Highlights the additional needs of minority groups, such as Roma women, who face challenges in maintaining hygiene andhomeless people, refugees, migrants who face challenges in adhering to confinement measures and hygiene measures due to a lack of access to basic infrastructure, services and information;
Amendment 381 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world and conflict areas in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to gender based violence, including FGM and child and forced marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger; notes that in many partner countries women are the breadwinners for their family and that feminised sector such as the garment industry and food production have been hardest hit, with knock-on impacts for their families’ and communities’ poverty levels and the economic independence and health and safety of women and girls; underlines the importance of supporting women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations;
Amendment 392 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the Team Europe package put forward by the Commission to support partner countries in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences and stresses the need for a gender-sensitive approach and earmarked gender equality spending in the allocation of these funds;
Amendment 396 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Stresses the need for gender and trade chapters and gender provisions in trade agreements. Calls on the European Commission to use free trade agreements to work towards the equal pay and reward of women in the world;
Amendment 407 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the gender specific impacts and needs arising from the crisis and its socio- economic consequences, and to allocate adequate and dedicated and exclusive budgetary resources to tackling these needs, as well as to the monitoring of this spending and gender mainstreaming across all budgetary, policy and legislative proposals, following its commitments in the Gender Equality Strategy; emphasises that preparatory action is the best way to build resilience in all areas for future crises;
Amendment 412 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Calls on the Comission to establish a dedicated and exceptional fund for vulnerable women and children to help them recover from the crisis;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic, the pressures on public health systems and the lockdown measures have further restricted access to sexual and reproductive health services and this jeopardises the health of women;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to support the actions of the FAO and the WFP aimed at mitigating hunger and loss of livelihood and building up resilient food systems, such as those to set up a global data facility for the provision of swift information on humanitarian needs, to provide food production assistance and access to food, to organise cash transfers and in-kind food distribution and school meals, to stabilise food systems, and to ensure the functioning of local food markets, value chains and systems while focusing on smallholder farmers by implementing sanitary measures in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19;
Amendment 207 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that access to water and soap is essential in enabling hand hygiene and slowing the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases; points out that many health centres and households but also schools are not equipped with hand- washing facilities; urges Team Europe to make access to WASH services in partner countries a priority in the response to COVID-19 and the preparation for future health threats and to allocate adequate funds for those services;
Amendment 232 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and children, in particular the rise in gender-based violencerestricted access to sexual and reproductive health services, the rise in gender-based violence and early and unwanted pregnancies, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and the Gender Action Plan III and by re- focusing European support; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysis;
Amendment 275 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major set-back to efforts in the education sector especially with regard to girls’ and women’s education, including sex education; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; presses for education to be kept as a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families; recommends that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis and asks the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote and digital learning in their international support programmes;
Amendment 289 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of universal health coverage and assisting and exchanging best practice with partner countries in identifying vulnerabilities, building up prevention and crisis response mechanisms as well as protecting critical infrastructure in order better to deal with future systemic shocks of all kinds, especially health threats and the consequences of climate change and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 300 #
2020/2118(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that pandemics are often of zoonotic origin; underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection of ecosystems and habitatsstresses that, in the communication on the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030, the EU undertakes to step up ‘its support to global efforts to apply the One Health approach, which recognises the intrinsic connection between human health, animal health and healthy resilient nature’; underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection of ecosystems and habitats; calls for increased support for partner countries in preventing poaching and the trafficking of wild animals, ensuring in particular that local communities are involved in wildlife protection;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas European citizens are increasingly concerned about animal suffering and improving the welfare of farm animals is an insistent and important demand from consumers; whereas high animal welfare standards contribute to the quality of products and farmers must be able to benefit from all the necessary support from the European Union to meet the expectations of European consumers by making a transition to models that better respect animal sensitivity;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the COVID 19 pandemic has showed the interconnection between the health of humans, animals and the environment as evidenced notably by the case of animals bred for their fur; insists on the need to improve animal health in animal agriculture as part of the One Health approach ; calls on the European Commission to also develop the One Welfare approach as part of the revision of the legislation on animal welfare;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Takes note of the citizens' initiative "End the Cage Age" and calls for the revision of Directive 98/58 which would provide for a phasing out of cage farming systems as soon as possible as well as adequate measures to support farmers in this transition and ensure a fair level playing field;
Amendment 92 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that legislation relating to the welfare of farm animals must be species specific and should be compatible with scientific data relating to animal sensitivity and be updated as scientific knowledge evolves;
Amendment 106 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Council’s efforts to promote the development of an EU animal welfare label based on harmonised and technically substantiated criteria; takes the view that this label should provide consumers with information relating to all stages of the life of farm animals from birth including transport and slaughter;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores the low level of checks on compliance with animal welfare legislation; calls for increased efforts in monitoring implementation and for the use of harmonised and appropriate sanctions in all Member States; calls on the European Commission to launch infringement procedures against Member States that fail to meet their animal welfare obligations without delay;
Amendment 126 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Encourages the Member States to strengthen awareness of animal welfare in the context of school courses and in particular in agricultural training courses;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the importance of animal welfare during transport and welcomes the establishment of the ANIT committee of inquiry; recalls that the transport of live animals leads too often to severe animal welfare problems; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to encourage a transition to the transport of meat, carcasses and genetic material and to explore the possibilities of using and developing mobile slaughterhouses and on-farm slaughter;
Amendment 143 #
2020/2085(INI)
3a. Welcomes the renewing of the mandate of the Platform on Animal Welfare by the European Commission; takes the view that exchanges of good practices should be further strengthened and that the experts of the Platform should be entitled to make recommendations for new legislation or revising existing ones where needed;
Amendment 199 #
2020/2085(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that individual management practices often have a greatersubstantial influence on animal welfare than rules alone; calls on the Commission to adopt a more output-oriented approach to future projects;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the assessment report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council in accordance with Article 59(4) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use,
Amendment 4 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of 8 June 2010 on ‘Equity and Health in All Policies: Solidarity in Health’,
Amendment 5 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC,
Amendment 9 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to Commission communication of 27 May 2020 on "Europe's moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation",
Amendment 10 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
- having regard to Commission communication of 27 May 2020 on "The EU budget powering the recovery plan for Europe",
Amendment 14 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
Citation 23
— having regard to Report No 737 of 27 September 2018 entitled ‘Shortages of medicines and vaccines: focusing more closely on public health issues in the medicine supply chain’, drawn up by Jean- Pierre Decool on behalf of the French Senate fact-finding mission on the shortage of medicines and vaccines, which is inspired by the report of the French Academy of Pharmacy of 20 June 2018 on the unavailability of medicines,
Amendment 18 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’,
Amendment 19 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)
Citation 24 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal,
Amendment 27 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the increase in global demand has aggravated shortages of medicines in the EU, undermining health services in the Member States and exposing patients to considerable risks; whereas in France, 1 450 cases of unavailability of medicines were noted in 2019 compared to 44 cases in 2008; whereas in the Netherlands, the number of drug stock-out cases almost doubled in 2019, with 1,492 cases recorded, compared to 769 in 2018; whereas in the Czech Republic, 2,208 products suffered from a supply disruption in 2019, compared to 1,630 in 2018 and 19 in 2008; whereas the Member States have a duty to find swift and effective solutions through closer European integration;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union recognises the fundamental right of citizens to health and medical treatment;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas ensuring patient access to essential medicines is one of the core objectives of the EU and the WHO, and of Sustainable Development Goal 3; whereas universal access to medicines depends on their timely availability and their affordability for everyone, without any geographical discrimination;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas pharmaceuticals are one of the pillars of healthcare, and whereas insufficient access to essential medicinal products and high prices of innovative medicines pose a serious threat to population health and to the sustainability of national health care systems;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas, in many cases, the prices of new medicines, notably cancer treatments, have increased during the past few decades to the point of being unaffordable to many EU citizens
Amendment 59 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the entry of generics and biosimilars into the market is an important mechanism for increasing competition, reducing prices and ensuring the sustainability of healthcare systems; whereas their market entry should not be delayed;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated the EU’s long-existing structural problems related to the supply of medicines, and the dependency on third-country import for medicines and medical materials;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas medicines to treat cancer, infections and disorders of the nervous system account for more than half of those in short supply; whereas injectable specialties appear to be the most vulnerable to the risk of shortage due to the complexity of their manufacturing process;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas shortage of medicines destabilizes the organization of care and generates high human and financial costs;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas access to suitable and affordable diagnostic tests and vaccines is as vital as access to safe, effective and affordable medicines;
Amendment 124 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas stocks of ‘strategic’ medicinmedicinal products of major therapeutic interest are inadequatecurrently insufficient, with chemicals that are cheap and easy to produce and mature medicines being in particularly short supply; whereas pharmaceutical firms operate on a just-in-time basis;
Amendment 160 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in the absence of a regulatory authority, stockpiling in some Member States is leading to a market imbalance and could, in the event of a health crisis, question the principle of solidarity;
Amendment 173 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the greater number, geographical spread and impact of epidemics is partly attributable to climate change, in combination with globalisation and increased travel; whereas European surveillance has been strengthened on vector-borne diseases such as Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika and West Nile viruses;
Amendment 198 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the geostrategic imperative that the Union regain its sovereignty and independence with regard to health care and secure its supply of medicines, diagnostic tools, vaccines, medical devices and medical equipment;
Amendment 211 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that shortage of medicines is a global challenge; stresses that developing countries, such as a number of African countries, are the most affected by these shortages; urges that access to medicines in developing countries be tackled in a wider context in the WHO framework ; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their support to developing countries, in particular through the rescUE strategic reserve;
Amendment 228 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls the shortages of female hormonal drugs used for contraception and hormone replacement therapy (HRT); notes with concern the threats they pose to women and girls' sexual and reproductive health and rights; stresses the importance to enhance control and management of the manufacturing, stockpiling and marketing of those medicines to ensure continuity in supply chains, fair pricing and availability for women;
Amendment 246 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for health policies to focus on patients’ health and interests and for closer cooperation between Member States;
Amendment 256 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Securing supplies in the interests of patients and restoring health sovereignty
Amendment 259 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that medicines shortages have a direct impact on patients' health, safety and the continuation of their treatment; stresses that for patients, the consequences of drug shortages include: progression of the disease and / or worsening of symptoms due to delay in treatment, avoidable transmission of infectious diseases, increased risk of exposure to falsified medicines and significant psychological distress for patients and their families;
Amendment 262 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that a higher price of the substitute medicine proposed to the patient, a lower reimbursement rate or the lack of reimbursement constitute in several Member States major obstacles to access to medicines for populations with low incomes or suffering from chronic conditions ; calls on the Member States to guarantee access to a substitute medicine at an equivalent price or subject to a similar reimbursement in the event of a supply shortage;
Amendment 263 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Welcomes the publication of the call for tenders launched by DG SANTE for a study on the causes of shortage of medicines in the Union; calls, however, for another study to be carried out on the impacts of drug shortages on patient care, treatment and health;
Amendment 264 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls for the launch of a Joint Action on the prevention of shortage of medicines which would be funded by the future Health Program; considers that this Joint Action would allow an exchange of good practices between the Member States and the development of common prevention measures;
Amendment 265 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Stresses that patient associations should be more involved in defining research strategies for public and private clinical trials, in order to ensure that they meet the unmet needs of European patients;
Amendment 266 #
Amendment 267 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 k (new)
Paragraph 3 k (new)
3 k. Recalls that no Member State is self-sufficient with regard to raw materials, intermediates, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and finished medicines necessary to guarantee the proper functioning of the health system;
Amendment 278 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take whatever action is needed to restore European health sovereignty and local pharmaceutical manufacturing, giving priority to essential and strategic medicinesmedicinal products of major therapeutic interest ; calls on the Commission to map out potential production sites in the EU and their production capacity; suggests that the Commission also draw up a map of the production sites established in third countries;
Amendment 295 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up a Task Force responsible for ensuring a constant inventory of the origin and production capacities of manufacturers in terms of active pharmaceuticals ingredients (APIs) and finished medicines,; considers that this independent body could establish and manage a database to prevent and steer European actions to avoid tensions or shortages on medicinal products of major therapeutic interest; stresses that this Task Force could ultimately assess the specific needs of medicinal products of major therapeutic interest of each Member State;
Amendment 307 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to address in its next pharmaceutical and industrial strategies issues relating tomake recommendations on ways to improve the availability and accessibility of medicines and to propose solutions to reduce manufacturers’ dependence on third countries in its next pharmaceutical and industrial strategies;
Amendment 325 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. calls on the Commission to present a specific strategy for managing shortages of medicines and medical products in Europe;
Amendment 339 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to introduce tax and financial incentives in return for appropriate commitments and to authorise state aid to encourage producers to locate their operations in Europe, from compound manufacturing to packaging and distribution; emphasises the strategic significance of this sector and the importance of investing in European companies, in the interests of resource diversificationorder to diversify resources and encourage the development of innovative production technologies capable of enhancing the responsiveness of production lines, in particular the continuous manufacturing process;
Amendment 365 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the pharmaceutical sector remains an important industrial pillar as well as a driving force in terms of job creation;
Amendment 368 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that Articles 81 and 23a of Directive 2001/83/EC establishing a Community Code relating to medicinal products for human use have laid down general obligations for the supply of medicinal products to be borne by marketing authorization holders (MAHs) and distributors, as well as a notification obligation for MAHs in the event of a temporary or permanent supply interruption;
Amendment 380 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls for the revision of Directive 2001/83/EC establishing a Community code relating to medicinal products for human use in order to ensure the notification of shortages, to strengthen the obligations incumbent on marketing authorization holders (MAHs) and to be able to ensure compliance with all of the obligations of actors in the drug supply chain;
Amendment 381 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage marketing authorisation holders (MAHs) to build up and manage rolling stocks of medicines of major therapeutic interest in the form of finished products; considers that several months of rolling stocks would make it possible to absorb the supply shortfalls and avoid the losses linked to the expiry of the medicines;
Amendment 382 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Amendment 434 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create one or more European non-profit pharmaceutical undertakings which operate in the public interest to manufacture priority medicines of strategic importancemedicinal products of major therapeutic interest for health care; stresses the key contribution that can be made by new technologies, digitalization and artificial intelligence in enabling European laboratory researchers to form networks and share their objectives and findings;
Amendment 455 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of research and innovation, and calls for the establishment of a genuine European network, given that the price of relocation must not be a deterioration in the quality of medical research; highlights the role of European projects and SMEs in improving access to medicines in the Union; underlines the crucial role of the Horizon Europe program in this respect;
Amendment 471 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for strengthening of the European Medicines Market to speed up patient access to medicines, make care more affordable, maximise savings in national health budgets and avoid administrative burdens for generic and biosimilar companies ;
Amendment 475 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Points out that generic and biosimilar medicines enable increased competition, reduced prices and savings for healthcare systems, thus helping to improve access to medicines for patients
Amendment 479 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Deplores the litigation cases aiming to delay generic entry; calls on the Commission to ensure that the end of the innovator's period of commercial exclusivity is respected;
Amendment 481 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Stresses that the added value and economic impact of biosimilar medicines on the sustainability of healthcare systems should be analysed, their market entry should not be delayed, and, where necessary, measures to support their introduction to the market should be examined;
Amendment 484 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Calls on the Member States to adopt a common position and start negotiations on the proposal for a Regulation of the Parliament and of the Council on health technology assessment and amending Directive 2011/24/EU;
Amendment 485 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Calls on the Commission to present a revision of Directive 89/105 /EEC on the transparency of measures regulating the prices of medicinal products in order to ensure effective controls and full transparency of the procedures used to determine the prices and reimbursement of medicines in the Member States;
Amendment 514 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the recent creation green lanes, set up to facilitate the transport of all goods, in order to allow the smooth running of the transport not only of medicines but also of raw materials, intermediate products and related materials, including packaging;
Amendment 517 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls for the establishment of European lists of 'medicinal products of major therapeutic interest' along the lines of the 'WHO model list of essential medicines'; suggests that the EMA shortage risk indicators (manufacturing and quality) be used to identify high risk products,
Amendment 518 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls for the introduction of a specific statute for certain mature medicines which would be accompanied by incentives for manufacturers to maintain their marketing on the European market and ensure diversification of European production;
Amendment 519 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Encourages the development of shortage prevention and management plans across all Member States; believes that these plans could result from an analysis of manufacturing and distribution risks and include measures on building up stocks, diversifying sources of supply for raw materials and creating other manufacturing sites to ensure resilience from production;
Amendment 520 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Underlines that several Member States have already established alert systems which facilitate the anticipation and prevention of shortages; calls for the establishment of alert systems to anticipate shortage of medicines at national and European levels;
Amendment 541 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 561 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 579 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for the adoption of common definitions of 'supply disruption' and 'stock-out' of medicines as well as a grid of criteria for assessing the risk associated with each of these situations;
Amendment 581 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls for the adoption of a common definition of 'medicinal products of major therapeutic interest' with reference to their usefulness in public health, the absence of an alternative and the fragility of the production chain;
Amendment 582 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop innovative and coordinated strategies and to step up exchanges of good practice in the area of stock management; considers that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) could be designated as the regulatory authority tasked with preventing shortages of essential medicines, with a correspondingly wider remit and more staff;
Amendment 613 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for further invitations to tender to be issuedjoint procurements at European level in an effort to counter shortages, as has been done following the onset of the COVID-19 virus, with simplified and transparent procedures in the interests of improved response times;
Amendment 621 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for the full and rapid application of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials for medicinal products for human use; considers that this Regulation would facilitate the launch of large clinical trials carried out in a harmonised and coordinated manner at EU level;
Amendment 633 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Notes that the differences in the price of a medicine from one Member State to another have led to the development of parallel exports, which can increase the risk of supply stress and cause of shortages; recalls that the free movement of goods within the Union allows certain wholesaler-distributors called "short-liners" to buy medicines in one Member State and to resell them more expensive in neighbouring countries; calls for the adoption of preventive measures to limit the parallel trade of medicines within the Union;
Amendment 658 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to set up an innovative centralised digital monitoring platform for sharing information provided by national agencies and all stakeholders regarding shortages of medicines and medical equipment; welcomes the introduction by the EMA of the SPOC and i-SPOC systems; calls for existing information systems to be improved so as to provide a clear overview of problems, shortages and requirements in each Member State, with a view to preventing stockpiling;
Amendment 659 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recommends the development of a catalogue of shortages in all the Member States which would allow the EMA to easily update its public catalogue of shortages assessed by its Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) and / or its Committee for the pharmacovigilance risk assessment (PRAC);
Amendment 688 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recalls that misinformation can lead to inappropriate use of medicines and the creation of unnecessary stockpiling;
Amendment 701 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for an electronic information notice to be drawn up in all the Union languages for every medicine on the EU market via bar or matrix codes, in order to facilitate sales of medicines between Member States and to fight against parallel trade; recommends the provision of more comprehensive information on the origin of medicines;
Amendment 708 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Condemns the exploitation of shortages for criminal purposes; recalls that counterfeiting or falsification of medicines and medical products worsens supply tensions; calls for the strengthening of measures to combat these practices: the control of online platforms offering drugs, the strengthening of cooperation between relevant EU and national agencies and the respect of the victims’ rights;
Amendment 710 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Preventing and responding to shortages in the event of health crises
Amendment 711 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Amendment 722 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to create a European strategic reserve of medicinal products of major interest, along the lines of the ‘RescEU’ mechanism, in order to alleviate shortages outside crisis periods; believes that the EMA could be the European regulatory authority responsible of this strategic reserve in order to prevent shortages of these medicines;
Amendment 726 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Stresses that its resolution of 17 April 2020 calls for the creation of a European Health Reaction Mechanism (EHRM) to respond to all types of health crises, to ensure operational coordination at European level, to restore European sovereignty over products health and to strengthen European cooperation in research and innovation; considers that this mechanism could monitor the constitution and the triggering of the strategic reserve of medicines and ensure its proper functioning within the Union;
Amendment 728 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Recalls that its resolution also calls for the competences, budget and staffing of EMA to be substantially increased in order to allow it to coordinate medical responses in times of crisis; considers it essential that EMA has solid governance to meet future challenges such as monitoring and responding to shortages in coordination with the Member States; underlines that, in the long term, EMA should be able to make conditional marketing authorizations upon guarantees of supply and accessibility from manufacturers; hopes that the reinforcement of the staff of EMA will enable it to carry out inspections of production sites established in third countries;
Amendment 729 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Recalls that a company that markets a medicine can enjoy data exclusivity for a period of eight years as of the first marketing authorization according to Article 14(11) of the Commission Regulation No. 726/2004; calls on the Commission to propose a revision of this regulation to temporarily authorize the granting of compulsory licenses in the event of a health crisis in order to allow a producer to market a generic medicine;
Amendment 730 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Considers that in the event of a health crisis the closure of borders and customs controls cannot constitute an obstacle to cross-border movement of medicinal products of major interest within the Union; calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up secure and rapid procedures for checking products at the border during a health crisis in compliance with EU law;
Amendment 736 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes, following the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the introduction of more flexible rules in a bid to mitigate shortages and facilitate the circulation of medicines between Member States: acceptance of different packaging formats, reuse procedure to enable marketing authorisation holders to obtain approval in another Member State, longer expiry periods, use of veterinary medicinal products, etc.; calls on the Commission to monitor strictly the use of these arrangements and to keep them available in the event of problems or shortages;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to Article 11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
Amendment 2 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Paris Agreementclimate change erodes human freedoms and limits choice; whereas the Paris Agreement acknowledges gender equality and empowerment of women should be promoted by all parties and establishes that gender-responsive climate action must be integrated into all aspects of the implementation of the agreement;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcomes of its review conferences outline three strategic objectives to improve women's environmental decision-making, integrate the gender perspectives in policies and programmes for sustainable development and to strengthen or establish mechanisms at the national, regional and international levels to assess the impact of development and environmental policies on women;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas ecosystem-based adaptation increases the resilience and reduces the vulnerability of people and the environment to climate change;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2042(INI)
Ab. whereas climate change is a complex environmental and social issue, affecting a world that is characterised by, and based on, deep-rooted unequal gender relations; whereas in addition to the fact women generally hold less power and are, therefore, less able to mitigate and cope with the impacts of climate change, unequal gender dynamics impact the ways that households, communities, countries and the global community are affected by, and respond to, climate change;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Global Compact on Migration of December 2018,
Amendment 9 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the current Covid-19 crisis shows the close link between the destruction of our ecosystems, the exploitation of wildlife and the outbreaks of epidemics; whereas women’s role in the protection of biodiversity and the sustainable management of natural resources should be better recognized and further encouraged;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the ability of people to adapt to climate change is inextricably linked to their access to basic human rights and to the health of the ecosystems they depend on for their livelihoods and wellbeing;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas nearly 160 million children live in high drought-severity zones and more than 500 million live in extremely high flood occurrence zones, according to UNICEF;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas climate change has a greater destructive impact on the countries least responsible for global warming; whereas women are more affected by climate change, face higher risks and bear greater burdens for various reasons, ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights, to existing social and cultural norms and to their intersectional experiences of discriminationsuch as their role as primary caregivers and providers of water, food and fuel and their intersectional experiences of discrimination as regards e.g. age, ability, marital status, levels of poverty, ethnicity, sexuality, reducing their ability to protect themselves and their dependants against the impacts of climate change;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental debtby setting a credible example and increasing its ambition;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU has a historic responsibility to be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement, and that the EU must show climate and biodiversity leadership, including through its development policy, and should acknowledge and act on its climate and environmental debt;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the special report of the IPCC “Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation”;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that developing countries and their populations are particularly touched by the negative impacts of climate change such as, natural disasters and extreme weather disturbances, including cyclones, storms, flooding, droughts, erosion, rising water, heat waves and fires. Calls, therefore on the EU, to enhance preservation, mitigation and adaptation, as part of its external action, and to step up its technical assistance, as well as sharing of best practices with developing countries.
Amendment 25 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
— having regard to the special Report of the IPCC “The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate”;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
— having regard to the Assembly of the United Nations resolution 71/312 “Our Ocean, our future: call for action”, especially its article 3;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 d (new)
Citation 8 d (new)
— having regard to the report by the Secretary General of the United Nations Economic and Social Council “From global to local: supporting sustainable and resilient societies in urban and rural communities”;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 e (new)
Citation 8 e (new)
— having regard to the special report of the IPCC “Global Warming of 1.5°C”;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the impacts of climate change include increases in the frequency and gravity of storms and hurricanes, floods, landslides, extreme heat waves, droughts, forest fires and other disasters, as well as slow-onset developments such as rising sea-levels, coastal erosion, salinisation, gradual changes in rainfall patterns and the decline and displacement of animal and plant populations;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the agricultural sector is one of the hardest hit by the consequences of climate change in partner countries; recalls that rural women are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on agricultural production and food security; calls on the EU and its Member states to strengthen cooperation with partner countries to include a strong gender dimension in all agricultural and rural development policies;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that women and girls are more likely to die during climate disasters and to be displaced, that this is due notably to a lack of access to information and their role as caretakers; stresses that women and girls are also particularly exposed to sexual violence, exploitation and school drop during these crises and in their aftermath; calls on the EU to reinforce this gender dimension into its humanitarian action and to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls its position that at least 45% of the funding from the proposed 2021-2027 Neighbourhood and Development Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) should support climate and environmental objectives;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Invites the Commission and the Member States to orient development aid, in the context of the next programming period 2021-2027, towards the effective implementation of partner countries NDCs; points out the need for concrete and effective actions on climate adaptation, with particular regard to its long-term planning;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Expresses its concern that public finance is not sufficient to meet international climate and development goals; therefore insists on the importance of mobilising private capital, including for climate adaptation;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses the importance of the Green Climate Fund to catalyse public and private financial flows into low- emission and climate-resilient development to the benefit of developing countries; insists on the importance of simplifying access to funding to third countries under the GCF framework;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to support gender-sensitive approaches in its processes and operations, including the need for dedicated climate projects and programs which specifically address gender concerns;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Welcomes the work carried out in the context of the Green Climate Fund Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme in the process of formulation and implementation of national adaptation plans; however, calls on the GCF to simplify the procedures to access funding under the programme so that countries that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, notably LDCs and SIDS, can swiftly move on with the preparation of their national adaptation plans;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Underlines, in this regard, the need to improve our understanding of the potential cost of inaction and of the effectiveness and suitability of adaptation measures, in particular in vulnerable geographies; stresses that there is no one globally applicable monitoring and evaluation systems for climate change adaptation, including its effectiveness, therefore calls on the European Commission and its Member States to step up efforts in supporting developing countries in establishing appropriate national monitoring and evaluation systems allowing to measure adaptation progress on a continuous basis;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that women are powerful agents of change in particular for climate action and calls for EU development programmes to promote their meaningful participation at all levels, as their inclusion is crucial to climate resilienceof women and their organisations at all levels and at all stages of policy design, planning, financing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as their inclusion is crucial to climate mitigation and resilience, fair allocation of resources, to tackle the obstacles that affect them disproportionately and to ensuring long- term sustainable climate solutions; stresses in this regard, the need to support capacity building and adequate financing for these organisations;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the post-2025 target for climate finance to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable countries are met through dedicated sub-goals, including a sub-goal for adaptation finance and a sub- goal for loss and damage financ, in particular by increasing resources dedicated to climate change adaptation, in line with Article 9.4 of the Paris Agreement, and recognising the importance of scaling up the mobilization of resources to support efforts to avert, minimize and address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change in countries particularly vulnerable;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the post-2025 target for climate finance to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable countries are met through dedicated sub-goals, including a sub-goal for adaptation financeand mitigation finance, a sub-goal for biodiversity finance, and a sub- goal for loss and damage finance;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that climate finance should be accessible to both men and women and designed to generate mutual benefits rather than exacerbate existing patterns of inequality;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Expresses concern on how climate change could reverse human development through reduced agricultural productivity, increased food and water insecurity, increased exposure to extreme natural disasters, collapsed ecosystems and increased health risks;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concern at howBelieves that the international climatearbon market mechanisms can haveshould be designed to have limited negative implicationacts; calls on the EU and Member States to advocate a ‘do no harm’ principle for all such mechanisms;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) and to appoint a permanent EU gender and climate change focal point, with sufficient budgetary resources, to implement and monitor gender-responsible climate action in the EU and globally.;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, access to education and vocational training, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women and children are also strongly over-represented among people displaced for reasons related to climate change;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas women suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change, owing not least to the agricultural tasks they carry out but also to the discrimination they suffer in terms of access to land and services, participation in decision-making and respect when embarking on activities traditionally dominated by men; whereas women are also strongly over-represented among the victims of natural disasters and people displaced for reasons related to climate change;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality to provide Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of gender equality with a dedicated forum for discussion and to better facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including environmental and development policies;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the important role played by the private sector and financial organisations to innovate and adapt existing solutions and business models to make them accessible to low-income communities and improve their well-being and prosperity;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasizes the scientifically proved interlinkage of the health, environmental and climate crises, as the coronavirus has shown; points out that, due to climate change and biodiversity loss, such crises might multiply in the decades to come; underlines the importance to anticipate the crises, in order to better manage populations displacement linked to climate change. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities lead to climate-induced displacement; calls for the WIM Taskforce on Displacement to step up its activities;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that insufficient adaptation capacities lead to climate-induced displacement; stresses that climate change and environmental degradation increasingly interact with the drivers of refugee movements, since populations are being forcibly displaced from their homes by the effects of climate change and natural disasters; calls for the WIM Taskforce on Displacement to step up its activities;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the COVID-19 crisis illustrates the close link between human health and the health of our ecosystems; whereas the role of women in implementing the One Health approach in environmental policies and climate action should be further recognised and promoted;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the UN Global Compact on Migration identifies climate change and environmental degradation as a driver of population displacement;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic drastically increases vulnerabilities in developing countries both through its direct impact on public health and through its many deepening economic and social effects; whereas both the pandemic and climate change are eroding public finances while at the same time increasing financing needs, including for social protection and services; whereas the COVID-19 reflects the interdependence of health crises with climate and environmental crises and the loss of biodiversity;
Amendment 80 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that adaptation strategy should also encourage a change of model in developing countries, based on environmentally friendly and nature- based solutions; it should enhance self- sufficiency to ensure better living conditions, including sustainable and local agriculture, sustainable management of water, renewable energies, etc., in line with the Sustainable Development Goals; specific attention should also be paid to islands, where the population is the most vulnerable to climate change, in order to foster their resilience and the protection of their ecosystems;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that the legally binding agreement for a post-2020 global biodiversity framework involve and benefit vulnerable populations; calls on the EU, as part of the Biodiversity Strategy external dimension, to pay specific attention to developing countries and their populations, as they are territories with high biodiversity;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Expresses its deep concern about the impact of reduced biodiversity on resilience levels; underlines that biodiversity loss has great environmental, societal and economic impacts; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase action and synergies in the climate and biodiversity agendas, in line with the European Green Deal;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to limiting global warming. peoples' collective rights on land, territories and resources, which would contribute to limiting global warming and helping the global fights against climate change and biodiversity loss, since the territories of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples cover 24% of land worldwide, and contain 80% of the world’s biodiversity; recalls that indigenous peoples are active agents of environmental conservation, by protecting the world's forests;
Amendment 99 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas adaptation action should mainly focus on the most vulnerable and should include increasing the resilience of their dwellings, and the infrastructure they depend on, to extreme weather events, improving their food and water security, helping subsistence farmers and fishermen to adapt their agricultural and fishing methods to changes in rainfall and temperature patterns, helping them to face up the irreversible deterioration of terrestrial and marine ecosystems and the ensuing consequences for their food and economic security and helping poor people in increasingly uninhabitable areas to re- settle; whereas these adaptation actions should encourage environmentally friendly and nature-based solutions;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. highlights how marginalised and poor communities are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; recalls that children are the least responsible for climate change, yet they bear the greatest burden of its impact; calls on the Commission and the Member States to join forces in protecting children affected by the consequences of climate change by strengthening their humanitarian action;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Insists on the importance of better communicating climate and disaster risks, and adaptation options for vulnerable populations; recalls the important role of non-state actors and local authorities in building local resilience;
Amendment 117 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. wWhereas the ruling by the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v. New Zealand acknowledges agives therefore an incentive to a clarification of a common terminology at the international legavel basis for refugee protection for those who face an imminent well as the European level concerning the conditions of climate-induced migration and calls for the consideration of protection solutions for vulnerable populations coming from territories threat to their life on accountwill become, in the short or long term, uninhabitable due to the impacts of climate change;
Amendment 120 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas the strategy of the EU and its Member States in support of developing countries should be designed to anticipate the effects of climate change; whereas this support should be directed both to the short-term effects of climate change, such as natural disasters, and to its long-term effects such as the loss of territories due to rising sea-levels or droughts ;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas climate change constitutes a major challenge for both the national and local levels and requires a territorial approach in order to give decentralised local authorities as well as local CSOs a greater role to address the environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change
Amendment 124 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
Recital N c (new)
Nc. whereas the geographical situations of developing countries tend to make them suffer worse consequences of the impacts of climate change, in particular in the case of developing countries around the tropical belt which regularly suffer from extreme weather events such as El Nino or La Nina;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N d (new)
Recital N d (new)
Nd. whereas vulnerable populations are directly dependent on biological diversity for their food, health and economic security; whereas they sometimes lack the resources to effectively address climate change on their own;
Amendment 128 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N e (new)
Recital N e (new)
Ne. whereas island territories are particularly affected by the impacts of climate change, including sea level rise, increasing air and sea surface temperatures and tropical cyclones; whereas islands and isolated territories often rely on international and EU aid for their risk and crisis management capacity
Amendment 130 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N f (new)
Recital N f (new)
Nf. whereas, according to the OECD, South-South migration, whether voluntary or forced, concerns 82 million people and accounts for 36% of international migration; whereas international and European development strategies should therefore take into account this macro-regional perspective in order to better support the resilience of vulnerable populations and the adaptation of territories affected by the impacts of climate change;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N g (new)
Recital N g (new)
Ng. whereas the 1951 International Convention relating to the Status of Refugees does not cover the scope of protection of persons displaced on environmental grounds;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N h (new)
Recital N h (new)
Nh. whereas climate-induced migration is increasing and requires intensified cooperation at the international level as well as the development of sustainable and realistic solutions, adapted to the needs of the affected populations, to strengthen their resilience to climate change;
Amendment 138 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action; stresses that the external dimension of the Green Deal should give priority to supporting partner countries in their efforts to adapt to climate change and take full account of the particular needs of the most vulnerable people or those suffering discrimination;
Amendment 139 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to show climate and biodiversity leadership and to make its European Green Deal an example of such action; recalls in this regard the proposal of the President of the European Commission to increase the 2030 target for emission reduction to at least 55% within the EU;
Amendment 142 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the world is badly off track to reach the agreed objective of limiting global heating to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C; is alarmed by the impacts of this on developing countries; condemns the failure of world leaders to take adequate action and calls for the EU to make its European Green Deal an example of such action; insists that the European Green Deal must contain a stronger third country dimension;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
- the pursuit of rapid, radical curbing and reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions, including through own emission cuts,through an ambitious objective in all sectors of the economy, in terms of both internal and external policies of the EU, and in line with international agreements, while respecting the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” with a common objective of protecting and restoring terrestrial and marine biodiversity;
Amendment 167 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
- increased support for developing countries’ capacities to take such action with resources mobilised by themselves and with the help of international climate financing and other assistance, such as technical assistance, as well as sharing of best practices;
Amendment 173 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
- affirming and seeking widespread, bindingternational recognition that displacements and internal and external migration iss are becoming ever more inecessaryvitable as part of the response to the impacts of climate change, and; proposing international arrangements for managing climate migration,and anticipating climate-induced displacement and migration through an enhanced regionalised coordination with sending and receiving countries and territories;
Amendment 186 #
2020/2042(INI)
- increasing capacities to rapidly respond to needs for humanitarian aid, as global heating will inevitably keep increasing such needs, especially through the rapid response component of the NDICI;
Amendment 189 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- promoting the systematic inclusion of a gender dimension in partner countries’ climate action and environmental policies in order, on the one hand, to address the numerous discriminations suffered by women and girls in connection with the consequences of climate change and, on the other hand, to promote their role and participation in decisions on combating climate change and environmental degradation;
Amendment 192 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- increased financial support to developing countries to support more effective implementation of the SDGs in order to anticipate and limit the environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change;
Amendment 194 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- affirming support for the principles of climate justice and the pursuit of a human rights based approach to the EU’s climate and development policies,
Amendment 196 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new)
- a global strategy based on disaster prevention and adaptation, pre and post extreme weather events, to increase the resilience of vulnerable territories, such as islands
Amendment 213 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the agricultural sector is one of the hardest hit by the consequences of climate change in partner countries; recalls that women in rural areas are particularly exposed to the consequences of climate change on agricultural production and food security; calls on the EU and its Member States to enhance their cooperation with partner countries in order to include a stronger gender dimension in agricultural and rural development policies;
Amendment 218 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that women and girls are more likely to die in a natural disaster or to be displaced, in particular owing to a lack of access to information and the fact that they carry the main responsibility for taking care of the family; stresses that women and girls are also particularly vulnerable to early school leaving, sexual violence and exploitation during and after such crises; calls on the EU to strengthen this gender dimension in its humanitarian action and to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services;
Amendment 224 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the EU to lead international discussions on providing support for the loss and damage caused by climate change in developing countries; including through the use of innovative climate finance methods;
Amendment 262 #
2020/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality, in order to give ministers and secretaries of state responsible for gender equality a dedicated forum for discussion, and to facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including environment and development policy;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality is a core principle of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties, and should be reflected in all EU policies, not least in education, culture and the audiovisual; and the development of disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas gender equality is a core principle of the European Union enshrined in the Treaties, and should be reflected in all EU policies, not least in education, culture and the audiovisual, as well as in the development of disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence; whereas significant gender bias remains in existing social norms in sectors such as education, audiovisuals and culture;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender inequalities and discrimination have been reproduced through the design, input, development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems; whereas incomplete datasets and incorrect bias can distort the reasoning of an AI system, and jeopardise the achievement of gender equality in society;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender inequalities are also created and replicated through the language and images disseminated by the media and AI-powered applications; whereas education, culture programmes and audiovisual contents are a fundamental tool for combatting gender stereotypes and establishing strong role models;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas women are significantly underrepresented in the AI sectors, either as creators, developers or consumers; whereas the full potential of women’s skills, knowledge and qualifications in the digital, AI and ICT (information, communication and technology) fields can contribute to boosting the European economy; whereas globally only 22 % of AI professionals are female; whereas the lack of women in AI development not only increases the risk of bias, but also deprives the EU of talent, vision and resources, and is therefore an obstacle to innovation; whereas gender diversity enhances female attitudes in teams, and team performance and favours the potential for innovation in public and private companies;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EU is facing an unparalleled shortage of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers and education given that women account for 52% of the European population, yet only account for 1 in 3 of the STEM graduates; whereas despite the positive trend in the involvement and interest of females in STEM education, the percentages remain insufficient, especially considering the importance of STEM related careers in an increasing digitalized world;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that AI has great potential to promote gender equality provided that conscious and unconscious bias are eliminated; stresses the need for AI to respect the principles and values of equality and non-discrimination between women and men; stresses, further, the importance of a risk-based approach, transparency, accountability and of continuous monitoring of existing and new algorithms;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for policies targeted at increasing the participation of women in the fields related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and AI, and the adoption of a multi-level approach to address the gender gap in all levels of education and employment in the digital sector; recognises that gender stereotyping, cultural discouragement and the lack of awareness and promotion of female role models hinders and negatively affects girls' and women´s opportunities in ICT, STEM and AI related studies, careers and entrepreneurship, and leads to discrimination and fewer opportunities for women in the labour market;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the cross-sectoral nature of gender based discrimination, rooted in conscious or unconscious gender bias, covering the education sector, the portrayal of women in the media and advertising on-screen and off- screen, and the responsibility of the public and private sector in proactively recruiting, developing and retaining women talent and instilling an inclusive business culture;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take into account AI from a gender perspective when developing policy and legislation, and, if necessary, adapt current legislation, including EU programmes; encourages Member States to enact a strategy to promote the presence of females in STEM, ICT and AI related studies and careers in relevant existing national strategies to achieve gender equality. These strategies should aim at increasing gender equality by focusing on education and qualifications, better work-life balance, equal opportunities, non- discrimination in the labour market, raising awareness of gender bias across all relevant sectors, and increasing the visibility of female role models, among others; urges the Commission to address the gender gap in STEM, ICT and AI related careers and education, and set it as a priority of the Digital Skills Package in order to promote the presence of women in all education levels, as well as in the upskilling and reskilling of the labour force;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to devise policy measures that fully incorporate the gender dimension, such as awareness-raising campaigns, training and curricula, which should provide information to citizens on how algorithms operate, and their impact on citizens’ daily lives; and to nurture gender-equal mindsets and working conditions that lead to the development of more inclusive technology products and work environments ;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of the development and deployment of AI applications in the educational, cultural and audiovisual sectors in collecting more accurate and sex-disaggregated data, and applying modern machine learning de- biasing techniques, if needed, to correct stereotype gender bias, which may have negative impacts; highlights that one the most critical weaknesses of AI relates to the different types of biases it is subject to, such as gender, race or sexual orientation, as a result of already inherent human biases;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that algorithms and AI should be "ethical by design", with no built-in bias. Media organizations should be informed about the main parameters of algorithm-based AI systems that determine ranking and search results onto third-party platforms. Likewise, users should be informed about any use of AI for decision-making in services they use and should be empowered to set their privacy setting preferences via transparent and understandable measures, directly at the service provider level;
Amendment 37 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Social Charter establishes that all workers have the right to just conditions of work. It recognises the right of all workers to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families. Article 4 of the Charter recognises the role of freely concluded collective agreements as well asnd of statutory minimum wage setting mechanisms, to ensure the effective exercise of this right, as well as the right of men and women to equal pay for work of equal value.
Amendment 46 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Better working and living conditions, including through adequate minimum wages, benefit both workers and businesses in the Union and are a prerequisite for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth. Addressing large differences in the coverage and adequacy of minimum wage protection, as well as combating undeclared work, which is mostly performed by women, through job recognition incentive schemes and simplified declaration tools, contributes to improving the fairness of the EU labour market and promoteing economic, and social progress and upward convergence. Competition in the Single Market should be based on high social standards, the creation of quality jobs, innovation and productivity improvements ensuring a level playing field.
Amendment 50 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) When set at adequate levels, minimum wages protect the income of disadvantaged workers, help ensure a decent living, and limit the fall in income during bad times, as recognised in Convention 131 of the International Labour Organisation on the establishment of a system of minimum wage fixing. Minimum wages contribute to sustaining domestic demand, strengthen incentives to work, reduce wage inequalities, and help prevent and combat in- work poverty.
Amendment 52 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Women, migrant, young and low- skilled workers, single parents and persons with disabilities have a higher probability of being minimum wage or low wage earners, and face more intersectional and structural discrimination, than other groups. During economic downturns, such as the Covid-19 crisis, the role of minimum wages in protecting low-wage workers becomes increasingly important and is essential to support a sustainable and inclusive economic recovery, while there are chronic skills shortages in many sectors, including in highly feminised sectors. The COVID-19 crisis, during which some mostly female-dominated low-paid sectors have proved to be essential, prompts consideration of the need to reassess the adequacy of pay in certain sectors. Addressing minimum wage contributes to gender equality, closing the gender pay and pension gap as well as elevating wommpowering women economically and elevating women and children out of poverty.
Amendment 65 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The Covid-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on the services sector and small firms, which both have a high share of minimum wage earners. In addition, minimum wages are also important in view of the structural trends that are reshaping labour markets and which are increasingly characterised by high shares of non-standard and precarious work. These trends have led to an increased job polarisation resulting in an increasing share of low-paid and low- skilled occupations in most Member States, in particular in highly feminised sectors, as well as to higher wage inequality in some of them.
Amendment 83 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) TWith a view to improving working conditions, upward social convergence and gender equality in the Union, this Directive establishes minimum requirements at Union level to ensure both that minimum wages are set at adequate level and that workers have access to minimum wage protection, in the form of a statutory minimum wage or in the form of wages set under collective agreements as defined for the purpose of this Directive.
Amendment 113 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To promote adequacy of minimum wages for all groups of workers, variations and deductions from statutory minimum wages should be limited to a minimum, while ensuring that social partners are duly consulted in their definition and ongoing evaluation. Some deductions to statutory minimum wages may be justified by a legitimate aim, including overstated amounts paid or deductions ordered by a judicial authority. Others, such as deductions related to the equipment necessary to perform a job or deductions of allowances in kind, such as accommodation, may be unjustified or disproportionate. There should be a focus on ensuring that variations in statutory minimum wages and deductions from such wages do not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups, especially women.
Amendment 118 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) An effective enforcement system, including stepped-up controls and field inspections, is necessary to ensure the functioning of, and compliance with, national statutory minimum wage frameworks, in particular in risk sectors, including in highly feminised sectors. To strengthen the effectiveness of enforcement authorities, a close cooperation with the social partners is also needed, including to address critical challenges such as those related to sub- contracting, bogus self- employment or non-recorded overtime. Moreover, workers should have easily access to appropriate information on applicable statutory minimum wages to ensure an adequate degree of transparency and predictability as regards their working conditions and enforcement of their rights.
Amendment 124 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Reliable monitoring and data collection are key to ensure the effective protection of minimum wages. The Commission should report every year to the European Parliament and to the Council its assessment of developments in the adequacy and coverage of minimum wages on the basis of annual data and information to be provided by Member States. Member States will submit a breakdown of the data and information provided by gender, age, disability, business size and sector. In addition, progress should be monitored in the framework of the process of economic and employment policy coordination at Union level. In that context, the Employment Committee should examine every year the situation in the Member States on the basis of the reports produced by the Commission and European Union agencies such as the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), and other multilateral surveillance tools such as benchmarking.
Amendment 147 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article premier – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. With a view to improving working and living conditions in the Union, upward social convergence and gender equality, this Directive establishes a framework for:
Amendment 199 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States with statutory minimum wages shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the setting and updating of statutory minimum wages are guided by criteria set to promote adequacy with the aim to achieve decent working and living conditions, social cohesion and upward convergence, as well as to prevent and combat in-work poverty. Member States shall define those criteria in accordance with their national practices, either in relevant national legislation, in decisions of the competent bodies or in tripartite agreements. The criteria shall be defined in a stable and clear way.
Amendment 220 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall establish consultative bodies to advise the competent authorities on issues related to statutory minimum wages, including the gender pay gap. The consultative bodies shall be sufficiently resourced.
Amendment 229 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may allow different rates of statutory minimum wage for specific groups of workers. Member States shall keep these variations to a minimum, and ensure that any variation is non- discriminatory, proportionate, limited in time if relevant, and objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim, and does not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups, in particular women.
Amendment 233 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may allow deductions by law that reduce the remuneration paid to workers to a level below that of the statutory minimum wage. Member States shall ensure that these deductions from statutory minimum wages are necessary, objectively justified and proportionate and do not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups, in particular women.
Amendment 240 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the establishment and ongoing evaluation of variations and deductions in statutory minimum wages referred to in Article 6;
Amendment 243 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) strengthen the controls and field inspections conducted by labour inspectorates or the bodies responsible for the enforcement of statutory minimum wages, and ensure that they are sufficiently resourced. The controls and inspections shall be proportionate and non- discriminatory and shall have a focus on highly feminised sectors;
Amendment 256 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) the existing deductions and objective justifications provided;
Amendment 265 #
2020/0310(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 24 #
2020/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
The operations concerned shall be consistent with Union policies, including the European Green Deal9 and the respect of the “do not significant harm" principle referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and the Strategy on shaping Europe’s digital future10 , as well as supporting an inclusive and symmetric recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, and support any of the following general objectives:’ _________________ 9 COM(2019)640 final. 10 COM(2020)67 final.
Amendment 35 #
2020/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) target that at least 40 % of EFSI financing under the infrastructure and innovation window support project components that contribute to climate action, in line with the commitments made at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21). EFSI financing for SMEs and small mid- cap companies shall not be included in that computation. The EIB shall use its internationally agreed methodologythe criteria provided for in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 to identify those climate action project components or cost shares;
Amendment 67 #
2020/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
Annex II – section 6 – point d – indent 5
Annex II – section 6 – point d – indent 5
— Companies targeted by funds, special purpose vehicles or investment platforms shall be encouraged to comply, to the extent possible,comply with minimum high- level social and environmental safeguards in line with guidance provided by the Steering Board. Such guidance should include the respect of the “do no significant harm" principle referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and adequate provisions for avoiding undue administrative burdens, taking into account the size of companies and including lighter provisions for SMEs. Companies with a certain level of exposure to a pre-defined list of environmentally harmful activities, in particular the sectors covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), shall be encouraged to put in place, in the future, green transition plansput in place green transition plans which demonstrate on an annual basis how the public support received is used to align their operations with the Union’s climate and environmental objectives and the Paris Agreement. Companies shall also be encouraged to advance in their digital transformation. Technical assistance shall be available to assist companies for the purpose of these transitions.
Amendment 34 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Reflecting the European Green Deal as Europe’s sustainable growth strategy and the translation of the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the Facility established by this Regulation will contribute to mainstreaming climate actions and environmental sustainability and should reserve 37% of its funding for climate objectives with a view to the achievement of an overall target of 25 30% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives, in line with the Commission working document fiche 84 on Climate mainstreaming. As a general principle, all Union expenditures should be consistent with the objectives of Paris agreement.
Amendment 118 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The scope of application of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation shall refer to policy areas related to economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green andclimate and environment objectives of the Union, notably the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets and complying with the objective of Union climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with [Regulation 2020/XXX establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/199 ("European Climate Law")], the digital transitions, health, competitiveness, resilience, productivity, education and skills, research and innovation, smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, jobs and investment, and the stability of the financial systems.
Amendment 129 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States and contributing to the Union’s strategic autonomy, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green andtransition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets and complying with the objective of Union climate neutrality by 2050 and the digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth. To contribute to, and be fully consistent with, the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal, at least 37 % of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to mainstreaming climate actions. All funds under the Recovery and Resilience plans shall respect the “do not significant harm” principle referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/852.
Amendment 138 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission shall adopt a delegated act by 31 December 2020 supplementing this Regulation by establishing a methodology for identifying climate spending, using where relevant, the EU taxonomy established by Regulation (EU) 2020/852.
Amendment 172 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green andclimate and environment objectives of the Union, notably the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets and complying with the objective of Union climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with [Regulation 2020/XXX establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ("European Climate Law")] and the digital transition. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof as well as their long- term strategies under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds. To ensure that the recovery and resilience plans contribute to the achievement of climate neutrality by 2050 in the Member States, at least 37 % of the amount of each Recovery and Resilience Plan shall contribute to mainstreaming climate actions. _________________ 21Regulation (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. 22 […]
Amendment 180 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The national recovery and resilience plans shall be fully consistent with the climate and environment objectives of the Union, notably the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets and complying with the objective of Union climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with [Regulation 2020/XXX establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ("European Climate Law")] as well as the Union´s energy and climate targets as laid down in Regulation 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and respect the ‘do not significant harm’ principle referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 . The Commission shall adopt a delegated act by 31 December 2020 supplementing this Regulation by establishing detailed rules for the application of the ‘do not significant harm’ criteria under this Regulation. _________________ 1aRegulation (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 191 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and its contribution to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence;, how it respects the ‘do not significant harm’ guidelines established under this Regulation as well as an explanation of how in the plan will significantly decrease the investment gap in respect of the transition to a climate neutral economy. In the cases where the Facility is used to support a company in a high carbon sector, Member States shall disclose how the company plans to align its business model with the Paris Agreement and associated Union climate goals, including through the publication of transition plans by the company.
Amendment 196 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the green and the digital transitions or to(i) the climate and environment objectives of the Union and in particular how: - the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets and complying with the objective of Union climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with [Regulation (EU) 2020/XXX establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ("European Climate Law")]; - the measures respect the “do not significant harm” principle referred to in Regulation (EU)2020/852; - the measures will contribute to achieve the climate mainstreaming target of 37% in each Recovery and Resilience Plan and to significantly decrease the climate friendly investment gap, using when relevant, the EU taxonomy established by Regulation (EU) 2020/852;and (ii) the digital transition or to addressing the challenges resulting from them; it;
Amendment 241 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) whether the plan contains measures that effectively contribute to the green and the digital transitions(i) the climate and environment objectives of the Union and in particular how: - the measures contribute to the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets and complying with the objective of Union climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with the [Regulation (EU) 2020/XXX establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ("European Climate Law")]; - the measures respect the “do not significant harm” principle referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/852; - the measures will contribute to achieve the climate mainstreaming target of 37% in each Recovery and Resilience Plan and to significantly decrease the climate friendly investment gap, using when relevant the EU taxonomy established by Regulation (EU) 2020/852;and (ii) the digital transition or to addressing the challenges resulting from ithem;
Amendment 246 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) The Commission shall draw up a summary of the assessments outlining whether the activities in the plans respect the “do not significant harm” principle referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission shall also draw up an assessment of whether the plans meets objectives related to climate and environment set out in Article 4. The Commission shall make these assessments public.
Amendment 352 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – introductory part
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – introductory part
2.2 The plan contains measures that effectively contribute to the green and the digital transitions or to addressingclimate and environment objectives of the Union, notably the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets and the objective of Union climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with the [Regulation (EU) 2020/XXX establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ("EuropeanClimate Law")] and the digital transition or to the challenges resulting from them.
Amendment 360 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
— 1- the implementation of the envisaged measures is expected to significantly contribute to establishthe reduction of the climate- and environmental-friendly investment gap systems and to the greening of economic or social sectors with a view to contribute to the overall objectives of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050 and other objectives set according to [Regulation (EU) 2020/XXX establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ("European Climate Law")];
Amendment 364 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 366 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
— 2- the implementation of the envisaged measures is expected to significantly contribute to the digital transformation of economic or social sectors;
Amendment 369 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 –
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 –
Amendment 370 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – indent 1
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – indent 1
— 3 - the implementation of the envisaged measures is expected to significantly contribute to address the challenges resulting from the green and/orclimate and environment objectives of the Union, notably the transition towards achieving the Union’s 2030 climate targets and the objective of Union climate neutrality by 2050 in accordance with [Regulation (EU) 2020/XXX establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ("European Climate Law")] and the digital transitions
Amendment 374 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – indent 1
Annex II – point 2 – paragraph 3 – point 2.2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – indent 1
— 4 - the implementation of the envisaged measures is expected to have a lasting impact. The Commission shall assess whether the measures proposed by the plan are likely to contribute to reach the objectives related to climate targets set out in Article 4.
Amendment 164 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Due to the serious nature of cross- border health threats, the Programme should support coordinated public health measures at Union level to address different aspects of such threats. With a view to strengthen the capability in the Union to prepare for, respond to and manage healthany future sanitary crisises, the Programme should provide support to the actions taken in the framework of the mechanisms and structures established under Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council10 and other relevant mechanisms and structures established at Union level. Thise revision of Decision No 1082/2013/EU could includitiate strategic stockpiling of essential medical supplies, in addition to the reactive reserve created under RescEU during the Covid-19 pandemic, or capacity building in crisis response, preventive measures related to vaccination and immunisation, strengthened surveillance programmes. This revision could also introduce the creation of a European Health Response Mechanism to respond to all types of health crises (infectious, chemical, environmental, biological, food, nuclear), to strengthen operational coordination at European level and to monitor the constitution and the triggering of the strategic reserve of medicines and medical equipment and ensure its proper functioning. In this context the Programme should foster Union-wide and cross-sectoral crisis prevention, preparedness, surveillance, management and response capacity of actors at the Union, national, regional and local level, including contingency planning and preparedness exercises, in keeping with the “One Health” and “Health in all policies” approaches. It should facilitate the setting up of an integrated cross-cutting risk communication framework working in all phases of a health crisis - prevention, preparedness and response. __________________ 10Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 2119/98/EC (OJ L 293, 5.11.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 183 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) As in the time of health crisis emergency health technology assessment as well as clinical trials can contribute to the rapid development of medical countermeasures the Programme should provide support to facilitate such actions. The Commission has adopted a proposal11 on Health Technology Assessment (HTA)TA to support cooperation on health technology assessment at Union level. The Council should adopt a common position and start the negotiations with the Parliament on this proposal. __________________ 11Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on health technology assessment and amending Directive 2011/24/EU, COM(2018) 51 final of 31.01. 2018.
Amendment 191 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) With a view to protect people in vulnerable situpopulations, including those suffering from mental illnesses andchildren, elder people, socioeconomically disadvantaged people, women, LGBTI people, ethnic minorities, people affected by a physical or mental disability, those suffering from chronic diseases, the Programme should also promote actions which address the collateral impacts of the health crisis on people belonging to such vulnerable groups, taking into account their specific health needs.
Amendment 210 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) The coordination between national health systems is essential to guarantee solidarity within the Union. Joint procurement, coordinated transfer of equipment, reserve and circulation of blood products and organs, transports of patients for cross-border care should be adequately anticipated.
Amendment 211 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 c (new)
Recital 14 c (new)
(14c) In addition to an increased budget, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and its instrument RescEU should be strengthened to ensure a truly common, coordinated and effective response at EU level.
Amendment 213 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 e (new)
Recital 14 e (new)
(14e) European health agencies, in particular the ECDC and the EMA should be granted strengthened competences, resources and personnel to allow them to better and quicker carry out their duties efficiently to the benefit of European citizens. To anticipate any types of crises, the Commission should also evaluate the needs of the other European health agencies such as EFSA, ECHA and EU- OSHA. A stronger coordination between European Agencies should be guaranteed by the Commission.
Amendment 214 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 f (new)
Recital 14 f (new)
(14f) The Programme should support the revision of ECDC’s mandate to extend its competencies to the chronical diseases, to elaborate mandatory guidances for Member States and to be able to coordinate laboratory research in times of health crises.
Amendment 215 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 g (new)
Recital 14 g (new)
(14g) The programme should also support the revision of the EMA’s mandate to extend its competencies on clinical trial’s coordination and management of the shortages of medicines. EMA could therefore meet any future challenges such as monitoring and responding to shortages in coordination with the Member States. In the long term, EMA should be able to make conditional marketing authorizations upon guarantees of supply and accessibility from manufacturers. The reinforcement of the EMA’s personnel should enable the Agency to carry out inspections of production sites established in third countries.
Amendment 231 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The programme should support innovations in the digitalization area that could bring concrete benefits to patients and healthcare professionals and provide cost-effective high-quality healthcare whilst reducing inequalities. Important steps could be taken in digital skills, both for healthcare professionals and patients training, especially in rural and sparsely populated areas.
Amendment 409 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Given the common agreed values of solidarity towards equitable and universal coverage of quality health services as a basis for the Union’s policies in this area and that the Union has a central role to play in accelerating progress on global health challenges19 , the Programme should support the Union’s contribution to international and global health initiatives with a view to improve health, address inequalitiesincluding sexual and reproductive health, address inequalities, in particular gender inequalities, and increase protection against global health threats. __________________ 19Council conclusions on the EU role in Global Health, 3011th Foreign Affairs Council meeting, Brussels, 10 May 2010.
Amendment 413 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Cooperation with third countries should be strengthened on the exchange of knowledge and best practices in health systems preparedness and response. The programme should help building a strong and effective partnership between the Union and Africa and prioritise health systems strengthening, universal access to health services and global health research and development in the framework of the EU-Africa Strategy.
Amendment 531 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) strengthen the effectiveness, accessibility, sustainability and resilience of health systems, including by supporting digital transformation, the uptake of digital tools and services, systemic reforms, implementation of new care models and to reach universal health coverage objective, encompassing access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, and address social inequalities in health, including gender inequalities;
Amendment 605 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) support the Union’s contribution to international and global health initiatives., including access to sexual and reproductive health and services;
Amendment 356 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to provide predictability and confidence for all economic actors, including businesses, workers, investors and consumers, to ensure that the transition towards climate neutrality is irreversible, to ensure gradual reduction over time and to assist in the assessment of the consistency of measures and progress with the climate- neutrality objective, 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 toCommission should set out a trajectory for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the Union by 2050. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making37 . 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. _________________ 37 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 361 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Sectorial roadmaps should facilitate the alignment of a whole ecosystem of stakeholders with the objective of climate neutrality. The roadmap should describe the technological solutions and new policy framework that need to be developed and investments that need to be made within the sector as well as the value chain. These roadmaps should lead to the definition of Green Transition Contracts, by the Commission, setting the commitments of relevant public and private stakeholders of a sector to reach climate neutrality.
Amendment 375 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The climate footprint of the Union’s consumption is an essential tool to develop to improve the overall consistency of the Union’s climate objectives.
Amendment 376 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 b (new)
Recital 23 b (new)
(23b) A fully efficient Union’s climate policy should address carbon leakage and develop the appropriate tools, such as a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, to cope with it and protect our standards and the frontrunners of our industries.
Amendment 396 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Regulation sets out a binding objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050 in pursuit of the long-term temperature goal set out in Article 2 of the Paris Agreement of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and provides a framework for achieving progress in pursuit of the global adaptation goal established in Article 7 of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 419 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – title
Article 2 – title
2 Climate-neutrality and intermediate objectives
Amendment 477 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By September 2020, the Commission shall review the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 iIn light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore optthe Union’s for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55%shall be 60% of domestic emission reductions compared to 1990. Where the Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate.
Amendment 485 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By 30 September 2023, the Commission shall, in light of the climate- neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) set a Union 2040 target of at least 80% emission reductions compared to 1990.
Amendment 486 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. The Commission shall design by 30 June 2021 an indicator to monitor the evolution of the reduction of the Union’s climate footprint on the basis of data provided by the European Environment Agency. By 30 June 2023, the Commission shall assess the Union’s climate footprint and bring forward proposals to reduce it such that by 2030 it is consistent with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 528 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Amendment 588 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) cost-effectiveness and economic efficiencythe best available and most recent scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC;
Amendment 595 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) the need to ensure a just and socially fair transition;
Amendment 598 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a b (new)
(ab) the social, economic and environmental costs of inaction and insufficient action;
Amendment 615 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) cost-effectiveness and economic efficiency;
Amendment 677 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g
Amendment 687 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point h
Amendment 702 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j
Amendment 753 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a European Committee on Climate Change 1. By 30 June 2021, the Commission shall set up the European Committee on Climate Change (ECCC), an independent scientific advisory body on climate change, consisting of a network of existing national independent expert advisory bodies and composed of one senior representative by national body. All Members States are encouraged to install such independent expert advisory bodies. In order to avoid duplication of work, the European Environmental Agency (EEA) shall serve as the secretariat of the ECCC. 2. The ECCC can initiate and produce any reports, analysis and recommendations relevant to contribute to achieve the European Union climate’ objectives. The ECCC shall assess any European policies with the Union’s climate objectives.
Amendment 774 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ask beneficiaries of its financial instruments in high emitting sectors, including projects supported by the European Investment Bank, to carry out a climate adaptation stress test. The list of the concerned beneficiaries and the turnover threshold to be applied shall be set out by delegated acts within six months after the entry into force of this Regulation. Where the beneficiary fails the climate adaptation stress test, they shall not be eligible to the Union’s financial instrument. The Commission shall provide guidance to beneficiaries, based on the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change and the European Environment Agency’s data on how to align an investment project with climate adaptation requirements. Such guidance shall use appropriately the criteria established by [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment].
Amendment 779 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. As part of its report under Article 14(2) of Directive 2014/89/EU, the Commission shall assess Member States’ maritime spatial plans in light of an ecosystem-based approach and make recommendations as appropriate to address climate adaptation changes in marine and coastal areas.
Amendment 789 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 30 SeptemberJune 20231, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall assess, together with the assessment foreseen under Article 29(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999:
Amendment 795 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the collective progress made by all Member States towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1); and the intermediate objectives set out in Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a).
Amendment 822 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 30 SeptemberJune 20231, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall review:
Amendment 830 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the consistency of Union measures with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1); and the intermediate objectives set out in Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a).
Amendment 850 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Where, based on the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Commission finds that Union measures are inconsistent with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) and the intermediate objectives set out in Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, or that the progress towards either the climate-neutrality objective or on adaptation as referred to in Article 4 is insufficient, it shall take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties, at the same time as the review of the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1).
Amendment 860 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess anythe alignment of draft measure or legislative proposal, in light ofcluding multiannual financial frameworks of the Union, any guidelines, including guidelines on State aid, with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) and the intermediate objective set out in Article 2(3) before adoption, and include this analysis in any impact assessment accompanying these measures or proposals, and make the result of that assessment public at. Where the guideline, draft measure or legislative proposal is not consistent with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) and the intermediate objectives set out in Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a), the Commission shall make corrective measures before the time of adoption.
Amendment 874 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where the Commission gives its approval to a state aid request by a Member State in accordance with Article 108 TFEU, the Commission shall include provisions in its decision where the beneficiaries shall report every year on how they align their activities with the objectives set out in Article 2(1), Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a).
Amendment 876 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Where the Commission makes recommendations to the Council regarding the authorisation to open trade negotiations under Article 207 TFEU, the Commission shall include provisions to make the Paris Agreement an essential element of all future trade and investment agreements. The Commission shall demonstrate that a trade or investment agreement does not conflict with the objectives set out in Articles 2(1), 2(3) and 2(3a) before concluding a political agreement with a third country.
Amendment 887 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the consistency of national measures identified, on the basis of the National Energy and Climate Plans or the Biennial, national long-term strategies or Progress Reports submitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as relevant for the achievement of and the CAP Strategic Plans submitted in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXXX/XXXX [2018/0216(COD)] of the European Parliament and of the Council as relevant for the achievement of the 2030 target set out in Article 2(3), Article 2(3a) and the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1);
Amendment 919 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission finds, under due consideration of the collective progress assessed in accordance with Article 5(1), that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with that objective as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) or inadequate to ensure progress on adaptation as referred to in Article 4, it mayshall issue recommendations to that Member State. The Commission shall make such recommendations publicly available at the moment it issues the recommendations.
Amendment 944 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) if a Member State fails to comply with its obligations under point (a), fails to take due account of the recommendations referred to in point (c) or fails to implement the strategy and measures adopted in response to the recommendation, the Commission shall take the appropriate measures in accordance with the Treaties.
Amendment 947 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By 2021, the Commission shall develop a climate indicator to assess the consistency of the structure of Member States’ economic and budget plan with the objectives set out in Article 2(1), Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a). The Commission shall use the European Semester to provide Member States with annual communication to align the structure of their economic and budget plan with the objectives set out in Article 2(1), Article 2(3) and Article 2(3a). The Commission shall use the criteria established by [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment] to carry out the assessment mentioned in this paragraph. Within its communication, the Commission shall disclose for each Member States which part of economic and budget plan that is taxonomy compliant and in which category.
Amendment 967 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) best available scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC and IPBES; and
Amendment 977 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By June 2021, the Commission shall adopt an updated tracking methodology to monitor and report trends regarding capital flows towards sustainable investment as per the taxonomy regulation (EU) 2020 /… [Taxonomy Regulation] of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2020/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of … on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L …).
Amendment 1016 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a Access to justice 1. For the purposes of actions for annulment taken under Article 263 of the Treaty, individuals shall be considered to be directly and individually concerned by: (a) the trajectory for achieving carbon neutrality adopted under Article 3 and before the Court of Justice of the EU. (b) any acts adopted by the EU as a result of the Commission’s review under Article 3(1) or in response to proposals made by the Commission under Article 5(4).’ 2. Where a Member State fails to comply with the terms of a recommendation issued by the Commission under Article 6(2), Member States shall ensure that individuals have access to justice at national level to seek the judicial review of that inaction consistent with the access to justice requirements of the Aarhus Convention.
Amendment 1019 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 1089 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 Regulation (EU) 2018/842 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 5, the following paragraphs are added: ‘5 a. In any transactions made under the provision referred to in Article 5 (5), annual emissions allocation minimum price is set at 100 Euros for each tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent. 5 b. Member States shall inform the Commission of any actions taken pursuant to this paragraph, and communicate, by March 2025 their intention to use provisions contained in Article 5(5). 5 c. At the latest by June 2025, the Commission shall assess for all Member States the intention to use provisions contained in Article 5(5), and make publicly available the budgetary impact of the use of such provisions.’
Amendment 28 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the General Comments of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as the authoritative guidance on the implementation of the UN CRPD,
Amendment 42 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to the exploratory opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee requested by the European Parliament on the situation of disabled women,
Amendment 47 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to the study of the European Parliament Policy Department C of 2016 on European Structural and Investent Funds and people with disabilities in the European Union,
Amendment 74 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital A
A. whereas, as full citizens, all persons with disabilitiedisabled persons have equal rights in all fields of life and are entitled to inalienable dignity, equal treatment, independent living, autonomy and full participation in society;
Amendment 88 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 93 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas article 19 of the UN CRPD states that "States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community";
Amendment 109 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas a considerable proportion of the four million people experiencing homelessness every year have disability, having been largely overlooked as a target group of the UNCRPD and the EU Disability Strategy;
Amendment 175 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
- reflecting the diversity of persons with disabilitiesdisabled people,
Amendment 177 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 4 a (new)
- reflecting the guidance and interpretation of the UNCRPD given by the General Comments of the UNCRPD Committee, including definitions of the key terms,
Amendment 180 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
- mainstreaming the rights of the children with disabilities into all areas, disabled elders, women and children into all areas; regarding children making sure that the educational institutions are fully inclusive and there will be measures against the Member States that fail to fully include them in their educational systems,
Amendment 200 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 b (new)
- recognising and addressing the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination they may face, and in particular the challenges faced by women, girls, children, older and LGBTI disabled people, as well as persons from racial and ethnic minorities.
Amendment 202 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 c (new)
- setting new rules for the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in order to protect the rights of the disabled passengers concerning the safety of the integrity of both their body and equipment when transferred, and the recognition of the need for extra seats in cases of a personal assistant or laying,
Amendment 203 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 c (new)
- regarding the accessibility of buildings, transportation and media;
Amendment 205 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 2 – indent 6 a (new)
- by creating mechanisms for the coordination of portability and adaptability of benefits and services for the disabled people between Member States inside the EU;
Amendment 235 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the post -2020 Strategy should be based on a cross-cutting, comprehensive review of all EU legislation and policy in order to ensure full harmonisation with the provisions of the UNCRPD; insists that it should include a revised declaration of competences including all policy areas in which the EU has legislated or adopted soft law measures that have an impact on persons with disabilitiesdisabled people;
Amendment 253 #
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 disabilitiesdisabled people and of their representative 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-building;
Amendment 300 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to systematically mainstream the rights of persons with disabilitiesdisabled people in all the relevant EU laws, policies and programmes;
Amendment 327 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of legislative and non-legislative proposals regarding the Independent Living strategy that reflects the European Way of Life for the disabled people, by mainstreaming best practices - concerning Independent Living and Personal Assistance, - regarding the assistance for starting a family, - in the field of employment, - in removing all barriers (physical, intellectual, psychological, financial), that prevent disabled people from accessing quality and affordable healthcare services, and provide information in accessible formats, especially for people with lifelong disabilities, - in familiarising disabled and non- disabled people with the social model of disability and combating all stereotypes, like in the area of sexuality, through the development of campaigns and cooperation with the creative industries;
Amendment 364 #
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 disabilitiesdisabled people and the society in general, and promote, coordinate and create educational material that can be used by the national systems;
Amendment 381 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Calls on the Commission to create, in cooperation with the private sector, one portal that collects all the instruments provided for the optimal social participation of disabled people,
Amendment 395 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the post-2020 Strategy will specially promote guaranteed access to employment, trainings, inclusive education, to affordable quality healthcare services, to digital services, to sport activities for disabled people;
Amendment 429 #
2019/2975(RSP)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the term 'disabled people' rather than persons with disabilities and replace it in official documents and websites;
Amendment 1 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union states that ‘in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities and promote equality between men and women’, thus stipulating that gender equality must be incorporated into all EU policies and addressed at all levels of the budgetary process via gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting;
Amendment 10 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas inequality is a growing problem in the EU, and whereas an increasing percentage of the EU budget must be spent on developpromoting social rights and access to public welfare services, with a specific focus on improving gender equality, including for LGBTI persons, and the situation of women and girlwomen and girls and LGBTI persons;
Amendment 15 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women remain under- represented in leadership and decision making positions and devote more time than men to unpaid housework and care responsibilities;
Amendment 18 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women remain under- represented in the digital economy, AI, ICT and STEM sectors in terms of education, training and employment, including management positions;
Amendment 19 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas universal respect for and access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is not guaranteed in all EU Member States; whereas a worrying backlash in women’s rights globally and in the EU can be observed, in particular as regards a lack of or restricted access to SRHR within the European Union;
Amendment 22 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Commission should maintainensure sufficient funding levels for programmes aimed at supporting women’s rights to at least their current level, such as the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme, with a special focus on non-discrimination instruments and the prevention of gender- based violence;
Amendment 38 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance to use European Structural and Investment Funds to promote gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, childcare and long term care facilities;
Amendment 40 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for the budget to encourage women’s participation and interest in the digital economy, AI, ICT and STEM sectors and careers through EU programmes, including the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI);
Amendment 45 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for greater synergies between the instruments available to advance gender equality and improve the work-life balance; reiterates the need for greater efforts to support the most vulnerable women, including women with disabilities, women of colour, single mothers and migrant, ethnic minority and sexual minority women;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for spending on gender equality to be tracedmonitored with independent budget lines for targeted actions and for proper indicators and a dedicated methodology to be established, particularly as regards the fight against gender-based discrimination, violence, sexual harassment and women’s access to sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 58 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to increase the resources allocated for actions focused on preventing and combating gender-based violence in the framework of the programme that will replace the REC Programme in the next MFF period, with an independent budget line to combat all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 60 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the need to reinforce budgetary allocations that support universal respect for and access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights;
Amendment 62 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the need to tackle Female Genital Mutilation and early and forced marriage and promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, including their SRHR, through the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI);
Amendment 70 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that the EU committed to allocating at least 20% of its total Official Development Aid (ODA) to human development and social inclusion that encompass activities aiming to improve gender equality;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the important role played by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), and the need for a consolidated budget for collecting data and acquiring expertise in the area of gender equality; calls for EIGE’s budget, staff establishment plan and independence to be kept stableas a minimum at their current levels.
Amendment 10 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the average gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member StatesEU stands at 15.76 %, that women are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low-security contracts;
Amendment 21 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the other most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service, tourism, hospitality and care sectors, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women;
Amendment 31 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty and social exclusion in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, refugee and migrant women, women of colour, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same;
Amendment 46 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 % mainly as a result of the impact of gendered unpaid care duties, life-long differences in pay and working time with the lower pensions that result, different retirement ages for men and women in some Member States, and the fact that more older women live alone; notes with regret that the gender pension gap stands at around 39 %, more than double the gender pay gap, revealing the gradually accumulating impact of pay inequalities;
Amendment 54 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by the undervaluation of work typically carried out by women, unequal access to property, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring impacting on promotion and pension advancement, unequal sharing of unpaid caring responsibilities for sick and dependent persons and domestic work, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers; stresses the need for accessible and affordable childcare; reiterates its call on Member States to ensure the full implementation of the Work-life Balance Directive;
Amendment 65 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities for men and women in the labour market and to introduce initiatives to promote women's access to finance, female entrepreneurship, women's representation in future oriented sectors such as STEM and women's financial independence;
Amendment 81 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap.Communication, A Union of Equality : Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, in particular its commitment to inter alia revise the Barcelona targets to ensure further upwards convergence among Member States of early childhood education and care, to deliver a Child Guarantee, to deliver legislation on pay transparency and to explore pension credits for care-related career breaks all of which will help to address gendered poverty;
Amendment 13 #
2019/2184(INI)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 6 October 2015 on the role of local authorities in developing countries in development cooperation1 a, _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:5201 5IP0336&from=PT
Amendment 18 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 a (new)
Citation 35 a (new)
- having regard to the OECD Report of 24 June 2020 entitled 'The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis on development finance'24a; _________________ 24a http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy- responses/the-impact-of-the-coronavirus- covid-19-crisis-on-development-finance- 9de00b3b/
Amendment 20 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 b (new)
Citation 37 b (new)
- having regard to the Paris Agreement, the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UNFCCC and the 11th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 11), held in Paris, France, from 30 November to 11 December 2015,
Amendment 22 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 c (new)
Citation 37 c (new)
- having regard to the Special Report on the Ocean, Cryosphere and Climate Change (SROCC) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of 25 September 2019,
Amendment 24 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the global environment is becoming more complex and uncertain, with a rise in conflict and geopolitical rivalry, the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss and more frequent and severe natural disasters, notably in developing countries, which affect the most vulnerable; whereas this highlights the need for strengthened multilateralism and continuous efforts to increase the effectiveness and impact of European aid;
Amendment 25 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the global environment is becoming more complex and uncertain, with a rise in conflict and geopolitical rivalry, climate change and more frequent and severe natural disasters, notably in developing countries, which affect the most vulnerable; whereas this highlights the need for strengthened multilateralism and continuous efforts to increase the effectiveness and impact of European aid;
Amendment 27 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the world is struck by the Covid-19 pandemic; whereas the impact of this pandemic on developing countries and aid assistance beneficiary countries is still unclear; whereas the impact of this pandemic presents a significant strain on aid assistance capacities of donor countries and private investors;
Amendment 28 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected all countries, regardless of their level of development, is having a health-related impact, but also an economic and social impact; whereas this pandemic has an impact on development cooperation and imposes an obligation to ensure greater efficiency;
Amendment 29 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the current pandemic has severely disrupted and could have long- lasting effects on tourism, sea transport, and other ocean-based sectors, negatively impacting the economies of many developing countries, including the most vulnerable countries, small island developing states and least developed countries;
Amendment 35 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the world’s population is growing faster than gross national income (GNI), in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, where the population is expected to double over the next 30 years to 2.1 billion in 2050 and 3.8. billion at the end of the century; whereas in spite of strong economic growth, this will increase the number of people living in poverty and unemployment, emphasising the urgent need to support developing countries effectively in their efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
Amendment 46 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the role of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) is to to promote the principles of aid effectiveness; whereas it has three strategic priorities that will guide the Partnership’s contribution to the launch of the ‘Decade of Action’, namely: - promoting development effectiveness to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, - building better partnerships, - leveraging monitoring for action;
Amendment 66 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a real risk that the benefits of development assistance and foreign direct investment may be captured by political and economic elites in partner countries; whereas this highlights the need for development cooperation that aims at bringing about transformational changes in political economies, notably related to governance, the distribution of power, social exclusion, redistributive policies, social protection and access to resources, as well as interaction with the global economy;
Amendment 68 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a real risk that the benefits of development assistance and foreign direct investment may be captured by political and economic elites in partner countries; whereas this highlights the need for development cooperation that aims at bringing about transformational changes in political economies, notably related to governance, the distributo support and promote - through development cooperation - the principles of good governance, the rule of law, separation of powers, social exclusion and access to resourcespromotion of human rights, combating social exclusion, as well as interaction with the global economy;
Amendment 71 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the EU is present in all the oceans through its overseas territories - both the outermost regions and the overseas countries and territories - and it is crucial that it develop regional strategies incorporating locally expressed needs as closely as possible;
Amendment 81 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that effectiveness means delivering more and better impact, achieving the SDGs and leaving no-one behind; believes that when EUuropean support is aligned with partner countries’ own efforts, but also with other donors' efforts, and delivered through their institutions and systems in support of priorities that have been agreed through inclusive and equitable policy processes, the impact is bigger, faster and more sustainable;
Amendment 87 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that gender equality is an essential precondition for any development and is necessary for the achievement of the SDGs; takes the view that progress made in combating discrimination and violence against women and girls in partner countries should be systematically taken into consideration in assessing aid effectiveness;
Amendment 120 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that in view of the future implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), joint programming and implementation by the EU, its Members States and EU development financing partners should build upon the aid effectiveness principles; believes that the EU shouldpoints to the importance of collectively setting strategic priorities and identifying investment needs/gaps in the pre- programming phase and subsequently looking at ways to optimise the range of modalities in the EU institutions’ toolbox, including grants, budget support and EIB loans, as well as financing from the Member StatEU Member States or Member States' development agencies; calls on the EU institutions and Member States, accordingly, to share evidence and experience about the kinds of development interventions that tend to be successful and those that have failed, proved difficult to implement or not produced the intended impact;
Amendment 128 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that accountability for all public expenditure, including Official Development Assistance (ODA), is vital both in Europe and in partner countries; believes that accountability requires strong institutions and that having clear and agreed targets for European ODA is essential for ensuring continued public support for the EU’s development cooperation endeavours; emphasises, furthermore, that accountability requires transparent and robust procedures as well as concern for efficiency and the attainment of demonstrable results, thorough ex-ante and ex-post evaluation, and critical analysis of failures as well as learning about how to deliver effective and sustainable results; recalls the impact that partnerships and cooperation with civil society and NGOs can have on ensuring accountability in public expenditure of ODA;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. calls on the Commission and Member States to fully untie their ODA in line with the commitments of the European Consensus on Development and to encourage all development cooperation providers, including emerging economies, to do the same;
Amendment 135 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the use of results- based approaches is critical for the EU’s partner countries and is a fundamental element of their capacity to deliver the SDGs for their citizens; points, however, to the importance of taking into account the diversity of the specific situations in and challenges for partner countries, in particular the least developed countries (LDCs) and fragile countries; calls on the EU and its Member States to support and use partner countries’ own national results- measuring frameworks and their monitoring and statistical systems, and to involve all relevant actors: local authorities; national parliaments; civil society; and the private sector; and foundations;
Amendment 141 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the EU and its Member States to enhance their commitment to transparent data flows through continuous investment in data visualisation, statistical reporting and the publication of open data, the application of international standards such as IATI (the International Aid Transparency Initiative Standard), and by regularly updating the EU Aid Explorer; encourages the EU to step up its efforts to ensure public access and dissemination of data and reporting on the spending of EU development aid;
Amendment 144 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that development cooperation might have different impacts on girls and boys and men and women; urges therefore the European Commission and Member States to prioritize gender equality and to make use of tools such as gender targeting, gender analysis, gender budgeting, gender mainstreaming; insists furthermore on the need to collect sex disaggregated data;
Amendment 149 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports a catalytic approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, which is informed by a thorough analysis of the situation in each partner country; encourages South-South and triangular cooperation, as well as more effective involvement of the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories in the implementation of European development cooperation actions in their respective geographic areas, with a view to renewed and ambitious cooperation with Europeans in the South;
Amendment 152 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports a catalytic and cross- cutting approach, building on decentralised and bottom-up needs assessments and programming, which is informed by a thorough analysis of the national and territorial situation in each partner country; encourages South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation at all levels of governance;
Amendment 157 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to take account of the development policy actions and decisions of the other donor countries in order to ensure complementarity and to meet partner countries' needs and priorities in the best way possible;
Amendment 159 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses the key role played by EU delegations in maximising the effectiveness of aid and enhancing its visibility in partner countries; calls for the delegations' knowledge of each partner country's specific circumstances to be capitalised on more, with a view to assessing the outcomes of projects run by the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 162 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance cooperation with and through local governments and, to the extent possible, to strive to ensure thatlocal authorities in partner countries, but also within the EU; calls for budget support as an aid modality can also be usedto be usable also at sub-national level, and that redistribution mechanismsfor mechanisms for redistribution and equalisation between different levels of government and across regions arto be developed with the aim of reducing in- country disparities and inequalities, and ensuring that no-one is left behind;
Amendment 190 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the European Commission to reassess whether the administrative obligations to access EU funding are proportionate; deplores in that context that EU grants become increasingly inadequate and unattractive for NGOs due to requirements to limit support costs as well as due to increasing administrative and audit burdens;
Amendment 199 #
2019/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its request that the Council and the Member States set out a clear timeline for reaching the target of raising the ODA budget to 0.7 % of GNI and that the Commission present a concrete action plan defining how additional resources will be leveraged towards achieving the SDGs; Stresses the need to clarify the differentiation between climate funding and development aid and assistance;
Amendment 1 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 6 and 8, 8, 10, 83, 153, 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 2 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
— having regard to Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 5 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2020 on The EU priorities for the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women,
Amendment 6 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap,
Amendment 9 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2018 on gender equality in the media sector in the EU,
Amendment 21 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
Citation 23
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 2, 3, 9 and 915,
Amendment 24 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
Citation 25
— having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, as well as the declarations adopted in the framework of the UN Summits Beijing +5, Beijing +10, Beijing +15 and Beijing +20nd the outcomes of its review conferences,
Amendment 44 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas harmful gender structures and stereotypes throughout the world perpetuate inequality, and whereas overcomdismantling these structures and stereotypes will advance gender equality; whereas a strong women’s rights movement is needed to uphold democratic values, fundamental rights and women’s rights in particular, and whereas threats to women’s rights also represent threats to democracy;
Amendment 47 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas discrimination on the basis of gender is often combined with discrimination based on identities such as race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, class and/or migration status triggering double and multiple discriminations; whereas a horizontal intersectional perspective is essential in any gender equality policy in order to recognise and address these multiple threats of discrimination;
Amendment 51 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU has adopted important legislation and provided key impulsecrucial progress to achieving gender equality; whereas, however, these efforts have slowed down in recent years, while movements opposing gender equality policies and women’s rights have flourished; whereas these movements are attempting to influence national and European policies in order to block continued progress towards gender equality and worryingly to roll back already established fundamental rights;
Amendment 62 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women in all its forms is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas disinformation campaigns onto undermine the gender equality also focumovement also block progress on the issue of eliminating violence against women, as has been seen in relation to the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 64 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas trafficking in human beings represents one of the most flagrant violations of fundamental rights and human dignity, since women and girls are 80 % of the registered victims of trafficking and 95% of the registered victims of trafficking for purpose of sexual exploitation, which is directly connected to the demand of women and girls in the prostitutions industry;
Amendment 78 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care and domestic work, is mostly carried out by women, resulting in gaps in employment and career progression and contributesing to the gender pay and pension gaps; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-life Balance Directive, are important first steps, but need to be complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work and to foster the equal earner – equal carer model;
Amendment 122 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information, and to sexuality and relationship education, as well as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, are essential to achieving gender equality and rights, including contraception and abortion care, are essential to achieving gender equality and prevent gender-based and intimate partner violence; whereas violations of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, including denial of safe and legal abortion care, are a form of violence against women;
Amendment 132 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 reveals persistent inequalities between men and women in the digital sector and highlights the need for a gender perspective in and gender impact assessment of all policies addressing the digital transformation; whereas closing the digital gender gap and guaranteeing women’s digital rights is of paramount importance, given the occurrence ofpotential for discrimination resulting from biased data sets, models and algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI); whereas programmers in AI need to be aware oftrained to recognise unconscious biases and stereotypes in order to avoid reproducing and reinforcing them; whereas the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market and the economy can deepen existing economic gaps and labour market segregation; investing in capacity building and skills in gathering adequate gender data is of paramount importance in achieving this objective; whereas the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market and the economy has the potential to create new opportunities for employment, including for groups normally excluded from the labour market but may also exacerbate existing economic gaps and labour market segregation if not harnessed correctly; whereas in this regard it is essential that women’s participation in digital entrepreneurship, STEM and ICT education and employment is encouraged;
Amendment 136 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas women are disproportionately under-represented in the news and information media; whereas the unequal portrayal of women and men in the media perpetuate stereotypes affecting the image of women and men;
Amendment 143 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments are essential tools for achieving gender equality in all EU policy areas, including within the EU Recovery Plan to respond to the COVID-19 health crisis;
Amendment 146 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had a disproportionate impact on women and girls, as evidenced by increasing cases of domestic violence against women and children, growing risks of loss of income and poverty, rising unpaid and unequal care and domestic responsibilities and restricted, timely access to essential healthcare services including those related to sexual reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 153 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas united action is essential to upwardly converge and harmonise women’s rights in Europe through a strong pact between Member States by sharing and committing to the most ambitious legislation and best practices currently in force in the EU;
Amendment 155 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas there is a Commissioner exclusively responsible for Equality and the European Parliament has a committee dedicated to Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, there is no specific Council configuration on Gender Equality and Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality have no dedicated forum for discussion;
Amendment 176 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish concrete timeframes and additional targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional and gender mainstreaming approaches effectively as well as adequate resources to do so; calls on the Commission to establish monitoring mechanisms to track the Strategy’s progress so as to ensure the full realisation of its commitments;
Amendment 180 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to respect the commitments of the 2020 Work Programme in any revision and deliver on time a proposal for binding pay transparency measures, an EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights, a LGBTI Equality Strategy, a post 2020 EU Framework on Roma Equality and Inclusion Strategies, a New EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings and a EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in External Relations for 2021-2025;
Amendment 187 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in line with the aims of the Strategy to systematically incorporate a gender perspective in all stages of the response to the Covid-19 crisis and promote women’s involvement at all levels of the decision-making process;
Amendment 190 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Member States to regularly exchange best practices and commit to an upward convergence and harmonisation of women’s rights in Europe by introducing in their respective legislation the most ambitious national measures and practices currently into force in the EU Member States;
Amendment 192 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Council to establish a configuration on Gender Equality gathering Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality in one dedicated forum in order to deliver common and concrete measures to address the challenges in the field of women’s rights and gender equality and ensure that gender equality issues are discussed at the highest political level;
Amendment 193 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls on the Council to adopt Council Conclusions to approve the Gender Equality Strategy and identify concrete actions to implement it;
Amendment 199 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member States particularly during the current COVID-19 public health crisis to address the increased cases of male violence against women and girls; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul Convention if the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls for preparatory actions for the launch of additional legally binding measures to eliminate violence against women framework Directive on preventing and combatting violence against women based on Article 84 TFEU to fight against all forms of violence through a strong intersectional approach; very much welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU, but calls for the inclusion of all forms of gender-based violence, in order to take a proactive approach and lay the groundwork for an EU directive on this issue, to build on provisions as set out in the Istanbul Convention and also meeting needs to combat sexual exploitation, trafficking and cyber violence;
Amendment 207 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the commitment to ensure that the new Victims’ Rights Strategy will address the specific needs of victims of violence against women and girls; stresses the need to address current gaps in EU legislation with regards to international standards on violence against women, specially the Istanbul Convention, with a view of enhancing the legislation on victims’ rights, protection and compensation of victims;
Amendment 213 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation, as well as possible legislation, on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender- based and domestic violence; requests that the definitions and goals of the Istanbul Convention be applied and that women’s rights and civil society organisations be involved on a continuous basis; urges that appropriate follow-up measures are put forward, all respecting the principle of non-discrimination;
Amendment 223 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace and the need for concrete measures at the EU level to fight against psychological and sexual harassment to address these issues; points out that informal carers, domestic workers and farm workers in particular lack protection and therefore calls on the Member States to adopt International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 and 189, in order to strengthen the rights of workers, especially women, in the informal economy;
Amendment 230 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence in the framework of a Directive on preventing and combatting all forms of violence against women and to support Member States in the development of training tools for the police force, the justice system and the information and communication technology sector, while also safeguarding fundamental rights online;
Amendment 238 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focusrecognition of the gendered nature of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation; insists on the importance of including measures and strategies to reduce demand, tackle the rise of sexual trafficking both within and between Member States as well as third countries and emerging uses of the internet for the purposes of exploitation and to combat all types of gender-based violence, including FGM and early/forced marriage;
Amendment 251 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the announcement of a new EU-wide survey on the prevalence and dynamics of all forms of violence against women; stresses the need for comprehensive and comparable gender- disaggregated data at EU level and for harmonisation of data collection systems among Member States;
Amendment 266 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the revision of the Barcelona targets and the call on Member States to ensure adequate investments in early childhood education, care services and long-term care services including from available EU funding; calls for financial support for and the sharing of best practices among Member States which have not yet achieved the targets; welcomes, furthermore, the development of guidance for Member States on tackling financial disincentives in relation to social, economic and taxation policies;
Amendment 295 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to swiftly transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive to ensure a fair division of work and family life and invites them to go beyond the minimum standards set out in the directive; calls on the Commission to monitor its full implementation;
Amendment 311 #
2019/2169(INI)
12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices such as public indexes on companies’ equality performance, in order to break the deadlock on the Women on Boards directive;
Amendment 321 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the support for gender parity in elected bodies such as the European Parliament and stresses that it must serve as a role model in this regard; calls on the Member States to introduce binding quotas in their electoral systems to ensure equal representation of women and men in both the European and the national parliaments;
Amendment 332 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets the underrepresentation of women in the ICT sectordigital economy, AI, ICT and STEM sectors in terms of education, training and employment, and points out the risk of this reinforcing and reproducing stereotypes and gender bias through the programming of AI and other programs; calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures for technologies and AI to be transformed into tools in the fight to eradicate gender stereotypes and to empower girls and women to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and ICT fields of study and to stay on these career paths;
Amendment 335 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the recognition of the impact of the digital transition on women and girls and urges the Commission to ensure the adoption of concrete gender mainstreaming measures in the implementation of the Single Market Strategy and Digital Agenda, ensuring a clear link between commitments on ending stereotypes with comprehensive actions to ensure women’s economic independence in the formation of the digital labour market;
Amendment 351 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the Commission’s intent to introduce new measures to promote women-led start-ups and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in 2020 and to strengthen gender equality under the Horizon Europe; stresses that the requirement of a gender equality plans from applicants is a crucial tool for advancement in this area;
Amendment 354 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Recalls that sex and gender have important implications for public health, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, because both biological and social influences are critical to health, and stresses that investment in research of the differences between women and men in relation to their health should be supported through Horizon Europe in order to encourage healthcare systems that are responsive to the needs of both women and men;
Amendment 366 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the need to increase resources for the EU programmes dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and in particular the recovery fund, in order to respond to the aggravation of existing inequalities during the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 370 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses the importance of gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary procedure and in all budget lines as an effective tool for promoting gender equality and the need for spending on gender equality to be promoted with independent budget lines for targeted actions;
Amendment 393 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange of best practices between Member States and, the Commission and civil society organisations on gender aspects in health, including guidelines for comprehensive sexuality and relationship education, gender- sensitive responses to epidemics and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); calls on the Commission to include SRHR in its next EU Health Strategy, and to support Member States in providing barrier-free access to high- quality and low-threshold access toaffordable healthcare services;
Amendment 407 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Demands support for women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EU and worldwide; calls for continuous monitoring of the state of play in relation to women’s rights and disinformation on gender equality policies in all Member States and for an alarm system to highlight regression; calls on the Commission to support studies analysing the impact of attacks and disinformation campaigns on women’s rights and gender equality, and calls on the Commission to analyse their root causes, developing fact checks and, counter-narratives and awareness- raising campaigns;
Amendment 410 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges the Commission and Member States to protect women who are particularly vulnerable to multiple discriminations recognising the intersectional forms of discrimination that women experience based on gender, ethnicity, nationality, age, disability, social status, sexual orientation and gender identity, migration status and ensure that actions implemented take account of and respond to the specific needs of these groups;
Amendment 412 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission to address gender stereotypes in the media and promote gender-equal content; stresses the importance of fostering media literacy and providing all relevant stakeholders with gender-sensitive media education initiatives; calls on the Member States to adopt legislation prohibiting sexist advertising in the media and promoting training and formation on gender stereotypes in schools of journalism, communication, media and advertisement;
Amendment 430 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls the importance of education for women and girls' empowerment in both the EU and partner countries; underlines that education is not only a right but a crucial tool to fight against early and forced marriages and pregnancies of adolescents and girls; further stresses that lockdown measures and the resulting interruption in the provision of education particularly affects girls as they are more at risk of not being sent back to schools; insists on the need for EU external policy to help keep girls in schools and continue their education in partner countries as a matter of priority;
Amendment 4 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons adopted by the Council of the European Union at its meeting of 24 June 2013,regard to the guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons adopted by the Council of the European Union at its meeting of 24 June 2013,
Amendment 5 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regard to the European Commission’s List of Actions to Advance LGBTI Equality published in December 2015,
Amendment 15 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU, and gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas the EU should contribute to creating a world in which all people, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ability can live peacefully, enjoying equal rights and the same opportunity to realise their potential;
Amendment 23 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty, armed conflicts and the impact of the climate emergency and their empowerment is essential to tackle these issues; whereas there is a growing global trend towards authoritarianism and an increasing number of fundamentalist groups, both of which are clearly linked to a backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights; whereas any understanding of security that focuses on States rather than human beings is defective and will not lead to peace;
Amendment 33 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women’s direct participation in peace negotiations increases the sustainability and the quality of peace;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas women civil society groups and activists play critical roles in advancing the peace and security agenda and their participation is essential to mainstreaming gender equality concerns;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas progress has been made in the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) across the world, but imporsubstantial shortcomings in the provision of and access to SRHR continue to exist and threats of regression persist; whereas in 2018 the number of EU actions on SRHR decreased and the lowest number of global actions by Commission services on gender equality pertained to SRHR;
Amendment 95 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the work of gender advisers and focal points is central to translating EU policies on gender equality and WPS into analysis, planning, conductimplementation and evaluation, as well as to facilitating the integration of a gender perspective into daily tasks and operations; whereas gender advisers and focal points face numerous challenges in the performance of their duties;
Amendment 110 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls the pivotal role of women as peacebuilders and stresses the need to ensure the equal participation of women in the maintenance of international peace and security, the expansion of women’s roles in preventing and resolving conflict, and women’s protection in order to advance the international peace and security agenda;
Amendment 117 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to advancing towards a foreign and security policy that incorporatemainstreams a gender-transformative vision, putting the need to address unequal structures and power relations at its centre; stresses the need for such policy to be grounded in rigorous gender analysis and systematic gender impact assessments, and for a meaningful and equitable role at all levels and stages of decision-making to be secured for women and for people from diverse backgrounds;
Amendment 126 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to carry out a review and present a new EU Gender Action Plan III in 2020; stresses that this document needs to take the form of a communication in order to ensure its effective implementation; welcomes the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and calls for its robust implementation; welcomes the decision to renew the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and calls for gender mainstreaming and targeted actions for gender equality and women’s rights, including on SRHR, to be included in the Action Plan; further welcomes the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in External Relations for 2021-2025 and A New EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings foreseen this year;
Amendment 130 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to deliver the first LGBTI Equality Strategy by the end of this year; stresses that this Strategy must be ambitious, build upon the existing guidelines and list of actions and include a strong external action component;
Amendment 135 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for further policy coherence and coordination in the implementation of the range of commitments on gender equality included in the EU’s external action; stresses that the EU Strategic Approach should be linked to and synchronised with the new GAP III, and calls for the 2019 EU Action Plan on WPS to be included in GAP III as a separate chapter; stresses the importance of the existing normative framework pertaining to the women, peace and security agenda, insists that this framework should be the baseline for all actions at EU and international level and that any attempts to resile from or roll back established commitments in this field must be firmly rejected;
Amendment 136 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on all Members States to adopt a feminist foreign and security policy that addresses the barriers for women to enter and maintain not only high-level leadership roles, and key positions such as ambassadorships and mediator positions in international peace talks and negotiations, but also entry-level positions. Recalls that factors that might deter women’s participation such as a lack of conducive work-life balance policies, equal sharing of family responsibilities and expectations that women will be primary caregivers leading women to often take career breaks or move to part-time work, and the public perception globally of women’s leadership should be taken into account; Further stresses that in advancing the targets of women’s leadership in the WPS, equal pay for equal work is one of the EU’s founding principles and should be mainstreamed through the advancement of women’s economic and social rights, both outside and within the EU; that Member States have an obligation to eliminate discrimination on grounds of sex with regard to all aspects and conditions of remuneration for the same work or for work of equal value;
Amendment 168 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the essential work done by CSOs on the ground to sustain peace and promote women’s engagement in peace processes, politics, governance, institution-building, the rule of law and the security sector and stresses the need to ensure significant funding and capacity building to maintain and support these efforts; Calls for specific earmarked funding on gender equality in the framework of the proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) regulation, and for reduced administrative constraints to allow access to funding for local and small CSOs; stresses the importance of ensuring that partners can count on receiving sufficient financial resources for gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 174 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the importance of equal access to capital for female entrepreneurs. Calls in this regard on the Member States and EU institutions to increase the availability of financing by means of microcredit and to actively promote the use of microcredit;
Amendment 181 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council working group on gender equalitconfiguration on gender equality to provide Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of gender equality with a dedicated forum for discussion and to better facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including foreign and security policy;
Amendment 201 #
2019/2167(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights that women’s participation in CSDP-missions contributes to the effectiveness of the mission and drives the EU’s credibility as a proponent of equal rights for men and women worldwide.1a Calls in this regard on the Member States and the EU institutions to advance women’s participation in CSDP-missions. _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2017/603855/EXPO_STU(2 017)603855_EN.pdf
Amendment 19 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— Having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2020 on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality;
Amendment 75 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas some Member states have implemented specific measures to provide timely and accessible assistance to victims since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, including setting up emergency texting systems or creating contact points to seek help in pharmacies and supermarkets ; whereas best practices should be shared and exchanged to inspire other Member states across Europe;
Amendment 79 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Amendment 113 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. Whereas during confinement, national platforms and helplines reported a sharp increase in domestic violence reports and complaints, and according to the WHO, emergency services across Europe have recorded an increase in calls of up to 60% from victims of domestic violence ; whereas this phenomenon is dubbed “The Shadow Pandemic”;
Amendment 127 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas eight years since its adoption, the Istanbul Convention has not yet been ratified by 6 EU Member States (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia Lithuania, Slovakia), or by the EU; whereas the Istanbul Convention is the most important existing international framework to prevent and combat gender- based violence;
Amendment 166 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention at a national and EU level; calls on the Member States to take all the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that, in the determination of custody and visitation rights of children, incidents of intimate partner violence are taken into account and that the exercise of any visitation or custody rights does not jeopardise the rights and safety of the victim or children; commends all campaigns advocating the ratification and implementation of the Istanbul Convention and strongly condemns all attempts to discredit it;
Amendment 170 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment in the Gender Equality Strategy to fighting gender-based violence,
Amendment 171 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission to add gender-based violence to the list of EU areas of crime under Article 83(1) TFEU, taking into account the special need to combat this crime on a common basis; calls on the Commission to use this as a legal basis to propose binding measures and a holistic EU framework directive to prevent and combat all forms of gender- based violence, including the impact of intimate partner violence on women and children, and contain uniform standards and due diligence obligation to collect data, to prevent, to investigate, to protect the victims and the witnesses, and to prosecute and punish the perpetrators; recalls that such new legislative measures should in any case be coherent with the rights and obligations of the Istanbul Convention and should be complementary to its ratification; recommends that the Istanbul Convention should be seen as a minimum standard and aspire to make further progress to eradicate gender- based and domestic violence;
Amendment 252 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls the need for measures to ensure the unrestricted and barrier-free provision of sexual and reproductive health and rights services (SRHR); Recalls that the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the need to remove outdated administrative barriers, modernise and improve efficiency in this area, such as investing in telemedicine possibilities to guarantee continuity of provision of healthcare services;
Amendment 255 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on Member states to implement specific measures to tackle economic violence, aiming to ensure empowerment, financial safety and economic independence of victims of gender-based violence, allowing them to take control over their lives;
Amendment 256 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Amendment 257 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Stresses that in the best interest of the child, parental authority of the perpetrating parent should be systematically suspended in case of voluntary homicide of the other parent ; further emphasizes that descendants should be exempted from maintenance obligations towards a parent who has been condemned for perpetrating voluntary homicide of the other parent ;
Amendment 299 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Urges the EU to ratify the Istanbul Convention and to advocate for its ratification by Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and for its effective and practical application by all the Member States, in order to fight against gender-based violence;
Amendment 302 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Urges Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention; Calls on its effective and practical application by all the Member States in order to fight against gender-based violence; Recalls its strong condemnation of the recent decision by the Polish Minister of Justice to officially start Poland’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, which would be a serious setback with regard to gender equality, women’s rights and the fight against gender-based violence;
Amendment 310 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Welcomes the upcoming Commission’s proposal for an EU strategy on the rights of the child (2021- 24), which provides the framework for EU action to better promote and protect children’s rights ;
Amendment 323 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Welcomes the initiative on extending the areas of crime to encompass specific forms of gender-based violence in accordance with Article 83(1) of the TFEU, and calls on the Commission to come up with a proposal for a holistic, victim-centred EU framework Directive to prevent and combat all forms of gender-based violence; recalls that such new legislative measures are complementary to the ratification of the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 361 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Recalls that united action is essential in order to upwardly converge and harmonise women’s rights in Europe through a strong pact between Member States, by sharing and implementing the most ambitious Union legislation and the implementation of best practices currently in force in the EU; Calls therefore for the creation of a Council configuration on gender equality within the European Council in order for Member states representatives to regularly meet, legislate, and exchange best practises;
Amendment 9 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
— having regard to the draft feasibility study on options to step up EU action against deforestation, commissioned by the Commission’s Directorate General for Environment (2017),
Amendment 12 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for 2020 - 2024, the EU External Policy on Indigenous Peoples (2016), and the European Council Conclusions on Indigenous Peoples (2017),
Amendment 13 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to the UN resolution of 20 March 2019 on recognizing the contribution of environmental human rights defenders to the enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development,
Amendment 14 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
Citation 12 c (new)
- having regard to the 2019 report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation 2019 entitled "The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture", and its report on State of the World's Forests 2016,
Amendment 17 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report of 31 May 2019,
Amendment 18 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special reports on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems and its Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability,
Amendment 53 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there is a need for far- reaching, ambitious, and concerted action, underpinned by political and societal will, to protect and restore the world's forest;
Amendment 58 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas stepping up action to protect existing forests and actively and sustainably create new forest coverage has to play a crucial role in the EU’s sustainability policies; whereas the EU should continue to mainstream biodiversity objectives into forestry and other policies as stated under the European Green Deal;
Amendment 66 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 67 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are integrated and indivisible; whereas progress towards sustainable agriculture, food security and sustainable forest management, core elements of the SDGs, should be made simultaneously;
Amendment 68 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas forests contribute to climate change mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk reduction measures through nature-based solutions; whereas scaling up investments in nature-based solutions is one of the most cost-effective remedies to tackle emissions, protect vital ecosystems, while improving livelihoods, resilience and food security;
Amendment 69 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas there are successful examples of increased agricultural productivity and food security while halting or even reversing deforestation; whereas according to FAO, integrated land-use planning is key to balancing land uses, underpinned by the right policy instruments to promote both sustainable forests and agriculture;
Amendment 70 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas according to the FAO, agriculture remains one of the most significant drivers of global deforestation, and there is an urgent need to work closely with the EU’s partner countries and different stakeholders to find innovative and positive interactions between food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry;
Amendment 76 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is also indirectly involved in the deforestation and degradation of world forests, including through the consumption of products related to deforestation; whereas the EU's consumption represents 10% of the global share of deforestation;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2156(INI)
Ca. whereas indigenous peoples, local communities and environmental defenders are increasingly under threat and intimidation, whilst facing human rights violations in their efforts to protect their forests, land, and environment; whereas land tenure rights engages indigenous peoples and local communities to commit themselves to participatory forest conservation;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas action at all levels, as well as substantial public and private investment, will be needed to protect the world's forests more effectively;
Amendment 108 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas increased protection of forests provides opportunities for economic and social development, particularly at the level of local communities;
Amendment 121 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the amount of EU funding provided to support forests and sustainable forest management in partner countries is insufficient given the scale of the problem; whereas the protection and sustainable management of natural ecosystems, as well as their co-benefits and human rights aspects, need to be better integrated into EU funding mechanisms;
Amendment 148 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Agrees with the priorities for stepping up EU action presented in COM(2019)352; notes, however, that the EU should be more ambitious; furthermore acknowledges that sustainable land-use globally is one of the most successful ways to halt deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 162 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the EU has the powers, responsibility and funds available to protect European forests as part of the world’s forests; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that measures aimed at protecting and restoring the world’s forests are consistently applied to European forests in line with the European Green Deal;
Amendment 171 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the decision made by the United Nations General Assembly to proclaim 2021-2030 as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration; underlines that the UN Decade positions the restoration of ecosystems as a major nature-based solution towards meeting a wide range of SGDs;
Amendment 180 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the crucial role, rights, and need for support of indigenous peoples and, local communities and forest owners, including women, in the protection of the world’s forests and; furthermore recognises the threats and human rights violations they are facing; therefore calls on the Commission to take this role into account in the adoption,ir proposals, and also in the implementation and enforcement of forest protection measures, both at EU level and in key international forumin dialogue with third countries;
Amendment 188 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that 80% of terrestrial biodiversity can be found in forests and that mangroves forests are an important part of marine biodiversity; insists that protecting forests, is therefore a priority to halt biodiversity loss and a matter of strategic international and European interest; calls on the Commission and the Member States to further establish, support, and consolidate networks of protected areas including forests, such as NaturAfrica 2030; recognises that this will strengthen the EU's position at the next Convention on Biological Diversity;
Amendment 192 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 193 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the role of civil society in environmental protection and sustainable consumption and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure transparency and public participation in forest-related measures in order to promote forest protection; calls on the Commission to encourage communication and awareness raising campaigns to the general public about the multiple benefits and services from nature-based solutions, sustainably managed forests, forestry and forest-based products;
Amendment 211 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that a single definition of the concept of non- deforestation supply chain is central to addressing the problem of commodities contributing to deforestation, and calls on the Commission to propose such a definition; highlights in this context the strong connection between forest-based value chains and the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 234 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that forests are indispensable to our planet and biodiversity; welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation and asks it to step up its actions; calls on the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the EU market, with a particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation, and which would encourage imports that do not create deforestation abroad;
Amendment 241 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines that due to climate change and loss of biodiversity, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently and intensely, causing increasing damage to the world's forests, according to the IPCC;
Amendment 250 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the private sector to be moreactively involved in the fight against deforestation; calls, at the same time, on the Commission to step up cooperation with the private sector and to develop appropriate instruments to incentivise volunteers based on the principle of shared responsibility;
Amendment 254 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Invites the Commission, together with Member States, to redirect existing support under the upcoming Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to establish an EU technical and financial mechanism which would catalyse funding to support partners' efforts to sustainably use, protect and restore forests;
Amendment 258 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to assess, together with the private sector and other development actors, new disaster risk finance and insurance solutions against catastrophic events affecting a large number of hectares of forest;
Amendment 260 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Amendment 263 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Insists that the European Green Deal's external dimension should be further strengthened through alliances and partnerships aimed at addressing global challenges like climate change and biodiversity while enabling socio- economic development of partner countries;
Amendment 265 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Recognises the multi-functionality of forests; therefore calls on the Commission and its Member States to design partnerships which improve forest sustainable management and tackle deforestation and forest degradation in an integrated and comprehensive approach along the forest value chain as well as in inter-linked sectors such as agriculture, energy or mining infrastructure;
Amendment 268 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Calls on the EU to consider providing support to third countries through forest partnerships to improve sustainable deforestation-free agriculture production and, when deemed necessary, implement actions that will help partner countries comply with any measures the EU may set up to reduce imported deforestation;
Amendment 330 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission's plan to strengthen cooperation on policies and measures to protect the world’s forests in key international forums, and calls on the Commission to endeavour to cooperate with these forums with a view, inter alia, to harmonising the terminology and, concepts and statistics in use (e.g. sustainable forest management or deforestation-free supply chains) and to ensuring the coherence of the policies and measures adopted;
Amendment 350 #
2019/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all newly adoptedinclude in all future trade agreements, both comprehensive and relevant sub- agreements, contabinding provisions relating to forests and safeguards to prevent them from being implemented in a manner that could lead tohat ensure their implementation and the fight against deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 1 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is founded on, inter alia, the value of equality between men and women, and Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union providstates that the elimination of inequalities, and the promotion of such equality, between men and women is a fundamental principle of the Union; whereas ensuring coherence between their internal budgetary and discharge procedures and their external actions in the field of promotion of gender equality is essential to the credibility of Parliament and the other Union institutions;
Amendment 15 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its strong request to promote equality between women and men, by supporting gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting where possible withinat all levels of the budgetary procedure, including when finalising the negotiations of the next MFF, and to use budgetary expenditure as an effective tool for combatting existing inequalities and promoting equality between women and men; recalls that gender budgeting is a methodology that must be applied to all Union budget lines and not only to programmes in which the implication of gender seems more relevant;
Amendment 25 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its request to increase resources for the Daphne-specific objective within the current REC programme and that such an increase is maintained in the Rights and Values programme; calls to ensure that adequate funding is made available for actions aimed at combating violence against women and trafficking in the framework of the effective implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
Amendment 30 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for specific funding to support the most vulnerable women and girls in our society, in particular women with disabilities, women refugees and victims of trafficking and abuses; supports in this regard increasing both commitment and payment appropriations of the two strands of the REC programme;
Amendment 31 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to reinforce budgetary allocations that support women’s access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, both within and outside the Union, as this access is increasingly at risk;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for budgetary allocations to support women’s entrepreneurship and women’s economic independence and to ensure and encourage access for women to loans and equity finance through Union programmes and funds, such as COSME, Horizon 2020 and the European Social Fund in order to fully maximise women’s participation in the labour market;
Amendment 43 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the continuation of funding for the Youth Employment Initiative; calls for equal participation of girls and young women in the measures covered by that initiative to be ensured and that special attention is paid to quality offers of training and employment for them, includingparticularly in the digitalised economy, ICT and STEM sectors where women are significantly underrepresented both in terms of education and training as well as employment;
Amendment 47 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance to use the European Structural and Investment Funds (ERDF and ESF) to promote women’s employment, including by financing high-quality, affordable care facilities;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the important role of the European Institute for Gender Equality and calls for the Institute’s budget, staff establishment plan and independence to be maintainadequately resourced.
Amendment 11 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Citation 4
Citation 4
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 21 and 35 thereof,
Amendment 12 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Citation 4
Citation 4
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 1, 2, 3, 10, 21, 35 and 345 thereof,
Amendment 13 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
Amendment 14 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Citation 5
Citation 5
- having regard to Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), on equality between women and men, and Article 9 TFEU, on combating social exclusion and a high level of education, training and protection of human health, Title IV TFEU on free movement of persons, services and capitals and Title V TFEU on area of freedom, security and justice,
Amendment 16 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, as set out in Article 2 TEU and embedded in international human rights treaties; whereas those values, which are common to the Member States and to which all Member States have freely subscribed, constitute the foundation of the rights enjoyed by those living in the Union; whereas Article 7 TEU foresees the possibility to suspend certain rights deriving from the application of the Treaties to a Member State, including voting rights in the Council, where there has been a determination of the existence of a serious and persistent breach by a Member State of the values referred to in Article 2;
Amendment 18 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas provision of accessible and affordable sexual and reproductive health and rights, including contraception and safe and legal abortion, is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life and dignity, freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, the right to access healthcare, the right to privacy, the right to education and the prohibition of discrimination; whereas the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services is a form of violence against women and girls; whereas the European Court of Human Rights has ruled on several occasions that restrictive abortion laws and lack of implementation violates the human rights of women;
Amendment 20 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas age-appropriate and evidence-based comprehensive sexuality education is key to building children’s and young peoples’ skills to form healthy, equal, nurturing and safe relationships, free from discrimination, coercion and violence as well as having a positive impact on gender equality outcomes, including transforming harmful gender norms and attitudes towards gender-based violence, homophobia and transphobia and contributes to decreased adolescent pregnancy, reduced risk-taking, and increased use of condoms and other forms of contraception;
Amendment 23 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives are before the Polish Parliament, one of which seeks to tighten up even further a law on abortion which is already one of the most restrictive in the EU, and the other to make providing comprehensive sexuality education to minors a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment;
Amendment 33 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in 2016 an attempt to introduce a total ban on the right to abortion sparked a mass mobilisation of women and civil society organisations and the ‘Black Monday’ women’s strike; whereas in 2018 the draft law imposing restrictions on abortion triggered massive protests throughout Poland and beyond;
Amendment 35 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas since the beginning of 2019 in Poland, there were over 80 instances, where regions, counties or municipalities have passed resolutions declaring themselves free from so-called “LGBT ideology”, or have adopted "Regional Charters of Family Rights” or key provisions coming from them, discriminating in particular single-parent and LGBTI families; whereas the creation of LGBTI free zones, even if it does not consist in the introduction of a physical border, represents an extremely discriminatory measure limiting the freedom of movement of the EU citizens;
Amendment 43 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that on 16 April 2020 the Polish Parliament voted to refer back to committee the two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives on access to abortion and on thcomprehensive sexuality education ofor minors;
Amendment 63 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned at the loss of women’s rights and at the level of protection in Poland of the right of women and adolescent girls to health, of which their sexual and reproductive health and rights is an essential component, and of the rights of young LGBTI people, whose healthmental and physical health and safety are particularly at risk; deplores the government’s continuing attacks on women’s rights activists and organisations through raids, defunding and intimidation, heavily impacting their work and creating an environment of fear;
Amendment 77 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Polish Government to condemn and take appropriate legal measures against the resolutions adopted by regional and local authorities concerning the establishment of ‘LGBTI- free areas’ in Poland, which violate fundamental rights and fuel more hatred, fear and threats against LGBTI + people in Poland; calls on the Commission to assess whether the creation of LGBTI free zones consists in a violation of the freedom of movement and residence in the EU, infringing Article3 (2) TEU, Article 21 TFEU, Title IV and V TFEU and Article 45 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; calls on the Commission to assess whether Poland has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Treaties and it shall deliver a reasoned opinion on the matter, in accordance with Article258 TFEU; urges the Polish Government to take steps to protect LGBTI + people and to combat all human rights violations faced by them in Poland;
Amendment 79 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Polish Government to condemn and take appropriate legal measures against the resolutions adopted by regional and local authorities concerning the establishment of ‘LGBTI- free areas’ in Poland, which violate fundamental rights and fuel more hatred, fear and threats against LGBTI + people in Poland; urges the Polish Government to take steps to protect LGBTI + people and to combataddress all human rights violations faced by them in Poland;LGBTI+ people and organisations in Poland; call on the Polish Government to ensure the rights and freedoms of the civil society organisations working to ensure representation of women’s and LGBTI+ peoples interests in public policy and society at large.
Amendment 81 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Polish Government to urgently condemn and take appropriate legal measures against the resolutions adopted by regional and local authorities concerning the establishment of ‘LGBTI- free areas’ in Poland, which violate fundamental rights and fuel more hatred, fear and threats against LGBTI + people in Poland; urges the Polish Government to take steps to protect LGBTI + people and to combat all human rights violations faced by them in Poland;
Amendment 89 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Polish Government to include sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics as a protected personal characteristics in the Criminal Code to ensure the rights of all LGBTI+ people in Poland;
Amendment 94 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Polish Government to comply with the recommendations made by the European Parliament in its resolution of 14 November 2019 on the criminalisation of comprehensive sexuality education in Poland, as well as with those of the Council of Europe and the WHO.
Amendment 102 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that Article 7 TEU can be triggered where there is determination that there is a clear risk of a serious breach by a Member State of the values referred to in Article 2; strongly believes that contraventions of women’s, LGBTI+ people’s and other minorities’ rights seriously breach the values of equality and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities enshrined in Article 2 TEU and that such contraventions should trigger the Article 7 procedure; urges the Commission to monitor the situation of these values in the Union closely and launch proceedings under Article 7(1) where there is evidence of a clear risk of a serious breach of these values by a Member State;
Amendment 104 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Strongly regrets recent legal changes by the Sejm, under which medical facilities would no longer be legally obliged to indicate another facility in case of denial of abortion services due to personal beliefs; calls on the Polish government to urgently reverse these changes, to address gaps in service provision resulting from doctors who refuse healthcare services on conscientious objection grounds, and to legislate to ensure that in the event of refusal to perform a medical procedure, the medical facility must indicate another specialist or facility which will perform the procedure;
Amendment 105 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Reiterates its concerns about already ongoing, extensive, and inappropriate use of conscientious objection including the absence of a reliable referral mechanism for access to abortion in practice, and lack of timely appeals processes for women who are denied abortions; notes that under human rights law, the right of conscientious objection is not absolute and is subject to limitations to protect the rights of others and that concerning healthcare, conscientious objection is also constricted by articles protecting the right to life, health and privacy;