Activities of Catherine CHABAUD

Citation 9 a (new)

— having regard to the European Commission proposal of 15 December 2021 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942 COM/2021/805 final;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Citation 13 a (new)

— having regard to the European Environment Agency´s assessment of the potential of European soils for stronger climate action1a; __________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/so il-carbon/soil-carbon

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Citation 18 a (new)

— having regard to the report ´Scientific advice for the determination of an EU-wide 2040 climate target and a greenhouse gas budget for 2030–2050´ of 15 June 2023 by the European Scientific Advisory Board for Climate Change 1a; __________________ 1a https://climate-advisory- board.europa.eu/reports-and- publications/scientific-advice-for-the- determination-of-an-eu-wide- 2040/esabcc_advice_eu_2040_target.pdf/ @@display-file/file

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Citation 31 a (new)

— having regard to the Global Registry of Fossil Fuel Emissions and Reserves1a; __________________ 1a https://fossilfuelregistry.org/

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Citation 32 a (new)

— having regard to the European Court of Auditors Special report 18/2023 of 26 June 2023 entitled "EU climate and energy targets – 2020 targets achieved, but little indication that actions to reach the 2030 targets will be sufficient"1a; __________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/ECAPublicatio ns/SR-2023-18/SR-2023-18_EN.pdf

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Max ORVILLE

Citation 32 b (new)

— having regard to the "World Energy Transitions Outlook 2023: 1.5°C Pathway" of the international Renewable Energy Agency1a; __________________ 1a https://mc-cd8320d4-36a1-40ac-83cc- 3389-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/- /media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/ 2023/Jun/IRENA_World_energy_transiti ons_outlook_v_1_2023.pdf?rev=b1d4be85 8ad549a9a750921d0f2b5d53

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Citation 36 a (new)

— Having regard to the Resolution of the European Parliament on Momentum for the ocean: strengthening ocean governance and biodiversity (2022/2836(RSP));

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Max ORVILLE

Recital E

E. whereas the climate and biodiversity crises are interlinked, exacerbate each other and should be urgently tackled together, jointly with pollution and its impacts on climate change;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Recital F

F. whereas there are scientifically proven interlinkages between health, environmental and climate crises; whereas extreme weather events, biodiversity loss, land degradation and water scarcity are displacing people and having a dramatic impact on their health; whereas the outermost regions and islands are among the most affected by climate change in particular and in terms of sustainable development, in comparison to the rest of the EU and the rest of the developed world;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Max ORVILLE

Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas, although the ocean plays a unique and vital role as a climate regulator in the context of the climate crisis - as it covers 71 % of the earth’s surface, produces half of our oxygen, absorbs a third of CO2 emissions and 90 % of the excess heat in the climate system1a - marine biodiversity is seriously endangered according to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; whereas the European Environment Agency has issued warnings about the current state of degradation of the European marine environment and the need to rapidly restore our marine ecosystems by addressing the impact of human activities on the marine environment; whereas marine hotspots such as coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds are severely degraded and threatened by climate change and pollution; __________________ 1a UN Climate Action, ‘The ocean – the world’s greatest ally against climate change’.

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Max ORVILLE

Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas according to the United Nations Environment Programme, plastic pollution alter habitats and natural processes, reducing ecosystems’ ability to adapt to climate change, directly affecting millions of people’s livelihoods; whereas global plastic emissions are set to double to 44 Mt per year, and that in the absence of ambitious new policies, global plastic consumption will rise from 460 million tonnes in 2019 to 1231 million tonnes in 20601a; __________________ 1a OECD, Global plastic waste set to almost triple by 2060, June 2022

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD

Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas soils are the largest terrestrial carbon pool on the planet; whereas ensuring healthy soils inside and outside of the EU strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change recommends EU emission reductions of 90–95% by 2040, relative to 1990, and a remaining greenhouse gas budget of 11- 14 Gt CO2e for 2030-2050, based on a science-based assessment in order to mitigate climate risks and ensure a sustainable future;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas methane is responsible for around 30% of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution, and rapid and sustained reductions in methane emissions are key to limit near-term warming and improve air quality1a; whereas according to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, keeping global warming under 1.5 °C requires deep reductions in anthropogenic methane emissions by 20301b; __________________ 1a https://www.iea.org/reports/global- methane-tracker-2022/methane-and- climate-change 1b https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/downlo ads/report/IPCC_AR6_SYR_LongerRepor t.pdf

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the urgent need to accelerate climate action, enhance ambition and promote a green and just transition, in order to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement, including by developing and implementing regional energy transition plans to 2030 and to 2040;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 3

3. Underlines that the process of Global Stocktakes is a central element of the Paris Agreement and that the first GST is a key ~~process~~moment for enhancing the collective ambition of climate action and support; expects all Parties to fully engage in the GST in order to close the emissions gap and strengthen commitments in line with the Paris Agreement, speed up the implementation of concrete measures and bring an effective transition to deliver results jointly, including by 2035 and 2040; underlines in particular the responsibility of all major emitters in this regard;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the UNFCCC and the authorities of the United Arab Emirates to ensure equitable access to COP 28 and full and unrestricted participation in COP28 for all citizens and civil society organisations, including those representing impacted communities; believes that access to relevant documents, including preparatory documents, must be warranted;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Underlines the importance of increased transparency, which should be required from all stakeholders participating in upcoming negotiations, specifically in the context of interests which are in contrast to the achievement of the Paris Agreement objectives;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Underlines that effective access to justice in environmental matters, in line with the Aarhus Convention, is critical to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement; believes that the European Union and Member States should lead by example and to abide by the findings and recommendations of the Compliance Committee of the Convention;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Paragraph 10

10. ~~Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting dependence on fossil fuels and the~~Underlines that all efforts need to be made to step up the global deployment of renewable energy in strategically planned manner, making it accessible to all citizens, while phasing out fossil fuels and rolling out new carbon-free technologies; stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency to act in this regard; supports the intention to adopt a first global target for renewable energy; underlines, in this regard, that such target needs to ~~boost the deployment of renewable~~pay necessary respect to existing environmental constraints;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on all Parties to acknowledge and scale-up efforts to support innovation and deployment of geothermal energy, specifically with view to its reliability and sustainability, including by providing financial de-risking measures, by helping to ensure that skills and capabilities match an energy system that integrates a high share of renewables and by prioritising policies and measures to promote the direct use of geothermal;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD

Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Regrets that according to the International Renewable Energy Agency, renewable energy investment remains concentrated in a limited number of countries and focused on only a few technologies; calls on the EU and Member States to instigate the systemic and structural overhaul required to promote a more resilient, inclusive and climate-safe global energy system based on renewable energy;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Paragraph 11

11. Calls for Union-wide post-2030 intermediate climate targets to be set, in accordance with the European Climate Law~~, and for~~; calls on the Commission to make a proposal for such targets at the beginning of 2024, as required by the Climate Law and to follow the scientific advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change when making its proposal; furthermore calls on the Commission to keep the EU legislation up to date and to prepare the corresponding legislative proposals to contribute to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the National Energy and Climate Plans and Long-Term Strategies of the Member States include sufficient action and financial means to achieve the 2030 EU targets and provide transparency on the performance of the Member States and the EU as a whole on climate and energy action, in line with the recommendations of the European Court of Auditors;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 17

17. Reiterates the need to urgently end fossil fuel subsidies and other environmentally harmful subsidies in the EU ~~and worldwide;~~ , on both Union´s and Member States´ levels, and worldwide; reminds that provision of harmful subsidies and their continuation prevent the Parties from timely meeting of the agreed climatic and other environmental goals; calls therefore on the Member States to ensure transparent reporting of their fossil fuels subsidies and immediate plans towards their phase out;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 18

18. Emphasises the importance of protecting, conserving and restoring biodiversity, ecosystems, soils and oceans to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement; reiterates that the strict conservation and restoration of high- carbon ecosystems such as peatlands, wetlands, rangelands, and blue carbon ecosystems such as salt marshes, seagrasses and mangroves offers a wide range of mitigation and adaptation benefits; calls on the Commission to develop the mapping of these ecosystems, to work further on the identification of robust, transparent and science-based methodologies for the proper accounting of carbon removals and emissions from those ecosystems in a manner that does no harm to other biodiversity objectives, as well as on the development of a financial mechanism to incorporate blue carbon into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs);

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Stresses the need to combat on land and marine plastic pollution and welcomes the ongoing work on negotiations towards a global treaty on plastic pollution, which must be consistent with the Paris Agreement, and calls on the UN member states to reach an ambitious and effective agreement by no later than 2024; underlines the necessity to address plastic pollution by reducing waste at its source, cutting down on plastic use and consumption as a priority, and increasing circularity; calls for a systemic approach in order to appropriately address plastic pollution in the environment, including microplastics, and its impact on climate change;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Applauds legislative and non- legislative efforts already done by governmental and non-governmental stakeholders in order to use and maximize the potential of soils to mitigate climate change and to ensure water availability; underlines the transboundary impacts of soil degradation that warrant joint international effort to tackle all soil degradation threats;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Parties to continue work on the Ocean and Climate Change Dialogue and expresses its support for the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and the Commission’s ‘Mission Starfish 2030: Restore our Ocean and Waters; recalls the importance of ocean-based solutions in both mitigating and adapting to climate change, as well as in restoring ecosystems, ensuring food security and providing mineral resources;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 22

22. Calls for a quantified, science- based assessment of the progress made in all sectors since the adoption of the Global Methane Pledge at COP26, the Pledge’s participants having agreed to voluntarily contribute to a collective effort to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30 % percent from 2020 levels by 2030; believes that progress may not be delayed and must be underpinned by concrete legislative and non-legislative actions in all emitting sectors;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Recalls the commitment of the European Commission to consider proposing legislation on targets, standards or other incentives to reduce methane emissions from fossil energy consumed and imported in the EU; underlines that capturing of methane in the oil and gas value chain is warranted from economic and energy-dependency point of view; calls therefore on the EU to present without delay a WTO-compatible EU methane import standard;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Underlines the importance of private sector, and specifically of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and their role in achieving climate change-related goals in the EU and world-wide; appreciates the entities, which have adopted concrete plans to reduce their carbon-footprint and improved the sustainability of their products and services; calls on the remaining ones to do so as soon as possible; calls on the Parties to facilitate successful energy transition and climate actions of SMEs across different sectors;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2636(RSP)

Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Welcomes the Global Registry of Fossil Fuel Emissions providing open and transparent repository of data on worldwide fossil fuel production in terms of its embedded carbon dioxide emissions; believes that the tool can lead to better understanding of extraction impacts on the remaining carbon budget, reporting by the Parties and decision-making;

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

2023/2124(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls the vital importance of the ocean as a pillar of the climate and food systems as it covers 71 % of the earth’s surface, produces half of our oxygen and absorbs a third of CO2 emissions; emphasises the need to develop policy and financing approaches for ocean conservation and sustainable use; calls for the global preservation of ocean-based livelihoods and ocean biodiversity; stresses the ocean’s critical role, in particular in carbon sequestration, ~~job crea~~renewable energy development, job creation, poverty reduction, goods transportation and internet communications; warns of the interdependence between fisheries and food security, as 3.3 billion people depend on food from the sea to obtain at least 20 % of their animal protein intake;

2023/10/19
Committee: DEVE

2023/2124(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses our individual and collective responsibility to preserve the ocean, which is our global common~~; calls for closer cooperation to improve waste and wastewater management and~~ , the seas and marine resources, and achieve SDG 14; calls for the EU to stand as a leader in protecting and restoring marine ecosystems and formulate related policies that systematically reflect a global vision; stresses that sound and sustainable management of marine ecosystems requires the adoption of a global approach, a clear framework and an ecosystem-based approach involving all sectors and stakeholders in the blue economy; regrets the fact that European public policies on the blue economy lack synergies and are curgrently ~~address plastic pollution by cutting down on plastics use; welcomes the Commission’~~managed in a compartmentalised way, to the detriment of stakeholders who are thus placed in competition with one another; underlines the need to prevent and significantly reduce maritime pollution of all sorts, especially from land-based activities; calls for closer cooperation to improve waste and wastewater management as well as to urgently combat plastic pollution by reducing the use of this material and increasing recycling rates; welcomes the Commission’s approach for a sustainable blue economy and its strategy to implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP); calls on the Commission~~, however,~~ to revise the strategy to ~~include~~extend this ecosystem-based approach beyond fisheries management, to all sectors of the blue economy, including renewable energy and extractive industries, as part of an overarching legal and strategic framework;

2023/10/19
Committee: DEVE

2023/2124(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Emphasises the importance for the EU to work with developing countries, in particular the ACP countries to prepare for the future development of renewable marine energy by sharing the EU expertise in marine planning and industrial development; calls on the EU to scale-up capacity building and financing for developing countries in relation to ocean and coastal management, developing ocean economy strategies, bridging governance gaps and tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and illicit trade in marine resources; also underlines the importance to come up with responses that meet local needs for zero-emission energy, that ensure marine ecosystems are protected, and that preserve traditional activities such as fishing; stresses the importance of involving coastal communities in the implementation of these actions; further highlights the importance of supporting sustainable fishing practices in the Outermost Regions, based on a sustainable use of marine resources and management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism, as a way to ensure the long-term socio-economic development of these regions;

2023/10/19
Committee: DEVE

2023/2124(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Recalls that worldwide intensive exploitation of natural resources have been one of the main causes of marine biodiversity loss for the last 40 years alongside others such as pollution, climate change or ocean acidification; stresses that immediate action must be taken to combat overfishing, as well as illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, given its negative impact on coastal communities; calls on all countries to fully implement their obligations and to put an end to overfishing and destructive practices that threaten the survival of entire species; believes that limiting catches significantly, or stopping fishing species that are most at risk is necessary to preserve biodiversity; regrets that despite the legislation in force, overfishing practices continue and that certain countries do not apply the limits imposed by the regulations; stresses that the intensive aquaculture sector is highly dependent on fish meal and fish oil from developing countries and, thus, can’t be considered as a solution to overfishing; calls on the EU and its Member States to develop sustainable aquaculture by reducing EU industry’s dependence on fish meal;

2023/10/19
Committee: DEVE

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 – Bringing nature back into our lives’ (COM(2020)0380), including its objective of establishing a coherent network of 30 % of marine protected areas in the EU by 2030, and to Parliament’s resolution of 9 June 2021 thereon1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0277.

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Recalls that the Action Plan must take into account national, regional and local specificities in its concrete implementation, which moreover should involve the civil society in co-creation processes for sustainable business models and solutions; welcomes the role of regional sea conventions and regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs); calls on the Commission to come forward with ambitious mandates for RFMOs, aligned with the social, economic and environmental principles of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), in order to protect fishery resources in developing countries and international waters, in particular by improving stock management for species such as tropical tuna, and to improve the available data, compliance and the transparency of decision-making; stresses the need to base the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems on the best available scientific data;

2023/10/19
Committee: DEVE

2023/2124(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems require strategic and ambitious global ocean governance benefiting local small-scale fisheries and based on sustainable fishing practices in collaboration with coastal communities; ~~highlights the link between healthy ecosystems and economic development and calls for the EU to ensure that transparency clauses also apply to fishing resources caught by foreign fleets;~~ insists on the importance of encouraging the decarbonisation of fishing vessels and, more generally, ensuring adequate EU support for a sustainable development of the fishing sector, notably through its partnership agreements, while also protecting and helping fishing communities throughout this transition; highlights the link between healthy ecosystems and economic development and calls for the EU to ensure that transparency and non-discrimination clauses of sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs) are fully implemented and also apply to fishing resources caught by foreign fleets; recalls that all relevant stakeholders, including civil society and small scale fishing communities, should be consulted, informed and involved both during the negotiations and the implementation process of SFPAs; stresses the need to develop new technologies to shift away from carbon intensive, high volume, high impact fishing to low carbon, low impact fishing, ensure the developing countries’ access to such technologies and support research and innovation on ocean climate adaptation and the development of marine renewable energies; reiterates its positions on the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Regulation and the Emission Trading System (ETS) Directive to improve the energy efficiency of ships and support investment aimed at helping to decarbonise maritime transport, such as wind propulsion;

2023/10/19
Committee: DEVE

2023/2124(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Points out that the development of marine protected areas (MPAs) provides an opportunity to step up cooperation among local stakeholders, fishers and coastal communities and to build solutions that take account of specific local circumstances in order to better protect marine biodiversity and preserve the development of activities linked to the blue economy; highlights that MPAs should be designed with small scale fishers and coastal communities; calls on partner countries to involve them at each stage of the process, from the designation to the management of the areas; stresses that MPAs can contribute to deliver benefits for marine ecosystems and local economic activities; recalls that effectively managed and sufficiently protected areas protect fish spawning and nursery areas and juveniles, reduce impacts on sensitive habitats and can minimise incidental catches of sensitive species; notes the fact that the proposed Action Plan stresses the negative impacts of bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas; calls on Member States to implement concrete measures to achieve conservation and restoration objectives specific to each of these, starting with the most threatened areas, and to mitigate the effects of bottom trawling on seabed ecosystems; stresses that long-term visibility and financial support is needed to ensure a just transition that leaves no fisher behind; considers that the same objectives should be defended at the international level; recalls that Target 3 of Kunming- Montreal agreement mentions that uses within protected areas must be fully consistent with conservation objectives; in this regard, calls on the EU to capitalise on the potential and the benefits of MPAs by supporting the establishment of a global network of MPAs or "Blue Belt" in particular by linking up the MPA managers networks, with a view to fostering the development of new cooperation arrangements and the sharing of solutions between the EU and its partner countries; notes that in order to build the cooperation needed to create this global "Blue Belt" the EU could focus in particular on the Outermost Regions and the Overseas Countries and Territories in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean; reiterates its support for the prohibition of all environmentally damaging extractive industrial activities such as mining and fossil fuel extraction in MPAs and harmful industrial fishing techniques, in line with the IUCN guidelines;

2023/10/19
Committee: DEVE

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)

– having regard to the Commission communication of 10 October 2007 entitled ‘An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union’ (COM(2007)0575),

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Re~~calls the EU’s commitment to the principle of policy coherence for development~~iterates the commitments of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and the EU Biodiversity Strategy's objective of protecting at least 30 % of the EU’s marine areas and strictly protecting at least 10 % of the EU’s marine areas by 2030; calls on the EU to promote this objective at the international level accompanied by strong safeguards to secure the rights of indigenous people, local communities and small scale fishers; recalls the EU’s commitment to the principle of policy coherence for development and build synergies between different EU policies, both internal and external, to avoid siloed-governance; highlights the need to include comprehensive human rights and rule of law clauses, within sustainable fisheries partnership agreements, which should continue to be transparent and in line with the Sustainable Development Goals; insists that EU protein consumption must not undermine food security in developing countries and that priority should be given to fishing for direct human consumption, and that sectoral support should contribute to the sustainable development and management of the fisheries sector; and coastal communities in partners countries, notably small-scale fishers; underlines that the implementation of the Action Plan must promote and encourage the training of fishermen;

2023/10/19
Committee: DEVE

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)

– having regard to Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)1b, _________________ 1b OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19.

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the mobilisation of sufficient funds to mitigate the adverse impacts on fishing communities of climate change and Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; is concerned about the limited amount of EU budget allocated to protecting and restoring marine ecosystems; deplores in this regard the lack of monitoring of the implementation and proper use of funding; stresses that particular attention should be given to gender equality and women's empowerment in view of the crucial role of women and youth, especially in sustainable ocean-based economy and marine conservation areas.

2023/10/19
Committee: DEVE

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 d (new)

– having regard to Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning1c (Maritime Spatial Planning Directive), _________________ 1c OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 135.

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 e (new)

– having regard to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy 1c, _________________ 1c OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1.

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 f (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 3 May 2022 entitled ‘Toward a sustainable blue economy in the EU: the role of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors’1d, _________________ 1d Texts adopted, P9_TA(2022)0135.

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 g (new)

– having regard to the Court of Auditors special report No 26/2020 of 26 November 2020 entitled ‘Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not deep’,

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 h (new)

– having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report of 24 September 2019 on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate,

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 i (new)

– having regard to the UN General Assembly resolution entitled ‘Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York on 25 September 2015, and in particular to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which encourages the conservation and sustainable exploitation of the oceans, seas and marine resources,

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas there is an urgent need to step up action at EU level to reverse the decline of marine ecosystems by tackling, where possible, human and natural pressures, supporting the positive recovery of s~~ome fish stock~~pecies and their habitats and encouraging scientific studies and any research and development that ensure sustainable fisheries and aquaculture; whereas the ocean covers 71 % of the earth’s surface, produces half of our oxygen, absorbs a third of CO2 emissions and 90 % of the excess heat in the climate system6a, and plays a unique and vital role as a climate regulator; whereas 3.3 billion people in the world rely on up to 20% on fisheries and aquaculture products for their animal protein intake6b; whereas it is our individual and collective responsibility to preserve the ocean, which is our global common; _________________ 6a UN Climate Action, ‘The ocean – the world’s greatest ally against climate change’. 6b FAO, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022, Towards Blue Transformation.

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the EU has committed itself to delivering on the UN 2030 Agenda which includes SDG 14 "to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development"; whereas, through the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the EU committed itself to “ensure and enable that by 2030 at least 30% of areas of terrestrial and inland water areas, and of marine and coastal areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services, are effectively conserved and managed through ecologically representative, well- connected and equitable governed systems of protected areas”;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas there are currently ~~up to 23 EU~~numerous legislative texts ~~on nature re~~, communications, storat~~ion and over 40 texts taking into account communications, strategies and~~egies and regulations related to the protection of the environment and fisheries management; whereas all EU policies regulati~~ons, and numerous legislative texts on the environment and fisher~~ng to a sustainable blue economy should be managed through an integrated and coherent approach promoting synergies between all maritime activities;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Deplores the fact that~~, despite the EU fisheries sector’s great efforts and progress towards protecting marine ecosystems and making them sustainable, the oceans are~~ the ocean is still subject to climate change, acidification and pollution through pollutants such as nitrites, plastics and other marine litter or waste, in particular from land- based activities, which are beyond the control of fishers and pose a significant threat to their livelihoods and marine ecosystems; recalls, as mentioned in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, that the five main direct drivers of biodiversity loss are changes in land and sea use, natural resource extraction, climate change, pollution and the invasion of alien species6c; _________________ 6c IPBES Global Assessment Report of 31 May 2019 on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the efforts made by EU fishers towards making fisheries even more sustainable and contributing to the protection and sustainable use of marine ecosystems;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls the need to better take into account the ecosystem-based approach and the socio-economic aspects when implementing the CFP; encourages the Commission to promote the scientific concept of "pêchécologie" ("fishecology") which aims to reconcile conservation measures and sustainable use of living resources of the seas; stresses the need to support research and development of less impactful fishing gear, promoting for example the widening of net meshes to reduce the number of juvenile fish caught;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that Commissioner Sinkevičius’s action plan lacks a coherent approach with other Commission priorities and strategies, such as ensuring food security, the strategic autonomy of the EU and a level playing field with non-EU countries, as well as the fight against rising prices, enhancing the social dimension of the common fisheries policy (CFP) and strengthening economic growth and employment;all EU policies related to the protection and regeneration of marine ecosystems, including the Water Framework Directive6d, should be managed through an integrated and coherent approach promoting synergies between all maritime activities; recalls the need to achieve an integrated EU maritime policy framework that ensures consistency between EU biodiversity strategy, the Farm to Fork strategy, climate policy, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the CFP; _________________ 6d Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishes a framework for Community action in the field of water policy.

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that the aAction pPlan should be coherent with the objectives of the CFP that ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities are environmentally sustainable in the long term and are managed in a way that is consistent with the objectives of ensuring economic, social and employment benefits, and of contributing to the availability of food supplies;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls the need to seek cooperation with other maritime activities in order to avoid conflicts and foster synergies, in particular with marine energy infrastructures, as promoted in the Directive on maritime spatial planning6e; _________________ 6e Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning.

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets the ~~lack of coherence between the title of the action plan and the proposals presented therein, which mainly focus on altering the fishing practices that affect species and habitats withou~~fact that the proposed Action plan does not address~~ing~~ the potential for alignment between fishing techniques and practices and the protection or restoration of ecosystems;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Insists on the fact that MPAs are diverse in terms of size, species, habitats and ecosystems targeted and should not be seen as uniform areas; considers, therefore, that the action plan supports an oversimplified approach, in particular by proposing a blanket ban on certain fishing gear, thus giving the impression that all MPAs should be treated in the same way; calls for a balance to be struck between the proposal to inc; recognises the benefits of well-managed MPAs for marine ecosystems and fish, as well as in the short term for fishers who have a low impact on the environment, and ultimately for the entirea se ~~closures of traditional fishing areas, on the one hand, and maintaining fishing activity, on the other~~ctor, in particular through the spill-over effect generated;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strive to achieve the Green Deal target of designating 30% of EU waters as marine protected areas by 2030;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement by 2030 the protection measures needed to achieve the conservation and restoration targets in all marine protected areas, especially measures banning the use of fishing techniques that are incompatible with the specific conservation and restoration targets for each species, starting with the areas most at risk, the Natura 2000 areas that aim to protect marine habitats;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Recalls that the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) should be used to provide effective support for EU fishing fleets transitioning to more selective and less harmful fishing techniques, and in particular to support the fishers most affected by the ban; reiterates its call to the Commission and the Member States to ban fishing in strictly protected marine areas;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that MPAs and all strictly protected areas are not an end in themselves and that their designation ~~as protected areas will not~~cannot be the sole effort pursued by the EU especially in relation to preventing bad practices by foreign fleets~~, such as the Chinese fleet around the Galápagos sanctuary~~; calls for further efforts to be made to address activities detrimental to Ocean protections, including by fleets of third countries, such as the Chinese fleet;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates its call for the EU to launch and fund scientific research programmes to map carbon-rich marine habitats in EU waters to serve as a basis for designating such areas as strictly protected MPAs in order to protect and restore marine carbon sinks in line with the UNFCCC, and to protect and restore ecosystems, in particular those on the seabed, in line with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, protecting them from human activities that could disturb and release carbon into the water column;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is of the opinion that closing fishing zones to bottom trawlers is not simply a matter of moving fishing vessels so that they can continue to fish elsewhere, as this approach fails to take into account, among other things, the fishers’ understanding of the seabed and the presence of other fishing vessels in adjacent areas which could cause an overlap and lead to a localised overexploitation of resources and the deterioration of working conditions;deleted

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that the multiplication of initiatives within and outside of the action plan concerning the same fishing technique ~~brings into question the coherence~~shows that this specific issue is complex and pre~~dictability of the Commission’s actions, with its desire to implement a total ban on a certain fishing technique being diluted in a series of measur~~quires consultation and support of all the stakeholders involved and an investment in research and deployment of less impactful alternatives for the seabed; welcomes the creation of an International Panel for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS) as part of the call for tenders launched and managed by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), to provide scientific and socio-economic guidance in the development of EU ocean-related policies;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7

~~The Member States’ reactions to the action plan~~deleted

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Notes the numerous declarations and clear statements by Member State representatives criticising the action plan and the associated uncertainties and rejecting the ban on bottom trawling in MPAs;~~deleted

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Takes into account the legal procedures taken by Member States or regional authorities, such as the Xunta de Galicia, at the Court of Justice of the European Union against measures linked to the action plan, underlining the lack of proportionality of certain measures;deleted

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

The ~~Commission’s lack of clarity on the~~ legal interpretation of ~~its~~the action plan

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that, although the action plan is not legally binding, its implementation will entail significant socio-economic costs for Member States and their fleets, as it contains 90 measures in the form of regulations, guidance, analyses, roadmaps, studies, reports and initiatives; recalls the need to support fishers in their ecological transition;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes the Commission’s embarrassing lack of clarity on the legal consequences of the action plan, due to its many contradictory statements, particularly those made within Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries; considers that this has had a damaging impact on many sectors of the fishing industry, such as the brown shrimp sector, at a time when the uncertainties linked to the current crises are weighing heavily on their morale;deleted

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Regrets the conflicting statements made within the Commission and, in particular, between the Directorate- General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and the Directorate-General for Environment, regarding the binding effects of the action plan;deleted

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Considers it essential that any restrictions, whether based on the action plan or not, should be automatically mirrored in the case of products imported from non-EU countries, especially given that the EU imports 70 % of the fish it consumes, to ensure consistency between internal and external policies, and a level playing field between EU and non-EU operators; stresses the need for awareness- raising campaigns among European citizens to promote the consumption of local and European fish, in particular from small-scale fisheries; supports initiatives such as Poiscaille (France), which promotes local fish and increases the value of unsold fish;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses that mobile bottom-fishing gear catches account for 25 % of total European catches and that effective measures on bottom trawling at EU level should not lead to an increase in imports, especially if foreign fleets use bottom trawling gear;deleted

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Recalls the need for consistency between the EU's international commitments and actions taken at European level; reiterates the commitments of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and the EU Biodiversity Strategy's objective of protecting at least 30 % of the EU’s marine areas and strictly protecting at least 10 % of the EU’s marine areas by 2030;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Supports the fisheries sector’s ongoing efforts to improve fishing techniques and reduce its environmental impact ~~without waiting for the Commission’s action plans~~; highlights the positive examples of restoring species stocks in protected areas while maintaining fishing activities~~, thanks to~~; supports further efforts to boost co- management arrangements where local actors takes responsibility for a sustainable management as well investing more in research, innovation and development of new fishing gears and techniques; commends in this regard the major role already played by fisheries stakeholders;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Supports the fisheries sector’s ongoing efforts to improve fishing techniques and reduce its environmental impact ~~without waiting for the Commission’s action plans~~; highlights the positive examples of restoring species stocks in protected areas while maintaining fishing activities, thanks to the major role played by fisheries stakeholders;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Regrets that the proposed action plan comes at a time when the fishing sector is burdened by the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the rise in oil prices, and Brexit;

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2124(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

~~26. Recalls that it rejected the~~ delegated ~~act on SIOFA and reaffirms its commitment to scrutinising any incoming delegated or implementing acts linked to the action plan;~~

2023/10/18
Committee: PECH

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that people in developing countries, especially indigenous and traditional communities, smallholders and other small-scale food producers, women, human rights defenders and workers, are disproportionally affected by the human, labour and environmental rights violations committed by TNCs, which often go unpunished; calls to promote and ensure access to justice with special focus on minorities and an effective remedy for victims of human rights violations and abuses;

2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2023/2108(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Council to adopt an ambitious mandate for the Commission to fully engage in the negotiations on the UN legally binding instrument on TNCs and human rights (LBI), in accordance with the objectives stipulated by UN Human Rights Council Resolution 26/9 of 14 July 2014, which mandates those negotiations; notes that the Member States should otherwise engage in the process individually; calls to establish a strong EU mandate to ensure cooperation with established and potential partners in the area of business and human rights which would in turn strengthen the EU's diplomacy as a credible partner and human rights defender;

2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2023/2108(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls the proposal by the European Commission for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence (CSDDD) which aims to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour and to anchor human rights and environmental considerations in companies operations and corporate governance; underlines that CSDDD proposal should aim for a more comprehensive and inclusive approach;

2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2023/2108(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance that the scope of the LBI under negotiation covers TNCs and other business enterprises of a transnational character, as established by Resolution 26/9; worries, however, that there are still many governance gaps that persist at the international level and calls to continue multilateral engagement to send a consistent signal to existing and potential cooperation partners;

2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2023/2075(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas SDG target 3.4 on non- communicable diseases and mental health seeks to reduce by 2030 by one third the premature mortality rate from non- communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and to promote mental health and well-being;

2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE

2023/2075(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas non-communicable diseases are linked to poverty, as they impede poverty reduction initiatives by increasing the share of household costs for health care; whereas treatments of non-communicable diseases tend to involve long-term treatment that can be hard to access to and have a significant impact on household economy;

2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE

2023/2075(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas low- and middle-income countries’ health systems focus on acute illness because of their weaknesses; whereas, as a result, the patient's journey is often characterised by gaps, whether at the diagnostic phase, treatment or lack of adherence to therapy; whereas prevention aspects are often missing in those systems;

2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE

2023/2075(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas non-communicable disease-related health misinformation is a growing concern as more and more individuals obtain their health information from new media such as search engines or social media platforms; whereas, while increased access to information on health issues can be seen as generally positive, the spread of inaccurate medical information is problematic and can lead to harmful lifestyle or dietary choices, self- medication, the abandonment of medical treatment and incorrect diagnoses;

2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE

2023/2075(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. (new) reminds that the priority 2 of the European Global Health Strategy is to "strengthen health systems and advance universal health coverage"; insists that particular attention should therefore be put on prevention, diagnostic and community-centred approaches that can facilitate those aspects;

2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE

2023/2075(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. (new) highlights that the fight against stigma is also an important component of the fight against non- communicable diseases, which is particularly critical for mental health issues, which are part of non- communicable diseases; reminds that stigmas lead to non disclosure or concealment of conditions, which are often related to a concern related to reduced work, employment opportunities but also social isolation;

2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE

2023/2075(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. (new) reminds the scale of the problem of health misinformation and the potential danger to human lives that has become apparent with the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to support projects, tools and policies that seeks to fight the health misinformation topic;

2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

– having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report of 24 September 2019 on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate,

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas, while energy is at the heart of all SDGs, SDG 7 stipulates the aim to achieve sustainable access to affordable and clean energy by 203012 ; _________________ 12 UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, ‘The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023: Special Edition – July 2023’, New York, USA, 2023.

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas in developing countries that heavily rely on biomass for cooking food, the EU should support alternative solutions to the consumption of wood, and in particular mangroves, and promote, for instance, the use of solar cookers;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the energy autonomy of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), building upon their high renewable energy potential, should remain a clear objective;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas the EU and partner countries share a common but differentiated responsibility to achieve a sustainable energy transition; whereas EU support for renewable energy projects must, in the first place, meet the local population’s needs before supporting export; whereas the stated desire of certain developing countries to exploit their hydrocarbon resources should also be analysed in the light of the EU's push for a global pledge at COP28 to phase out fossil fuels;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for the EU to support access to clean energy in developing countries through capacity-building and transfers of technology; highlights the need to develop solutions to help deliver renewable energy deployment in developing countries, including marine and river energy; encourages partnerships moving away from the exploitation of fossil resources and focusing rather on clean energy use and biodiversity conservation in developing countries;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that energy poverty disproportionately affects women and girls; highlights their daily involvement in collecting firewood and charcoal far from their homes; calls for the EU to step up its support in mainstreaming gender in the energy transition; stresses that particular attention should be given to the crucial role of women and the youth in developing countries, including in marine conservation areas;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is worried about the impact that water-intensive energy conversion practices, such as hydropower plants, have on agricultural communities; stresses the strong potential to develop osmotic energy to provide solutions for the production of renewable energy using water, particularly in estuaries and deltas;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is worried about the impact that water-intensive energy conversion practices, such as hydropower plants, have on agricultural communities; highlights the adverse effects of hydropower dams on rivers and biodiversity, especially in estuaries;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Is concerned about the fragility of facilities in the face of extreme weather events such as the recent floods in Libya that swept away entire neighbourhoods and damaged critical infrastructure; insists on the paramount objectives of SDG 9, which seeks to build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Insists on the relevance of green energy in agroforestry and climate change adaptation projects such as the Great Green Wall, which promotes the integrated management of ecosystems and provides a solution to water access and food insecurity in the Sahelian strip by combating land degradation and desertification;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Warns against the risk of a new ‘green hydrogen curse’ that would foster developing countries’ reliance on exports and could crowd out investments in the development of local energy markets; is concerned about the lack of required infrastructure, the long-distance transport costs, the limited investments and financial capacities and the risks linked to weak institutions and corruption; calls for the EU to support the development of a green hydrogen value chain only when it can guarantee that it equally benefits exporting countries and their populations; stresses the crucial role of hydrogen as a tool to decarbonise the energy system and achieve the Paris Agreement goals; recalls the importance of life cycle assessments taking into account production and transport modes used;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Acknowledges that the expansion of green hydrogen also has negative social and environmental impacts in the Global South, in particular as it relies on mining and the use of raw materials and rare earths; stresses the need to develop a global resource governance system that prioritises sustainability, efficiency and circularity, with a view to reducing global demand for virgin materials; emphasises the need for a systemic approach when assessing the local opportunities and consequences of green hydrogen production for European needs in developing countries;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes the proliferation of desalination plants to deal with water scarcity; points out that seawater desalination can have major environmental impacts, in particular on marine biodiversity; calls for the promotion of a sustainable approach in water desalination and solutions that have no impact on coastal areas, such as deep sea desalination; highlights that reducing water use and recycling or reusing treated wastewater is often less expensive than desalination;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2073(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Barry ANDREWS, Charles GOERENS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the EU and its Member States to increase the amount of official development assistance it devotes to the energy sector, particularly in Africa, prioritising grants over loans and reorienting financing towards countries with lower rates of access to electricity to support their clean energy transitions and to develop public-private partnerships, as well as programmes for facilitating the transfer of knowledge and green technologies;

2023/10/17
Committee: DEVE

2023/2029(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recalls that as stated in the 2017 New European Consensus on Development and in the Instrument's regulation, 20% of its Official Development Assistance (ODA) should be dedicated to human development such as in health, education, nutrition, social protection, gender equality; stresses that investments in human development are paramount to ensure universal, equitable, affordable and quality access to these services and to achieve fundamental human rights, underlines that investments in human development are crucial for the fight against inequalities and should be increased in the revision of partner countries’ programming;

2023/09/15
Committee: AFET DEVE

2023/2029(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Underlines that COVID-19 was a wake-up call for low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to accelerate progress towards building universal, publicly financed health systems; requests that grants and public sector promotion are prioritised to assure development aid reaches people first in the programming of the Instrument; stresses the importance of continuing to commit enough budget for improving social outcomes and addressing systemic issues ;

2023/09/15
Committee: AFET DEVE

2023/2029(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Worries that the Instrument was underfunded since the start of the MFF 2021-2027, in particular the thematic envelope; emphasises that the EU’s purchasing power has been reduced due to inflation, funding for key thematic programmes emptied due to COVID-19, and overall funds reduced due to the frontloading of resources in 2021 and 2022; asks that the long-term budget must be adapted to protect the EU’s positive impact, influence and credibility on the global stage; calls for funds which are urgently needed for humanitarian response, ODA, crisis response, Ukraine reconstructions and climate finance;

2023/09/15
Committee: AFET DEVE

2023/2029(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Stresses that the long-term NDICI thematic and geographic programmes dedicated to sustainable development are not cut down or reallocated; underlines that the lack of funds creates a dangerous gap between the EU’s ambition and its ability to deliver on its promises; recalls that insufficient funding will also create damaging competition between short-term needs and long term investments, and between core development sectors, ultimately hampering the effectiveness of EU aid and its contribution to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda;

2023/09/15
Committee: AFET DEVE

2023/2029(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Worries that already 80% of the funding available in the Instrument’s cushion for emerging challenges for 2021-2027 has been earmarked only €1.92 billion (21%) is left until 2027; recalls that 100% of the funding available in the margin of Heading 6 for 2021-2023 has been used for the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey; regrets that the Flexibility Instrument, used for Heading 6 in the past years, will no longer be available for external action ;

2023/09/15
Committee: AFET DEVE

2023/2029(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Welcomes the European Commission’s recent proposal for a new and dedicated Ukraine facility by combining all future support to Ukraine in a separate single instrument under heading 6 of the MFF ;

2023/09/15
Committee: AFET DEVE

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to ~~recognise, in the~~ensure that the upcoming European pProtein sStrategy, recognises the strategic role of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors as suppliers of ~~marine-derived~~aquatic protein of the highest quality with one of the lowest carbon footprints;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that the good health of marine resources such as fish stocks, and by extension the supply of marine proteins, depends on the good condition of marine ecosystems;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that EU consumption of fish and shellfish in 2021 amounted to 10,41 million tonnes while EU export amounted to 2,56 million tonnes and EU imports to 6,15 million tonnes; notes that in 2021 consumption of fish and seafood products at home increased by 7% compared to 2020;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Highlights that fisheries and aquaculture products have a low carbon footprint; believes that the fisheries and aquaculture sectors can represent real assets to tackle the climate crisis and to provide healthy food for a growing global population; indicates the strategic value of aquatic foods to reach the objectives of the European Green Deal and to contribute to several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as SDG 2 “Zero hunger”, SDG 3 "Good health and well-being", SDG 12 "Responsible consumption and production", SDG 13 "Climate action" and SDG 14 “Life below water”;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Notes that WHO considers that fish with unsaturated fats constitute a good source of protein and fat in a healthy diet; considers that consumers are more conscious of the food that they consume and how it has been produced;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights the central role of fisheries and ~~fishery~~aquaculture and their products in ensuring food security and in any nutritional strategy based on healthy and high-quality protein; considers it therefore necessary to strengthen the competitiveness of the European fisheries and aquaculture sectors as suppliers of the highest quality food with the best sustainability standards worldwide in order to reduce the EU’s growing dependence on imports;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Reiterates its concerns in relation to unsustainable fishmeal and fish oil as expressed in its resolution on Striving for a sustainable and competitive EU Aquaculture; underlines that some feed production practices like producing fish meal can have a severe impact on stocks and ultimately jeopardize food security, notably in some countries in Africa ; recalls that fish meal production must be sustainable and shall primarily come from fisheries products that is not primarily used for human consumption;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Is of the opinion that high sustainability standards equal to those put on EU-products should be demanded from protein products imported to the internal market to prevent that high sustainability standards on the European sector leads to production being shifted to 3rd countries, undermining our sustainability efforts and the level playing field for EU producers;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Stresses that 3.3 billion people in the world rely up to 20% on fisheries and aquaculture products for their animal protein intake and that in some coastal states and small island developing States these products contribute to half or more of total animal protein intake; insists that the implementation of sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs) must be in line with the best scientific advice available to ensure sustainable fishing operations that only utilise the surplus allowable catch in the partner country and that sectoral support should contribute to the sustainable development of the fisheries sector, notably via support for small-scale fisheries, while also strengthening local food security and local communities;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out the potential that innovation and new business can bring in terms of new feeds with lower carbon footprint and lower impact on biodiversity such as insects and algae; calls on the Commission to come forward with legislative proposals that will help to address the increasing food price crisis in the EU whiles stimulating development of new innovative production techniques

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and ~~the~~ Member States to increase the role of local fishery and aquaculture products in their nutritional policies and programmes, in particular by promoting their consumption among specific groups, such as young people, or in programmes aimed at tackling specific nutritional deficiencies;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reiterates its demands in its resolution on a Striving for a sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture: the way forward in relation to creating a business friendly regulatory environment including simplified permitting procedures and a regulatory framework that supports the development of sustainable aquaculture;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Reiterates its calls made in its opinion on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system in relation to making more information available to the consumer on the environmental impact of different food products, including proteins as well as information on its production;

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2015(INI)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Jan HUITEMA, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. WBel~~come~~ieves that the Commission should build the upcoming European Protein Strategy on initiatives such as the Commission communication of 15 November 2022 entitled ‘“Towards a Strong and Sustainable EU Algae Sector’”2; points out that algae and microalgae can represent an important complementary source of protein in sustainable food production and global food security ~~and calls on the Commission to include this untapped potential in the European protein strategy~~. _________________ 2 COM(2022)0592.

2023/04/13
Committee: PECH

2023/2010(INI)

Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

— having regard to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, adopted by UN member states at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015,

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2023/2010(INI)

Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Barry ANDREWS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

— having regard to the 6th European Union – African Union Summit of 17-18 February 2022 and the related final statement entitled ‘A Joint Vision for 2030’,

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

2023/2010(INI)

Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Barry ANDREWS

— having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Report 2022, entitled ‘From Crisis to Sustainable Development: the SDGs as Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond’,

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) Registered jobseekers from third countries should have the right to choose from a number of technical options to restrict the access to their personal data, for instance, by restricting access to their contact details. Profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries ~~and employers~~ participating in the EU Talent Pool IT platform that have not been used for a period of two years should be automatically removed. When profiles are removed, a limited set of anonymised data could continue to be stored for research and statistical purposes including for the purpose of production and quality of European statisticsand those of employers that have not been used for a period of three years should be automatically removed. The owner of the profile should be notified about the removal at the latest one month in advance. When profiles are removed, a limited set of anonymised data could continue to be stored for research and statistical purposes including for the purpose of production and quality of European statistics in line with Art. 20 (1) under this Regulation. For profiles of registered jobseekers, data on nationality, desired or current occupation, possession of Talent Partnership pass, the time period that the profile was registered on the EU Talent Pool IT platform, the number of visits on the platform, the number of matches with employers, and the number of job placements facilitated could be stored. For profiles of employers, data on the Member State they are based in, the sector, the number of visits on the EU Talent Pool IT platform, the number of matches with jobseekers, and the number of job placements facilitated could be stored.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) The EU Talent Pool should contribute to the objective of discouraging irregular and encouraging legal migration including by facilitating access to existing legal pathways. Jobseekers from third countries who are subject to a judicial or administrative decision refusing the entry or stay in a Member State or an entry ban in accordance with Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council11 , should not be allowed to register their profiles in the EU Talent Pool IT platform, given that they will not be permitted to enter and stay in the Union. To this end, jobseekers from third countries should be required, before registering their profiles in the EU Talent Pool, to declare that they are not currently subject to a refusal of entry or stay in a Member State or an entry ban to the territory of the Union. Information should also be provided on the consequences for making a false declaration in this respect. __________________ 11 Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2008/115/oj).

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In the context of Talent Partnerships, nationals of selected third countries receive support for the development and validation of skills in a framework endorsed by Member States taking part in a Talent Partnership and partner countries. Therefore, the skills developed or validated in the framework of a Talent Partnership should be certified by the ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ which is visible in the context of the EU Talent Pool. Employers participating in the EU Talent Pool should be able to filter the profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries as to visualise those having obtained an ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’. This could encourage employers to offer a job placement in the Union. Member States, in the framework of a Talent Partnership and according to common harmonised guidelines to be issued by the Commission under an advisory procedure as specified in Article 12 (4) in line with Article 22 (2), should determine the conditions for the issuing of the ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ for the purpose of the EU Talent Pool, including whether a partner country’s national authority, an international organisation or other stakeholder should support its deliver. The issuing of a ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ is without prejudice to European and national rules on access to regulated professions.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its ‘General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment’ sets out a number of standards on adequate protection of jobseekers from third countries against unfair recruitment. Employers should comply with applicable Union law and practice. Equal treatment of jobseekers from third countries with respect to nationals of the participating Member States should also be ensured by the employers in accordance with Directive 2011/9813 , Directive 2014/36/EU14 , Directive 2021/1883/EU15 , and Directive 2016/801/EU16 . In accordance with Directive 2019/1152/EU17 , employers participating in the EU Talent Pool should provide to registered jobseekers from third countries information in writing and in an understandable language (at least in all the official languages of EU Member States as well as the official languages of the ten nationalities that have received the highest number of single permits within the EU during the past three years) on their rights and obligations resulting from the employment relationship at the start of the employment. This information should at least include the place and the type of work, the duration of employment, the remuneration, the working hours, the amount of any paid leave and, where applicable other relevant working conditions. An employer should neither charge any recruitment fee nor prohibit a worker from taking up employment with other employers, outside the work schedule established with that employer, nor subject a worker to adverse treatment for doing so. Employers participating in the EU Talent Pool should comply with Directive 96/71/EC18 as amended by Directive 2018/957 when posting workers in the framework of the provision of services, in particular with regard to the terms and conditions of employment thereby established such as the obligation that third country workers can only be posted to a Member State if they are legally and habitually employed in another Member State. __________________ 13 Directive 2011/98/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on a single application procedure for a single permit for third- country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (OJ L 343, 23.12.2011, p. 1–9, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/98/oj). 14 Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 375, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/36/oj). 15 Directive (EU) 2021/1883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2021 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of highly qualified employment, and repealing Council Directive 2009/50/EC, OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2021/1883/oj). 16 Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing (recast) (OJ L 132, 21.5.2016, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/801/oj). 17 Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union (OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 105, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/1152/oj). 18 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1996/71/oj).

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its ‘General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment’ sets out a number of standards on adequate protection of jobseekers from third countries against unfair recruitment. Employers should comply with applicable Union law and practice. Equal treatment of jobseekers from third countries with respect to nationals of the participating Member States should also be ensured by the employers in accordance with Directive 2011/9813 , Directive 2014/36/EU14 , Directive 2021/1883/EU15 , and Directive 2016/801/EU16 . In accordance with Directive 2019/1152/EU17 , employers participating in the EU Talent Pool should provide to registered jobseekers from third countries information in writing and in an understandable language on their rights and obligations resulting from the employment relationship at the start of the employment. This information should at least include the place and the type of work, the duration of employment, the right of termination, the remuneration, the working hours, the amount of any paid leave and, where applicable other relevant working conditions. An employer should neither charge any recruitment fee nor prohibit a worker from taking up employment with other employers, outside the work schedule established with that employer, nor subject a worker to adverse treatment for doing so. Employers participating in the EU Talent Pool should comply with Directive 96/71/EC18 as amended by Directive 2018/957 when posting workers in the framework of the provision of services, in particular with regard to the terms and conditions of employment thereby established such as the obligation that third country workers can only be posted to a Member State if they are legally and habitually employed in another Member State. __________________ 13 Directive 2011/98/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on a single application procedure for a single permit for third- country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (OJ L 343, 23.12.2011, p. 1–9, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/98/oj). 14 Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 375, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/36/oj). 15 Directive (EU) 2021/1883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2021 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of highly qualified employment, and repealing Council Directive 2009/50/EC, OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2021/1883/oj). 16 Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing (recast) (OJ L 132, 21.5.2016, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/801/oj). 17 Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union (OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 105, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/1152/oj). 18 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1996/71/oj).

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) In order to ensure high quality matching, registered jobseekers from third countries and employers participating in the EU Talent Pool should access a list of suggested registered jobseekers’ profiles and job vacancies based on the relevance of their skills, availability, qualifications and work experiences for the job vacancy. The list is generated by the automated matching tool of the EU Talent Pool IT platform.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) Information provided on the EU Talent Pool IT platform should be made available at least in all the official languages of ~~the participating Member State~~EU Member States as well as the official languages of the ten nationalities that have received the highest number of single permits within the EU during the past three years.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Upon request from registered jobseekers from third countries and employers participating in the EU Talent Pool, the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points cshould provide additional support. Additional support should include tailored information on relevant visas and residence permits for work purposes in the participating Member State including with regard to third country nationals’ rights and obligations such as access to social benefits, health assistance, education, and housing. Specific guidance and information may also be provided on family reunification procedures and family members’ rights, and existing measures to facilitate integration in the host Member State such as language courses and vocational training. Such information should also include available redress mechanisms for cases of labour exploitation and unfair recruitment practices in the participating Member States. The EU Talent Pool National Contact Points should provide information to employers participating in the EU Talent Pool on their rights and obligations relating to social security, active labour market measures, taxation, issues relating to work contracts, pension entitlements and health insurance.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31

(31) To achieve the objective of this Regulation, the effective implementation of the EU legal migration acquis should be ensured. In addition, to make the recruitment of jobseekers from third countries residing outside the Union easier and faster for employers, participating Member States ~~may~~should put in place accelerated immigration procedures in particular as regards the obtention of visas and residence permits for work purposes and the exemption from the principle of preference for Union citizens. Member States should preferably issue work and residence permits under the Single Permit Directive, to ensure a smooth and harmonised immigration procedure. The implementation of accelerated immigration procedures could be discussed in the context of the EU Talent Pool Steering Group, notably in view of supporting the exchange of best practices among Member States.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. Any Member State may decide, at any time, to participate in the EU Talent Pool. It shall notify its decision to the Commission at the latest 96 months before the date from which it intends to participate. From the first day of participation, job vacancies of employers established in that Member State may be transferred to the EU Talent Pool IT platform.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3

3. Profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries shall include the name, surname, contact details, date of birth and nationality, availability, information on academic and professional qualifications, work experience, other skills and language knowledge. ~~Job vacanci~~Profiles of employers participating in the EU Talent Pool shall include the name~~, surname~~ of the organisation or company, as well as the name, surname and contact details of the contact person. Job vacancies shall include the position, employer, time frame, job description, and contact details.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5

5. The personal data registered in or transmitted to the EU Talent Pool IT platform in accordance with this Regulation shall be indexed, stored and made available there solely for search and matching purposes. Registered jobseekers from third countries shall have the right to choose from a number of technical options to restrict access to their personal data, including to require, at any time, the deletion or modification of their personal data in their profiles.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6

6. Profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries that have not been accessed for a period of two years and those of employers that have not been used for a period of three years from the registration of their profiles shall be removed ~~or anonymised~~ and no personal data shall be stored. The owner of the profile shall be notified about the removal at the latest one month in advance. Once profiles are removed, a limited set of anonymised data could continue to be stored for research and statistical purposes as well as to extract data to improve the functioning of the EU Talent Pool. For profiles of registered jobseekers, data on nationality, desired or current occupation, possession of Talent Partnership pass, the time period that the profile was registered on the EU Talent Pool IT platform, number of visits on the platform, number of matches with employers, and number of job placements facilitated may be stored. For profiles of employers, data on the Member State they are based in, the sector, number of visits on the EU Talent Pool IT platform, number of matches with jobseekers, and number of job placements facilitated may be stored.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

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

(d) keeping a registry of employers participating in the EU Talent Pool based on the employer profiles registered on the EU Talent Pool IT platform;

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

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

(e) suspending the access of employers participating in the EU Talent Pool and removing their profiles and job vacancies from the EU Talent Pool IT platform in case of a breach of the relevant law and practice pursuant to Article 13(3) is notified to the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points by the relevant national authorities responsible for enforcing the relevant law and practice;

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. If a job vacancy has been successfully filled by a registered jobseeker from a third country, the profile of this jobseeker shall automatically cease to be visible in the EU Talent Pool IT platform.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3

3. Employers participating in the EU Talent Pool may access a list of suggested registered jobseekers’ profiles generated by the automatic matching tool and based on the relevance of their skills, qualifications, availability, and work experiences for the job vacancy.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Registered jobseekers from third countries may access a list of all employers participating in the EU Talent Pool.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1

1. Participating Member States ~~may decide to~~shall put in place accelerated immigration procedures to allow for a faster recruitment of registered jobseekers from third countries who have been selected for a job vacancy in the EU Talent Pool.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. If the accelerated immigration procedure is not applied, Member States shall issue work and residence permits under the Single Permit Directive, to ensure a smooth and harmonised immigration procedure.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

(fa) the number and type of registered jobseekers from developing countries;

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)

(fb) the number and type of placements of jobseekers from developing countries facilitated via the EU Talent Pool.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0404(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The EU Talent Pool Secretariat, in collaboration with the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points, shall distribute surveys (at least in all the official languages of EU Member States as well as the official languages of the ten nationalities that have received the highest number of single permits within the EU) to employers and jobseekers on their evaluation of the suitability of the matching mechanism, duration and amount of recruitments facilitated through the EU Talent Pool, overall satisfaction with information provided and assistance during the process, and accessibility of the platform.

2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE

2023/0373(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) Microplastics are ubiquitous, persistent and transboundary. They are detrimental to the environment and ~~potentially~~ harmful to human health, particularly due to the presence of harmful chemical additives and other substances of concern added during the production and the conversion, such as phthalates, bisphenol A, or flame retardants1a. Microplastics are easily transported through the air and by land surface waters and ocean currents, and their mobility is an aggravating factor. They are found in soil (including agricultural lands), lakes, rivers, estuaries, beaches, lagoons, seas, oceans and in remote, once pristine regions, and their presence in soil ~~may~~ have effects on soil properties and trigger soil alterations which negatively impact the growth of some plants. Impacts of microplastics on the marine environment have been extensively documented. Once in the marine environment, microplastics are nearly impossible to collect, and are known to be eaten by a range of organisms and animals and cause harm to biodiversity and ecosystems. The persistence of a plastic pellet in the aquatic environment may be measured over decades or more, and ingestion of plastic pellets by marine wildlife, notably seabirds and sea turtles, may cause physical harm or death. Microplastics also contribute to climate change as an additional source both of greenhouse gas emissions and of pressure on ecosystems. Microplastics’ potential to act as a carrier for adsorbed toxicants or pathogenic microorganisms is an integral part of the problem. Humans are exposed to microplastics via air and food consumption. The growing awareness of microplastics’ presence in the food chain can undermine consumer confidence and bear economic consequences. There may be negative economic impacts on activities such as commercial fishing and agriculture as well as recreation and tourism in areas affected by the releases. _________________ 1a ‘Plastic giants polluting through the back door, The case for a regulatory supply-chain approach to stop plastic pellet pollution in the EU’, Surfrider and Rethink Alliance 2020

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)

(7 a) Nearly 90% of the world's goods are transported by sea, including plastic pellets. However, poor handling practices or a lack of supervision of certain routine operations such as cleaning hulls or containers, can lead to these pellets leaking out and spilling into the ocean. Furthermore, many maritime pellet disasters have been reported, making maritime transport a high-risk activity of plastic pellet pollution. The impact of these losses is catastrophic for marine and coastal ecosystems as well as the species that compose them, and the extreme mobility of plastic pellets makes effective containment and clean-up operations difficult. The handling of these pellets is regulated at international level by the 1972 Convention for Safe Containers, and supplemented by the 2023 Sub-Committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers circular on the obligation to report lost containers, but they do not provide the guarantees needed to prevent pollution by plastic pellets. The inclusion of maritime transport in the scope of application, as well as provisions relating to the handling of pellets specific to this mode of transport, is therefore essential if the objectives of this regulation are to be achieved.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)

(9 a) This Regulation provides for measures to prevent, contain and clean up plastic pellet pollution occurring following the entry into force of this text, but does not provide for measures to address existing pollution. Cleaning up soil, rivers and streams, and restoring degraded terrestrial, marine, littoral and coastal ecosystems is essential to achieving the 30% reduction target by 2030, according to the objectives set in the Nature Restoration Law, and the objectives of the Green Deal. The Commission should develop a set of measures to map and clean up these already polluted areas, and implement them either as part of a European strategy for depolluting microplastics, through support and accompanying measures for Member States. More broadly, the Union should be involved in promoting solutions along the entire value chain, and should include this in the ongoing negotiations on the development of an international Treaty on Plastic Pollution, as well as in the upcoming 81st session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO MEPC).

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)

(13 a) In 2019, between 52,000 and 184,000 tonnes of pellets were lost to the environment in the Union. Hundreds of thousands of tons of pellets have been accumulating in the environment for years, and as pellets are difficult to differentiate, it is impossible to know which economic operators are involved in this leakage. Having a chemical marker at each major management stage, especially production and processing, would make it easier to identify the economic operators involved in the value chain in the event of unreported leakage into the environment.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

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

(a) ‘plastic pellet’ means a small mass of preformed polymer-containing moulding material, having relatively uniform dimensions in a given lot, including powders and flakes, that is used as feedstock in plastic product manufacturing operations;

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

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

(a a) 'plastic pellet dust': refers to the industrial residue from the grinding or processing of pellets, that is not used as feedstock in plastic product manufacturing operations.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

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

(f) ‘EU carrier’ means any natural or legal person established in a Member State, engaged in the transport of plastic pellets as part of its economic activity by using road vehicles, rail wagons, maritime or inland waterway vessels;

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

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

(g) ‘non-EU carrier’ means any natural or legal person established in a third country, engaged in the transport of plastic pellets as part of its economic activity in the Union by using road vehicles, rail wagons, maritime or inland waterway vessels;

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. Economic operators, EU carriers and non-EU carriers shall ensure that spills and losses are avoided. Where spills and losses occur, economic operators, EU carriers and non- EU carriers shall take immediate action to contain and clean-up those spill and losses.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4

4. Competent authorities shall establish and maintain a public register containing the information they have received in accordance with paragraphs 32 and 43.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) install the equipment referred to in Annex I and execute the procedures described in the risk assessment plan referred to in point (a);

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Economic operators ~~that are medium and large-sized enterprises operating installations~~ where plastic pellets in quantities ~~below~~above 1 000 tonnes have been handled in the previous calendar year ~~or that are micro or small-sized enterprises~~ shall notify an update of the risk assessment plan for each installation as well as a renewal of the self-declaration of conformity to the competent authority every 52 years from the last notification. This obligation applies every 5 years for economic operators that are not micro- entreprises where plastic pellets in quantities below 1000 tonnes have been handled in the previous calendar year.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5

5. EU carriers and non-EU carriers shall ensure that the actions set out in Annex III are implemented during loading and unloading operations, transport journeys, storage, cleaning and maintenance operations. Competent authorities may require economic operators to implement any actions listed in Annex III to ensure that the spill and losses can effectively be prevented.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) keep records of annually estimated quantities of spills and losses and of the total volume of plastic pellets handled.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8

8. Where an action taken for the prevention, containment and clean-up of spills and losses fails, economic operators, EU carriers and non-EU carriers shall take corrective actions, ~~as soon as possible~~immediately.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

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

9. Every year economic operators that ~~are not micro or small-sized enterprises and that~~ operate installations where plastic pellets in quantities above 1 000 tonnes that are not micro enterprises have been handled in the previous calendar year shall, for each installation, carry out an internal assessment on the state of compliance of the installation with the requirements of the risk assessment plan laid down in Annex I. This obligation applies every two years for economic operators that are not micro- entreprises where plastic pellets in quantities below 1 000 tonnes have been handled in the previous calendar. The internal assessment may among others cover the following subjects:

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. By … [OP: please insert the date = 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation], and thereafter every three years, economic operators ~~that~~who are ~~large- sized~~ not micro-enterprises shall demonstrate that each installation where plastic pellets in quantities above 1 000 tonnes have been handled in the previous calendar year is compliant with the requirements set out in Annex I, by obtaining a certificate issued by a certifier.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2

2. By … [OP: please insert the date = 36 months after the entry into force of this Regulation], and thereafter every four years, economic operators ~~that~~who are ~~medium-sized~~not micro or small enterprises shall demonstrate that each installation where plastic pellets in quantities ~~above~~below 1 000 tonnes have been handled in the previous calendar year is compliant with the requirements set out in Annex I, by obtaining a certificate issued by a certifier.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

Economic operators which are registered to the Community eco-management and audit scheme in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 are exempt from compliance with the notification obligation laid down in Article 4(2) and the obligations laid down in Article 5(1) and (2) of this Regulation provided that the environmental verifier as defined in Article 2(20) of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 has checked that requirements laid down in Annex I and Annex III have been included in the environmental management system of the economic operator or carrier and have been implemented.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. Competent authorities shall verify compliance of economic operators, EU carriers and non-EU carriers with the obligations laid down in this Regulation, taking into account the information provided in self-declarations of conformity referred to Article 4(1) and (2) and provided by certifiers in accordance with Article 5(5). The competent authorities shall carry out randomized environmental inspections and other verification measures, following a risk-based approach.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Without prejudice to Directive 2004/35/EC, in the event of an incidental or accidental loss ~~significantly affecting human health or the environment~~, economic operators, EU carriers and non- EU carriers shall immediately:

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3

3. In the event of any incident or accident ~~significantly affecting human health or the environment~~ in another Member State, the competent authority in whose territory the accident or incident occurred shall immediately inform the competent authority of that other Member State.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2

2. The penalties referred to in paragraph 1 shall include fines proportionate to the turnover of the legal person or to the income of the natural person having committed the infringement. The level of the fines shall be calculated in such a way as to make sure that they effectively deprive the person responsible for the infringements of the economic benefits derived from those infringements. The level of the fines shall be gradually increased for repeated infringements. In the case of an infringement committed by a legal person, the maximum amount of such fines shall be at least 4 % of the economic operator’s annual turnover in the ~~Member State concerned~~Union in the business year preceding the fining decision.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Max ORVILLE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Member States must ensure that a percentage of fines collected is allocated to a fund in order to finance actions to limit pollution by plastic pellets.Such actions may include, but are not limited to: a.Cleaning up areas polluted by plastic pellets b.Promoting scientific work to study the impact of pellets on the environment and human health. c.Developing alternative solutions d.Implementing awareness programs e. Financing training specifically designed for micro and small enterprises

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that, where damage to human health or the environment has occurred as a result of a infringement of this Regulation, the individuals affected have the right to claim and obtain compensation for that damage from the relevant natural or legal persons and, where appropriate, from the relevant competent authorities responsible for the infringement.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 a (new)

Article17a Review clause [OP: please insert the date = 8 years after the entry into force of this Regulation] the European Commission must present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the measures provided for in this Regulation and their effectiveness in preventing the leakage and loss of pellets into the environment. If applicable and based on the outcome of this Report, the European Commission may present a legislative proposal.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 b (new)

Article17b Traceability By … [OP: please insert the date = 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation], the European Commission shall publish a Report on the possibility of introducing chemical traceability of plastic pellets. This Report shall at least consider : a. The technical feasibility for an economic operator handling plastic pellets to introduce a unique, differentiable and non-harmful, for the environment or health, chemical signature b. Setting up a European database of all chemical signatures c. In the event of loss or spillage of plastic pellets into the environment, the application of a financial penalty, compatible with the present Regulation, for the economic operators whose chemical signature is present on the pellets concerned. The Commission shall, if appropriate, adopt a delegated act supplementing this Regulation to implement the chemical traceability.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

(1 a) the number of tonnes of plastic pellets handled per year.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

Economic operators shall ~~consider at least the following, taking into account the nature and size of the installation as well as the scale of its operations~~implement at least the following:

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 7 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) For prevention: vacuum seals on hoses and pipework; tear- and impact- resistant packaging that can withstand degradation in aquatic environments; equipment to create secure connection points with secondary barriers in place; loading systems designed to ensure transfer lines can be completely emptied after loading and unloading; sealed containers or external silos to store pellets; automated transport systems for pellets, filters to prevent the spread of pellet dust in the air and on site;

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Exemptions to the installation of certain types of equipment are possible for economic operators which are able to justify them to the competent authorities, taking into account the nature and size of the installation as well as the scale of its operations

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 9 – introductory part

(9) in addition to elements described in points (1) to (8), economic operators that are ~~medium or large-sized enterprises and operate installations where plastic pellets in quantities above 1 000 tonnes have been handled in the previous calendar year~~not micro-enterprises shall also take the following actions:

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)

(3 a) Measures to be taken and equipment specifically applicable to maritime transport.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0373(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Michal WIEZIK, Max ORVILLE, Pascal CANFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)

(3 b) The shipper should contain, clean and do not sweep pellets into water when cleaning the boarding area, deck, hold or in a shipping container. It should not store pellets in containers in poor condition and avoid protrusions that could tear bags and boxes and should store containers in the hold and not on deck. The shipper should clearly indicate the presence of pellets in a container in order to label it as a container transporting dangerous goods.

2024/01/17
Committee: ENVI

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that together with the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, human development is the key priority of the NDICI-GE instrument; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that EU development aid reaches people first; regrets that the NDICI-GE instrument was underfunded since the start of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021- 2027, creating a gap between the EU’s bold ambitions on the global stage and the resources available to achieve them; recalls that the review of the NDICI-GE instrument and the revision of the MFF, to which the EU budget 2024 should be re-adapted, are key opportunities to change this;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recalls that the Union has cooperative relations with a large number of countries and that the EU external financing instruments shall contribute to achieving the international commitments and objectives that the Union has agreed to, in particular the Agenda2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Regrets that, for 2021, the share of the committed amount contributing to the migration and forced displacement target was 14 %, exceeding largely the 10 % target, and that the share of the committed amounts contributing to climate objectives was 18,5 %, drastically below the 30 % target; urges the Commission to provide detailed figures on the implementation of the horizontal objectives and the programming for the remaining MFF period, in particular on climate, migration, biodiversity and gender mainstreaming;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Recalls at least 85 % of new actions implemented under the NDICI- GE instrument should have gender equality as a principal or a significant objective, and at least 5 % of those actions should have gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights and empowerment as a principal objective;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 a (new)

Having regard to the Commission communication of 30 March 2022 entitled ‘EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles’ (COM(2022)0141),

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 b (new)

Having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 1 June 2023 on an EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles (2022/2171(INI)),

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 c (new)

Having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 d (new)

Having regard to the Commission communication of 11 March 2020 entitled ‘A new Circular Economy Action Plan – For a cleaner and more competitive Europe’ (COM(2020)0098) and to the Parliament’s resolution of 10 February 2021 thereon1a, _________________ 1a OJ C 465, 17.11.2021

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 e (new)

Having regard to the European Environment Agency (EEA) briefings of November 2019 on ‘Textiles in Europe’s circular economy’, of January 2021 on ‘A framework for enabling circular business models in Europe’, of January 2021 on ‘Plastic in textiles: towards a circular economy for synthetic textiles in Europe’, of February 2022 on ‘Textiles and the environment: the role of design in Europe’s circular economy’ and of February 2022 on ‘Microplastics from textiles: towards a circular economy for textiles in Europe’,

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) According to the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles71 , important changes are needed to move away from the currently prevailing linear way in which textile products are designed, produced, used and discarded, with a particular need to limit fast fashion. That Strategy considers it important to make producers responsible for the waste that their products create and refers to the establishment of harmonised Union extended producer responsibility rules for textiles with eco-modulation of fees. It provides that the key objective of such rules is to create an economy for collection, sorting, re-use, preparation for re-use and recycling, and to incentivise producers to ensure that their products are designed in respect of circularity principles. To that end, it foresees that a notable share of contributions made by producers to extended producer responsibility schemes have to be dedicated to waste prevention measures and preparation for re-use. The proportion of microplastic release from a product should also increase the amount of this fee. It also supports the need for strengthened and more innovative approaches to sustainable management of biological resources to increase the circularity and valorisation of food waste and re-use of bio-based textiles. _________________ 71 COM(2022)141 final of 30 March 2022.

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) According to the briefing of the European Environmental Agency entitled "Microplastics from textiles in Europe"1a between 16-35 % of global microplastics released into the aquatic, terrestrial and marine ecosystems are from synthetic textiles, which means that between 200 000 and 500 000 tonnes of microplastics enter the global marine environment each year; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/m icroplastics-from-textiles-towards-a

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) Plastic waste impairing aquatic, terrestrial and marine ecosystems can be appropriately collected, recycled and ultimately given a new life promoting a full circular economy as well as raising public awareness for the dissemination of best practices;

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)

(18a) Total textile waste generated, covering clothing and footwear, home textiles, technical textiles, and post- industrial and pre-consumer waste, is estimated at 12.6 Mt, including fractions that are discarded during textile production, at the retail stage and by households and commercial entities waste1a. _________________ 1a https://environment.ec.europa.eu/system/f iles/2023- 07/IMPACT%20ASSESSMENT%20REP ORT_SWD_2023_421_part1_0.pdf (pag.6)

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Pascal CANFIN, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25

(25) In view of the key role of social enterprises and social economy entities in the existing textile collection systems and their potential to create local, sustainable, participatory and inclusive businesses models and quality jobs in the Union, in line with the objectives of the EU Social Economy Action Plan79 , the introduction of extended producer responsibility schemes should maintain and support the activities of social enterprises and social economy entities involved in used and waste textiles management. These entities therefore should be regarded as partners in the separate collection systems supporting the scale-up of re-use and repair and creating quality jobs for all and in particular for vulnerable groups. _________________ 79 COM (2021) 778 final of 9 December 2021.

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

~~Member States~~The European Commission shall establish a single Union register of producers of textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc to monitor compliance of those producers with Article 22a and 22c(1).

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 b – paragraph 1

~~Member States shall ensure that the register provides links to other national registers to facilitate the registration of producers in all Member States.~~deleted

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 b – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall ensure that producers are required to register in the register referred to in paragraph 1. To that end, Member States shall require the producers to submit an application for registration ~~in each Member Sta~~to the Union register wheren they make textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc available on the market for the first time.

2023/10/27
Committee: ENVI

2023/0234(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 b – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall only allow producers to make available on the market for the first time within their territory textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc where they or, in the case of authorisation, their authorised representatives for the extended producer responsibility, are registered in th~~at Member State~~e Union register.

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) Fishing vessels less than 15 metres in length are at present excluded from the scope of Directive 2009/18/EC, therefore the conduct of maritime accident investigations involving such fishing vessels is non-systematic and non- harmonised. Such vessels are more prone to capsizing and members of the crew falling overboard is relatively common. Therefore, there is a need to protect those fishing vessels, their crew and the environment as well as gathering data to be able to better prevent future accidents by introducing a preliminary assessment of very serious marine casualties involving fishing vessels less than 15 metres loength to determine whether the authorities should open a safety investigation as well as collecting data on the type of fisheries involved in accidents leading to very serious marine casualties.

2023/10/13
Committee: PECH

2023/0164(COD)

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

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

Directive 2009/18/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. “fishing vessel” shall be understood in accordance with the definition contained in Article 4 of Regulation 1224/2009

2023/10/13
Committee: PECH

2023/0164(COD)

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

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

Directive 2009/18/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. Safety investigations carried out under this Directive shall result in a published report presented in a format defined by the competent investigation authority and in accordance with the relevant sections of Annex I. When the report concerns a fishing vessel, it shall also contain information on the type of fisheries it conducted at the time of the accident.

2023/10/13
Committee: PECH

2023/0164(COD)

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b

Directive 2009/18/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 3

3. The investigation authorities of the Member States shall notify all very serious marine casualties to EMCIP. The Member States may decide upon and nominate the competent national authority or authorities to report on all other marine casualties and incidents. When the Commission is aware of a marine casualty or incident, it shall also report thereon to EMCIP. When the notification concerns a fishing vessel, it shall also contain information on the type of fisheries it conducted at the time of the accident.

2023/10/13
Committee: PECH

2023/0164(COD)

Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Max ORVILLE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) The ecodesign of net-zero technologies and infrastructure is also an important principle for achieving the Green Deal's climate objectives and protecting biodiversity. In the case of the maritime sector, for example, to meet the objectives of this Regulation as well as those set out in the Biodiversity Strategy1b and the Framework Directive on Maritime Spatial Planning1c, this regulation should provide the necessary framework to encourage the development of maritime infrastructures with a positive impact. _________________ 1b European Parliament resolution of 9 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives (2020/2273(INI)) 1c Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning

2023/06/15
Committee: ENVI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in rising prices and reduced availability of agricultural products, fertilisers and energy; notes, in particular, that fertiliser shortages are having direct effects on agricultural yields and reducing food availability;

2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the textile sector includes over 160 000 producers, most of them SMEs, that have to respect 16 pieces of European legislation, several implementation methods and national legislation in 27 Member States; whereas non-harmonized legislation leads to a fragmented market and bureaucratic burdens that increases the difficulties on the sector especially on the SMEs working in the sector;

2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI

Pascal CANFIN, Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Jan HUITEMA, Martin HOJSÍK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission to assess how to account for emissions of greenhouse gases which are considered to have been captured and utilised to become chemically bound in a product in a non- permanent way based on a life-cycle assessment of the product, taking into account the dual role of greenhouse gases as emissions and as feedstock, including the emissions captured in the manufacture of the product, the emissions produced as part of the capture and utilisation process, the emissions utilised in the manufacture of the product, and the number of years the carbon captured from the emissions is bound in the product;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Pascal CANFIN, Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Martin HOJSÍK, Jan HUITEMA

15. Underlines that the new certification framework for carbon ~~farming~~removals must be based on best available science and robust monitoring, reporting and verification, must differentiate between different origins of carbon, must include strict provisions on permanence and liability, and take into account all associated greenhouse gas emissions; at the same time, it should be as simple as possible in its design and not result in disproportionate administrative burdens for land and forestry managers and owners; emphasises that the future Union certification framework will need to take into account already existing national initiatives with the same objectives and build on their experience to have a solid Union-wide certification scheme;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Martin HOJSÍK, Claudia GAMON, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines that the new certification framework for carbon farming should be bas ~~simple as possible in its de~~ed on transparent, comprehensive and sound MRV, including upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions associated with the removal and storage process in the emissigon ~~and not result in disproportionate administrative burdens~~balance; stresses the need to ensure clear definition of permanence and rules for liability of possible reversals, to make the framework as simple as possible and understandable for land and forestry managers and owners; emphasises that the future Union certification framework will need to take into account already existing national initiatives with the same objective;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Pascal CANFIN, Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Martin HOJSÍK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Asks the Commission to develop its carbon removal scheme taking into account the frontrunners' past efforts and the necessity to reward them with a fair treatment, also with a view of discouraging other farmers to maintain practices to other farmers; is of the opinion that the definition of a regional baseline including a cut-off date as well as taking into account regional removal trends should be among the options assessed by the Commission; asks the Commission to engage with private actors, in particular retailers and food processing industries, to make sure that the certification scheme triggers a price premium on the market, which would reward frontrunners and newcomers;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Pascal CANFIN, Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Martin HOJSÍK, Jan HUITEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Emphasises the need to develop a robust new framework for the quantification and certification of carbon removals that must at the same time avoid greenwashing and carbon leakage; underlines the need to promote high- quality carbon removal certificates that can ensure the achievement of the criteria of additionality, permanence, no double counting and authenticity in order to incentivise ~~improved land management practices, thus resulting in enhanced carbon capture~~carbon removals;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Pascal CANFIN, Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Martin HOJSÍK, Jan HUITEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Asks the Scientific Panel on Climate Change to be thoroughly involved in the setting up of the carbon removal scheme in order to ensure its environmental integrity;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Pascal CANFIN, Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Emma WIESNER, Martin HOJSÍK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Underlines that the Commission proposal on certification of carbon removals should focus on establishing a robust methodology as a basis for policy measures; recalls that the Commission is obliged to make a proposal for a new EU intermediate climate target by 2024, as laid down in the European Climate Law; expects the Commission to assess an EU target for removals as part of that process;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Pascal CANFIN, Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that carbon farming should be market-based and financed by public and/or private funds; calls on the Commission to create a genuinely new business model for farmers and foresters; ~~notes that financing from the value chain or through the creation of a voluntary carbon market is possible; stresses that the CAP is not a viable source of funding, as the CAP is not a business model;~~

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Martin HOJSÍK, Claudia GAMON, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that carbon farming should be market-based and financed by public and/or private funds and that the 'do no significant harm' principle and the environmental integrity of actions should be observed at all times; calls on the Commission to create a genuinely new business model for farmers and foresters; notes that financing from the value chain or through the creation of a voluntary carbon market is possible; stresses that the CAP is not a viable source of funding, as the CAP is not a business model;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Pascal CANFIN, Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Martin HOJSÍK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission to allow the use of the EU carbon removal scheme by companies operating in the food industry only for the reduction of companies’ scope 3 emissions linked to their sourcing of agricultural products in order to ensure a fair contribution of all sectors to climate neutrality; once the carbon removal scheme is in place, these companies operating in Europe should not be able to acquire non EU certified carbon removal scheme;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Pascal CANFIN, Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Jan HUITEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Asks the European commission to use the Sustainable Food System legislation as a legislative vehicle to upscale practices certified by the EU carbon removal scheme; therefore asks the Commission to carry out in the impact assessment of this legislation an analysis on the best way to reach this objective;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Pascal CANFIN, Max ORVILLE, Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Jan HUITEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)

17c. Invites the Commission to use the carbon removal scheme as a fast tracking tool for relevant EU funds (CAP ecoschemes, agroecological payments under CAP’s 2nd pillar, LIFE etc.); the scheme should be a tool that multiplies the channels of funding rather than narrow them down, including better targeted state aid measures based on the carbon removal scheme;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Martin HOJSÍK, Claudia GAMON, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the increased interest of the European Investment Bank in funding climate and environment initiatives; calls for the creation of a dedicated financial instrument, which would be fully compatible with the European Green Deal objectives, for carbon cycling investments;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Martin HOJSÍK, Claudia GAMON, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Appreciates the commitment of the Commission to create an expert group which will aim at fostering knowledge exchange, at improving the quality of carbon farming credits and MRV methodologies and at following up relevant developments, including on the impacts of initiatives on nature and biodiversity; welcomes the identified legislative synergies between the Sustainable Carbon Cycles, the LULUCF regulation and the Nature Restoration Law proposal, which must ensure coherence and simplify future governance, monitoring and reporting;

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms that culture is a key element of human development and a driver of sustainable development and an integral component of its social, economic and environmental dimensions~~, and~~; recalls that culture can create jobs, stimulate growth and foster long- term societal changes; recalls that culture is instrumental in the implementation of the 2030 UN Agenda and calls for strengthening the contribution of cultural actors to sustainable development through participation in enhanced dialogue, professional networks and multi- stakeholder partnerships;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that international cultural cooperation is a lever for promoting EU values, including democracy, the rule of law, freedoms, human rights and gender equality, and that it offers the EU, its Member States and partner countries the opportunity to learn from cultures, good practices and know-how, to stimulate the development of cultural and creative industries and tourism, to offer employment opportunities and to strengthen social cohesion;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the need to protect cultural diversity and promote it as a condition for fruitful dialogue between countries and cultures; recalls that the EU has committed to contribute to the implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to launch more calls for proposals for cultural cooperation through the NDICI – Global Europe instrument and on partner countries to strengthen their cultural policies;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Commission to ensure full monitoring of actions involving international cultural cooperation supported by the NDICI – Global Europe instrument in the 2021-2027 programming period; stresses that the performance indicators set out in the NDICI – Global Europe Regulation for culture as a specific objective should therefore be closely evaluated;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the integration of a specific chapter on culture under Title III (Human and Social Development) of the proposed partnership agreement between the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS); recalls ~~for the strengthening of cultural programmes to stimulate job opportunities, tourism, inclusive and sustainabl~~that the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement includes a separate gpro~~wth, and social cohesion, and to support the cultural sector which has been deeply impacted by the COVID- 19 pandemic~~tocol on cultural cooperation, which contains provisions on cultural exchanges and dialogue;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the EU has the potential to strengthen its international cultural cooperation partnerships through the Outermost Regions (ORs) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), which are located at geographical, cultural and linguistic crossroads around the world and maintain strong relations with partner countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, America and the Pacific; calls on the EU to design and support international cultural cooperation projects involving the ORs and OCTs in order to foster regional integration and build new partnerships with partner countries;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the protection, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage is an essential factor in ensuring its transmission to future generations; recalls that restoring cultural works and artefacts promotes the respect and mutual understanding of the value of different cultures, but also promotes peace, reconciliation and dialogue; encourages the EU and its Member States to facilitate dialogue and share best practices on the protection, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage in the framework of the NDICI – Global Europe Regulation. underlines the unique role of indigenous peoples and their importance in implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, owing to their knowledge, traditional activities and complex cultural relationships with marine and coastal living and ecosystems.

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the protection, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage is an essential factor in ensuring its transmission to future generations, in particular for young people; recalls that restoring cultural works and artefacts promotes the respect and mutual understanding of the value of different cultures, but also promotes peace, reconciliation and dialogue; encourages the EU and its Member States to facilitate dialogue and share best practices on the protection, conservation and restoration of cultural heritage in the framework of the NDICI – Global Europe Regulation.

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for enhanced cooperation between the private sector and public actors on the protection and preservation of cultural heritage in partner countries; recalls that the private sector contributes to the administration, financing and protection of cultural sites;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Condemns any human action that damages or destroys cultural heritage; calls on the EU to promote and support cooperation with partner countries, in particular regional and local authorities and cultural actors, in order to better protect cultural heritage from conflict- related destruction and from natural disasters and climate change-related risks;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls on the EU to step up the fight against the trafficking of cultural heritage and to contribute to efforts to ensure the return and restitution of cultural goods;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2016(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls the EU’s responsibility in the protection, restoration and resilience of the world’s forests, which should prioritise proforestation in forest management as an external dimension strategy for increasing carbon sequestration and biodiversity benefits; insists that forests’ carbon dioxide storage capacities will allow to move towards carbon neutrality; stresses that forests provide a wide range of ecosystemic services beyond carbon sequestration, such as the natural filtration of water;

2022/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2016(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Highlights that forests are an important part of terrestrial and marine biodiversity, and contribute to mitigation and adaptation to the negative impacts of climate change, such as extreme weather disturbances, including flooding, droughts, storms, soil erosion, heat waves and fires; recalls that sustainable forest management can also ensure the protection of coastal areas and communities;

2022/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2016(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recognises the multifunctional role of forests; stresses that policies that enhance the protection and restoration of biodiversity will help tackle climate change; calls on the EU to strengthen forest resilience by addressing the challenges and trade-offs resulting from the increasing demand for wood for materials, energy and the bioeconomy and the related rising risks of embodied deforestation imports, land grabbing, illegal logging and violation of indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights; recalls the negative impacts of global warming on ecosystems and the migration of species due to climate change, which requires specific monitoring and surveillance;

2022/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2016(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Union and its Member States to ~~exclude burning~~use forest biomass ~~from any~~in a sustainable way in order to contribute to reach renewable energy targets;

2022/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2016(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Emphasises the scientifically proven links between health, environmental and climate crises; and considering that, without immediate action, biodiversity loss and climate change will increase at a global level, calls on the EU, as part of the Green Deal’s external dimension, to step up its technical assistance, as well as its sharing of information and best practices with third countries; stresses that the EU should learn from inspirational projects on sustainable forest management from indigenous and other communities that have ancestral knowledge on forests;

2022/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2016(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for the forestry sector to feature prominently in the 30 % spending target on climate of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe, including financial or technical assistance for forest-producer partner countries. with the aim of achieving and promoting an integrated approach of the SDGs;

2022/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2016(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the EU to learn from innovative projects implemented by certain third countries, such as the African-led "Great Green Wall" initiative, which aims to restore 100 million hectares of currently degraded land by 2030 throughout the Sahel region and to enable the development of agro- ecology and regeneration projects.

2022/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, states in recital 14 that ‘it is important for the management of the CFP to be guided by principles of good governance’. Those principles ~~include~~are further elaborated in the Regulation and especially in Article 3 highlighting decision-making based on best available scientific advice, especially pointing out the roles of Advisory Council broad stakeholder involvement and a long-term perspective’1 ; _________________ 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32013 R1380

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the European Green ~~Pact~~Deal and the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy include specific commitments and actions, among which is the establishment of a wider network of protected areas on land and at sea across the EU, with the expansion of Natura 2000 areas, and that the proposed EU Nature Restoration Act proposes to apply legally binding targets for nature restoration to all Member States for at least 20% of the EU’s land and marine areas by 2030, ultimately covering all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas there are numerous cases of successful implementation of fisheries co-management within Member States, including in Spain (Galicia, Catalonia and Andalusia), Portugal (Algarve and Peniche-Nazé), Sweden (Kosterhavets)2 , the Netherlands3 , Italy (Torre Guaceto), France (île de Sein), France (CoGeCo project) and Croatia (Telašćica and Lastovo)4 ; _________________ 2 https://oceans-and- fisheries.ec.europa.eu/news/co- management-northern-bohuslan-fishers- and-conservationists-join-forces- sustainable-future-2022-03-01_en 3 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2 57943913_Co- management_An_alternative_to_enforcem ent 4 https://www.wwfmmi.org/?1715691/First- co-managed-fishery-area-adopted-by-law- in-Croatia

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Draws attention to the fact that fisheries co-management systems both embraces the sharing criteria of the Common Fisheries Policy, (CFP) ,integrating collective knowledge and encompassing any actor benefiting from a collective resource and the management principles of the CFP, contributing to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 2 and 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that co-management has been proven to favour consensual decision- making between the administration, the sector and research bodies, which always act in accordance with the principles of the Common Fisheries Policy and other relevant regulations, applying the precautionary approach in all cases to ensure that resources are exploited in a manner that is fully sustainable on the basis of the maximum sustainable yield of the target species; underlines that this type of management and decision making has been an important factor for deploying successful conservation measures, such as MPAs and OECMs among others;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises the fact that co- management systems can function at ~~the~~different levels of ~~fisherie~~government, as well as in cross border situations and covering different geographical areas, taking into account the environment in which they operate, thus applying a holistic approach; notes in this regard that co-management arrangements also could provide mechanisms for quota-swap arrangements;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that, as research bodies are directly involved in co-management systems, improved scientific data collection is ensured; it should be noted that this system makes it possible to generate data and knowledge that cannot otherwise be obtained given the close relationship between all the parties involved (administration, industry and researchers – the so-called triple helix), thus developing the capacity of all of them to use this information to generate rapid and effective responses to any issues that may affect fisheries; notes in this regard the importance that EU-funds can play in financing research and data gathering and that Member States have to ensure inclusion of funding possibilities in their national implementation of EU-funds;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the fact that co- management contributes to the elimination of IUU fishing practices, as industry and administrations are involved and it is easier to identify malpractices and to combat them; including having appropriate and effective control measures and practices in place;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that there is, moreover, a need in ~~the current~~order to ensure better co- management systems ~~for concrete~~to have clear legislative measures ~~to pave the way for~~facilitating all the specific aspects for well functioning co- management, such as the setting up of co- management committees and to speed up the process of implementing measures, as concerns that the legislative framework i~~s currently unclear in most regions~~n some regions is not currently sufficiently clear, which means that the requisite timeframe for their creation and implementation is in the long term, whereas solutions are needed in the short to medium term;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Highlights the specific role of Advisory Councils in ensuring stakeholder involvement in the EU- decision making process; encourages the Commission to further engage with the Advisory Councils and to ensure proper feedback in relation to their recommendations; asks the Commission to consider an annual report on how Advisory Councils recommendations have been taken into account;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Draws attention to the fact that there is no unified assessment of the cases where co-management has been implemented in the EU and in the world, which identifies the main drivers of this system; calls on the Commission to assess the examples of fisheries co-management in the ~~above countries and~~Union in order to identify best practices, especially on how to effectively involve stakeholders concerned in the decision making process, in order to support ~~their~~ progressive implementation ~~in other fisherie~~of this man~~d in the regional fisheries bodies in which it participate~~agement method in other areas;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote, within the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), a commitment to co-management models for fisheries with adequate funding, using among others, elements such as Community-Led Local Development, Fisheries Local Action Group and calls for tenders to finance projects for research and data gathering;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

Fisheries co-management – inclusion in the ~~new~~future revision of Common Fisheries Policy

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Expects that the Commission in its upcoming communication on an Action plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems and the report on the functioning of the common fisheries policy to come forward with initiatives on how to further encourage and facilitate co-management of fisheries resources;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Jan HUITEMA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Highlights the need to also develop cross boarder co-management for certain regions; points out in this regards the example of the arrangement that was set up between France, the UK and the Channel Islands for management of fisheries in the region, which after Brexit has been more centralised; reiterates its call for the Partnership Council under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the UK to consider different arrangements for cooperation in the waters of the Crown Dependencies; highlights, in this regard, that previous arrangements under the Granville Bay Treaty could provide a basis for future adaptations of the rules by the Partnership Council;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Stresses that co-management allows for a better consideration of knowledge and empirical data that fishermen gathers from their environment, and that in this respect, the development of participatory sciences must allow for transfer of this data and empirical knowledge to benefit the work of researchers; encourages the Commission to launch calls for tenders to improve the inclusion of this empirical knowledge in scientific work at all levels;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21 b. Insists on the need to fully implement the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters, points out that this Convention creates the international obligation of involving the populations affected by the decisions to be taken in the decision-making process;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2003(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)

21 d. Encourages the Commission to propose a management plan based and developed on the principle of co- management for the Channel sea-east and for the southern part of the North sea;

2022/11/14
Committee: PECH

2022/2002(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Martin HOJSÍK, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Barry ANDREWS, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

— having regard to the Sustainable Development Report 2021 of 14 June 20211a, entitled ‘The Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals’, _________________ 1a Sustainable Development Report 2021, "The Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals", 14 June 2021

2022/04/06
Committee: DEVE ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b

(b) from 1 January 2040, 650 % of such packaging used is reusable packaging within a system for re-use;

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32

(32) Considering the increases in unforeseeable weather events, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, and in significant pollution incidents resulting in or exacerbating transboundary ~~accidental~~ pollution, Member States should be required to ensure that immediate information on such incidents is provided to other potentially affected Member States and effectively cooperate with potentially affected Member States to mitigate the effects of the event or incident. It is also necessary to reinforce cooperation between Member States and streamline procedures for transboundary cooperation in case of more structural, i.e. non accidental and longer term transboundary issues which cannot be solved at Member State level, in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2000/60/EC. In case European assistance is necessary, competent national authorities may send requests for assistance to the Emergency Response Coordination Centre of the Commission, which will coordinate possible offers of assistance and their deployment through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, in accordance with Article 15 of Decision 1313/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council64. _________________ 64 Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 924).

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0344(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c

Directive 2000/60/EC
Article 2 – point 30 a)

(30a) ‘Priority hazardous substances’ means priority substances which are marked as ‘hazardous’ on the basis that they are recognised in scientific reports, in relevant Union legislation, or in relevant international agreements, as being toxic, persistent, mobile and liable to bio- accumulate or as giving rise to an equivalent level of concern, where this concern is relevant to the aquatic environment. Endocrine disrupters and substances classified as PBT (persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic), vPvB (very persistent and very accumulative), PMT (persistent, mobile and toxic) and vPvM (very persistent and very mobile) according to hazard classes in the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation are also included.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0344(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD

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

Directive 2000/60/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4a

4a. In the case of exceptional circumstances of natural origin or force majeure, in particular extreme floods and prolonged droughts, or ~~significant~~ pollution incidents, which could affect downstream water bodies situated in other Member States, Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities for downstream water bodies in such Member States, as well as the Commission, are immediately informed and that the necessary cooperation is set up to investigate the causes and address the consequences of the exceptional circumstances or incidents.; Member States shall also notify any other Member State that could be adversly affected by pollution occuring in the Member State concerned. This shuld also be accompanied by dissemination to catchment stakeholders. To further improve cooperation and information flow in the international river basin district, all International River Basin Districts should also have a clear procedure for emergency communication and response in place.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0344(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD

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

Directive 2000/60/EC
Article 8 – Paragraph 3 a (new)

(a a) The following paragraph is inserted: "(3a) By [two years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall establish EU-wide technical guidelines and harmonised standards for continuous and precise (online) pollution monitoring systems of water quality measurements."

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0344(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Directive 2000/60/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 2

Member States shall respond to each other in a timely manner, and no later than 31 months after notification by another Member State in accordance with paragraph 1.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Pascal CANFIN, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Max ORVILLE

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 2 – point 2 – point e

(e) the active substances in group 4 shall be those not approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, and therefore not listed in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011;. Active substances in group 4 are assigned the weighting factor corresponding to their group assignment before the loss of approval.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 3 a (new)

Having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report of 24 September 2019 on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate,

2023/01/09
Committee: PECH

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 3 b (new)

Having regard to its resolution of 25 March 2021 on the impact on fisheries of marine litter1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0096

2023/01/09
Committee: PECH

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 3 c (new)

Having regard to its resolution of 6 October 2022 on momentum for the ocean: strengthening ocean governance and biodiversity1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2022)0356

2023/01/09
Committee: PECH

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 3 d (new)

Having regard to the report entitled ‘Mission Starfish 2030: Restore our Ocean and Waters’ published by the Commission’s Mission Board for Healthy Oceans, Seas, and Coastal and Inland Waters on 22 September 2020,

2023/01/09
Committee: PECH

(b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change, based on scientific evidence; or

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

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

9. For Natura 2000 sites, the non- fulfilment of the obligations set out in paragraphs 6 and 7, iscan be justified if Member States provide compelling evidence that it is caused by:

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

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

9. For Natura 2000 sites, the non- fulfilment of the obligations set out in paragraphs 6 and 7, iscan be justified if it is caused by:

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

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

(b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change:, based on scientific evidence; or

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 10 – point b a (new)

(ba) an increased connectivity between protected areas and between habitat types listed in Annex I

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. The determination of the most suitable areas for restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be based on the best available knowledge and the latest scientific evidence of the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex II, measured by the structure and functions which are necessary for their long-term maintenance, including their typical species, referred to in Article 1(e) of Directive 92/43/EEC, and of the quality and quantity of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3. AMember States shall work towards closing existing data gaps of unmapped and unknown habitats and conditions by 2030. Failing to do so, areas where the habitat types listed in Annex II are in unknown condition shall be considered as not being in good condition.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5

5. The restoration measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall consider the need for improved connectivity between the habitat types listed in Annex II and take into account the ecological requirements of the species referred to in paragraph 3 that occur in those habitat types and promote nature-based solutions.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8 – introductory part

8. Outside Natura 2000 sites, the non- fulfilment of the obligations set out in paragraphs 6 and 7 iscan be justified if caused by:

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8 – point b

(b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change based on scientific evidence and provided that the Member State has taken adequate mitigation measures; or

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8 – point b

(b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change, based on scientific evidence; or

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – introductory part

9. For Natura 2000 sites, the non- fulfilment of the obligation set out in paragraphs 6 and 7~~, is~~ can be justified if caused by:

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point b

(b) unavoidable habitat transformations which are directly caused by climate change:, based on scientific evidence; or

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10 – point b a (new)

(ba) an increased connectivity between protected areas and between habitat types listed in Annex I.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to advocate for the inclusion of the notion of the ocean as a global common in the preamble of future declarations and international treaties, especially BBNJ, as well as in the specifications of the calls for projects related to the ocean, in order to underline our shared responsibility to protect and restore the ocean and its ecosystems ;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that there is no net loss in the total national area of urban green space, and of urban tree canopy cover by 2030, compared to 2021, in ~~all~~ cities and in towns and suburbs.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that there is no net loss of urban green and blue spaces, and of urban tree canopy cover by 2030, compared to 2021, in all cities and in towns and suburbs.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)

(ba) a net gain of urban blue spaces with a focus on the development of projects for the recreation, reconstruction and restoration of urban water bodies.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall remove the barriers to longitudinal ~~and late~~, lateral, vertical and temporal connectivity of surface waters identified under paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with the plan for their removal referred to in Article 12(2), point (f). When ~~remov~~selecting barriers to be removed, Member States shall primarily address obsolete barriers, which are those that are no longer needed for renewable energy generation, inland navigation, water supply or other uses, and consider the ecological benefits of the barrier removal and its potential to improve connectivity between marine and freshwater ecosystems.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall complement the removal of the barriers referred to in paragraph 2 by the measures necessary to improve biodiversity and the natural functions of the related floodplains, in particular by enabling conditions for natural flood regimes, standing waters, floodplain forests and sedimentary active deltaic plains.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. The Commission may adopt implementing acts to establish a method for barrier identification and assessment. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish a method for monitoring pollinator populations and assess which actions should be taken to address the threats to the decline of wild pollinators. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall adopt ~~implementing acts to establish a method for monitoring pollinator populations. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in~~, by [6 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] delegated acts to establish a method for monitoring pollinator populations in accordance with Article 2~~1(2)~~0.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures necessary to enhance biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems, in particular measures that triggers systemic change at farm level for the benefit of farmers and biodiversity, in addition to the areas that are subject to restoration measures under Article 4(1), (2) and (3).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils and in permanent pasture;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures necessary to enhance biodiversity, the natural processes, the ecological integrity, connectivity and resilience of forest ecosystems, in addition to the areas that are subject to restoration measures pursuant to Article 4(1), (2) and (3).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

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

2a. When restoration measures referred to in this Article apply to primary and old-growth forests, Member States shall strictly protect them.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)

Article 10 a Compensation of nature destruction 1. Economic operators in construction work or cities extension when their activities have a negative impact of the good condition of the ecosystems concerned by this Regulation shall compensate this negative impact and use a proper indicator to evaluate their financial impact on nature as defined in Article 14(2a). 2. The compensation paid by economic operators as defined in the previous subparagraph shall go to existing national schemes dedicated to nature restoration when they exist. In cases where such a scheme does not exist at national level, Member States must set one up before the validation of the Nature Restoration Plan.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)

Article 10 a Planting of three billion additional trees 1. Member States shall, when putting in place the restoration measures referred to in Articles 4, 6, and 10, contribute to the Union objective of planting at least three billion additional trees by 2030. 2. Member States shall ensure that this objective is achieved respecting ecological principles, ensuring species diversity and prioritising native tree species and connectivity; and it shall be based on proforestation, sustainable reforestation and the greening of urban areas.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall prepare without delay national restoration plans and carry out the preparatory monitoring and research needed to identify the restoration measures that are necessary to meet the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, taking into account the latest scientific evidence.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall prepare national restoration plans and carry out the preparatory monitoring and research needed to identify the restoration measures that are necessary to meet the targets and obligations set out in Articles 1 and 4 to 10a, taking into account the latest scientific evidence.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii

(iii) the favourable reference area taking into account historical distribution data, the documented losses over at least the last 70 years and the projected changes to environmental conditions due to climate change;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall set, by 203028 at the latest at the latest, satisfactory levels for each of the indicators referred to in Articles 8(1), 9(2) and 10(2), through an open and effective process and assessment, based on the latest scientific evidence and, if available, the framework referred to in Article 17(9). The Commission shall validate the satisfactory levels and publish by implementing act by 2030 in accordance with the provisions set in Article 20.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall set~~, by 2030 at the latest,~~ satisfactory levels for each of the indicators referred to in Articles 8(1), 9(2) and 10(2), through an open and effective process and assessment, based on the latest scientific evidence and~~, if available,~~ the framework referred to in Article 17(9). Member States shall set the satisfactory levels within two years of the adoption of that framework.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6

6. Member States shall coordinate the development of national restoration plans with the designation of the renewables go- to areas. During the preparation of the nature restoration plans, Member States shall ensure synergies with the already designated renewables go-to areas and ensure that the functioning of the renewables go-to areas, including the permitting procedures applicable in the renewables go-to areas foreseen by Directive (EU) 2018/2001 remain unchanged. Member States shall ensure that both processes are mutually supportive and do not undermine the achievement of their respective objectives.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point g a (new)

(ga) marine spatial plans adopted under Directive 2014/89/EU;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point g b (new)

(gb) flood risk management plans in accordance with Directive 2007/60/EC.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8

8. Member States shall, when preparing the national restoration plans, make use of the different examples of restoration measures listed in Annex VII, depending on specific national, regional and local conditions, and the latest scientific evidence.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)

Article 11 a Access to information and public participation 1. Member States shall ensure that all relevant information related to the preparation, review and implementation of the national restoration plans is publicly and freely available. To that end, Member States shall ensure that the following information is available and easily accessible to the public on the relevant websites, free of charge and without restricting access to registered users: (a) the draft national restoration plans referred to in Article 13; (b) the recommendations of the Commission referred to in Article 14(4); (c) the final restoration plan referred to in Article 14(6); (d) any updates and revisions of national restoration plans referred to in Article 15(2) and (3); (e) the data generated by the monitoring referred to Article 17(7); and (f) the data, information, technical overviews and reports referred to in Article 18(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6). 2. Without prejudice to Article 11(11) and any other relevant Union law requirement, Member States shall ensure that the public affected as well as local and regional public authorities are informed and are given early, adequate, timely and effective opportunities to participate in the preparation, review and implementation of the national restoration plans. Member States shall establish reasonable timeframes that allow sufficient time for the public affected to be informed and to participate effectively and fairly in all relevant phases of the preparation, review and implementation of the national restoration plans. In particular, Member States shall inform the public affected by the restoration measures either electronically, by way of public notice, or by other appropriate means, of the practical arrangements for participation, including: (i) the administrative entity from which the relevant information may be obtained; (ii) the administrative entity to which comments, opinions or questions may be submitted; and (iii) the reasonable time-frames as referred to in the first subparagraph. 3. Member States shall engage with public authorities, at regional and local level, local communities and stakeholders concerned in all phases of the preparation, review and implementation of the national restoration plans as set out in Chapter III. 4. Consultations carried out in accordance with Directive 2001/42/EC shall be deemed to comply with the obligations on access to information and public participation under this Regulation.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. The national restoration plan shall cover the period up to 2050, with intermediate deadlines corresponding to the targets and obligations set out in Article 1 and Articles 4 to 10a.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) the quantification of the areas to be restored to reach the restoration targets set out in Articles 4 to 10a based on the preparatory work undertaken in accordance with Article 11 and geographically referenced maps of those areas;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) a description of the restoration measures planned, or put in place, for achieving the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10a and a specification regarding which of those restoration measures are planned, or put in place, within the Natura 2000 network established in accordance with Directive 92/43/EEC;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)

(ba) the quantification of area to be put under conservation status and under strictly protected conservation status in accordance with Article 1(2a).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point f

(f) the timing for putting in place the restoration measures in accordance with Articles 4 to 10a;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point h

(h) the monitoring of the areas subject to restoration in accordance with Articles 4 and 5, the process for assessing the effectiveness of the restoration measures put in place in accordance with Articles 4 to 10a and for revising those measures where needed to ensure that the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10a are met;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point i

(i) an indication of the provisions for ensuring the continuous, long-term and sustained effects of the restoration measures referred to in Articles 4 to 10a;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point k – point iii

(iii) synergies with national adaptation strategies or plans and national disaster risk assessment reports, including forest fire prevention and management;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point k – point iv a (new)

(iva) an assessment of the cost of inaction on nature restoration, in particular for agriculture, forestry and fisheries.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nils TORVALDS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point l

(l) the ~~estimated~~ financing ~~needs~~plan for the implementation of the restoration measures, which shall include the description of the support to stakeholders affected by restoration measures or other new obligations arising from this Regulation, ~~and~~ the means of intended financing, public or private, including (co-) financing with Union funding instruments, and which shall include a tool assessing the biodiversity footprint of the financements included in the plan;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point l

(l) the estimated financing needs for the implementation, monitoring and management of the restoration measures, which shall include the description of the support to stakeholders affected by restoration measures or other new obligations arising from this Regulation, including compensation schemes; and the means of intended financing, public or private, including (co-) financing with Union funding instruments;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point m

(m) an indication of the subsidies which negatively affect the achievement of the targets and the fulfilment of the obligations set out in this Regulation, including an indication of the measures planned or put in place to eliminate, phase out or reform these subsidies;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point o

(o) a dedicated section indicating how ~~observ~~recommendations from the Commission on the draft national restoration plan referred to in Article 14(4) have been taken into account in accordance with Article 14(5). If the Member State concerned does not address a~~n observ~~ recommendation from the Commission or a substantial part thereof, that Member State shall provide its reasons.;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point o a (new)

(oa) the reasons to invoke Articles 4(8), 4(9), 5(8) and 5(9), when applicable;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Pascal CANFIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3

3. The national restoration plans shall, where applicable, include the conservation measures that a Member State intends to adopt under the common fisheries policy, including conservation measures in joint recommendations that a Member State intends to initiate in accordance with the procedure set out in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and any relevant information on those measures. Member States shall submit such joint recommendations jointly with other Member States having a direct management interest no later than 12 months after final submission of their national restoration plan for measures related to Article 5(3) with the assistance of the European Commission. If Member States fail to submit joint recommendations within 12 month from the first draft submission for joint recommendations, the European Commission shall immediatly adopt emergency measures to ensure that the objectives associated with the establishment of the conservation measures, in accordance with the Member State's intentions, are not in jeopardy.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Member States may include restoration measures implemented since the publication of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 in their national restoration plans, provided they meet the requirements set out in this Regulation. They shall count for the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 1 and Articles 4 to 10a.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2

2. When assessing the draft national restoration plan, the Commission shall evaluate its compliance with Article 12, as well as its adequacy for meeting the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10a, as well as the Union’s overarching objectives referred to in Article 1, the specific objectives referred to in Article 7(1) to restore at least 25 000 km of rivers into free-flowing rivers in the Union by 2030 and the 2030 objective of covering at least 10% of the Union’s agricultural area with high-diversity landscape features, and the objective referred to in Article 10a of planting at least three billion additional trees by 2030.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The Commission shall assess the biodiversity footprint of the financing plan included in each National Restoration Plan and shall develop a proper methodology based on existing methods one year after the entry into force of this legislation.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission ~~may~~shall address ~~observ~~recommendations to Member States within six months of the date of receipt of the draft national restoration plan.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall take due account of any ~~observ~~recommendations from the Commission in its final national restoration plan. If the Member State concerned does not address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, that Member State shall provide its reasons.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall take due account of any observations from the Commission in its final national restoration plan and, where necessary, improve their restoration plans accordingly.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6

6. Member States shall finalise, publish and submit to the Commission the national restoration plan within six months from the date of receipt of ~~observ~~recommendations from the Commission.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. When the Commission concludes that a Member States has not duly taken into consideration its recommendations, it shall reject its national restoration plan.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall review their national restoration plan at least once every 107 years, in accordance with Articles 11 and 12, taking into account progress made in the implementation of the plans, the best available scientific evidence as well as available knowledge of changes or expected changes in environmental conditions due to climate change.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2

2. When it becomes apparent that the measures set out in the national restoration plan will not be sufficient to comply with the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, based on the monitoring in accordance with Article 17, Member States shall revise the national restoration plan and include supplementary measures. Member States’ refusal to revise the national restoration plan shall be made available to the public and be duly justified.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2

2. When it becomes apparent that the measures set out in the national restoration plan will not be sufficient to comply with the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10a, based on the monitoring in accordance with Article 17, Member States shall revise the national restoration plan and include supplementary measures, which shall be subject to recommendations from the Commission.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Pascal CANFIN, Pierre KARLESKIND, Catherine CHABAUD

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

2a. To guarantee the fulfilment of the objectives set out in Article 5, Member States shall assess the need for additional conservation measures requiring joint recommendation under article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and issue such draft recommendation in 2028, 2036 and 2046, in accordance with the provisions of Article 12(3a). This without prejudice to the capacity of Member States to review their measures taken under Article 5 anytime when necessary in accordance with Article 15(2).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. Based on the information referred to in Article 18(1) and (2) and the assessment referred to in Article 18(4) and (5), if the Commission considers that the progress made by a Member State is insufficient to comply with the targets and obligations set out in Article 1 and Articles 4 to 10a, the Commission ~~may~~shall request the Member State concerned to submit an updated draft national restoration plan with supplementary measures, which shall be subject to recommendations from the Commission. That updated national restoration plan with supplementary measures shall be published and submitted within six months from the date of receipt of the request from the Commission.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. Based on the information referred to in Article 18(1) and (2) and the assessment referred to in Article 18(4) and (5), if the Commission considers that the progress made by a Member State is insufficient to comply with the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, the Commission ~~may~~should request the Member State concerned to submit an updated draft national restoration plan with supplementary measures. That updated national restoration plan with supplementary measures shall be published and submitted within six months from the date of receipt of the request from the Commission.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 a (new)

Article 16 a Nature Restoration Knowledge Network 1. The Commission and the Member States shall establish a Nature Restoration Knowledge Network (the 'Network') to aggregate, process and disseminate knowledge, information and best practices relevant to the implementation of this Regulation at Union, national, regional and local level. 2. The Commission and the Member States shall promote inclusive participation in the establishment and functioning of the Network and strengthen and expand the pool of taxonomic expertise. For this purpose, the Network shall comprise relevant actors on nature restoration, including public authorities, centres of excellence, universities and stakeholders involved in the implementation of this Regulation, as well as relevant Union agencies. 3. The Network shall focus on: (a) institutional, administrative or sectoral capacity building and related supporting actions at all governance levels, also contributing to the empowerment of civil society, in particular organising: (i) seminars, conferences and workshops, with stakeholders' involvement where appropriate; (ii) working visits to Member States or third countries concerned to enable officials to acquire or increase their expertise or knowledge of relevant matters; (iii) exchanges of best practices and expertise related to policy advice, policy change, formulation of strategies and nature restoration roadmaps, as well as to legislative, institutional, structural and administrative reforms necessary for the achievement of the objectives set out in this Regulation; (iv) training programmes for personnel and actors involved in the preparation, implementation and review of the national restoration plans, including the development of online or other training modules to support the necessary professional skills and knowledge relating to the relevant reforms of the national restoration plans; (b) the collection and sharing of data and statistics, the development of common standardised methodologies, including on climate and biodiversity mainstreaming and tracking, and, where appropriate, indicators or benchmarks; and (c) developing methods and tools for gathering, analysing, promoting and implementing lessons learnt. 3. By ...[12 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall set up the Network. To that end, it shall set up and maintain an online platform serving the Network to support and facilitate the implementation of this Regulation.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the area of urban green and blue spaces and tree canopy cover in cities and towns and suburbs, as referred to in Article 6;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(ha) the progress towards the planting of three billion additional trees referred to in Article 10a,

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point h c (new)

(hc) the percentage of organic soils constituting drained peatlands under agricultural use, other land uses than agricultural use, or peat extraction sites, that has been restored and rewetted under Article 9.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2

2. The monitoring in accordance with paragraph 1, point (a), (ha), (hb) and (hc) shall start as soon as the restoration measures are put in place.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5

5. The monitoring in accordance with paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c), of this Article, concerning the stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils and the share of agricultural land with high- diversity landscape features, and (e) concerning the standing deadwood, the lying deadwood, the share of forests with uneven-aged structure, the forest connectivity ~~and~~, the stock of organic carbon and the native tree species composition, shall be carried out at least every three years, and, where possible, every year. The monitoring in accordance with that paragraph, point (c) concerning the grassland butterfly index, that paragraph, points (d) and (e) concerning the common forest bird index, and that paragraph, point (f) concerning pollinator species shall be carried out every year. The monitoring in accordance with that paragraph, points (g) and (h), shall be carried out at least every six years and shall be coordinated with the reporting cycle under Article 17 of Directive 92/43/EEC and Article 12 of Directive 2009/147/CE.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 7

7. Member States shall make public the data generated by the monitoring carried out under this Article, in accordance with Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council112 and in accordance with the monitoring frequencies set out in paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5. __________________ 112 Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1).

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nils TORVALDS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 8

8. Member State monitoring systems shall operate on the basis of electronic databases and geographic information systems, and shall maximise the access and use of data and services from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services and, where appropriate, other publicly or privately available data sources), in-situ sensors and devices, or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

The Commission ~~may~~shall adopt ~~implementing acts~~delegated acts, in accordance with Article 20, by [2 years after the entry into force of this Regulation], to:

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

The methods and frameworks shall not preclude Member States from taking into account their particular physiographic and environmental characteristics.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2

~~Such implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).~~deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall electronically report to the Commission the area subject to restoration measures referred to in Articles 4 to 10a and the barriers referred to in Article 7 that have been removed, on an annual basis starting from [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Regulation].

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) the progress in implementing the national restoration plan, in putting in place the restoration measures and progress in achieving the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10a;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4

4. The EEA shall provide to the Commission an annual technical overview of the progress towards the achievement of the targets and obligations set out in this Regulation, on the basis of the data made available by Member States in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article and Article 17(7). These overviews shall be made publicly available.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5

5. The EEA shall provide to the Commission a Union-wide technical report on the progress towards the achievement of the targets and obligations set out in this Regulation on the basis of the data made available by Member States in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article. It may also use information reported under Article 17 of Directive 92/43/EEC, Article 15 of Directive 2000/60/EC, Article 12 of Directive 2009/147/EC, and Article 18 of Directive 2008/56/EC. The report shall be provided by June 2032 and subsequent reports shall be provided every three years thereafter. The report shall be made publicly available.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter IV a (new)

FUNDING Article 18a Funding 1. When implementing the obligations set out in this Regulation, Member States shall make use of local, regional and national funds, and available Union funds, to finance restoration actions. 2. No later than two years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall carry out an in-depth assessment of the necessary financial resources for the implementation of this Regulation and shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council accompanied, if appropriate, by legislative proposals. The report shall focus in particular on: (a) Giving an overview of available financial resources for ecosystem restoration and biodiversity monitoring at EU level, including programmes and funds under the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, such as Horizon and LIFE and their possible review, Next Generation EU as well as private investments; (b) assessing the gap between restoration funding needs and the available financial resources for the implementation of this Regulation, and how the Commission intends to bridge this gap in view of the preparation of the multiannual financial framework for the next programming period; (d) assessing the feasibility of creating new EU funds and financing tools dedicated to ecosystem restoration and conservation; (e) assessing the capacity and expertise of the Member States to make full use of available funds; (f) assessing and developing an advanced methodology and indicators for tracking of nature restoration resources, their effective mainstreaming of available funds at EU level and their expected impact, based inter alia on the criteria of Regulation (EU) 2020/8521a. 3. The Commission shall ensure effective biodiversity mainstreaming across all relevant EU programmes and financing instruments. 4. Member States, the Commission and the European Investment Bank shall improve enabling conditions and facilitate the use of innovative financing mechanisms and promote the mobilisation of private capital for restoration actions. __________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8(2), Article 17(9), points (a), (b) and (c) and Article 19 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 5 years from [OP please insert the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3

3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 8(2), Article 17(9), points (a), (b) and (c) and Article 19 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall evaluate the application of this Regulation by 31 December 20353. The evaluation shall include an assessment on the need to establish additional targets.

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 6 a (new)

(6a) Blue shark (Prionace glauca);

2023/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 6 b (new)

(6b) Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus);

2023/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 21

(21) Improve functional connectivity across habitats to enable the development and enhancement of populations of different species, and to allow for sufficient individual or genetic exchange as well as for species’ migration and adaptation to climate change.

2023/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Robert BIEDROŃ, Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 24 a (new)

(24a) Enhance the protection of Marine Protected Areas from damages caused by fishing gear, or other detrimental effects due to exploitative or non-exploitative human uses (like the impact of divers or mooring), and stimulate their recovery;

2023/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Frédérique RIES, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Emma WIESNER

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 26

(26) Provide structures, including marine infrastructures with a positive impact such as artificial reefs, or substrates to encourage the return of marine life, for example coral/oyster/boulder reefs.

2023/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2022/0142M(NLE)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Strongly supports the conclusion of the negotiations on the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on forest law enforcement, government and trade (FLEGT) between the EU and Guyana, which will improve sustainable forest management and governance, reduce illegal logging and contribute to combating climate change; recalls the EU’s responsibility in the protection, restoration and resilience of the world’s forests which are an important part of terrestrial and marine biodiversity and responsible for a wide range of ecosystemic services, notably mangroves which are heavily impacted by climate change and human activity and represent a great opportunity for preservation, adaptation and mitigation policies in coastal areas;

2022/09/08
Committee: DEVE

2022/0142M(NLE)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that sustainable and inclusive forest management and governance is essential to achieve the objectives set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, notably through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs); underlines the risks posed by Guyana’s expanding oil, gas and mining industries; notes with concern the lack of coherence between regulation in the forest sector and that in the mining sector;

2022/09/08
Committee: DEVE

2022/0142M(NLE)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the success of the entire FLEGT initiative depends on, among other things, guaranteeing full recognition of the customary rights of local communities and indigenous people, notably Amerindian communities, protecting environmental human right defenders and whistle-blowers, and improving the capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises to conduct their activities legally; stresses that the EU should learn from inspirational projects on sustainable forest management from indigenous and other communities that have ancestral knowledge on forests;

2022/09/08
Committee: DEVE

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) This Regulation will contribute to making products fit for a climate-neutral, resource-efficient and circular economy, reducing waste and ensuring that the performance of frontrunners in sustainability progressively becomes the norm. It should provide for the setting of new ecodesign requirements to improve product durability, reusability, upgradability and reparability, improve possibilities for refurbishment and maintenance, address the presence of hazardous chemicals in products, increase their energy and resource efficiency, reduce their expected generation of waste materials and increase recycled content in products, while ensuring their performance and safety, enabling remanufacturing and high-quality recycling and reducing carbon and environmental footprints, including microplastics pollution.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) Although it is not in the scope of this Regulation, the European Commission should take into account an essential aspect of eco-design beyond the requirements, which is the development of eco-design support tools for all companies and actors involved in the value chain. The Commission should put in place a European plan to promote the development of eco-design tools of this type, as well as economic support measures for businesses, particularly SMEs and micro-enterprises. This plan should create a European database which could be based on the model of the Ecodesign Pilot software developed by the Vienna University of Technology, which offers a computerised checklist of good practices and questions to ask for the eco- design of a product. Other tools exist, such as the French initiatives Ecofair, which makes it possible to integrate an environmental parameter, or Bilan Produit, which proposes a simplified approach to the life cycle analysis of a product, and whose model can inspire the development of European tools.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)

(9a) Consumers should also be supported in their efforts to consume sustainably and have the tools to make informed purchasing choices. The development of European Ecolabels, provided for in Regulation EC 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which can be affixed to products on a voluntary basis, is a valuable tool in this process. Given the contribution that these labels make to the circular economy and their role in supporting public policies, the Commission should ensure that the existence of Ecolabels are properly promoted, as provided for in article 12 of the above-mentioned Regulation, in particular by further encouraging businesses, and especially SMEs, to subscribe to them.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ondřej KNOTEK, Frédérique RIES, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) In order to create an effective and future-proof regulatory framework, it is necessary to allow for the setting of ecodesign requirements on all physical goods placed on the market or put into service, including components and intermediate products. In particular, the Commission should encourage research into innovative solutions for composite materials, and promote, for example, the emergence of mono-molecular materials and mechanical assembly (rather than gluing), in order to facilitate the deconstruction and recyclability of products at the end of their life. This should allow the Commissions to take into account the broadest range of products possible when prioritising the establishment of ecodesign requirements and thereby maximise their effectiveness. Where needed, specific exemptions should be made when setting ecodesign requirements, for example for products with a particular purpose that could not be fulfilled when complying with ecodesign requirements. In addition, exemptions should be made at the level of the framework for those products for which it is already clear that ecodesign requirements would not be suitable or where other frameworks provide for the setting of such requirements. This should be the case for food and feed as defined in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council44 , medicinal products for human use as defined in Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council45 , veterinary medicinal products as defined in Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , living plants, animals and micro-organisms, products of human origin, and products of plants and animals relating directly to their future reproduction. __________________ 44 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1). 45 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 (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67). 46 Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43).

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) In order to allow the Commission to set requirements as appropriate to the product groups covered, ecodesign requirements should include performance and information requirements. Those requirements should be used to improve product aspects relevant for environmental sustainability, such as energy efficiency, durability, reparability ~~and~~, reusability, refurbishment as well as carbon and environmental footprints. Ecodesign requirements should be transparent, objective, proportionate and in compliance with international trade rules.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ondřej KNOTEK, Nils TORVALDS, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) To avoid duplication of efforts and regulatory burden, consistency should be ensured between this Regulation and requirements set in or pursuant to other Union legislation, especially products, chemicals and waste legislation51 , including legislation on packaging and packaging waste. However, the existence of empowerments under other Union legislation to set requirements with the same or similar effects as requirements under this Regulation does not limit the empowerments included in this Regulation, unless specified in this Regulation. __________________ 51 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation of the circular economy package - options to address the interface between chemical, product and waste legislation (COM(2018) 32 final).

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to take into account the diversity of products, the Commission should select the methods to assess the setting of the ecodesign requirements and, as appropriate, develop them further based on the nature of the product, its most relevant aspects and its impacts over its life cycle. In doing so, the Commission should take account of its experience in assessing the setting of requirements under Directive 2009/125/EC and the continuing efforts to develop and improve science-based assessment tools, such as the update of the methodology for ecodesign of energy- related products, and the Product Environmental Footprint method set out in Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/227956 , including as regards temporary storage of carbon, as well as the development of standards by international and European standardisation organisations, including on the material efficiency of energy-related products, as well as the area of electrical engineering - as developed by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation - constitute relevant examples of additional tools. Building on these tools and using dedicated studies when needed, the Commission should further reinforce circularity aspects (such as durability, reparability including reparability scoring, identification of chemicals hindering re-use and recycling) in the assessment of products and in the preparation of ecodesign requirements, and should develop new methods or tools where appropriate. New approaches may also be needed for the preparation of mandatory public procurement criteria and for bans on the destruction of unsold consumer products. __________________ 56 Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 of 15 December 2021 on the use of the Environmental Footprint methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) In order to ensure consistency, performance requirements should complement the implementation of Union legislation on waste. While requirements for placing on the market packaging as a final product are laid down under European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC57 , this Regulation may complement that Directive by setting product-based requirements focussing on the packaging of specific products when placed on the market. Where relevant, such complementary requirements should contribute in particular to minimising the amount of packaging used, in turn contributing to the prevention of waste generation in the Union. However, in order to ensure a coherent approach to packaging durability, the Commission should ensure that any additional measures targeting packaging under this Regulation are compatible with the requirements taken into account in the revision of European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC. __________________ 57 European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10).

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) To improve environmental sustainability of products, information requirements should relate to a selected product parameter relevant to the product aspect, such as the product’s environmental footprint or its durability. The durability should also include the product's packaging, since both elements constitute the conditions for its recyclability. They may require manufacturer to make available information on the product’s performance in relation to a selected product parameter or other information that may influence the way the product is handled by parties other than the manufacturer in order to improve performance in relation to such a parameter. Such information requirements should be set either in addition to, or in place of, performance requirements on the same product parameter as appropriate. Where a delegated act includes information requirements, it should indicate the method for making the required information available, such as its inclusion on a free- access website, product passport or product label. Information requirements are necessary to lead to the behavioural change needed to ensure that the environmental sustainability objectives of this Regulation are achieved. For this reason, it is necessary to have comprehensive information covering the product material and its packaging. This allows access to information about the reusability of the packaging, its recyclability, as well as appropriate sorting instructions, while allowing the consumer to measure the real environmental impact of a product. By providing a solid basis for purchasers and public authorities to compare products on the basis of their environmental sustainability, information requirements are expected to drive consumers and public authorities towards more sustainable choices.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) To improve environmental sustainability of products, information requirements should relate to a selected product parameter relevant to the product aspect, such as the product’s environmental and carbon footprint or its durability. They may require manufacturer to make available information on the product’s performance in relation to a selected product parameter or other information that may influence the way the product is handled by parties other than the manufacturer in order to improve performance in relation to such a parameter. Such information requirements should be set either in addition to, or in place of, performance requirements on the same product parameter as appropriate. Where a delegated act includes information requirements, it should indicate the method for making the required information available, such as its inclusion on a free- access website, product passport or product label. Information requirements are necessary to lead to the behavioural change needed to ensure that the environmental sustainability objectives of this Regulation are achieved. By providing a solid basis for purchasers and public authorities to compare products on the basis of their environmental sustainability, information requirements are expected to drive consumers and public authorities towards more sustainable choices. It is important that relevant information, including information relating to the health, safety and rights of end-users, is always provided to the consumer prior to the purchase of the product.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Jan HUITEMA, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) To improve environmental sustainability of products, information requirements should relate to a selected product parameter relevant to the product aspect, such as the product’s environmental footprint or its durability. They may require manufacturer to make available information on the product’s performance in relation to a selected product parameter or other information that may influence the way the product is handled by parties other than the manufacturer in order to improve performance in relation to such a parameter. Such information requirements should be set either in addition to, or in place of, performance requirements on the same product parameter as appropriate. Where a delegated act includes information requirements, it should indicate the method for making the required information available and easily accessible, such as its inclusion on a free- access website, product passport or product label. Information requirements are necessary to lead to the behavioural change needed to ensure that the environmental sustainability objectives of this Regulation are achieved. By providing a solid basis for purchasers and public authorities to compare products on the basis of their environmental sustainability, information requirements are expected to drive consumers and public authorities towards more sustainable choices.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Information on the presence of substances of concern, microplastics, including nanoplastics, in products is a key element to identify and promote products that are sustainable. The chemical composition of products determines largely their functionalities and impacts, as well as the possibilities for their re-use or for recovery once they become waste. The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability64 calls for minimising the presence of substances of concern in products, and ensuring the availability of information on chemical content and safe use, by introducing information requirements and tracking the presence of substances of concern throughout the life cycle of materials and products. Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council65 and other existing chemicals legislation such as Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 already ensure communication on hazards to health or the environment posed by certain substances of concern on their own or in a mixture. Users of substances and mixtures should also be informed about pertinent sustainability- related information not primarily related to hazards to health or the environment. Furthermore, users of products other than substances or mixtures, and managers of waste from such products, should also receive sustainability-related information, including information primarily related to chemicals’ hazards to health or the environment. Therefore, this Regulation should allow for the setting of requirements related to the tracking and communication of sustainability information, including the presence of substances of concern in products throughout their life cycle, including with a view to their decontamination and recovery when they become waste. Similar approach should be applied for microplastics, including nanoplastics, which are solid plastic particles composed of mixtures of polymers and functional additives, which can be deliberately added to products during manufacturing process or formed, but when in the environment, the particles accumulate and do not biodegrade. Such a framework should aim to progressively cover these particles and all substances of concern in all products listed in working plans setting out the product groups the Commission intends to tackle. __________________ 64 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment COM(2020)667 final. 65 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ondřej KNOTEK, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Information on the presence of substances of concern in products is a key element to identify and promote products that are sustainable. The chemical composition of products determines largely their functionalities and impacts, as well as the possibilities for their re-use or for recovery once they become waste. The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability64 calls for minimising the presence of substances of concern in products, and ensuring the availability of information on chemical content and safe use, by introducing information requirements and tracking the presence of substances of concern throughout the life cycle of materials and products. Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council65 and other existing chemicals legislation such as Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 already ensure communication on hazards to health or the environment posed by certain substances of concern on their own or in a mixture. Users of substances and mixtures should also be informed about pertinent sustainability- related information not primarily related to hazards to health or the environment. Furthermore, users of products other than substances or mixtures, and managers of waste from such products, should also receive relevant sustainability-related information, including information primarily related to chemicals’ hazards to health or the environment. Therefore, this Regulation should allow for the setting of requirements related to the tracking and communication of sustainability information, including the presence of substances of concern in products throughout their life cycle, including with a view to their decontamination and recovery when they become waste. Such a framework should aim to progressively cover all substances of concern in all products listed in working plans setting out the product groups the Commission intends to tackle. __________________ 64 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment COM(2020)667 final. 65 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ondřej KNOTEK, Andreas GLÜCK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39

(39) To drive consumers towards more sustainable choices, labels should, when required by the delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation, provide clear and understandable information allowing for the effective comparison of products, for instance by indicating classes of performance. Specifically for consumers, physical labels can be an additional source of information at the place of sale. They can provide a quick visual basis for consumers to distinguish between products based on their performance in relation to a specific product parameter or set of product parameters. They should, where appropriate, also allow for the accessing of additional information by bearing specific references like website addresses, dynamic QR codes, links to online labels or any appropriate consumer-oriented means. The Commission should set out in the relevant delegated act the most effective way of displaying such labels, including in the case of online distance selling, taking into account the implications for customers and economic operators and the characteristics of the products concerned. The Commission may also require the label to be printed on the packaging of the product.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42

(42) To deliver in the most efficient way on the European Green Deal’s objectives and to address the most impactful products first, the Commission should carry out a prioritisation of products to be regulated under this Regulation and requirements that will apply to them. Based on the process followed for prioritisation under Directive 2009/125/EC, the Commission should adopt a working plan, covering at least 3 years, laying down a list of product groups for which it plans to adopt delegated acts as well as the product aspects for which it intends to adopt delegated acts of horizontal application. The working plan should be publicly available and include timeline for regulatory action. The Commission should base its prioritisation on a set of criteria pertaining in particular to the delegated acts’ ~~potential~~ contribution to the Union climate, environmental and energy objectives and their potential for improving the product aspects selected without disproportionate costs to the public and economic operators. Considering their importance for meeting the Union’s energy objectives, the working plans should include an adequate share of actions related to energy-related products and other products such as plastic materials and chemicals, which production is energy intensive and would benefit from early transition. Member States and stakeholders should also be consulted through the Ecodesign Forum. Due to the complementarities between this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 for energy-related products, the timelines for the working plan under this Regulation and the one provided for under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 should be aligned.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nils TORVALDS, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42

(42) To deliver in the most efficient way on the European Green Deal’s objectives and to address the most impactful products first, the Commission should carry out a prioritisation of products to be regulated under this Regulation and requirements that will apply to them. Based on the process followed for prioritisation under Directive 2009/125/EC, the Commission should adopt a working plan, covering at least 3 years, which should be publicly available and presented to the European Parliament. The working plan should lay~~ing~~ down a list of product groups for which ithe Commission plans to adopt delegated acts as well as the product aspects for which it intends to adopt delegated acts of horizontal application. The Commission should base its prioritisation on a set of criteria pertaining in particular to the delegated acts’ potential contribution to the Union climate, environmental and energy objectives and their potential for improving the product aspects selected without disproportionate costs to the public and economic operators. Considering their importance for meeting the Union’s energy objectives, the working plans should include an adequate share of actions related to energy-related products. Member States and stakeholders should also be consulted through the Ecodesign Forum. Due to the complementarities between this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 for energy-related products, the timelines for the working plan under this Regulation and the one provided for under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 should be aligned.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Erik POULSEN, Ondřej KNOTEK, Andreas GLÜCK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45

(45) Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could greatly benefit from an increase in the demand for sustainable products but could also face costs and difficulties with some of the requirements. The Member States and the Commission should, in their respective areas of responsibility, provide adequate information, ensure targeted and specialised training, and provide specific assistance and support~~, including financial,~~ to SMEs active in the manufacturing of products for which ecodesign requirements are set, including existing funding and financing tools. Those actions should, for example, cover the calculation of a scientifically robust and verifiable life-cycle based standard, such as the product environmental footprint, and the technical implementation of the product passport, and could facilitate SMEs' access to relevant digital tools, software and databases. Member States actions should be taken in respect of applicable State aid rules.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Jan HUITEMA, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45

(45) Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could greatly benefit from an increase in the demand for sustainable products but could also face costs and difficulties with some of the requirements. TIn order to ensure competitiveness of European SMEs, the Member States and the Commission should, in their respective areas of responsibility, provide adequate information, ensure targeted and specialised training, and provide specific assistance and support, including financial, to SMEs active in the manufacturing of products for which ecodesign requirements are set. Those actions should, for example, cover the calculation of the product environmental footprint and the technical implementation of the product passport. Member States actions should be taken in respect of applicable State aid rules.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Jan HUITEMA, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 86

(86) In order to incentivise consumers to make sustainable choices, in particular when the more sustainable products are not affordable enough, mechanisms such as eco-vouchers, which should be used to purchase only products and services respecting the environment, and green taxation should be provided for. When Member States decide to make use of incentives to reward the best-performing products among those for which classes of performance have been set by delegated acts pursuant to this Regulation, they should do so by targeting those incentives at the highest two populated classes of performance, unless otherwise indicated by the relevant delegated act. However, Member States should not be able to prohibit the placing on the market of a product based on its class of performance. For the same reason, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation by further specifying which product parameters or related levels of performance Member States’ incentives concern in case no class of performance is determined in the applicable delegated act or where classes of performance are established in relation to more than one product parameter. The introduction of Member State incentives should be without prejudice to the application of the Union State aid rules.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 87

(87) Public procurement amounts to 14% of the Union’s GDP. To contribute to the objective of reaching climate neutrality, improving energy and resource efficiency and transitioning to a circular economy that protects public health and biodiversity, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to require , where appropriate, contracting authorities and entities as defined in Directive 2014/24/EU78 and 2014/25/EU79 of the European Parliament and of the Council, to align their procurement with specific green public procurement criteria or targets, to be set out in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation. The criteria or targets set by delegated acts for specific product groups should be complied with not only when directly procuring those products in public supply contracts but also in public works or public services contracts where those products will be used for activities constituting the subject matter of those contracts. Compared to a voluntary approach, mandatory criteria or targets will ensure that the leverage of public spending to boost demand for better performing products is maximised in all Member States. The criteria should be transparent, objective and non- discriminatory. __________________ 78 Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65). 79 Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243).

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Ondřej KNOTEK, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

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

(g) product remanufacturing ~~and recycling~~;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD

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

(ga) product recycling;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Frédérique RIES, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Asger CHRISTENSEN

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

(ia) renewability of raw material content.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Pascal CANFIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE

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

(ia) product packaging's durability.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20 a (new)

(20a) 'premature obsolescence' means the making available on the market of a product with a feature of which its presence limits the product's foreseeable lifetime;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Ondřej KNOTEK, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20 b (new)

(20b) 'recyclability' means the ability of a product to be recycled when it reaches its end-of-life stage, by using recycling techniques commercially available within the EU;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20 c (new)

(20c) 'recycled content' means the incorporation of secondary raw materials, derived from recycling, into intermediate or finished products;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Frédérique RIES, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 a (new)

(21a) 'renewability' means the ability of a natural resource to recover over time;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Erik POULSEN, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23

(23) ‘environmental footprint’ means a quantification of a product’s environmental impacts, whether in relation to a single environmental impact category or an aggregated set of impact categories based on scientifically robust and verifiable lifecycle-based standards, such as the Product Environmental Footprint method;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point a

(a) meets the criteria laid down in Article 57 ~~and~~or is identified in accordance with Article 59(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006; or

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point b – indent 9 a (new)

— restricted substances listed in Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and substances regulated or restricted under specific sectorial and product legislation such as Directive 2009/48/EC or Directive 2011/65/EU;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point b – indent 9 b (new)

— substances falling under the scope of Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants and Regulation (EU) No 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 37

(37) ‘unsold consumer product’ means any consumer product fit for consumption that has not been sold to or that has been returned by a consumer in view of their right of withdrawal in accordance with Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2011/83/EU;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2

In addition, the definitions of ‘packaging’ and ‘packaging waste’ in Article 3 points (1) and (20) of Regulation No 2022/0396(COD)82a, and the definitions of ‘waste’, ‘hazardous waste’, ‘re-use’, ‘recovery’, ‘preparing for re-use’ and ‘recycling’ in Article 3, points (1), (2), (13), (15), (16) and (17), of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council83 shall apply. __________________ 82a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC 83 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g

(g) presence of substances of concern, including microplastics and nanoplastics;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Ondřej KNOTEK, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k

(k) possibility of remanufacturing ~~and recycling~~;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)

(ka) possibility of recycling;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)

(na) renewability of raw material content.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Pascal CANFIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)

(na) Product packaging's durability

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

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

(i) Union climate, environmental and energy efficiency priorities with the view to reach the European Green Deal´s goals, and other related Union priorities;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ondřej KNOTEK, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

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

(ii) relevant Union legislation, including the extent to which it addresses the relevant product aspects listed in paragraph 1, with a view to ensure harmonisation and avoid conflicting or duplicating requirements in relation to existing legislation;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

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

(ii) relevant Union legislation, including the extent to which it addresses the relevant product aspects listed in paragraph 1, and the Do No Significant Harm principle, within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ondřej KNOTEK, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

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

(va) the outcomes of relevant consultations, including the views expressed in the Ecodesign Forum.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ondřej KNOTEK, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point d

(d) there shall be no disproportionate negative impact on the competitiveness of economic actors, ~~at least of~~in particular for SMEs;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Catherine CHABAUD, Pascal CANFIN, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE

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

(iiia) Information on the durability of product packaging, to provide information on the entire value chain from manufacturers to recyclers, while providing consumers with information on the environmental impact of packaging, its material and its use.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nils TORVALDS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Jan HUITEMA, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point d

(d) relevant instructions for the safe use and disposal of the product;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nils TORVALDS, Ondřej KNOTEK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point g

(g) the actors that may introduce or update the information in the product passport, including where needed the creation of a new product passport, and what information they may introduce or update, including manufacturers, repairers, refurbishers, maintenance professionals, remanufacturers, recyclers, competent national authorities, and the Commission, or any organisation acting on their behalf;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Jan HUITEMA, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a

(a) ensure that actors along the value chain, in particular consumers, economic operators and competent national authorities, can easily access product information relevant to them;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Ondřej KNOTEK, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)

(fa) where relevant, it shall rely on existing EU databases, such as the SCIP and EPREL databases.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) product passports shall be fully interoperable with existing product databases, such as the SCIP and EPREL databases;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Jan HUITEMA, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) consumers, economic operators and other relevant actors shall have free and easy access to the product passport based on their respective access rights set out in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Andreas GLÜCK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4

4. When establishing the information requirements referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall, where appropriate, require the label to include data carriers, as well as tools to support producers, manufacturers, consumers in their circular economy approach to reach minimum environmental impacts, such as European certified Ecolabel, or other means to allow customers to access additional information on the product, including means allowing access to the product passport referred to in Article 8.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

The Commission shall adopt a~~nd regularly update a working plan, covering a period of at least 3 years, setting~~ working plan and make it publicly available, as well as all relevant preparatory documents. The working plan shall set out a list of product groups for which it intends to establish ecodesign requirements in accordance with this Regulation. That list shall include products aspects referred to in Article 5(1) for which the Commission intends to adopt horizontal ecodesign requirements established pursuant to Article 5(2), second subparagraph. The working plan shall cover a period of at least 3 years, and shall be regularly updated.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

The Commission shall present the draft working plan to the European Parliament before its adoption.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 b (new)

For the period 2024-2027, the Commission shall consider prioritising product groups based on their potential contribution to achieving the Union's climate, environmental, resource security and energy efficiency objectives.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

The Commission shall ensure that when it conducts its activities, it observes a balanced participation of Member States’ representatives and all interested parties involved with the product or product group in question, such as industry, including SMEs and craft industry, trade unions, traders, retailers, importers, environmental protection groups and consumer organisations. These parties shall contribute in particular to preparing ecodesign requirements, developing appropriate testing, measurement and verification procedures, examining the effectiveness of the established market surveillance mechanisms ands well as assessing self-regulation measures and working plans.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Nils TORVALDS, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2

To that end, the Commission shall establish an expert group, in which those parties shall meet, referred to as the ‘Ecodesign Forum’. The Commission shall: (a) notify all relevant stakeholders at least 30 days before a consultation of the Ecodesign Forum takes place; (b) timely report conclusions from Ecodesign Forum consultations to all relevant stakeholders; (c) publish minutes of its meetings, as well as other relevant documents, on a designated website.

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Jan HUITEMA, Karin KARLSBRO, Frédérique RIES, Andreas GLÜCK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a

(a) health, hygiene and safety concerns;

2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI

2022/0095(COD)

Martin HOJSÍK, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Max ORVILLE, Frédérique RIES, Michal WIEZIK, Catherine CHABAUD, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point n

(n) microplastic release, including in its nano form;

2023/01/23
Committee: ENVI

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Udo BULLMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the already significant SDG financing gap and caused an overall decline in resources of USD 700 billion, and, at the same time, an increase in needs of USD 1 trillion, causing a scissor effect, so that the pre-pandemic SDG annual funding gap in developing countries of USD 2.5 trillion is expected to increase by 70 % post-COVID-19, to USD 4.2 trillion (EUR 3.7 trillion)6 ; _________________ 6 OECD report of 10 December 2020 entitled ‘Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2021: A New Way to Invest for People and Planet’.

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Udo BULLMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the entry into force of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe, with an overall budget of EUR 79,5 billion, constitutes a historic change in EU external and development policies, leading to the rationalisation and consolidation of EU development spending, and giving new impetus to greater cooperation between European development actors;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+), established under the NDICI-Global Europe instrument, provides funding for blending and budgetary guarantee operations, to be implemented by eligible partners in an open and collaborative approach and fully in line with EU policies standards, rules and procedures;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

A c. whereas Russia’s war in Ukraine has drastically exacerbated the situation of SDGs in Ukraine and its neighbouring countries; whereas the current Russian aggression in Ukraine will impact the worldwide implementation of the SDGs, especially concerning the fight against poverty and hunger, which raise the risks of growing civil unrest, conflicts and irregular migration; whereas the humanitarian consequences caused by the criminal act of Putin’s war significantly deviate the already scarce resources of development aid; whereas the long term consequences of this war are yet unknown.

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Udo BULLMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas leadership and efforts from the EU alone to achieve achieving the SDGs and the goals of the Paris Agreement and addressing other acute global challenges are~~quires~~ not sufficient, and hence joint engagement at international level is required;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Udo BULLMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, for the actual achievement of the SDGs and overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, policy coherence and close cooperation between all official development finance institutions, their government shareholders and all existing partners is urgently needed to ensure that scarce public money is used in the most effective and efficient way; whereas the successful mobilisation of further capital, both private and public, in addition to official development assistance (ODA) and other existing forms of development finance, is critical;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Udo BULLMANN

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas the EU Institutions and the 27 EU Member States together constitute the largest donor for developing countries, responsible for approximately 46% of the total ODA provided by all OECD ODA members to developing countries; whereas the major shortfall in SDG financing and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been devastating across the developing world, demands an extraordinary sustained response from all EU actors and a system- wide review of the European Financial Architecture for Development (EFAD);

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, György HÖLVÉNYI, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the establishment of the Team Europe approach as the global EU response to COVID-19 could help to establish a single strategic coordination framework for the EU’s external response to the pandemic~~, in support of partner countries~~ and other major disasters, such as Russia’s war in Ukraine, in support of partner countries; whereas this approach is a promising process in enabling further cooperation between the EU institutions, the Member States and European bilateral and multilateral development finance institutions, the EIB and the EBRD, continuously increasing the EU’s collective effectiveness and visibility;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas EU companies and financing institutions operating in developing countries during the last decade have increasingly faced unfair competition from global players that operate outside the multilateral development finance system which provides for an international sets of rules and regulations, such as specific requirements for ODA, officially supported credits, sustainable lending and debt sustainability, prohibited export subsidies, or international standards to combat bribery and corruption;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)

Emphasises that the EFAD should provide for an efficient, effective, coherent and inclusive architecture, underpinned by the policy first principle as the backbone of the EFAD structure, and in line with the strategic interests and values of the EU;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Udo BULLMANN

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)

Insists that all implementing partners who are part of the EFAD and access EU budget funds under the EFSD+ apply the full range of EU social, human rights, procurement, transparency, and environment standards, policies and procedures; calls on the European Commission to assess, monitor and report back on the adherence to these EU rules;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Udo BULLMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the policy-first-driven European financial architecture for development (EFAD) should be guided by the principles and objectives set out in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and that it contributes to achieving the SDGs;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Udo BULLMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Recalls that the EU’s political engagement should be embodied in its multiannual financial framework and fully reflected in its European Financial Architecture for Development;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. sStrongly insists that EFAD ~~must~~ strengthen the strategic partnerships between the European Union and its global development partners, notably the African Union; reiterates that such partnerships should always be based on mutual respect and dignity, shared interests and values, particularly human rights, gender equality, environmental, social and climate responsibility, health and security, in order to respond jointly to global challenges and achieve sustainable results for peace and stability in the long term; stresses in this regard the multidimensional influence of and support to Putin’s regime in and by the African continent and calls on the EU and its Member States to carefully assess these cases when building on the existing and new partnerships;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the undeniable interconnection between development and security and recalls that, without peace and security, development and poverty eradication are not possible, while without development and poverty eradication neither sustainable peace, nor human nor state security can occur; highlights the role that development plays in preventing conflicts, ensuring durable exits from conflicts and bolstering crisis management; insists on the importance of further developing a well-tailored development- security nexus to address the complexities of modern crises and violent situations;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises the role of a collective, coherent EU approach, politically savvy and tailored to the specificities of the partner country, which could be effective in helping to foster the expansion of social protection systems in developing countries and would help bridge the gap between security and development, with social protection being one of the foundations of the social contract and the way to enhance resilience;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, György HÖLVÉNYI, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that consistency across all EU financing instruments, initiatives and strategies, notably the new NDICI- Global Europe instrument, Team Europe initiative and the new Global Gateway strategy, is crucial in order to maximise the EU’s global response to sustainable growth, development and peace;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, György HÖLVÉNYI, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Believes that the EFAD should improve the EU’s visibility and the impact of its development finance in the world, in order to ensure that the EU’s perceived role in the world matches the magnitude of its support;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Stresses that eradication of poverty (SDG1), climate action (SDG 13), good health and well-being (SDG 3), with a particular focus on the most marginalised groups and leaving no-one behind are especially acute challenges in today’s world;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. iIs alarmed at how the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the long-standing structural drivers of health inequalities; believes, therefore, that the EFAD should particularly promote investments in healthcare and healthcare services, also in research and development of new health technologies;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls for exploring the possibility of creating a platform for sharing innovation, knowledge and expertise, supporting multi-stakeholder partnerships, fostering public-private dialogue, and exploring innovative business solutions to accelerate sustainable development;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~believes~~Underlines that developing and, even more so, developed countries have a shared responsibility to achieve the SDGs; points out, therefore, that EFAD and the long- awaited EU SDG strategy must reflect and facilitate a coordinated and coherent set of internal and external EU policies and commitments, including through the full set of already existing development policy tools; regrets, in that context, that the Commission has not yet developed an integrated and holistic SDG implementation strategy;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recognises the need to enhance and improve the institutional set-up, reduce heavy bureaucratic coordination and strengthen institutional flexibility, in order to maximise EFAD’s potential, thus increasing development impact;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Udo BULLMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is concerned that key features of the Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD) principle are systematically missing in regulatory initiatives of the EU; insists that mechanisms for ensuring policy coherence for sustainable development must be enshrined in EFAD and used more systematically and efficiently by all relevant EU institutions and all Member States, including at the highest political level;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. DAcknowledges the Commission’s efforts for better regulation with the aim of creating long-term sustainable investments which promote health and the well-being of people and planet and protecting human rights; demands that EFAD be consistent with future EU due diligence and corporate responsibility legislation and that it adhere to the highest standards of transparency and accountability;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, György HÖLVÉNYI, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. BNotes that the Team Europe approach emerged as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic; believes that the Team Europe approach should play a key role in further improving strategic cooperation and global coordination and the coherence and effectiveness of development efforts, especially at partner- country level , and believes that it has the potential to further identify key issues that need to be solved, notably stronger policy direction and focus, and stronger mechanisms for communication and visibility;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, György HÖLVÉNYI, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Insists that the EFAD should enable inclusiveness and the participation of all interested development finance institutions, including smaller and medium-sized partners;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to put forward a powerful EU policy direction and to further align the EU development financial institutions’ activities within the new open architecture in order to achieve EU development policy objectives; is of the opinion that the programming process must fully cover the use of EU budgetary guarantees, notably the European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD +) ;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to ensure that EFAD pursues the goal of restoring the multilateral development finance system in order to help put an end to the unsustainable lending practices of some countries operating outside that system which not only threaten the level playing field for the EU and other compliant countries, but also dramatically increase the already high external debt of many developing countries which were made even more vulnerable as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic; highlights in that light that the war in Ukraine further worsens the debt burden in many developing countries;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. cConsiders EU taxonomy to be an important tool for achieving the SDGs and the objectives of the Paris Agreement; calls on the Commission to further develop the EU taxonomy, elaborating on the six environmental objectives established in the Taxonomy Regulation and enacting further delegated acts to that effect; strongly believes that it is imperative that development finance institutions both at EU and Member State level, and private actors active in development, base their activities, in particular also in developing countries, on the new EU taxonomy regime;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. rReaffirms the European Investment Bank’s specific role – which is set out in Article 209 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in Article 36 of the ‘Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe’ – as the EU’s financial arm with a global reach, delivering EU investments and partnering with the European Commission in implementing the Global Gateway;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Welcomes the setting-up of EIB Global, a dedicated development branch within the EIB Group, which has been operational since 1 January 2022, hopes that this new branch will enable the EIB to enhance its local presence and become more involved and be more effective in financing for development at country level ;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Encourages the EIB and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to further reinforce their complementarity and their business models through greater mutual reliance initiatives, as the needs are greater than their joint resources and they can easily divide their work along different trajectories;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, György HÖLVÉNYI, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Encourages the EIB, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European development banks and financial institutions to strengthen their cooperation, drawing on their respective financial expertise, added value and resources ;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the EIB to work more closely with the African Development Bank to finance long-term investments that foster sustainable development, building on cooperation to date;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Recognises the importance and potential of Member State development banks within the EFAD structure; stresses the pressing need to boost private sector development in sub-Saharan Africa and the difficulties encountered in serving this area of development cooperation;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to report annually on Team Europe initiatives evaluating the resources mobilised, development planning and impact, harmonisation and application of EU standards, the EU integration perspective and Member States’ involvement ;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Reiterates that institutional control and scrutiny of EU funding fosters democratic debate and helps to boost the credibility of the EU; calls for obligations ensuring appropriate visibility of the implementation of EFAD and calls on the Commission to take action in an appropriate and timely manner where those obligations are not met;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. iInsists that the Member States honour their commitment to spend 0.7 % of their gross national income on ODA; is alarmed that, in 2020, official development assistance from advanced economies was on average just 0.32% of their gross national income – less than half of the 0.7% commitment 1a , whilst the impact of the war in Ukraine on government spending around the globe will put further pressure on aid budgets which are already low; underlines the important role of ODA as a catalyst for change and a lever for the mobilisation of other resources; stresses the importance of the EU’s commitment to mobilise resources for climate action and the EIB’s role in making progress in this area as well as to help meet climate targets, eradicate poverty and increase healthcare;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a. Stresses the need for crowding in private capital in order to help tackling the existing 2.5 trillion dollars gap identified for meeting the SDGs by 2030, and in order to finance investments in the most vulnerable regions and LDCs, where needs are the greatest;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, György HÖLVÉNYI, Catherine CHABAUD, Udo BULLMANN, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27 b. Recognises the role of local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives, inclusive business models and research institutes as engines of growth, employment and local innovation, which will in turn contribute to the achievement of the SDGs;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2252(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Takes note of the two-pillar solution for addressing the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation and globalisation of the economy, as agreed by the members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting; calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure that the agreed global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% for Multinational Enterprises is effectively applied; underlines that this minimum tax is estimated to generate around USD 150 billion in additional global tax revenues annually;

2022/05/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to turn to the outermost regions (ORs) and overseas countries and territories (OCTs) in order to strengthen relations and implement cooperation projects with OACPS member countries; calls for OR and OCT involvement in the regional cooperation processes and dialogue mechanisms provided for in the Samoa Agreement to be encouraged;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Stresses the urgency of tackling global environmental challenges and of focusing on the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change especially by strengthening cooperation on resilience in the face of natural disasters and adaptation to climate change;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the EU and OACPS member countries to support cooperation projects designed to address shared challenges; highlights in particular the Great Green Wall project in Africa and the Blue Belt initiative for a global network for cooperation on protected marine areas and ocean governance;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Welcomes the recognition by both parties of the essential role of the ocean for life on earth, sustainable development and food security, and their commitment to promote a blue economy and a systemic, integrated and ambitious international ocean governance, notably in the context of ongoing global negotiations;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19 b. Insists on the importance of stepping up cooperation between the EU and OACPS countries on key growing challenges related to seabed mining, marine pollution (microplastics, pollution from military munitions at sea etc.), illegal fishing, the transition towards a more sustainable management of fisheries resources and the decarbonisation of maritime transport;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Barry ANDREWS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Welcomes the provisions on global alliances and international cooperation included in the new agreement, with commitments to the rules-based international order and to promoting international dialogue and seeking multilateral solutions to drive global action forward; calls on the EU and OACPS member countries to back the roadmap for the Paris Pact for People and the Planet, in particular in the fight against poverty and regarding climate change adaptation;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the lack of adequate national regulations and strategies, ~~as well as~~ the lack of trained professionals, of funding, of the necessary infrastructure and of proper equipment ~~and facilities,~~, facilities and learning materials, as well as the lack of stability and security are barriers to quality education in several developing countries;

2022/01/21
Committee: DEVE

2021/2209(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Barry ANDREWS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the existing vulnerabilities in social services in ~~Africa~~developing countries, in particular in the field of education;

2022/01/21
Committee: DEVE

2021/2209(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Barry ANDREWS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges that education is a cross-cutting issue relevant to all dimensions of sustainable development; points out that education is also a tool to empower young people and to support sustainable economic growth in ~~Africa,~~developing countries and that in the long term, it indirectly paves the way to help eradicating poverty;

2022/01/21
Committee: DEVE

2021/2209(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Barry ANDREWS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that access to quality education for all must be ensured regardless of socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, cultural background, religion and the rural- urban divide; notes the particular importance of supporting girls in accessing quality education and of addressing the issue of girls dropping out of school at an early stage;

2022/01/21
Committee: DEVE

2021/2209(INI)

Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Barry ANDREWS, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that in the context of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, particular efforts must be undertaken to invest in well-trained teachers and education infrastructure in order to equip children with skills which are relevant to the job market;

2022/01/21
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission's communication "EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III – An ambitious agenda for gender equality and women's empowerment in EU external action" of 25 November 2020,

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 b (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 23 March 2022 entitled ‘Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems’ (COM(2022)0133),

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 c (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 24 March 2022 on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Barry ANDREWS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital 10 a (new)

— having regard to The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO1a), _________________ 1a FAO, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020, https://www.fao.org/3/ca9231en/CA9231E N.pdf

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Barry ANDREWS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital 10 b (new)

— having regard to the sustainable fisheries partnership agreements between the EU and third countries,

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Barry ANDREWS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital 23 a (new)

— having regard to the June 2020 report by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)1b, which highlights the link between combating climate change and conserving biodiversity, _________________ 1b IPBES-IPCC Co-Sponsored Workshop, Biodiversity and Climate Change, Workshop Report

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Barry ANDREWS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital 23 b (new)

— having regard to the Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC1 c, published in February 2022, which warns, in particular, about the negative impact of climate change on biodiversity, _________________ 1c Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2022, Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 d (new)

— having regard to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s report "Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" of 27 February 2022,

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas ~~addressing food and nutrition security requires not only more funding but also decisive political focus and efforts;~~ food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life1a; whereas addressing food and nutrition security requires not only more funding but also decisive political focus and efforts; _________________ 1a Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the severity and magnitude of food crises has risen since 2020, with 161 million people severely food insecure in 2021 and in need of urgent food assistance12 ; whereas the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises reported the highest number of acutely food insecure people worldwide on record; _________________ 12 Global Report on Food Crises 2021, September update.

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

K c. whereas the illegal, unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine by Russia is putting additional pressure on ongoing food crises and food security in the world, pushing international food and feed prices well above their already elevated levels; whereas both countries are key suppliers of wheat to many countries in the world; whereas, according to FAO, nearly 50 countries depend on Russia and Ukraine for at least 30 percent of their wheat import needs and of these, 26 countries source over 50 percent on their wheat imports from both countries;

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)

Kd. whereas the World Food Programme was buying nearly half of its global wheat supplies from Ukraine; whereas the World Food Programme has pointed out that current food crises in countries such as Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Syria and Yemen will be the most affected by this situation due to their dependency on wheat;

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas food insecurity is closely linked to difficulties accessing water; whereas more than 2 billion people do not have direct, safe access to drinking water, according to the United Nations World Water Development Report 2021: Valuing Water;

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Barry ANDREWS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the survival of more than 10% of the global population depends on fisheries and aquaculture1d, and whereas, according to the UN, more than 3 billion people depend on the oceans for their main sources of protein; _________________ 1d FAO, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020, https://www.fao.org/3/ca9231en/CA9231E N.pdf

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

~~E. whereas chronic poverty and high and persistent levels of inequality are the underlying causes of food insecurity and malnutrition;~~deleted

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

Stéphane BIJOUX, Catherine CHABAUD, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas chronic poverty and high and persistent levels of inequality together with more frequent natural disasters, linked to climate change in particular, are the underlying causes of food insecurity and malnutrition;

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)

Jd. whereas climate change including increases in frequency and intensity of extremes have reduced food and water security, hindering efforts to meet the Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals;

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas building the resilience of biodiversity and supporting ecosystem integrity can maintain benefits for people, including livelihoods, human health and well-being and the provision of food;

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

J. whereas women play key roles in feeding the world as farmers, caregivers and producers, but have unequal access to food, resources, services and assets; whereas women assume 75% of unpaid care and domestic work, and women in rural communities and low-income countries spend up to 14 hours a day on care work;

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Barry ANDREWS, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas women and local communities play key roles in feeding the world as farmers, caregivers and producers, but have unequal access to food, resources, services and assets;

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)

J c. whereas closing the gender gap among women and men farmers could increase agricultural output by 2.5 to 4% in the poorest regions and decrease global hunger by 17%;

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2021/2208(INI)

María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Catherine CHABAUD, Stéphane BIJOUX, Iskra MIHAYLOVA

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. whereas women constitute 43% of the agricultural labour force in partner countries, with this percentage rising to 50% or more in some countries of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, women only represent less than 20% of ag-ricultural landholders;

2022/04/04
Committee: DEVE

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses the fundamental role of Advisory Councils (ACs) for stakeholder consultations; considers that their role is crucial in ensuring adequate and fair participation by stakeholders in the EU decision-making process; calls on the Commission to draw up a procedure to give ACs a better understanding of the results of their recommendations, for example by putting in place an annual evaluation indicating how their recommendations have been incorporated into EU legislation;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD

28. Considers that co-management with the ACs must be developed to foster a bottom-up approach; emphasises that co- management has also proven to be highly successful in the management of marine protected areas; stresses that the Commission must ensure that regional stakeholders and ACs play a greater role in the negotiations and consultations with third countries, especially the United Kingdom and Norway; points out that the Commission is responsible for organising the negotiations with third countries in such a way as to allow for direct interactions and exchanges between stakeholders on both sides;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Considers that co-management with the ACs must be developed to foster a bottom-up approach; welcomes the Commission's proposal announced in its Communication on The common fisheries policy today and tomorrow1ato conduct between spring 2023 and summer 2024 an EU-wide participatory foresight project on "Fisheries of the Future" based on interviews on the ground; _________________ 1a Communication of the European Commission of 21 February 2023 on The common fisheries policy today and tomorrow: a Fisheries and Oceans Pact towards sustainable, science-based, innovative and inclusive fisheries management (COM(2023) 103 final).

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls on the Commission to base all its political and legislative initiatives (including implementing acts that set restrictions on fisheries) on scientific, technical and economic advice (including fishers’ experience) and on prior impact assessments; calls on the EU to progressively ban the use of detrimental techniques, in particular mobile bottom fishing, in marine areas that were, after a scientific assessment, designated as marine protected areas (MPAs); recalls that the phasing out of mobile bottom fishing in MPAs is an unavoidable step to achieve the EU Biodiversity Strategy's objective of protecting 30% of the EU's seas; calls for the EMFAF to provide effective support for the transition to more selective and less damaging fishing techniques for EU fishing fleets, and in particular to support fishermen impacted the most by the ban; encourages the Commission to promote the scientific concept of "pêchécologie" ("fishecology") which aims to reconcile conservation measures and sustainable use of living resources of the seas;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Commission to systematically inform the European Parliament about these requests, in particular the way in which they contribute to the objectives of the CFP;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Calls on the Commission to propose a general framework for the negotiating mandates for participation in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs);

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Stresses the need to ensure that fisheries and aquaculture are given fair place in comparison with other sectors in policy design and in spatial planning; recalls the need to seek cooperation with other maritime activities in order to avoid conflicts and foster synergies, in particular with marine energy infrastructures, as promoted in the Directive on maritime spatial planning2a; _________________ 2a Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning.

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Stresses the need to ensure that fisheries and aquaculture are given fair place in comparison with other sectors in policy design and in spatial planning; points out that this requires broad and inclusive stakeholder participation;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Underlines that it is important to align the fisheries and environmental polic~~y must be aligned, but that environmental objectives cannot prevail over the CFP objectives~~ies in order to achieve the objectives of the CFP and the three pillars of sustainable development, in other words the environment, the economy and society;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

~~35.~~ Calls on the Commission to ~~35.~~ promote the CFP as a policy model for ocean governance and to defend the EU fishing sector’s interests in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements, and more generally in international forums; calls on the Commission to monitor the proper redistribution of the EU's financial contributions, ensuring that all of these contributions are allocated to the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, to the better integration of young people and women in these sectors, to the restoration of nature and to the improvement of knowledge about the state of the climate and the marine environment.

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Calls on the Commission to promote the CFP as a policy model for ocean governance and to ~~defend~~use the EU ~~fishing sector’s interests~~'s position in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations, free trade agreements and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements, and more generally in international forums, as the main tool for promoting the CFP as a policy model; stresses that that will be essential to ensure fair competition for EU operators and to defend the interests of the EU's fisheries sector on a global level;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Considers that imported seafood products must be subject to high environmental and social standards, similar to those applied in the EU; points out that it is essential to have a traceability system for food imported into the Union in order to meet consumers' expectations through information with a view to improving food safety and allowing checks on third- country imports, alongside measures to reduce IUU fishing; calls for a more harmonised approach within the Union;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Underlines the importance of the EU's zero-tolerance policy regarding IUU fishing and regrets that unauthorised seafood continues to be sold on a number of EU markets; points out that the Commission and the Member States must redouble their efforts to tackle IUU fishing and ensure that seafood consumption in the EU does not contribute to it; considers that the existing measures to reduce IUU fishing are inadequate; calls on the Commission to strengthen the EFCA's mandate to reduce IUU fishing in EU and non-EU waters; calls for the free trade agreements with the countries concerned to include a section on tackling IUU fishing;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Considers that the implementation of the CFP does not sufficiently address the specific needs of the outermost regions; calls on the Commission to address this situation and, if necessary, to make the adjustments needed;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2169(INI)

Pierre KARLESKIND, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Catherine CHABAUD, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)

40a. Underlines the importance of carrying out robust studies to assess the stocks of fish caught in outermost waters;

2023/03/15
Committee: PECH

2021/2166(INI)

Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights the EU’s obligation to incorporate the development cooperation objectives into any internal or external policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries, as set out in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; recalls that many Union policies with a more domestic dimension can not only contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), ~~and therefore achieving coherence~~but also often still leave a very high total ecological footprint in the developing countries; insists therefore that the 2030 Agenda and its sustainable development goals must further catalyse a coordinated approach between the EU’s internal and external action and its other policies; reiterates thus that creating sufficient synergies across all Union policies is crucial to achieving the SDGs worldwide;

2022/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2021/2166(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Highlights the EU’s obligation to incorporate the development cooperation objectives into any policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries, as set out in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; recalls that many Union policies with a more domestic dimension contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and therefore achieving coherence across all Union policies is crucial to achieving the SDGs worldwide; recalls that adaptation action should be put in place to support the resilience of both terrestrial and marine ecosystems; insists on the importance for the EU strategy in developing countries to be designed in order to anticipate the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss;

2022/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2021/2166(INI)

Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly believes that the Union’s better regulation system iscan be a valuable instrument in the implementation of this legal obligation, as long as the tools that the system proposes are used appropriately ~~and~~ to their maximum potential~~; welcomes the new versions of the better~~, in order to generate incentives for policy-making, which adequately address the global challenges in regulation ~~guidelines and the better regulation toolbox; believes that tool number 35 in particular contains the necessary elem~~to climate change, green and digital transformation, economic development, social justice, human rights, gender equality, etc., and which enable the minimisation of obstacles, burdents ~~to guide the performance of impact analyses in developing countries and expects that this tool will be used extensively~~or ambiguities in the application of those policy objectives; welcomes the new versions of the better regulation guidelines and the better regulation toolbox;

2022/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2021/2166(INI)

Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission to devise and promote concrete propositions for measures supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in their adaptation to the new regulatory framework, notably related to the achievement of the principles of Policy Coherence for Development, targets of Paris agreement, Sustainable Development goals and Agenda 2030;

2022/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2021/2166(INI)

Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to improving the analysis and reporting of the impact of proposals, ~~in particular on developing countries and with regard to achieving the SDGs~~acknowledging the paramount importance of quality assessments, which could identify gaps, needs, opportunities and help discover existing risks and trends, could contribute to defining policy priorities and devising long-term perspective strategic planning, in particular on developing countries and with regard to achieving the SDGs; recalls on the Union’s commitment to be a global frontrunner in implementing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, together with its Member States and their local and regional authorities, and in close cooperation with its international partners; regrets that the Commission has not yet developed an integrated and holistic SDG implementation strategy;

2022/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2021/2166(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Charles GOERENS, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to improving the analysis and reporting of the impact of proposals, in particular on developing countries and with regard to achieving the SDGs; recalls that the EU must raise its visibility in developing countries, notably with the growing presence of its geopolitical competitors in African countries, through efficient communication on its cooperation and spending programmes; such as Sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs);

2022/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2021/2166(INI)

Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates the importance of policy coherence for development (PCD) in relation to external EU policy affecting developing countries; ~~welcomes any~~is alarmed that the revised Better Regulation guidelines and toolbox presented by the European Commission in November 2021 do not mention policy coherence for development even once, only a "toolbox" that accompanies these guidelines includes a tool 35 for PCD; is concerned that the key provisions on the PCD were ignored in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) impact assessment and, much more seriously still, in the Commission's proposal for CBAM regulation; insists that mechanisms for ensuring policy coherence for sustainable development must be used more systematically and efficiently by all relevant EU institutions and all Member States, including at the highest political level; calls for the initiatives that make the EU’s approach more consistent in this regard. ;

2022/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2021/2166(INI)

Catherine CHABAUD, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates the importance of ~~policy~~ensuring efficiency and dynamism of policy-making at the EU level, as well as coherence in ~~relation to~~ external EU policy affecting developing countries; welcomes any initiatives that make the EU’s approach more consistent in this regard.

2022/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2021/2166(INI)

Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Reminds that the EU’s political engagement should be reflected in its multiannual financial framework and through its new European Financial Architecture for Development; underlines the crucial role of coherence across the Union financing instruments, initiatives and strategies, such like Global Europe instrument, Team Europe initiative, Global Gateway strategy etc.- in order to achieve EU’s global response and commitment towards sustainable growth and development.

2022/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas Policy Coherence for Development is recognized within the institutions and within multilateral frameworks as a tool with which to achieve sustainable development and legitimacy of external action and policy creation, through the achievement of concrete goals in all policy related sectors;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas a lack of a clear definition of PCD in policy creation undermines the creation of concrete goals, achievements and agenda-setting and its translation into reality; whereas this can lead to negative effects of PCD;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas despite the obvious F. relevance of PCD for important EU initiatives such as the European Green Deal, trade policy, global and EU corporate taxation standards, or corporate sustainability due diligence, ~~ironically PCD’s~~there is a distinct lack of visibility onf the E~~uropean agenda has decreased in~~ U's efforts in PCD, its results and its usefulness, throughout the EU and in partner countries in partnership agreements; whereas this has the potential to undermine the EU's efforts in development cooperation, both from within the EU and from non EU countries; whereas this undermines the support for the standards set out in Policy Coherence~~nt year~~ for Development in new partnership agreements with third countries;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas EU delegations and EU Member States' diplomatic missions play a key role in ensuring PCD in partner countries; whereas there is, however, no clear approach towards applying PCD through EU delegations and EU Member States' diplomatic missions in partner countries;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

F b. whereas individual approaches to PCD and sector specific partnership agreements can undermine the effectiveness of PCD;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas a lack of accountability reports within the EU Commission and the Council, without follow-up action on conclusions and recommendations of previous reports undermines the credibility of the actions of the EU in development cooperation; whereas there is a lack of willingness on the part of the Council to raise PCD as a priority;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. whereas a 2018 external evaluation report for the Commission concluded that there was no clear evidence of the effectiveness of PCD; whereas this has since not been addressed by the European Commission or Council;1a whereas the Council no longer holds regular exchanges with the Commission on Policy Coherence for Development; _________________ 1a 'External Evaluation of the European Union's Policy Coherence for Development (2009-2016), Final Report - Volume 1: Main Report', Evaluation carried out on behalf of the European Commission, July 2018 (C. Nunez-Borja, E. Baudelet, and T. Picarello), and O. Horký-Hluchan, and C Burry, 'Ensuring Transparent and Impactful Policy Coherence for Development', Report prepared by the European Parliament's Policy Department for External Policies, n.d.

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas, as co-legislator and a contributor to policy-making, Parliament bears much of the responsibility for the EU’s implementation of PCD; whereas its Committee on Development (DEVE) plays a key role in this through opinions to other committees; whereas for PCD to work properly a ‘whole-of-Parliament’ approach is needed, with active contributions from all parliamentary committees involved in different policies, which has so far rarely been the case; whereas there is a need for a strengthened coordination on PCD between the committees in the EP;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the private sector plays an integral part in development cooperation, most notably through private and blended funding;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Commission to work closely with the OECD and Member States to establish a common approach to the implementation and respect of PCD, also with regards to developing countries; Calls on the Commission to partake in the exchange of best practices with developing countries on PCD so as to establish good governance and a more coherent multilateral approach to the achievement of the SDGs;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for a communication that clarifies the definition and role of PCD in the context of the SDGs and is accompanied by an action plan on PCD with a clear methodology and concrete quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure the implementation of PCD by the EU and Member States and ensure accountability by including this in a new framework for monitoring and coordination of development policies across the EU; calls for this communication to be published b~~efore~~y the en23rd of ~~the current Commission’s mandate~~June 2023;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that PCD needs to remain a key part of the EU’s foreign policy and calls for it to be given more visibility and for the EU to play a leading role in promoting PCD globally, most notably within multilateral organisations, including at the OECD Development Assistance Committee and at the UN;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Recalls the necessity for the EU to advocate for establishing a clear multilateral framework for PCD within the UN and to establish a more substantial cooperation between the EU and the UN on PCD;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Recommends the establishment of an EU platform for PCD, to allow for better coordination between the relevant European Institutions, the UN, the OECD, the World Bank and with developing countries, to ensure alignment and cooperation on PCD, to better cooperate on the achievement of the SDGs, and to find new synergies on development cooperation between the EU and its Member States and with third countries;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Calls on the European Commission and the European Parliament to establish a clear definition and reachable goals for PCD, which can be translated into reality through effective reporting, the establishment of partnership agreements and internal coordination and evaluation by the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 3 a (new)

- to provide for an assessment of the current state of play of PCD in EU Policy, which includes a re-evaluation of the effectiveness of PCD, by the 23rd of June 2023;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)

- to establish clear mid- and long- term goals for the effective translation in reality and achievement of PCD;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the critical role of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) in ensuring the implementation of PCD in the Commission; calls on DG INTPA to actively and meaningfully engage with other DGs as early as possible through all available mechanisms to ensure that PCD is implemented in all relevant Commission initiatives; welcomes DG INTPA’s complementary studies on the impact of key legislative initiatives on developing countries, but notes that these should instead be fully analysed in the relevant impact assessment; calls for the re- establishment of a dedicated PCD team within DG INTPA to coordinate and reinforce the PCD work of thematic units; calls on the European Parliament to consider the establishment of a similar coordination unit in its administration;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Notes that~~Calls for better alignment of the Neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument – Global Europe ~~could be~~with PCD, to used t~~o prevent and minimise the negative impacts of new EU legislation or policy initiative~~he NDICI-Global Europe to mitigate negative impacts of EU policies, to prevent and minimise their negative impacts, whenre these cannot be avoided, and to build positive synergies in developing countries; calls also for the EU Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme to include activities focused on PCD;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1 a (new)

- strengthen public and private communication on the effectiveness of PCD, on the efforts of the EU on ensuring PCD and on the positive results of development cooperation as a whole, in third countries and within the EU, so as to increase visibility of and support for the EU in partner countries;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2

- systematically include PCD among the topics to be discussed in policy dialogues with developing countries and in multilateral organizations;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 3

- regularly monitor the impact of EU policies on developing countries and contribute to detailed bi-annual reporting on PCD;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 3

- devote appropriate expertise and resources, and establish coordination mechanisms, in their national administrations to effectively implement PCD and report on its implementation and to establish better coordination between and among Member States and their relevant ministries on PCD, to hold regular peer-reviews on even ground and to implement the recommendations made in previous reports and evaluations on PCD;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 5 a (new)

- to resume holding meaningful and regular exchanges with the Commission and the Parliament on PCD during high- level and inter-ministerial working group meetings;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 1

- instructs ~~DEVE~~the European Parliament and most notably the DEVE Committee to clarify the role of its Standing Rapporteur for PCD and its cooperation with other committees;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 1 a (new)

- Recommends all parliamentary committees to evaluate and commit to screening all of its future own initiative reports and legislative reports, for alignment with PCD as established by the commission and as set out in this report;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 3

- instructs Parliament’s Research Service (EPRS) to regularly screen the Commission’s Work Programme and European Parliament Own Initiative Reports (INI) for PCD issues, systematically analyseing how PCD is dealt with in Commission impact assessments and relevant proposals, and to report when important weaknesses or omissions are found;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 4

- intends to strengthen its own awareness and expertise on PCD at political level by providing voluntary training and information on PCD for new and sitting MEPs, and at administrative level, in particular among the staff of bodies involved in legislation;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the Council of the European Union to rapidly conclude the signing and ratification of the draft new Partnership Agreement between the European Union and members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) (post-Cotonou Agreement);

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Recalls that the implementation of PCD is in part dependent on good governance in partner countries; encourages the Commission to ensure a level playing field and cooperative framework with partner countries, by establishing common goals and measures to ensure PCD in policy fields in which partner countries are directly affected; calls on the Commission to share best practices on PCD with partner countries;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2164(INI)

Jan-Christoph OETJEN, Stéphane BIJOUX, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Barry ANDREWS, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Catherine CHABAUD, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12 c. Calls for the inclusion of the private sector in the future of the PCD framework;

2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support investment and research in new green technologies, sustainable fuels in maritime transport as well as recharging and refuelling infrastructures in ports, in order to promote the development of eco-designed green ships, ranging from hull and engines designs, to better waste and water management, paints and materials, and encourage technology transfer in these area, such as wind propulsion;

2021/06/30
Committee: ENVI

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission, as part of its European Industrial Recovery Plan, to promote and invest in a European green ship industry on its territory, taking the leadership in developing new eco- designed ships, renovation and modernisation of existing vessels and dismantlement; calls on the EU to modernise and green its shipbuilding yards, in line with the Green Deal’s objectives ;

2021/06/30
Committee: ENVI

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines that sustainable transport on waters and seas and zero- emission ports would contribute to tackle pollution and ensure a healthier environment for citizens in coastal areas; strongly supports the establishment of Emission Control Areas in all EU waters;

2021/06/30
Committee: ENVI

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Underlines that digitalisation of transports such as more advanced navigation systems and automatic identification systems, can be used to carryout technical operations and maintenance, for example to predict the most fuel-efficient way to operate a ship on a specific route, making them more energy-efficient; digitalisation also bears a high potential with new technologies for port call optimisation, which contributes to reduce waiting times for vessels in the ports and therefore emissions;

2021/06/30
Committee: ENVI

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Takes the view that the decarbonisation of societies can be facilitated by shortening production- consumption circuits, reducing the impact of long distribution chains through life- cycle analysis and promoting local production;

2021/06/30
Committee: ENVI

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that combined transport of goods contributes to the reduction of transport emissions by promoting a shift from road freight transport to lower- emission transport modes, including shore sea shipping and zero-emission rivers corridors; underlines in this regard the necessity to support investments in refuelling and recharging infrastructures in maritime and inland ports; calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of the establishment of an “eco-bonus” to reward operators using shore sea shipping and waterway transport to transport their goods;

2021/06/30
Committee: ENVI

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Advocates that the objective of global emissions reduction in the transport sector should be grounded in a regulatory approach that is no longer exclusively focused on market-based instruments, makes each economic agent responsible and paves the way for the rapid dissemination of the best available technologies and exchange of best practices.

2021/06/30
Committee: ENVI

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Underlines that renewable energy is key for decarbonisation, and~~Recalls the EU’s objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest; underlines that renewable energy is key for decarbonisation, and that it must be deployed in a coordinated manner taking into account all three pillars of sustainability; welcomes the Commission’s ambition in its strategy to reach 340 GW offshore renewable energy capacity by 2050;

2021/04/26
Committee: PECH

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that offshore renewable energy has an impact on fisheries and aquaculture~~; calls~~, as well as on ecosystems and biodiversity; for example, due to relocation of fishing areas, underwater noise pollution, and risks of collisions; calls, therefore for the establishment of networks, dialogue and cooperation with fishers a~~t an early stag~~nd their organisations, at an early stage, to ensure fair and proper coexistence of activities through public participation, especially on areas for installations and grid infrastructure, and security zones, with feedback from experience and best practices exchange, in order to guarantee acceptance; emphasises the need to take into account local ecosystems and specificities, before the implementation of a project, with an integrated management approach via marine spatial planning; welcomes in this regard the Commission’s further analysis on the interactions between offshore renewable energy and other sea activities;

2021/04/26
Committee: PECH

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the deployment of offshore renewable energy should also be an opportunity for other activities, through an environmental, social and economic co- benefits approach, thus benefiting fishers and local communities, according to which each activity benefits from the other, for example, for marine biodiversity and fish stocks preservation through reef effect and reserve effect, for marine knowledge through data collection with sensors installed on infrastructures, for local job creation, including ports development and modernisation, especially fishing ports, thus benefiting the whole community from citizens, fishers and local communities, industries, to scientists; in this respect, positive impact infrastructures should be promoted; highlights the importance of continuously improving the involvement all stakeholders including fishers in developing, revising and implementing the Maritime Spatial Plans of Member States;

2021/04/26
Committee: PECH

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that offshore renewable energy could be deployed in marine protected areas, with management committees, if in line with conservation objectives, in order to reduce impact on fisheries;

2021/04/26
Committee: PECH

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that offshore wind energy is one of the most advanced technologies, ~~but that~~however other technologies having less impact on fisheries and aquaculture are also very promising, and are sometimes already available ~~and~~, such as thermal energy, wave energy, tidal energy, renewable hydrogen, biofuels from algae etc., and can be more appropriate in some territories where fishing takes place; calls for additional support for research and development in order to accelerate the deployment of different offshore renewable energy;

2021/04/26
Committee: PECH

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that outermost regions and islands energy mixes are highly dependent on fossil fuel imports despite having opportunities for renewables; calls on the Commission and Member States to pay special attention ~~to the~~and dedicate specific funding for develop~~ment of~~ing offshore renewable energy in these territories in order to minimize dependency on fossil energy;

2021/04/26
Committee: PECH

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises that a long-term vision is necessary to assess the impact of offshore renewable energy on other activities, such as fishing, local communities and ecosystems; calls for a circular economy and life cycle approach for these projects, and for assessments to this end to be carried out on infrastructures prior to the execution of projects, in order to foster eco-conception through specific materials and designs of the infrastructures which can enhance the development of local biodiversity, and to have plans for the end of the project, such as through using recycling methods or maintaining infrastructure as artificial reef.

2021/04/26
Committee: PECH

2021/2011(INI)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Nils TORVALDS, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls the Parliament’s position1a in favour of an international moratorium on commercial deep-sea mining exploitation licences until such time as the effects of deep-sea mining on the marine environment, biodiversity and human activities at sea have been studied and researched sufficiently and all possible risks are understood; calls on the Commission to push for this position in international fora; __________________ 1aResolution of the European Parliament of 16 January 2018 on international ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our oceans in the context of the 2030 SDGs(2017/2055(INI)) (2018/C 458/02)

2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)

(3 a) This Regulation should enable the Union to ensure the promotion of the circular economy, whilst protecting the environment and human health by preventing the adverse impacts which may result from the shipment of waste.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Nils TORVALDS, Frédérique RIES, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

This Regulation lays down measures to protect the environment, enhance the circular economy and human health by preventing or reducing the adverse impacts which may result from the shipment of waste. It establishes procedures and control regimes for the shipment of waste, depending on the origin, destination and route of the shipment, the type of waste shipped and the type of treatment to be applied to the waste at its destination.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Frédérique RIES, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4

(4) ‘environmentally sound management’ means taking all practicable steps to ensure that waste is managed in a manner that will protect human health and the environment against adverse effects which may result from such waste, to enable the transition to the circular economy and contribute to the 2050 EU carbon neutrality target as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 (‘European Climate Law’);

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

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

(28) ‘hazardous material for recovery’ means any waste that is classified as hazardous but that qualifies under the definition of ‘material for recovery’.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Nils TORVALDS, Martin HOJSÍK, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2

In addition, the definitions of ‘waste’, ‘hazardous waste’, ‘treatment’, ‘disposal’, ‘recovery’, ‘material for recovery’, ‘preparing for re-use’, ‘re-use’, ‘recycling’, ‘waste producer’, ‘waste holder’, ‘dealer’ and ‘broker’ laid down in Article 3, points (1), (2), (14), (19), (15), (15a), (16), (13), (17), (5), (6), (7) and (8) respectively of Directive 2008/98/EC shall apply.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6

6. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, where the waste shipped is destined for interim recovery operations or disposal operations and a further recovery operation or disposal operation takes place in the country of destination, the financial guarantee or equivalent insurance may be released when the waste leaves the interim facility and the competent authority concerned has received the certificate referred to in Article 16(4). In that case, any further shipment to a recovery or disposal facility shall be covered by a new financial guarantee or equivalent insurance unless the shipment takes place between two facilities under the control of the same legal entity or the competent authority of destination is satisfied that such a financial guarantee or equivalent insurance is not required. In those circumstances, the competent authority of destination shall be responsible for obligations arising in the case of take-back where the shipment or the further recovery or disposal operation cannot be completed as intended, as referred to in Article 22, or in the case of an illegal shipment, as referred to in Article 24.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 10 – introductory part

10. The Commission shall, at the latest by [OP: Please insert date of two years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], assess the feasibility of establishing a harmonised calculation method for determining the amount of financial guarantees or equivalent insurances ~~and, if appropriate,~~following a risk-based approach and, if appropriate, by ... [ three years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation adopt an implementing act to establish such a harmonised calculation method. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 77(2).

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

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

(a) the planned shipment or recovery would not be in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC, while ensuring an objection to a planned shipment does not harm ‘environmentally sound management’;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) a description of technologies employed, including R-code(s) and the greenhouse gases (GHG) protocol CO2 saving, for the recovery operation for which the pre- consent is requested;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 9

9. Unless stated otherwise in the decision to approve the request for pre- consent, the pre-consent of a recovery facility shall be valid for ~~seven years.~~ five years with at least one audit conducted by the relevant authorities during the validity period in order to verify compliance with latest regulatory requirements. A pre-consent for a recovery facility issued by the competent authority in one Member State shall be valid in all Member States. However, a competent authority may revoke the approval for its Member State under the conditions set out in Article 14(10). Pre-consent recovery facilities that can treat both non-hazardous and hazardous waste shall be allowed to have one permit that could cover both types of recovery.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1

TNot more than 30 working days after a consent, the competent authorities of dispatch orand destination shall make publicly a~~vailable by appropriate means~~ccessible the information on notifications of shipments they have consented or objected to, as well as on shipments of waste subject to the general information requirements, where such information is not confidential under national or Union legislation.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Martin HOJSÍK, Frédérique RIES, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Information stored on the central system shall be made publicly available, where such information is not confidential under national or Union legislation, notably the type of recovery operations undertaken for each waste shipment being a shipment requiring a notification procedure or a simple general information procedure and the related rate of material recycling operations versus energy recovery operations;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1

1. Any notification, information, documentation or other communication submitted pursuant to the provisions of this Title shall be provided in a language acceptable to the competent authorities concerned. English language shall always be accepted by competent authorities concerned.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2

2. The notifier shall provide the competent authorities concerned with authorised translations of the documents referred to in paragraph 1 into a language which is acceptable to them, where they so request. English language shall always be accepted by competent authorities concerned.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

The Commission is also empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 76 to supplement this Regulation by establishing criteria to distinguish between used goods and waste and to set rules with regard to how the financial obligations underextended producer responsibility are to apply to used goods shipped from the Union, for specific categories of commodities for which this distinction is of particular importance for the export of waste or used goods from the Union.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0367(COD)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Catherine CHABAUD, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

~~1. In exceptional cases, and where 1.~~ Where the specific geographical or demographical situation warrants such a step, Member States may conclude bmultilateral agreements making the notification procedure for shipments of specific flows of waste less stringent in respect of cross-border shipments to the nearest suitable facility located in the border area between the two Member States concerned. Multilateral agreements may also be concluded for shipments of waste destined for disposal pursuant to Article 11, if the geographical and demographical situation warrants such a step. Multilateral agreements shall demonstrate that the waste is treated in accordance with the waste hierarchy and the principles of proximity and self sufficiency at Union and national levels, as laid down in Directive 2008/98/EC; that the waste is treated in accordance with environmental protection standards, in accordance with Union legislation; that, if the facility is covered by Directive 2010/75/EU, the best available techniques as defined in Article 3(10) of that Directive are applied in compliance with the permit for the facility; and that the agreements do not lead to a significant harmful fragmentation of the Union market for shipments of waste.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI