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3320 Amendments of Irène TOLLERET

Amendment 20 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Subject to an assessment by the Commission carried out in the context of the regular monitoring of the impact of this Regulation and launched either following a duly substantiated request from a Member State or on the Commission’s own initiative, it is necessary to provide for the possibility to take any necessary measures for imports of any products falling under the scope of this Regulation which are adversely affecting the Union market or the market of one or several Member States for like or directly competing products. There is a particularly precarious situation in the markets for poultry, eggs, and sugar, cereals, oilseeds and honey that may harm Union agricultural producers if imports from Ukraine were to increase. It is appropriate to introduce an automatic safeguard for eggs, poultry, and sugar products that is activated if quantities imported pursuant to this Regulation exceed the arithmetic mean of quantities in 2022 and 2023, as well as adequate safeguard measures for the other products .
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) Support for and supervision of the development of agricultural trade with Ukraine must be seen in a long-term perspective and not be limited to short- term measures. To this end, the Commission should propose a comprehensive system of import and export licences with Ukraine, to allow detailed monitoring of agricultural products from their entry into an EU Member State to their destination, under the supervision of the Commission, as well as a permanent package of measures including levers adapted to the final destination of each product, investment in storage and logistics and the application of EU standards if the product is destined for the EU market. If refundable duties are applied, this money should be used to fund the war effort in Ukraine
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) compliance with the applicable EU standards for products intended for the EU market,
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall monitor the entry of products referred to in Article 1.1 of this Regulation as well as oilseed products when entering any EU Member States. In order to have as comprehensive monitoring as possible, systems, including licencing systems, should be used.
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If, during the period 6 June to 31 December 2024, cumulative import volumes of either eggs, poultry or, sugar, common wheat, barley or oats since 1 January 2024 reach the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded in 2022 and 2023, the Commission shall, within 210 days and after informing the Committee on Safeguards established by Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/478:
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
For the purposes of this paragraph, the terms eggs, poultry and, sugar, common wheat, barley and oats refer to all products covered by the tariff-rate quotas in the Appendix to Annex I-A of the Association Agreement for, respectively, eggs and albumins, poultry meat and poultry meat preparations, and sugars, common wheat, flours, and pellets ; barley, flour and pellets, barley groats and meal, oats, and the arithmetic mean shall be calculated by dividing the sum of import volumes in 2022 and 2023 by two.
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2024/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Reports The European Commission shall present by 31 May 2024 a report to the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on the monthly flows of imports into the European Union of Ukrainian agricultural products, such as cereals and oilseeds, not covered by Article 4 of this Regulation, comparing these volumes with the imports recorded in the years 2021 and 2022. The report shall also describe the evolution of market prices in the European Union. It shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal for the application of safeguard measures to those products.
2024/02/20
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 23 November 2023 on harnessing talent in Europe’s regions [insert footnote OJ C 188, 30.5.2023, p. 1],
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 May 2018 on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context (COM(2018)0373),
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the updated proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of XX December 2023 on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context (COM(2023)XXXX) [exact title to be specified after publication],
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 14 September 2021 towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions,
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
– having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the future of cohesion policy post-2027 of XXX29 November 2023 ,
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 18 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the outcomes of the 2014- 2020 programming period prove the indispensable role of cohesion policy as the onlymain regional development instrument that is geared to local needs; whereas because of cohesion policy’s positive local impact, no other EU investment policy could replace it;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 43 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the urbanisation and the demographic changes between regions have a negative effect especially on rural areas, sparsely populated areas and less developed regions; underlines the effects of Russian war of aggression especially on EU's eastern border areas;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 92 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Insists that due to its regional focus, strategic planning and effective implementation model , cohesion policy should remain the EU’s main instrument for reducing disparities and stimulating regional growth and continuehas not been intended to be a key contributor to supporting recovery from symmetric and asymmetric shocks; calls for a clear demarcation between cohesion policy and other instruments in order to avoid overlaps and competition between EU instruments; believes that there must be an increase in the overall cohesion budget and in the MFF’s share of the policy compared to the 2021-2027 programming period;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 93 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Insists that due to its regional focus, strategic planning and effective implementation model , cohesion policy should remain the EU’s main investment instrument for reducing disparities and stimulating regional growth and continue to be a key contributor to supporting recovery from symmetric and asymmetric shocks; calls for a clear demarcation between cohesion policy and other instruments in order to avoid overlaps and competition between EU instruments; believes that there must be an increase in the overall cohesion budget and in the MFF’s share of the policy compared to the 2021-2027 programming period;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 110 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underscores that the cohesion policy budget should not be used for new non-cohesion policy instruments and programmes, either within or outside the MFF; stresses that flexibility in the repurposing of cohesion funding should be a bottom-up driven process, initiated either by a Member State or by its regional or local level; underlines the main purpose of the EU's cohesion policy to reduce disparities among Member States and especially between regions in the Member States; acknowledges that cohesion policy has succeeded in reducing disparities among Member States, while in some Member States the disparities between regions have increased;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 118 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Is of the view that simplification should be one of the key drivers of the future cohesion policy; considers it necessary to increase the use of Simplified Cost Options (SCOs), streamline public procurement procedures, improve the articulation of cohesion policy with State aid rules, implement the single audit principle and identify “one-stop shops” for potential beneficiaries; invites the Member States to avoid over-regulation in order to ensure legal stability for the beneficiaries;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 124 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls the “do no harm to cohesion” principle, introduced by the 8th Cohesion Report and meaning no action should hamper the convergence process or contribute to regional disparities; calls for a stronger integration of this principle as cross-cutting principle in EU policies;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 130 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Points out that possible enlargements of the EU will affect all regions; calls on the Commission to carry out a detailed assessment before proposing a new regulation for the post- 2027 cohesion policy in order to mitigate the effects;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 133 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Stresses that GDP as the sole indicator of development fails to take into account all aspects of development; recalls that in addition to economic issues, health, education, sustainability, equity and social inclusion are integral parts of the EU development model; calls for GDP to be complemented with new criteria (e.g. social, environmental, demographic);
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 136 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Underlines the multi-dimensional nature of rural development, which goes beyond agriculture per se; insists on the need to implement a rural proofing mechanism to assess the impact of EU legislative initiatives on rural areas; notes, however, that only 11,5 % of people living in rural areas work in agriculture, forestry and fisheries; calls, therefore, for the reintegration of the EAFRD under the strategic framework of the CPR as a separate fund; emphasises that being part of the cohesion policy funds strengthens the possibilities and synergies – via an integrated, multi-fund approach – for investments in rural areas beyond agriculture and for regional development;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 155 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for disaster prevention and preparedness investments to be guaranteed either through a dedicated policy objective, thematic concentration or a specific enabling condition to ensure investments in regional and local infrastructure and risk management in less developed urban and rural areas, including border regions; believes that targeted financing should focus on climate change adaptation and mitigation by tackling the side effects of climate change locally (slow onset events as well as extreme weather events), including wildfires, floods, landslides, heatwaves, coastal erosion and other events;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 171 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for cohesion policy to include a stronger urbanboth urban and rural dimensions through designated investments in urban and rural areas as well as stronger links between urban and rural projects and investments; calls for the proportion of national ERDF allocations for urban development to be increased from 8 % to 12 %to earmark funding for rural areas and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps in the same way as 8 % of the cohesion policy funds are earmarked for the development of urban areas; calls for this funding to be co-programmed with local authorities and for their benefit; underlines in this context that administrative capacity is essential for ensuring that managing bodies and local authorities acquire technical knowledge on climate change which they can use for urban and rural planning and urban and rural management; is convinced that this will lead to better design and evaluation of project proposals, more effective allocation of resources and satisfactory budgetary implementation without significant risk of decommitments; acknowledges that integrated territorial investmentdevelopment tools have a fundamental role in quality implementation and absorption of resources;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 185 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the reduction of thematic concentration requirements in order to allow for more flexibilityflexibility at programme level in order to allow for more specific and targeted measures and a differentiated and territorial approach to cater for local needs, following the principle of place- based policy in the EU’s territorial investments; underscores that thematic concentrationsflexibility should be adapgranted to the way regions and cities operate in practical terms, from programming and reprogramming to implementation and closure; is certain that the key principle should be a tailor-made investment approach geared to specific needs on the ground;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 192 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for initial allocations and co- financing rates to be assessed on the basis of NUTS 3 (nomenclature of territorial units for statistics) in order for funding to be directed to where it is most needed and to avoid pockets of underdevelopment from arising ; underlines that such a shift should take into account possible negative effects on EU financing for larger urban areas; stresses that this is necessary in order not to stall the development trajectory of metropolitan areas that were previously supported more intensively by cohesion policyto address intraregional disparities by paying more attention to the diversity of territories in order for funding to be directed to where it is most needed and to avoid pockets of underdevelopment from arising;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 200 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that for the allocation of funds for local projects, the focus should be on a smaller number oflocal and regional authorities combine projects with higher budget, with common benefit projects, instead of scattering the limited resources across a high number of low budget projects; calls for guidance and planning support to avoid decommitments and repurposingand small scale projects to bring cohesion policy closer to EU citizens; calls for guidance and planning support to avoid decommitments and repurposing; highlights the importance to strengthen the bottom-up approach to territorial development which is a vehicle for social innovation and capacity building, empowering citizens to take ownership of the development of their territories through the design and implementation of strategies and projects;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 212 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the creation of local cohesion boards in the managing authorities and monitoring committees, which should have decision-making powers, including on co-programming and co-reprogramming with local authoritiespossibility to create regional and local cohesion boards with decision-making powers in those Member States where managing authorities and monitoring committees exist and operate only at the national level; reiterates that these boards should include representatives of urban and rural administrations, including mayors order to respect multi-level governance;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 216 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that promoting an increased sense of local ownership in the long term, the durability of EU projects and higher co-financing leverage can be achieved through more fiscal decentralisation towards munithe involvement of regional and local authorities in preparation and implementation of projects and by improving the financipal resources of these authorities ; acknowledges that such a path improves municipalthe borrowing capacity of regions and municipalities linked to financial instruments provided by the EU budget; underlines that regional and local budgets need more fiscal space to compensate for inflation shocks and crises;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 221 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. CStresses that differences exist between Member States when it comes to the competences of authorities; calls for paths for the decentralisation of cohesion policy management to be explored in Member States where managing authorities only exist and operate on national level in order to bring management closer to the regional and local level; stresses that preparatory work should ensure thadequate adequatministrative capacity and institutional backing is availablemust be the condition for this in order to ensure effectiveness, to reduce the number of irregularities as well as nond to avoid additional administrative burden for contractors and for final beneficiaries;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 225 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages multi-citysynergies between projects and collaboration agreements in order to harness pooled capacities and economies of scale in EU investments in infrastructure, climate change and the green transition; believes that this process should lead to a greater sense of ownership of projects and the consolidation of investments, instead of fragmentation and lack of synergies; highlights the added value of territorial cooperation in general and cross-border cooperation in particular;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 239 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Insists on a critical review of Commission’s ad hoc initiatives and the thorough screening of new initiatives regarding quality and quantity; demands that this process is managed jointly and in partnership, with guaranteed representation of the local level, both of cities and rural areas; calls for limiting the number of Commission ad hoc initiatives, some of which prove to be of less use to the local level and might undermine the effectiveness overall cohesion appropriations planned in advance by scattering them; insists that every new Commission initiative must be accompanied by a corresponding budgetary top-up;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 250 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the creation of a mechanism for the early detection of red tape and actions in breach of or not effectively applying the multi-level governance principle; calls for the inclusion of the partnership principle in the European Semester; is convinced that the Commission and the ECA should have the right to follow-up, perform checks and make corrective highlights that simplification should be one of the key drivers of the future commendationshesion policy;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 258 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls for the inclusion of the partnership principle in the European Semester; is convinced that the Commission and the ECA should have the right to follow-up, perform checks and make corrective recommendations;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 259 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Stresses that the future cohesion policy must continue to pay attention to the progress made in achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion in regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural and demographic handicaps, such as the outermost regions, sparsely populated areas, islands, mountainous areas and cross-border regions;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 260 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17 c. Underlines the importance of Article 349 TFEU in all Union policies with the aim to achieve the objectives set out therein; recalls the vital role played by cohesion policy in the outermost regions; underlines the importance of designing tailor-made programmes and measures for these regions and stresses the need to maintain the measures specifically designed for them, as the majority of the outermost regions are still among the less developed regions; reaffirms, in this context, the importance of dynamic regional cooperation in order to unleash the potential of the outermost regions;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 261 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17 d. Draws attention to the difficult situation of regions sharing a border with Russia and Belarus after the suspension of cooperation following the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine; calls on the Commission to closely work with the affected Members States to find sustainable solutions in order to address the social and economic challenges in those regions;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 262 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 e (new)
17 e. Recognises the importance to give special attention to the regions affected by the industrial transition; in this sense, welcomes the efforts by the Commission to address this issue with the Just Transition Fund, the first pillar of the Just Transition Mechanism in the context of the European Green Deal aiming at achieving the EU climate-neutrality by 2050;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 263 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 f (new)
17 f. Underlines the importance of good governance at all levels in the management of cohesion policy; reminds that public money coming from taxpayers must not be misused; asks the Commission and the Member States to use and enhance existing mechanisms to detect and fight fraud and corruption;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 264 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 g (new)
17 g. Invites the Commission and the Member States to do the outmost to ensure that all regions in the EU have access to high-speed broadband so that all regions are placed on an even footing to achieve the digital transition;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 265 #

2023/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 h (new)
17 h. Stresses the need to encourage the involvement of the private sector for investments in sustainable development; underlines in this regards the role SMEs can play for innovations; calls on the Member States and the Commission to propose measures to enhance the uptake of ready-for-market innovations by SMEs;
2023/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas, since 2021, inflation has increased sharply, driven primarily by high energy and food costs, and exacerbated by the unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, and whereas the gendered implications of such crises further perpetuate systemic gender disparities across multiple sectors; whereas wages are not projected to increase as fast as inflation, thus creating a cost of living crisis; whereas this crisis acutely threatens women’s livelihoods, health, well-being and access to housing, while limiting their purchasing power and their ability to provide foodurchase basic necessities including food, and hindering their economic independence;
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 32 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas women in all their diversity are disproportionately affected by the consequences of the cost of living crisis, as they tend to be among the poorest part of the population, are highly represented in precarious jobs, have lower incomes as a result of the pay and pension gaps, and are still expected to carry outpresenting 70% of the 1.3 billion1a people living in conditions of poverty; whereas women are more represented in flexible work forms, atypical and flexible contracts (part-time work, temporary work, etc.) and in precarious jobs due to, among other factors, the disproportionate amount of time they spend undertaking caregiving responsibilities and domestic work1b, both of which are in most cases unpaid, not covered by social security and largely unrecognised; and still bear the bulkrunt of unpaid care work, leaving them with fewer resources to protect themselves against the negative impact of the crisis;ost of living crisis; _________________ 1a https://www.gendersecurityproject.com/po st/can-70-of-the-world-s-poor-celebrate- international-women-s-day 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2020/662491/IPOL_STU(20 20)662491_EN.pdf
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the gender pay gap still stands at 12.7% across the EU1a; whereas the cumulative effect of these gendered wage disparities throughout a woman’s lifetime leads to women receiving a retirement income which, in the EU, is 35% lower than received by men; whereas considerable disparities remain regarding the gender pension gap across EU Member States, from 2.6% in Estonia to 46.1% in Malta; whereas the gender pension gap leads to women being at a higher risk of old-age poverty than men also impacting their physician and mental wellbeing; _________________ 1a https://commission.europa.eu/strategy- and-policy/policies/justice-and- fundamental-rights/gender- equality/equal-pay/gender-pay-gap- situation-eu_en
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 42 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas climate change and climate-related disasters exacerbate the cost of living crisis and have a particular impact on women, since statistically women are more affected by the risk of poverty; whereas the groups already living on the margins are being hit the hardest by the volatility of the fossil fuel energy system, while energy and food companies are making record profits;
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas energy poverty represents a huge challenge for the EU, as between 50 and 125 million people are unable to afford proper indoor thermal comfort, and whereas women, particularly in rural areas, are often the primary users of household energy and are disproportionately affected by inadequate access to clean and affordable energy;
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Committee of the Regions1a acknowledges that local and regional levels have an important role to play as well, since energy poverty disproportionately affects women due to structural inequalities in income distribution, their socioeconomic status and the gender care gap; _________________ 1a https://cor.europa.eu/en/our- work/Pages/OpinionTimeline.aspx?opId= CDR-2509-2021
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas women are particularly under-represented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education (STEM)1a; whereas women make up 52% of the European population, yet only represent 17.9% of full professors in engineering and technology fields1b; whereas women women make up 52% of the European population and the majority of tertiary graduates in the EU, yet only account for 2 out of 5 scientists and engineers and therefore make up only 34% of the workforce in STEM careers1c; _________________ 1a https://www.unesco.org/en/gender- equality/education/stem 1b https://research-and- innovation.ec.europa.eu/knowledge- publications-tools-and- data/publications/all-publications/she- figures-2021_en 1c https://research-and- innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all- research-and-innovation-news/towards- manifesto-gender-inclusive-steam- education-and-careers-2022-10-17_en
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 96 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to deliver on the commitment made by President von der Leyen to promote gender equality in all policymaking; calls for a European Green Deal and just and socially fair transition that works for all by developing a gender- transformative intersectional strategy to address energy poverty, and by increasing public investment in social, affordable and energy-efficient housing, taking into account the specific needs of women who often significantly contribute in household energy management, yet lack equal access to resources;
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 152 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that access to electricity plays a fundamental role in poverty reduction and in ensuring a full and equal participation in society; calls for the EU and the Member States to recognise the right to energy and that women play an instrumental role in the design of sustainable energy solutions at all levels, including the household, community, national and European levels; demands in this way their inclusion in the process of energy policymaking;
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 167 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of gender and intersectional dimensions in all schemes for energy efficiency and renewable electricity, so as to support the citizens most affected by energy poverty, emphasising the empowerment of women in energy-related entrepreneurship and recognizing the contributions of women- led initiatives to sustainable energy solutions;
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 178 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to require the Member States to implement the gender perspective on regional energy policies, considering the statistics and data produced by grey literature on gender in regional and local policy;
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 180 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment on gender aspects of the rising cost of living due to the energy crisis;
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 201 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Deplores the fact that women are significantly under-represented in key policymaking positions on climate change and the environment, and calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure equal and diverse representation in decision-making positions across the EU institutions, government bodies and public authorities at all governance levels, and ensuring gender-responsive policies and programs that take into account the differential impacts of climate change and energy crises on women and men;
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 205 #

2023/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on Member States and on the Commission to reduce the gender gap in the energy sector by tackling the under- representation of women in STEM careers;
2023/10/09
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Cohesion Policy of the 2014-2020 period already paved the way for the transitions of coal regions by incorporating a multitude of transition- relevant specific objectives into their programmes and eventually also investing considerable funds into the respective fields, and other transition also require the same level of support to reduce the negative economic impact of the deep transition process they are undergoing;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Just Transition Fund has been specifically designed to ensure that no one is left behind as the EU advances towards climate neutrality; whereas this includes providing targeted support to the regions most affected by this transition in order to avoid an increase in regional inequalities across the Union;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the STEP proposal has put the focus on the EU's strategic priority of reindustrializing the EU and achieving its Strategic Autonomy by creating a new Policy Objective within ESI Funds and allowing for a 100% co financing of STEP projects in less developed and transitioning regions and in any category of region of the Member States with a GDP per capita below the EU average;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Europe’s automotive sector remains a powerhouse for industrial employment. It accounts for more than 6% of European employment overall and 8.5% of European manufacturing jobs, which, in certain regions, amounts to up to 25% of the regional GDP; whereas this sector is composed of an estimated 3000 companies, of which 2500 are SMEs, are independent suppliers to car manufacturers and face additional hurdles in the green and digital transformation;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 35 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas passenger cars and vans alone represent 15% of the total GHG emissions in Europe and transport is the only sector where the level of GHGs has not decreased compared to 1990 levels;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the implementation of the proposed rRegulation on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure15 should ensure the viability of the transition towards decarbonised transport systems; whereas there are considerable national and regional disparities in terms of preparedness for the transition towards decarbonized transport; whereas the number of passenger cars older than 20 years ranges from over 40% in Poland to less than 5% in Luxembourg and the quota of new electric vehicle registrations ranges from 46% in Sweden to 1% in Poland, while the same applies to the number of electric vehicle charging stations with the Netherlands having almost 1,600 times more charging points than Cyprus; _________________ 15 Proposal for a Regulation on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (COM(2021)559).
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas EU policies must not be territorially blind in order to avoid the aggravation of the geography of discontent phenomenon and to create acceptance of the main common goals on decarbonisation of the economy by the industry, the local authorities and the affected people; whereas it is fundamental to adapt the policies to the state of the post-industrial regions to make them territorially attractive again, especially considering the tendency of heavily affected regions to suffer from depopulation, brain drain and economic stagnation; whereas effective strategies to implement this include improving quality of life, investing in education, healthcare, infrastructure, and local entrepreneurship as well as facilitating access to affordable housing and creating incentives for young professionals and families to remain in or move to these areas;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the automotive sector is the most integrated ecosystem in intra-EU value chains whereby over 45% of its production depends upon cross-border value chains. This intra-EU value chain brings together vehicle manufacturing, automotive suppliers, manufacturers of motor batteries, electrical equipment, tyres, suppliers of raw materials and car use services;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 46 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the specific situation of the Outermost Regions in the transition towards a Union that is greener, more digitalized and less dependant on combustion engine transport, due to their remoteness from the continental network;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the green and digital transitions present significant challenges to the objective of economic, social, and territorial cohesion, which is enshrined in the treaties; is aware of the risk of widening regional disparities and a rising ‘geography of discontent’, as the necessary adjustments required by and the potential benefits of the twin transition vary greatly from one European region to another and will heighten regional disparities in the years ahead; considers that Cohesion Policy must overcome the economic forces that favour a growing agglomeration of high-value economic activities in urban and industrial centres if the Union wants to maintain its goal of economic, social and territorial cohesion as enshrined in the Treaty;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that the plans to reduce GHG emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and the achievement of full climate neutrality by 2050 will have considerable impacts on the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the EU;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 51 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines the importance of paying additional attention to the territories with geographical specificities, such as rural regions, the islands, the outermost regions, mountainous regions and less densely populated regions, especially those which are isolated and highly dependent on fossil fuel or specific industries that are phasing out;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 56 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly recommends the inclusion of a newpermanent policy objective on industrial transition within the EU cohesion policy beyond 2027; stresses that this objective should promote European strategic autonomy and address the adverse effects of the green and digital transitions, particularly focusing on mitigating the negative repercussions on employment through support and diversification of local and regional economies;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 73 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reaffirms the need for a new "Just Transition Fund 2.0" to be established within the upcoming programing period beyond 2027 on a NUTS 3 level and fully integrated in the Common Provisions Regulation, based on the principles of partnership, multilevel governance and the place based approach oriented at supporting regions highly dependant on sectors which are undergoing a deep transformation such as the automotive sector;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 74 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Understands that in order to determine whether a region should be considered to be highly dependent on the automotive industry, the following indicators should be taken into account; the contribution of the automotive industry to their regional GDP; the contribution of automotive products to regional exports; the contribution of the automotive industry to regional employment and the contribution of the automotive industry to R&D total investments in the region;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to expand the ‘financing not linked to costs’ approach in order to reduce reporting exercises, strengthen the focus on outcomes and impacts rather on expenditure and achieve a more efficient implementation and use of the funds; Considers that the “simplified cost option” has proved to be a very positive measure and calls on the Commission and Managing authorities to expand its application to industrial, green and digital projects;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 80 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to ensure the fair treatment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the distribution of the ESIF by drastically simplifying the administrative steps required to access these funds, by adapting the requirements to the size of the company and by making progress towards full implementation of the ‘only once principle’, which means that citizens and businesses are only required to provide certain standard information to the authorities once; furthermore, acknowledges the fundamental role of SMEs in the industrial transition, and, considers as such, there should be robust mechanisms in place to ensure their active participation in projects, and to guarantee they secure adequate financing through mechanisms such as consortiums or alternative instruments;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 93 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that public-private partnerships are a suitable way to support the development of these critical skills and of improving job prospects the adaptability of labour markets as well as their performance in terms of productivity and efficiency thus being key factors for any successful to any transition;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 96 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Recalls that less developed regions are likely to face a disproportionate burden during the green transition, especially concerning the transport sector's shift to decarbonized solutions;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 97 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Notes that manufacturing sectors exposed to global competition, and the regions specialised therein, may face challenges during the green transition, particularly if international competitors benefit from lower energy prices and utilise fewer renewable energy sources; stresses that the costs of renewable energy will also play a significant role in these dynamics;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 120 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that any strategic decision taken by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to shift toward electric mobility, and other technical developments such as autonomous driving, digitalisation and additional safety functions in cars, will inevitably have a trickle down effect and an impact on lower tiers in the local and regional value chain;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 123 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Suggests considering the option of implementing the transition plans using a results-based approach, comprising a group of projects to be carried out by a beneficiary to contribute to the objectives of the plans; considers that in order to simplify and reinforce the result-based orientation, the management could be exclusively based on jointly agreed milestones, outputs and results previously agreed upon between the European Commission and the Managing Authorities; takes the view that control and audit of a transition plan should also be limited to whether it achieves its milestones and targets;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 137 #

2023/2061(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Asks the European Commission to enlarge the “exchangeEU” and “TARGET” programmes to the automotive regions in transition, in order to promote the exchange of experiences and results between declining sector regions, such as coal or pet and the regions with transforming sectors such as automotive and suppliers; is convinced that the experience with the implemention of the transitions plans with Structural Funds could help automotive and supplier regions to achieve a smooth transition towards neutral-climate activity;
2023/07/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing the Just Transition Fund3a _________________ 3a OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 1
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/20133b, _________________ 3b OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 laying down certain transitional provisions for support from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the years 2021 and 2022 and amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards resources and application in the years 2021 and 2022 and Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards resources and the distribution of such support in respect of the years 2021 and 20223c, _________________ 3c OJ L 437, 28.12.2020, p. 1
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas rural areas face the urgent challenges of demographic decline and ageing, especially affecting EU farming populations, along with rural abandonment, lack of or poor access to public and private infrastructure and services, including particularly digital infrastructure, mobility, healthcare and social services, education and training, as well as low incomes and fewer job opportunities;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
– having regard to the working paper produced by the Directorate- General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission entitled “The geography of EU discontent and the regional development trap” published in March 2023,
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 7 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas SME play a particularly important role in rural areas as employers, as facilitators of a diversification of farm income and as sponsors of social and cultural life and thus help to make rural areas more attractive to young people;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 b (new)
– having regard to the analysis produced by the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) entitled “ITI and CLLD. The use of integrate territorial tools in cohesion policy” published in December 2022,
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the digital and green transitions offer opportunities for stronger, connected, resilient, innovative and prosperous rural areas in the long term; whereas an up-to-date digital infrastructure is a precondition for digital and smart farming solutions and hence the success of the green transition, as well as a key enabler for competitive SME in rural areas;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy is the main investment policy for the EU’s regions and cities and the Territorial Agenda is the guiding instrument for the European Union’s territorial policy; whereas the Territorial Agenda provides orientation for strategic spatial planning, calls for strengthening the territorial dimension of sector policies at all governance levels and seeks to promote an inclusive and sustainable future for all places and to help achieve Sustainable Development Goals in Europe;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the place-based approach to policy making based on integrated territorial development aims to unleash unique potential related to territorial capital, knowledge and assets, while recognising the need for tailored solutions in different types of territories;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 18 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas it appears that the main difficulties encountered by local actors for the period 2014-2020 were a lack of skills and knowledg, knowledge and capacity building, a poor multi-level cooperation between different levels of governance, in addition to a slow absorption of funds and bureaucratic barriers;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that small and family farms and SME are the backbone of EU rural areas, providing food security and ecosystem services for European citizens;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas micro-cohesion is a form of balance for underdeveloped areas within more developed regions; whereas intraregional disparities can only be addressed by paying more attention to the diversity of territories, along with their development potential and challenges, and designing place-based policies and strategies;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the implementation of ITIs and CLLD remains uneven across the Union and several Member States and managing authorities show weak commitment in implementing integrated territorial development; whereas interpretation and implementation of Policy Objective “Europe closer to citizens” (PO 5) is not being understood and used in the same way in each Member States, resulting in low implementation of ITI and CLLD;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the Territorial Agenda 2030 (TA2030) invites the European Parliament and its Committee on Regional Development to take its objectives into account by advocating its priorities in EU legislative processes; whereas integrated territorial development and place-based policies are necessary conditions to achieve the EU strategic objectives such as the green and digital transitions;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 35 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas place-based policies can help territories to escape from long-term economic decline and the so-called “regional development trap”, in which a region is unable to retain its economic dynamism in terms of income, productivity, and employment; whereas territories which feel left behind are faced with disengagement and discontent of their citizens in the long term;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 52 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Highlights the importance of the bottom-up approach to territorial development, which is a vehicle for social innovation and capacity building, empowering citizens to take ownership of the development of their territories through the design and implementation of strategies and projects; calls for a paradigm shift in the implementation of cohesion policy and a mainstreaming of the bottom-up approach;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 54 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the valuable contribution to territorial development delivered by actions implemented through CLLD such as those under the LEADER programme; calls on the Commission and the Member States to reinforce LEADER by increasing its budgetary envelope, by guaranteeing high level of autonomy of the Local Action Groups regarding their constitution and their decision making and reducing the administrative burden;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 54 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to make effective use of the various funding opportunities also with a view to improving the prospects of SMEs, given their major role in generating employment in rural areas, and calls on the Commission to monitor and assess whether its support reaches rural areas and benefits their communities;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to use the results of the 2024 evaluation report for the 2014-2020 programming period to support programmes for the period 2021-202716 ; _________________ 16 Article 57 CPR tasks DG REGIO with conducting an evaluation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund by the end of 2024notes the importance of qualitative analysis of territorial development tools; regrets, in this regards, the conclusion of the special report of the European Court of Auditors on LEADER and community- led local development16a; _________________ 16 Article 57 CPR tasks DG REGIO with conducting an evaluation of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund by the end of 2024. 16a European Court of Auditors, Special report 10/2022: LEADER and community-led local development facilitates local engagement but additional benefits still not sufficiently demonstrated.
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 58 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Handbook of territorial and development strategies and the Handbook of Sustainable Urban Development Strategies as guides for the design, implementation and monitoring of territorial and urban development strategies; regrets, however, the belated publication of these Handbooks and encourages the Commission to produce timely guidelines to simplify the process for elaboration of the operational programmes; highlights the need to offer more guidance to Member States on the implementation of the Policy Objective “Europe closer to citizens” (PO 5) and incentives to allocate more funding to PO 5, such as allowing for projects contributing to more than one PO to count for thematic concentration of both POs;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 61 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to promote strategic spatial planning that takes into account territories as a whole beyond metropolitan, urban and functional areas; further calls on Member States to strengthen rural-urban links as one way to achieve better balanced territorial development across the Union;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 64 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to promoteearmark funding for TA2030 programmeintegrated territorial development in rural areas and regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps in the same way that 8 % of the cohesion policy funds are earmarked for the development of programmes under the Urban Agenda;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 66 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for a paradigm shift in the involvement of local and regional authorities in the implementation and management of territorial tools; calls for an effective implementation of the partnership principle and in-depth consultation with local authorities and stakeholders prior to the definition of ITI and CLLD actions;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 72 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for territorial or local development strategies funded by more than one programme to merge into a single track in order to prevent delays and administrative obstacles; welcomes the possibility, introduced in the 2021-2027 programming period, to designate a leading fund for strategies funded by more than one fund;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 81 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the clear distinction between Member States that are committed to developing ITIs or CLLDs and those that are not; calls on the Commission to clarify this differentiation in order to avoid geographical disparities; takes the view that ITI and CLLD should be mandatory for Member States;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 85 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers TA2030 to be a real and proper instrument that ensures the EU’s cohesion through the management of each of its regions; notes that territorial instruments such as CLLDs and ITIs are proven measures that can bring Europe closer to citizens;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 91 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that TA2030 actions should be more decisive in the allocation of funds andplay a central role in Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes; points out the need to promote the integration of the TA2030 into EU policies, with a focus on levels of governance closer to the ground; calls on the Commission to provide the TA2030 with its ownadequate funding in the future revision of the multiannual financial framework to finance actions implementing the TA2030 both in urban and rural areas;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 94 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines as essential the inclusion ofo apply Territorial Impact Assessment (TIA) to analyse the potential asymmetric territorial impacts of EU policies and legislative proposals and to include TA2030 priorities and objectives in the legislative instruments and operational programmes of the cohesion policy funds which should be tailored to each territory and must respect the partnership principle; welcomes the TA2030 pilot actions that have been developed and calls on the Member States and the Commission to continue investing in these actions, improving their geographical balance and better coordinating them with the principles of the TA2030;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 97 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for a strategy for mergingfacilitating synergies between different EU funds for projects implemented through territorial tools and for the administrative simplification for pilot actions financed by more than one fund;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 102 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to develop their territorial agendas in line with the TA2030 as a basis for programming their territorial strategies and in order to stimulate the decision-making process and the design of territorial and urban policies; further calls on Member States to enable a CLLD approach for all EU regions including rural areas, areas affected by industrial transition, regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as the northernmost regions and regions with very low population density, islands, cross-border regions and mountain regions;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 106 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote the implementation of the TA2030 beyond pilot actions, making this instrument a reference framework for action that provides concrete guidelines for EU territories to improve their performance; highlights the opportunity to make regional funding conditional on achieving TA2030 prioritineed to include TA2030 priorities in Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes and calls on the Commission to develop monitoring indicators linking the TA2030 and the use of cohesion policy funds, in particular the ERFDF;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 115 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for a single framework for strategies aimed at both urban and wider territorial development, treating territorial requirements as a whole by taking as a basis unit functional areas at level 3 of the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS); stresses that this could significantly reduce bureaucratic barriers in the acquisition of fund; stresses that this could significantly reduce bureaucratic barriers in the acquisition of funds; believes that each territory should autonomously choose the appropriate level of local governance for the implementation of territorial strategies;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 116 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines the need to simplify the access to funds identifying “one-stop shops” for potential beneficiaries of EU Cohesion funds and ITI or CLLD projects, in particular to access information about the type of financing, administrative requirements and eligibility;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 118 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Requests Member States to foresee sufficient human resources in both managing authorities and implementation bodies in charge of ITI or CLLD, in order to ensure technical support and advisory service specifically for LAGs and for ITI partners to enable compliance with the regulations;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 119 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Stresses that one of the main obstacles encountered by final beneficiaries of cohesion funds, especially for small-scale and local projects, is the delay in payments; encourages Member States to put in place a national scheme of cash advance for projects implemented through ITI and CLLD based on partnerships between managing authorities, public and private banks;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 122 #

2023/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Reiterates the need to strengthen the territorial dimension in the European Semester and improve the articulation between Cohesion Policy and the European economic governance, involving local and regional authorities at all stages of the procedures linked with the European Semester and its country specific recommendations;
2023/10/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 establishing Erasmus+: the Union Programme for education and training, youth and sport and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1288/20131a, __________________ 1a OJ L 189, 28.5.2021, p. 1
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1296/20131a, __________________ 1a OJ L 231 30.6.2021, p. 21.
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing the Just Transition Fund1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 231 30.6.2021, p. 1.
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 5 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication of 30 June 2021 on A long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040 (COM(2021)345),
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 6 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the Decision (EU) 2023/936 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 on a European Year of Skills1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 125, 11.05.2023, p.1
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 7 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 14 September 2021 entitled ‘Towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions’,
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 13 June 2023 on the assessment of the new Commission communication on outermost regions,
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the working paper produced by the Directorate- General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission entitled “The geography of EU discontent and the regional development trap” published in March 2023,
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the OECD report entitled “Rethinking Regional Attractiveness in the New Global Environment”, published on 5 July 2023,
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the EU’s population has grown steadily over the last 50 years; whereas population growth has slowed in recent decades; whereas current predictions point to growth at a limited rate until 2029, from which date population growth will begin to slow down13 ; whereas the population in the EU is ageing and birth rates have been declining since the 1960s; __________________ 13 See the Commission Staff Working Document entitled ‘The impact of demographic change – in a changing environment’ of 17 January 2023 (SWD(2023)0021).
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas demographic trends have led to a shrinking working age population in the EU; whereas the EU working age population is expected to shrink over the next decades, with a loss of additional 35 million people by 2050; whereas this process will trigger new and growing territorial disparities;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 22 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas population loss is a sustained trend over time, particularly affecting rural areas with older populations on average than those found in cities and suburbs14 ; whereas young people are on average more likely to leave rural areas; whereas the loss of population in rural areas is deeply linked to the lack of connectivity, public services and, education and training opportunities and quality employment; whereas the postingdeparture of young workers poses significant challenges to demographic structures such as low generational renewal, ageing demographics and overall population decline; whereas mountainous, isolated and outermost regions are particularly affected by these phenomena; __________________ 14 See the Commission Staff Working Document entitled ‘The impact of demographic change – in a changing environment’ of 17 January 2023 (SWD(2023)0021).
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 28 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas in spite of its temporary impact on the labour market, the COVID- 19 pandemic has resulted in a boost to teleworking, offering great potential to connect jobs from urban centres to smaller cities, suburbs and towns15 ; whereas emerging opportunities of the green and digital transition have brought renewed attention to non-urban areas and opened up new job opportunities; __________________ 15 See the Draft Council conclusions on telework in the context of remote work, paragraph 17.
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the positive migration and integration of workers with or without tertiary education is one of the solutions to address the challenges faced by Member States and their regions with the highest percentage of population loss; whereas the success of action plans on migrants’ integration and inclusion depends on the involvement of local and regional authorities and civil society organisations;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 32 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas regions in, or at risk of, talent development trap are characterised by sharp working age population decline, low and stagnating share of people with a tertiary education, a significant departure of young people, lack of economic dynamism and economic diversification and low innovation capacity; whereas these regions have significantly higher rates of youth unemployment and NEETs compared to the average in EU; whereas, in these regions, wages, income and economic development are substantially lower than in the rest of the EU;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the talent drain is closely related to the need to improve the working and living condiconditions, job opportunities, wages, equal opportunities, availability of services and trust in institutions of people living in regions with low incomes, social gaps and other socio-economic disparities; whereas reducing such disparities is a commitment which has been reiterated through the European Pillar of Social Rights;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas regional and local authorities are best placed to create the socio-economic conditions for attracting talent; whereas governance in the EU is improving overall, but disparities remain between and within Member States, and the role and the capacities of sub-national governments remain unequal; whereas the quality of institutions of regions in, or at risk of, talent development trap is far below the EU average; whereas these administrations need economic reinforcement;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas talent retention does not refer exclusively to stopping the emigration of highly qualified persons from one country to another, or from one region to another, but also to attracting populations whose professional background is related to jobs and skills that are still in high demand in rural and sparsely populated areas; whereas regional attractiveness depends on various factors such as residents-wellbeing, economy and labour market, natural environment, connectedness, housing, cultural capital and tourism;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 53 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the outermost regions are particularly vulnerable to talent drain and have higher levels of unemployment and lower education rates, while their share of young people who are either unemployed or not in education is above the EU average16; , given their specific characteristics as recognised in Article 349 TFEU, in particular their structural economic and social situation, aggravated by their remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, economic dependence on a small number of products and the limited size of their market; whereas these regions have higher levels of unemployment and lower education rates, while their share of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) is above the EU average16; whereas young people in the outermost regions are often forced to move to other regions in order to continue their education or for specific training or to find a job, which has a strong impact on the demography and development of these territories; __________________ 16 Commission communication of 3 May 2022 entitled on “Putting people first, securing sustainable and inclusive growth, unlocking the potential of the EU’s outermost regions” (COM(2022)0198).
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 64 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on ‘Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions’, which is the first key deliverable of the European Year of Skills; appreciates the strategies presented as a mechanism to avoid economic, social and gender disparities between citizens affected by the green and digital transitions; considers it fundamental that the concept of ‘rural proofing’ include assessingnd to ensure that nobody is left behind in the green and digital transitions; recalls that new challenges require fresh money and asks to top up cohesion policy with new budgetary resources to address new challenges; considers it fundamental to implement the ‘rural proofing’ mechanism in the design of each EU legislative proposal, assessing, inter alia, the demographic impact, the issue of job creation, the impact on the educational framework and the gender impact;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication on ‘Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions’; appreciates the strategies presented as a mechanism to avoid economic, social, territorial and gender disparities between citizens affected by the green and digital transitions; considers it fundamental that the concept of ‘rural proofing’ include assessing the demographic impact, the issue of job creation, the impact on the educational framework and the gender impact;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 68 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the strategies and mechanisms presented by the Commission in the context of the initiative entitled ‘Harnessing Talent in European Regions’ must adopt an ‘OR reflex’, as called for by Parliament in its resolution of 14 September 2021, meaning that the specific characteristics of the outermost regions should be systematically taken into account in EU initiatives and legislative proposals and in interinstitutional negotiations, in order to ensure that they respond to the local realities of these territories;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 78 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the creation of the Talent Booster Mechanism aimed at boosting talent in regions facing, or at risk of facing, what the Commission calls a talent development trap; calls for clear and objective criteria regarding the definition of regions in, or at risk of, a talent development trap; highlights the potential of the Technical Support Instrumentdraws attention on the worrying aggravation of this trend and urges the Commission and the Member States to seriously address this challenge setting regions in, or at risk of, a talent development trap as a core priority of their action and investment under cohesion policy; highlights the potential of the Technical Support Instrument to provide tailor-made technical expertise to Member States to design and implement smart, sustainable and socially responsible reforms, without requiring any co-financing;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 82 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that regions in, or at risk of, a talent development trap have differing characteristics and need tailor- made solutions to boost investments in education, human capital, research and development, innovation, upskilling of work force and public sector reforms; calls on the Commission to provide flexibility to the Member States at programme level with the aim of urgently adopting specific and targeted measures, programmes and strategies to support these regions through a differentiated and territorial approach; asks to design and implement targeted smart specialisation strategies for the regions in, or at risk of, a talent development trap;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 91 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Bears in mind that less developed regions have the same particularities as those considered as being ‘in a talent development trap’, such as low population density, low economic resources, low employability, ageing of the population and a reduction in the population of working age; points out the need to include in the categorisation of such regions those deemed ‘less developed’, as defined in Article 108(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, while a considerable number of transition regions are considered as being “at risk of falling into a talent development trap” in the future; highlights, however, that demographic challenges concern all EU regions and may trigger new territorial disparities, if left unaddressed; in this regard insists on the necessity to tackle intraregional disparities, including in more developed regions;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 99 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the financing of specific measures through the multiannual financial framework to addressHighlights that the next multiannual financial framework should provide for specific measures to tackle the demographic challenges, with a specific budget forespecially in regions with severe and permanent demographic difficulties; in this context, considers it necessary to reformulate the specific instruments of the cohesion policy by assigning greater weight to depopulation for the allocation of fundsindicators complementary to GDP, such as demographic, social and environmental criteria for the allocation of funds; insists on the importance to take into account depopulation, unemployment and youth unemployment rates, the share of people with a tertiary education as well as the departure of young talents, in order to give a more precise picture of the socio- economic situation at regional and sub- regional level;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 105 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that regions in, or at risk of, a talent development trap are characterised by a percentage of the population living in rural areas above the EU average and that revitalising rural areas is crucial; welcomes the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas and the launch of the Rural Pact and the EU Rural Action Plan; regrets nonetheless that no specific and dedicated financial support has been established for this initiatives; asks, therefore, the Commission to earmark, in the next programming period, at least 5 % of the cohesion policy resources at national level for rural areas;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 107 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights the valuable contribution to rural development delivered by actions under the LEADER programme, which aims to engage local actors in the design and delivery of strategies, decision-making and resource allocation for the development of their rural areas; calls on the Commission and the Member States to reinforce LEADER by increasing its budgetary envelope, by guaranteeing high level of autonomy of the Local Action Groups regarding their constitution and their decision making and reducing the administrative burden;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 109 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers it essential to improve the executive and managerial capacity of local administrations and to reduce bureaucracygaps between and within Member States; calls on the Commission and Member States to reduce bureaucracy for managing authorities and final beneficiaries, avoid over-regulation, as well as to promote closer cooperation between the different institutions;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 115 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes it necessary to improve the exchange of good practices between national and local authorities of the different Member States; calls on the Commission to create, under the Erasmus+ Programme, a new training scheme dedicated to public administration civil servants, in order to offer them the opportunity to learn how European, national and local policies are designed and implemented in other Member States;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 122 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that it is essential that Member States, their regions and local authorities come up with innovative solutions tailored to each territory; welcomes the Commission’s proposal that Member States set up thematic and regional working groups to address specific challenges under the Talent Booster Mechanism; insists on the need to design and implement place-based strategies under this new dedicated EU mechanism, by adopting a bottom-up approach to local development in order to involve and empower citizens to take ownership of their territories’ development;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 125 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to help build strategies and solutions to combat brain drain and talent drain and increase the attractiveness of the outermost regions (ORs), especially for young people; calls on the Commission and the Member States to work with local stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, universities, training institutions, the private sector and civil society organisations, in order to support the establishment in each OR of a digital one- stop shop to help young jobseekers find local jobs or training tailored to their profile and skills; stresses the opportunities offered by the creation of agreements and partnerships between education and vocational training institutions and local businesses, in order to promote the provision of traineeships and apprenticeships and the creation of local jobs in the ORs; calls also on the Member States to support programmes for the return of workers and public officials from the ORs to their territories;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 129 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the potential of community-led local development (CLLD) to find local solutions to local problems and design strategies to boost demand for and supply of talent to avoid development traps; takes the view that CLLD should be mandatory for Member States;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 133 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to finance and promote specific projects for the development of initiatives to ensure young people’s access to training, with a particular focus on deficit or high-demand occupations, to stimulate the creation of quality jobs and to guarantee paid traineeships; highlights the potential of the Just Transition Mechanism, completing other financial instruments under Cohesion Policy and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, in supporting the development and implementation of comprehensive strategies to upskill and reskill the labour force and stimulate the dynamism and attractiveness of the territories; in this regard, encourages the Commission to provide further flexibility in the implementation of the Just Transition Fund to allow impacted territories to fully absorb financial resources and avoid carry-over;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 149 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that direct financial support to regions in or at risk of a talent development trap will be provided under existing instruments; regrets nonetheless that no specific and dedicated financial support has been established for this purpose; suggests that the new programming period should include the creation of a new dedicated fund addressing the brain drainpriority area under the European Social Fund+ addressing the brain drain; this new priority area shall be financed with the new budgetary resources topping up the funding of the ESF+ of the current programming period;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 153 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance of synergies between different funding tools to channel an adequate level of funding towards regions in, or at risk of, a talent development trap through a multi-fund approach; calls on the Commission to considerably reduce the administrative complexity which the managing authorities have encountered in implementing the multi-fund approach;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 163 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Advocates ensuring regions’Underlines the need to strongly improve access to quality public services such as health, education and social protection, as well as to essential transport infrastructure and digital connectivityespecially in areas with severe and permanent natural and demographic handicaps; encourages Member States to implement digital tools and platforms such as telemedicine or itinerant medicine solutions and services; highlights the importance of quality, affordable and safe public transports and transport infrastructure to improve mobility solutions; stresses the need to boost digital connectivity to enhance the attractiveness of regions as a destination for talents, firms and investors by facilitating teleworking, ensuring social connections and increasing opportunities for productivity and growth;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 168 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for education and training to be accessible to all ages and social groups, both on-site and through remote access; points out the need for Member States to implement policies fostering women’s and girls’ participation in STEM education programmes and provide incentives to create jobs in sectors where their knowledge can be applied; emphasizes the importance of universities and vocational education and training providers in stimulating dynamic innovation ecosystems, harnessing talent, developing knowledge clusters and attract businesses into their areas by partnering with them on programmes to train workers in the new skills needed in the area;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 179 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers it essential to design policies to attract and retain families offering job opportunities for both partners, implementing programmes aimed at making communities safer for kids and environments friendly for women, offering affordable housing through specific grants and loans schemes, and implementing cultural policies to foster talent attraction and retention;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 181 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Encourages Member States and local authorities to implement policies and strategies aiming at mitigating brain drain and attracting back talents in the context of multi-level governance; suggests to involve all relevant stakeholders (public authorities, businesses, universities, NGOs, etc.) to contribute to design the most adapt tools such as subsidies for employers hiring young talents and talents returning to the country, grants covering return expenses and subsidies for the start of entrepreneurial activity;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 184 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Reiterates the need for an ambitious and sustainable policy on legal migration and integration at European level; underlines the need of a strategic approach to the integration of third- country nationals as a potential driver of local growth and welcomes measures paving the way towards a more sustainable and inclusive approach to labour mobility;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 185 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Acknowledges the central role of agriculture in rural and depopulated areas and the importance of the EU Pact for Skills in the agri-food sector; calls on the Commission to support generational renewal in the farming sector and the set- up of new businesses in rural areas; highlights the economic potential of women in rural areas and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure targeted support, to facilitate access to funding opportunities and business skills, with a view to increasing female entrepreneurship;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 186 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Highlights the emergent phenomenon of “third places” as a new vector characterising the functioning of democratic societies; stresses their central role in revitalising rural and depopulated areas, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to local democracy and empowerment of citizens, enhancing innovation capabilities and creativity, improving the quality of life of workers and increasing the performance of companies and employees; calls on the Commission to launch a European initiative to support the creation and development of “third places”, matching citizens’ needs in terms of financial, networking, and methodological support;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 187 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Advocates the promotion of supranational cooperation networks aimed at promoting the exchange and circulation of talent, thereby acting as a driver for the dissemination of knowledge, experience and training; underlines, in this regard, the crucial role of the Interreg programme in contributing to enhance the attractiveness of border regions facing talent development trap; stresses the importance to remove obstacles to cross- border cooperation and strongly encourages the Commission and the Council to resume negotiations with the aim of adopting a new proposal removing administrative and legal barriers;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 189 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reiterates that the European Semester should play an important role in fostering the reforms, notably in the labour market and in education and training; underlines, in this regard, the need to improve the articulation between cohesion policy and the European economic governance, involving local and regional authorities at all stages of the procedures linked with the European Semester and its country specific recommendations; suggests to envisage the possibility that public spending co- financed by cohesion policy, such as expenditure related to labour market, education and training policies, should be considered as strategic investment and not equivalent to structural expenditure as defined in the Stability and Growth Pact;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 190 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and national agencies to develop, in the context of the Erasmus+ programme, new mobility opportunities tailored to regional assets and the demand for training and skills, particularly in new professions linked to the green and digital transitions; stresses, in this regard, the potential of the outermost regions to host young people on mobility schemes, particularly in the areas of the blue economy, biodiversity conservation and the circular economy;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 195 #

2023/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work with the local and regional authorities of the outermost regions (ORs) to implement development strategies by stepping up integration and regional cooperation, in particular through the Interreg programme; stresses, in this regard, the potential of strengthening economic ties, student mobility and exchange programmes and sectoral cooperation between the ORs and partner countries in their regional areas;
2023/09/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
– having regard to the Council conclusions of 16 March 2022 on enhancing the potential of plant-based proteins in Europe in line with the objectives set out in the European Green Deal, submitted by Austria and subsequently signed by 19 other Member States,deleted
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the JRC study of June 2020 on Future of EU livestock: how to contribute to a sustainable agricultural sector?
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the UN FAO report of 2022 on Thinking about the future of food safety - a foresight report,
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have had dramatic effects on global trade and have made it more apparent that the EU needs to diversify its food supply chainstrengthen its resilience, food security and diversify its food supply chains, in order to reduce its dependence on inputs imported from single or too few suppliers;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have had dramatic effects on global trade and have made it more apparent that the EU needs to diversify its food supply chains and strengthen its production;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU produces 77 % of the feed protein used in the EU;, whereas 96 percent of the low protein content feed originates from the EU, 89 percent of the medium protein content originates from the EU, but only 29 % of the high-protein feedstockcontent feed needed to balance animal feed originates from the EU, making EU reliant on imports of soya grain and meal from the USA and South America, which often are linked to deforestation and biodiversity loss;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas despite the fact that protein crop production has improved in the EU over the last ten years, domestic production continues to suffer from a significant shortfall as livestock production has also increased, consolidating the EU heavy dependence on imports of rich-protein crops from third countries.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas plant-based proteins are crucial forone of the enabling elements in the transition towards more sustainable food systems with a reduced climate impact;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas plant-based proteins are crucial fora circular economy and the production of all sustaible types of protein is key to enabling the transition towards more sustainable food systems with a reduced climate impact;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas leguminous crops and grasslands help maintain and improve soil quality and increase biodiversity as well as carbon and nitrogen fixation, so therefore can an increased cultivation and profitability of legumes and grasslands contribute to a more sustainable and diversified agriculture and decrease the need of fertilizer inputs and contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and thereby addresses the environmental and climatic challenges in line with the Green Deal objectives;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the production of leguminous crops lacks of attractivity due to their low profitability, so they are mostly only used as intercrops.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the processing of protein crops and grasslands generates by-products that can contribute to a circular economy and that can be used for human consumption, renewable energy, fertiliser, animal feed or the production of green chemicals;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the processing of protein crops and grasslands generates by-products that can contribute to a circular economy, including renewable energies;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas general training and knowledge transfer only reaches about 10 percent of EU farm holdings; whereas there is a critical need to further invest in training and advisory services for farmers, to spread know-how on protein crops, best practises, behavioural changes, cultivation of grasslands and protein extraction from alternative sources
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas new breeding techniques would play a key role in enhancing profitability and reach our Green Deal targets, inter alia by increasing yields, protein quality and content and by letting us make more regional adapted crops and crops more resilient to climate change and pathogens;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas crop production of all types of agricultural crops, including protein crops, produces biomass that is non-edible for the most part for humans (1 kilo of plant based protein generates at around 3 to 5 kilos of non-edible biomass, edible only for ruminants);
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the market for plant-based and alternative sources ofsustainably produced animal and plant-based protein food is steadily increasing due to consumer demand;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the market for plant-based and alternative sources ofsustainably produced animal and plant-based protein is steadily increasing due to consumer demand;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas cells-based agriculture and seafood farming are promising and innovative solutions;food may jeopardise in the future livestock farming in the European Union and its role in maintaining the population in rural areas, as well as the carbon sequestration of pastures, and taking into account the environmental cost of the transformation processes linked to this innovation, which, in addition, would not represent an affordable solution for consumers.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 144 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas cell-based agriculture and seafood farming areis promising and innovative solutions;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas alternative proteins such as fungi or fermentation require carbohydrate rich inputs; whereas this production could utilize residues and waste streams from conventional food production, contributing to a more circular economy; whereas the EU waste legislation imposes heavy regulatory burden on producers processing food waste;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas interest in insects for human and animal consumption is growing;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 163 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas research and innovation on plant proteins needs to be scaled up, since European research into new varieties has been practically at a standstill for 50 years, so it will take a long time to catch up with progress made by third countries, such as the USA;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 176 #

2023/2015(INI)

Ka. Whereas reducing our dependence on soya imports should become a major strategic objective for the EU, as there is a risk that our supply will be further compromised in the future due to China's massive incursion into Brazilian production, and whereas the new deforestation regulation may lead to a reduction in the supply of soya to the European market.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. Whereas price volatility of commodities and competition within the sector has deprived all operators of the animal feed chain (crop producers, feed manufacturers and livestock producers) of the visibility that they need in order to structure the production and use of sustainable proteins for feed;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 201 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to urgently present a comprehensive EU protein strategy introducing effective measures to increase the EU’s sustainable production of protein in the short, medium and long termall types of protein (animal and plant-based) in the short, medium and long term; The production of protein crops should be prioritised;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 a (new)
1a. Principles of circular economy
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 2 a (new)
2a. Principles of circular economy;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 234 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 3
3. The development of plant-based and alternative protein for food and feed, by boosting the ability of EU farmers to provide for efficient solutions;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 255 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 5
5. Concrete policy actions on innovation, research and development of sustainably produced proteins;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 261 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 5 a (new)
5a. Innovation, research and development of sustainably produced proteins
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 274 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that, from a geopolitical and strategic perspective, dependencies on a single or few suppliers must be reduced; stresses therefore that the production of protein must increase in the EU;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 300 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the protein strategy should acknowledge the sustainable development of all possisustainable protein sources;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 320 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that developing the production of plant and alternative sources ofsustainably produced proteins in the EU is an effective way of addressing many of the societal, environmental and climate challenges that the EU faces; Believes that farmers could play a pivotal role in increasing protein production if properly supported and remunerated;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 334 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that developing the production of plant and alternative sources of proteinrotein rich plants in the EU is an effective way of addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that the EU faces;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 341 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the production of animal proteins based on inedible resources used as feed (forages, by- products from the processing of plants) contributes to circularity in minimising food waste and provides a significant added value to protein plants production;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 343 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasizes the importance of applying the same sustainability standards to imported products that the ones who are applied within the EU, in order to ensure a level-playing field for European farmers and food chains as well as fair and transparent consumer information;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 345 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that protein production starts with farmers, fishers and aquaculture farmers and that they must therefore be central to the strategythe backbone of the strategy, as they are the key to increase the production; stresses that a competitive and profitable agriculture, food and feed sector is a prerequisite for an increased protein production in the EU;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 350 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to promote and support sustainable livestock production in the EU, following the principles of circular economy and complementarity between animal and crop productions;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 362 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that a competitive agriculture sector is dependent on sustainable and affordable inputs such as energy, feed, feed additives, good plant material, fertilisers and healthy soilssoils of good quality;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 371 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises the importance of feed additives for reducing emissions, for improving protein consumptiodigestion of protein and for ensuring correct feeding strategies and reformulation of feed; stresses that the authorisation period for feed additives must be shortened and provide flexibility; underlines that the renewal process of authorisations must be created in a way that does not risk the phasing out of effective additives;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 375 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that it will be impossible to increase the production of plant-based protein without good-quality plant materials; recalls that new breeding techniques will provide great opportunities to develop regionally adapted plants and species optimized for European conditions; sees that more research and development on cereals, protein plants and grass are needed in order to increase the nutritional value, resistance towards natural threats and local adaptation;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 398 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the production of biomethane, biogas, biofuels or other bio- based chemicals that use biowaste streams is a source of important revenue to enhance and capture the value of protein-rich crops and strengthen their business case for farmers, and underlines that a reduction in the production of biofuels could lead to reduced cases of by-products used for livestock feed and hence decrease the economic value and yield from protein crop production;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 404 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Is alert about the fact that a reduction in the production of biofuels in the European Union could lead to a disastrous reduction of by-products used for livestock feed; considers, in this respect, that coherence between different EU policies must be ensured.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 406 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that growing and utilisingthe development of protein-rich crops oftenwould sometimes requires new management practices and cooperation between farmers;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 411 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recognizes that the Blair House agreement (1992) still represents a significant brake on the development of oilseed crops in the European Union, for which reason it considers it necessary to explore the possibility of revising the said agreement.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 412 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Encourages the Member States to use all available CAP incentives to increase leguminous crops, including coupled support, agri-environmental measures, advisory services and new sectoral programs; considers that, in addition, promotion campaigns to boost demand for legumes for food could go a long way in stimulating EU production.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 431 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. HighlightReiterates the big potential of sustainably produced plant-based protein and the fact that the development of the sector willanimal-based protein and their indispensable role with regard to an added benefit for European farmers, circular economy, soil quality, biodiversity, the climate and human health;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 449 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of grasslands as a protein source, combined with livestock breeding, as a protein source and the possible co-benefits it has on biodiversity; highlights the relevance of projects that extract high- quality protein as well as biomethanol from grasslands through biorefining;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 476 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that innovative cell- based food can help increase protein production and support agriculture;deleted
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 480 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that innovative cell- based food can help increase protein production and support agriculture;deleted
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 485 #

2023/2015(INI)

19. Considers that innovative cell- based food can help increase protein production and supportis not an effective and sustainable solution and may jeopardize agriculture production;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 499 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that insects should be considered as alternative sources of protein, particularly for animal nutrition; highlights that interest in this production is growing and, once an economy of scale is achieved, production costs will be reduced.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 508 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Notes that the cell-based food presents ethical, social, environmental and economic challenges, and the Novel Food regulation is not fit for purpose; highlights that consumer interests and expectations must be better reflected;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 510 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Is of the opinion that authorisations made solely through novel food legislation should be based on the safety of the product;deleted
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 513 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Is of the opinion that authorisations made solely through novel food legislation should be based onReiterates the lack of knowledge and underlines that ethical, social, environmental and economic considerations should be properly assessed prior to any authorisation; is of the opinion that the Commission should put in place a more rigorous process for authorising the placing on the market of a novel food, guaranteeing the safety of the product;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 521 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Is of the opinion that authorisations made solely through novel food legislationof new products should be based on their safety ofand the productir impact on human health;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 548 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for more research and development into plant-based and alternativsustainable proteins;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 552 #

2023/2015(INI)

23a. Calls for providing additional sources of protein by developing intermediate cropping within existing crop rotations, using crop varieties with short production cycles;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 555 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines that improved coordination and collaboration between the supply chain’s stakeholders is needed to bridge the current gaps between farmers, processors and retailers; stresses that stronger collective collaborations between the actors should be actively promoted with a view to shaping higher added value chains;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 564 #

2023/2015(INI)

24a. In this regard, calls Member States and stakeholders to use all the available rules included in the CMO regulation for the benefit of efficient and innovative chains; invites stakeholders to develop contracting in order to plan production in the long term; believes that Producer Organisations, particularly cooperatives, as welle as interbranch organisations, have a key role to play in structuring and strengthening the protein chains.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 569 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates the farm to fork strategy’s target of reducing food waste by 50 %, which could be partly reached through a more circular agriculture sector and food production if biodegradable waste is viewed as a resource rather than as waste;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 586 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises that the production of renewable energy is linked to the production of protein and that an increased protein production can therefore help the EU to enhance the production of biofuels and biomethane;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 618 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point i – point a (new)
a) A proper legislative framework to assess demands of authorization for cell- based food, considering the ethical, social, health, environmental and economic dimensions of such products;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 632 #

2023/2015(INI)

ii. Novel food legislation that simplifies and speeds up auensures the proper evaluation of potential healtho risation processesks for human consumption;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 634 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point iii
iii. A directive on waste that allows more types of biodegradable waste to be considered as feed and that allows food production residues to be used and transported between production sites with greater flexibility and less regulatory burden;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 635 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point iii
iii. A directive on wasteby-products that allows more types of biodegradable wasteby- products to be considered as feed and that allows food production residues to be used and transported;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 640 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point iv
iv. A renewable energy directive that allows for thecreates long-term and stable regulation of biofuel productionfor utilization of side streams from protein crops, agricultural residues and food production waste streams for the production of biomethane and biofuel;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 641 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point iv
iv. A renewable energy directive that allows for the long-term and stable regulation of biofuel production; and supports its value chain contribution to EU food/feed protein self-sufficiency.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 647 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point v
v. An energy taxation directive that provides clear and long-term rules fortaxation rules and that incentivises the production of all bio-based fuels;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 661 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point viii
viii. A combination of common agricultural policy rules that provide a stable framework, flexible management practices and incentives for the production of protein-rich crops, grassland and legumesincluding legumes, and grassland, that should no longer be hampered by the obsolete 1992 Blair House Agreement ;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 673 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point ix
ix. A front-of-pack label regulation that compares the carbon footprint of food and fedeleted;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 697 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point xiii
xiii. A clear research and development funding strategy to promote and stimulate the market uptake of plant-based proteinssustainably produced proteins (plant and animal-based) for food and feed in the EU;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 698 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point xiii
xiii. A clear research and development funding strategy to promote and stimulate agronomic research as well as the market uptake of plant-based proteins for food and feed in the EU;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of recognising the system of geographical indications (GIs) as a key component of the agreement; underlines the need for further effective enforcement of GI protection for EU rights holders in Canada; welcomes the commitment of the Canadian authorities to disseminate information on GIs and their protection through official government channels; insists on the need to simplify the administrative procedures for GI holders so that they can promptly communicate with the responsible Canadian authorities and seek remediation where concerns arise about infringement of the protecion of GIs;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the commitment made by the Canadian authorities at the 4th meeting of the specialised Committee on Geographical Indications to provide the European Commission with a list of responsible authorities in Canada for each CETA GI in order to increase clarity for EU GIs holders requests; calls on the Commission to reiterate in the bilateral dialogue with Canada the importance of monitoring the list of grandfathered users of certain names protected under CETA on the market; further calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of the implementation of the grandfathering clause and to report regularly to the European Parliament and the Council on the results;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the series of joint initiatives within the framework of the EU- Canada dialogue on sustainability, environmental stewardship and climate action in agriculture; stresses the importance of increased sharing of best practices in the fields of agricultural productivity, carbon sequestration, soil health and protection of natural environments and invites the Commission to pursue these exchanges in the future, especially in the context of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy, which will lead to changes in the agricultural practices and environmental protection in the Union.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the initiative of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) to launch a stakeholder consultation with the aim of developing a sustainable agriculture strategy to improve the sector's long-term environmental performance while supporting farmers' livelihoods; calls on the Commission to strengthen long-term cooperation with the Canadian authorities with the aim of sharing best practices and aligning standards in the deployment of agricultural, climate and environmental policies in line with the EU's sustainability and climate goals;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Invites the Commission to pursue an ongoing dialogue on animal welfare within the CETA Regulatory Cooperation Forum (RCF), enabling both parties to exchange knowledge, expertise and best practices; calls on the Commission to facilitate ongoing cooperation with the Canadian authorities and foster a level playing field between the EU and imported animal products;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’), in particular in its Articles 3, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 45, and 47, brings together the most important personal freedoms and rights, including for persons with disabilities, (2b) Whereas The resolution of 13 December 2022 entitled ‘Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities1a, states the importance and need to have an EU disability card, (2c) Whereas the resolution of 4 October 2023 entitled ‘Harmonising the rights of autistic persons2a, highlights the importance of the proposal on the EU disability card, __________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2022-0435_EN.html 2a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2023-0343_EN.html
2023/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3 b) The equality and non- discrimination mandate contained in Article 5 of the CRPD is relevant, as the European Disability Card is meant to accelerate the equality of persons with disabilities through their mutual recognition within the EU. There is a need to approach mobility and free movement in a gender sensitive way so that this legislation contributes to recognising the rights of women and girls with disabilities, mothers and caregivers of persons with disabilities and adopting an intersectional approach in protecting them from discrimination. It is imperative to recognize that women and girls with disabilities are affected by discrimination in many areas of life including social isolation, lack of access to community services, low-quality housing, institutionalisation and inadequate healthcare which hampers them from contributing and engaging actively in society. Women with disabilities are 10 times more likely to experience physical or sexual assault than women without disabilities and therefore information on the access to specialized support services should be made available for those women with disabilities having suffered any form of gender based violence. Overall, the situation for women and girls with disabilities is worse than those of men and boys with disabilities, with this being accentuated for example in rural areas where access to services and opportunities in general is much more limited. Any person with a factual disability, according to the meaning stated in Article 1 of the CRPD, when they reside or move in an EU Member State other than their own, should have their disability status recognised.
2023/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) The purpose of the UNCRPD is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect of their inherent dignity, thus ensuring their full and effective participation and inclusion in society on an equal basis with others. In its article 6, the UNCRPD specifically recognises that women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple discrimination, due in many cases to the intersection of gender and disability, which impacts all spheres of their life including their mobility experiences requiring State parties to “take measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment by them of all human rights and fundamental freedoms” and ensure the full development, advancement and empowerment of women. Women with disabilities often face intersectional forms of discrimination, and thus EU legislation need to integrate an intersectional approach in order to properly address exclusion and discrimination from a comprehensive, systemic and structural perspective; EU Member States are bound by the UNCRPD, however there are significant differences between the countries’ implementation1a. There is a need to progress on equality for persons with disabilities in all countries, for example through investments in infrastructure, capacity building and awareness raising campaigns. The UNCRPD also recognises the importance of the need to take appropriate measures to ensure universal accessibility to persons with disabilities., as for instance to the ones with functional illiteracy mostly affecting women, especially in regards to the current directive, and to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy personal mobility with the greatest possible independence. (6 a) It is necessary to acknowledge that women and girls with disabilities face increased risk of violence and abuse, including sexual abuse, and have heightened vulnerability on account of their sex, age and disability, (6 b) Figures clearly show that caregivers of disabled people are in their vast majority women and that therefore a gender sensitive approach has to be applied also when considering the caregivers side. __________________ 1a Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2023-uncrpd-human-rights- indicators_en.pdf
2023/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) (6a) Whereas data from the European Institute for Gender Equality1a shows that in the EU, 20% of women with disabilities are in full-time employment, comparing to 29% of men with disabilities and 48% of women without disabilities. 22% of women with disabilities are at risk of poverty, comparing to 20% of men with disabilities and 16% of women without disabilities. 17% of women with disabilities graduate tertiary education, comparing to 18% of men with disabilities and 32% of women without disabilities. 11% of women with disabilities have unmet needs for medical examination, comparing to 10% men with disabilities and 3% women without disabilities; whereas there are approximately 46 million women and girls with disabilities in the EU, comprising about 16% of its total female population and representing 60% of the overall population of persons with disabilities1b; therefore a gender- sensitive approach has to be applied when establishing a European Disability Card, and following the specific recommendations adopted by the CRPD Committee on the initial report of the EU in 2015, in particular, the mainstreaming of women and girls with disabilities perspective must be at the centre of the EU Gender Equality strategy, together with policies and programmes and a gender perspective in its Disabilities strategy. The Committee also recommended that the European Union develops actions to advance the rights of women and girls with disabilities by establishing a mechanism to monitor progress and support funding data collection and research on women and girls with disabilities1c; whereas the European Commission and EU Member States shall ensure that gender disaggregated data is collected to elaborate a gender impact assessment of the Directive and guarantee its gender- mainstreamed revision in the future. __________________ 1a Intersecting inequalities in the European Union in the 2023 Gender Equality Index https://eige.europa.eu/gender-equality- index/2022/domain/intersecting- inequalities/disability/work 1b https://www.edf-feph.org/women-and- gender-equality/ 1c Concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union CRPD/C/EU/CO/1, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2 October 2015.
2023/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 10 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take appropriate measures to raise awareness among the public including to public authorities and private service providers having the potential to offer tailored support pursuant to Article 5, about the existence and conditions of the card. Member States shall also inform persons with disabilities, including in accessible and gender- inclusive ways, about the existence and inform persons with disabilities, including in accessible ways, about the existence and conditions to obtain, use, or renew the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities. They should also coordinate comprehensive gender mainstreamed training for all actors concerned.
2023/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The report shall address, inter alia, the use of the European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities in the light of social, and economic developments in the use of the European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities with a view to assessing the need to review this DirectiveMember States and in the Union as a whole, with a view to assessing the need to review this Directive. The report shall include a gender analysis, focusing on how the provisions of this Directive actually and potentially have impacted the free movement of women and girls with disabilities. The report shall also evaluate the effectiveness of the incentivizing measures provided by Member States to service providers. It shall take into account the feedback from persons with disabilities and relevant non- governmental organisations, in particular organisations representing persons with disabilities and organizations fighting for gender equality, as well as economic stakeholders. The Commission shall create a digital portal containing all the information with regards the benefits of holding the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card in all Member States in a gender inclusive manner.
2023/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, at its request and in due time, all the information necessary for the Commission to draw up such a report. This information shall include, inter alia, a clear gender perspective on the implementation of the Disability Card. Member States shall collect gender- disaggregated data in order to identify the forms of multiple discrimination that are faced by women and girls with disabilities when accessing special conditions or preferential treatment with respect to services, activities or facilities, or parking conditions and facilities offered to or reserved for persons with disabilities or person(s) accompanying or assisting them including their personal assistant(s), in compliance with the obligations deriving from the European Disability Card or European Parking Card for persons with disabilities, This data should be used for the gender impact assessment of the Directive and guarantee its gender- mainstreamed revision in the future.
2023/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 44 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 a (new)
Having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’), in particular Articles 3, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 45, and 47 thereof,
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 b (new)
Having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and its entry into force on 21 January 2011 in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC of 26 November 2009 concerning the conclusion, by the European Community, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 c (new)
Having regard to its resolution of 13 December 2022 entitled ‘Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities’,
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 5 d (new)
Having regard to its resolution of 4 October 2023 entitled ‘Harmonising the rights of persons with disabilities’,
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 49 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, citizenship of the Union is destined to be the fundamental status of nationals of the Member States when exercising the right to move and reside within the territory of the Member States, enabling those who find themselves in the same situation to enjoy, within the scope ratione materiae of the TFEU, the same treatment in law irrespective of their nationality, subject to such exceptions as are expressly provided for. The right to free movement should also apply to third country nationals who have legal residence in the European Union. To this end, the Directive text will be complemented by legal act from the Commission which will bridge the legal gap between EU citizens and legally residing third country nationals in this regard. This can provide for more legal certainty not least for women and girls with a migrant background.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 50 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) The purpose of the UNCRPD is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect of their inherent dignity, thus ensuring their full and effective participation and inclusion in society on an equal basis with others. In its article 6, the UNCRPD specifically recognises that women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple discrimination and requires State parties to “take measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment by them of all human rights and fundamental freedoms” and “ensure the full development, advancement and empowerment of women, for the purpose of guaranteeing them the exercise and enjoyment of the human rights”. The UNCRPD also recognises the importance of the need to take appropriate measures to ensure accessibility to persons with disabilities.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 51 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) The CRPD Committee in its concluding observations on the initial report of the EU in 2015 adopted specific recommendations to be followed by the EU to ensure the rights of women and girls with disabilities. These recommendations include in particular the mainstreaming of women and girls with disabilities perspective in its forthcoming Gender Equality strategy, policies and programmes and a gender perspective in its Disabilities strategy. The Committee also recommended that the European Union develops actions to advance the rights of women and girls with disabilities by establishing a mechanism to monitor progress and funding data collection and research on women and girls with disabilities.39a _________________ 39a Concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union CRPD/C/EU/CO/1, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2 October 2015.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 54 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 b (new)
(6 b) It is imperative to recognize that the responsibility to uphold human and equal rights for all people lies mainly with state actors. All EU Member States are bound by the UNCRPD by its ratification, however there are significant differences between the countries’ implementation.39b There is a need to progress on equality for persons with disabilities in all countries, for example through investments in infrastruture, capacity buidiling and awareness raising campaigns. Here private actors can and should play a role too, as they have a duty to respect human rights and equality. _________________ 39b Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2023-uncrpd-human-rights- indicators_en.pdf
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 60 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) Due to the lack of recognition of disability status between Member States, persons with disabilities may face specific difficulties when exercising their fundamental rights of free movement. They may also be subject to further discrimination or stigmatization when Member States take measures to fight fraud or forgery connected to disability certificates, for example by inadvertently accusing them of crimes or blaming the disabled person when in fact the fraud is being committed by other actors. Therefore, the primary focus must always be the best interest of the disabled person and the impact of measures of persons with disabilities should also be seriously taken into account.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 66 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) This impediment on fundamental rights of free movement is exacerbated for women and girls with disabilities who are confronted with intersectional discrimination in all areas of life such as socio-economic disadvantages, social isolation, increased risk of violence against women, forced sterilisation and abortion, lack of access to community services, low-quality housing, institutionalisation, inadequate healthcare and denial of the opportunity to contribute and engage actively in society. Women and girls with disabilities may also be forbidden by their relatives or people in their vicinity to have relationships and be forced to live in continence. Overall, the situation for women and girls with disabilities is worse than those of men and boys with disabilities, and the difference is particularly true in rural areas where access to services and opportunities in general is much more limited compared to urban areas.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 67 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 b (new)
(13 b) Data from the European Institute for Gender Equality shows that in the EU, 20 % of women with disabilities are in full-time employment, comparing to 29% of men with disabilities and 48% of women without disabilities. 22% of women with disabilities are at risk of poverty, comparing to 20% of men with disabilities and 16% of women without disabilities. 17% of women with disabilities graduate tertiary education, comparing to 18% of men with disabilities and 32% of women without disabilities. 11% of women with disabilities have unmet needs for medical examination, comparing to 10% men with disabilities and 3% women without disabilities.47a _________________ 47a Intersecting inequalities in the European Union in the 2023 Gender Equality Index https://eige.europa.eu/gender-equality- index/2022/domain/intersecting- inequalities/disability/work
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 73 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) In order to increase the number of service providers who offer preferential treatment for persons with disabilities, Member States should support and encourage private operators and public authorities through different information measures that ensure positive nudging. These measures could include for example, listing the service providers who already offer preferential treatment as well as publicizing information about requirements of persons with disabilities concerning communication or management of equipment.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) Beside parking conditions and facilities, the services, activities and facilities covered by this Directive concern the provision of accessibility and reasonable accommodation measures for a wide variety of ever-changing activities, including activities provided not for remuneration, by public authorities or private operators, either on a mandatory (on the basis of national/local rules or legal obligations) but often also on a voluntary basis (in particular by private operators) in a variety of policy domains, such as culture, leisure, tourism, sports, public and private transport, education.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 79 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) The issuance of the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities in a Member State is to be determined by this Directive together with that Member State’s applicable procedures and competences for the assessment and recognition of disability status and parking rights for persons with disabilities. Experience shows that even when presenting a European Disability Card or similar proof of disability, the person is not always offered the most accurate support for their disability due to inter alia misunderstandings or miscommunication. Member States should therefore provide the option to persons with disabilities when applying for the card to the relevant authorities, to display their requirements through disability access symbols. This could be done directly on the card or digitally through a QR code and can thus facilitate the communication of their condition and/or requirements.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 82 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) In order to raise awareness and facilitate access to specialfic conditions or preferential treatmenand/or tailored support, while travelling to or visiting another Member State, all relevant information with respect to the conditions, rules, practices, and procedures applicable to obtain the European Disability Card and/or the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities and its subsequent use should be made publicly available in a clear, comprehensive, user-friendly manner and accessible formats for persons with disabilities including in national sign languages, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as well as easy to read format respecting the relevant accessibility requirements for services established in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2019/882. Private operators or public authorities granting special conditions or preferential treatment to persons with disabilities should make such information publicly available in a clear, comprehensive, user-friendly manner and accessible formats, for persons with disabilities respecting the relevant accessibility requirements for services established in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2019/882.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 89 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Directive shall apply to parking conditions and facilities and to all situations where specialfic conditions or preferential treatmenand/or tailored support are offered by private operators or public authorities to persons with disabilities as regards access to the following services, activities and facilities:
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 106 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) “reasonable accommodation” means necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 109 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Union citizens and family members of Union citizens as well as third country nationals that have permanent residence status in a Member State of the European Union whose disability status is recognised by the competent authorities in the Member State of their residence by means of a certificate, a card or any other formal document issued in accordance with national competences, practices, and procedures, as well as, when applicable, to person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s),
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 112 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Union citizens and family members of Union citizens as well as third country nationals that have permanent residence status in a Member State of the European Union whose rights to parking conditions and facilities reserved for persons with disabilities are recognised in their Member State of residence by way of a parking card or another document issued in accordance with national competences, practices, and procedures as well as, when applicable, to person(s) accompanying or assisting them including personal assistant(s).
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 121 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall introduce the European Disability Card following the common standardised format set out in Annex I. Member States shall introduce digital features in physical cards using electronic means addressing fraud- prevention as part of the European Disability Card, as soon as the requirements concerning the digital features referred to in Annex I, are laid down by the Commission in the technical specifications referred to in Article 8. The digital storage medium shall not contain more personal data than the data provided for the European Disability Card in Annex I. Member States shall provide the option to persons with disabilities when applying for the card to the relevant authorities, to display their requirements through disability access symbols directly on the card or digitally through a QR code.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 127 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The European Disability Card shall be issued or renewed by the Member State of residence directly if this is according to the national disability recognition procedure, or upon application by the person with disabilities. It shall be issued and renewed free of charge to the beneficiary within the same period set in the applicable national legislation for issuing disability certificates, disability cards or any other formal document recognising the disability status of a person with disabilities.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 141 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities replaces all existing valid parking cards, issued in accordance with the Council Recommendation on parking cards for persons with disabilities58 at national, regional or local level at the latest by dd/mm/yy [date of application of this Directive]. These measures shall be taken with due respect and consideration to the person with disabilities and their rights. _________________ 58 Council Recommendation of 4 June 1998 (98/376/EC) OJ L 167/25,12.6.1998 as adapted by Council Recommendation of 3 March 2008 by reason of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic OJ L 63/43,7.3.2008.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 147 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – title
Surveillance, compliance, aAccessibility of information and awareness raising
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 148 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall make the conditions and rules, practices, and procedures to issue, renew or withdraw a European Disability Card and a European Parking Card for persons with disabilities publicly available in accessible formats, including in digital formats, latest by [within 12 months after the entry into force of this Directive], including in digital formats, as well as in national sign languages, augmentative and alternative communication and easy to read format and and upon request in other assistive formats requested by persons with disabilities.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 149 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission shall gather the information provided by Member States in a specially dedicated EU website. Particularly, the website shall provide information on which different accessibility measures are available by public authorities to Card holders according to each disability type in the respective Member States. The website shall also list, where applicable, the type of service providers involved in the Card’s scheme.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 151 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take appropriate measures to raise awareness among the public in particular public authorities and private service providers having the potential to offer tailored support pursuant to Article 5, about the existence and conditions of the card. Member States shall also inform persons with disabilities, including in accessible ways, about the existence and inform persons with disabilities, including in accessible ways, about the existence and conditions to obtain, use, or renew the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 153 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall publish guidelines on standards as well as proper management of assistive devices and technologies in order to support Member States in their harmonization efforts. The first version of those guidelines shall be published latest by [within 12 months after the entry into force of this Directive] and consequently every 12 months. For this, the Commission shall assist persons with disabilities and their representative organizations as well as companies developing assistive technologies.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 154 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. The information referred to in this Article shall be made available free of charge in a clear, comprehensive, user- friendly and easily accessible way, including through private operators’ or public authorities’ official website where available, or by other suitable means, in accordance with the relevant accessibility requirements for services set in Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/882.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 159 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 a (new)
Article9a Surveillance and compliance 1. Member States shall take all necessary steps to avoid the risk of forgery or fraud and shall actively combat the fraudulent use and forgery of the European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities. Any measures taken to avoid risk of forgery or fraud shall have due regard and consideration to the rights of persons with disabilities and shall not result in any interference with the legitimate interests of persons with disabilities in the use of either card or lead in any way to their stigmatisation. 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that holders of a European Disability Card or European Parking Card for persons with disabilities return their cards to the competent authority should the conditions under which they were issued no longer be fulfilled. 3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that in case they encounter cases of abuse or misuse of the cards issued by another Member State on their territory, the competent authorities in the Member State who issued the European Disability Card or European Parking Card for persons with disabilities are informed. The Member State of issuance shall ensure appropriate follow- up in accordance with national law or practice, keeping in mind the best interest of the persons with disabilities. 4. Member States shall carry out checks on compliance with the obligations deriving from the European Disability Card or European Parking Card for persons with disabilities and with the corresponding rights of persons with disabilities holding those cards and person(s) accompanying or assisting them including their personal assistant(s). 5. The information referred to in this Article shall be made available free of charge in a clear, comprehensive, user- friendly and easily accessible way, including through private operators’ or public authorities’ official website where available, or by other suitable means, in accordance with the relevant accessibility requirements for services set in Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/882.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 161 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making, as well as persons with disabilities and their representative organisations.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 162 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee and shall meaningfully involve representative organisations of persons with disabilities. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 164 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) provisions whereby public bodies such as Equality Bodies or private associations, organisations or other legal entities which have a legitimate interest in ensuring that the provisions of this Directive are complied with may take action in accordance with national law and procedures before the courts or before the competent administrative bodies on behalf or in support of a person with disabilities, with his or hetheir approval, in any judicial or administrative proceedings provided for the enforcement of obligations under this Directive.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 165 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) provisions whereby persons with disabilities, or their designated representatives acting on their behalf and with their approval, may appeal, in accordance with national law or practice, a decision from a Member State regarding the issuance or renewal of an European Disability Card or an European Parking Card.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 167 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that private operators or public authorities make information on any specialfic conditions or preferential treatmenttailored support related to reasonable accommodation pursuant to Article 5 publicly available in accessible formats.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 168 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall encourage private operators or public authorities to voluntarily provide specialfic conditions or preferential treatment for persons with disabilitiestailored support for persons with disabilities in as wide a range of services, other activities and facilities as possible. This may be done by Member States through inter alia the following information measures: (a) publicizing information about which other service providers are already offering tailored support for persons with disabilities; (b) providing information on disability access symbols that can be displayed by the service providers to enhance visibility towards customers; (c) providing information on how to deal properly with assistive devices such as electric wheelchairs and scooters to avoid damage; (d) providing information on assistive augmentative communication (AAC).
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 170 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The report shall address, inter alia, in the light of social, economic developments the use of the European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities with a view to assessing the need to review this Directivein the light of social and economic developments in the Member States and in the Union as a whole, with a view to assessing the need to review this Directive. The report shall include a gender analysis, focusing on how the provisions of this Directive actually and potentially have impacted the free movement of women and girls with disabilities. The report shall also evaluate the effectiveness of the incentivizing measures provided by Member States to service providers.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 171 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, at its request and in due time, all the information necessary for the Commission to draw up such a report. This information shall include, inter alia, a clear gender perspective on the implementation of the Disability Card.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 172 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission’s report shall take into account the viewpoints of persons with disabilities, economic stakeholders and relevant non-governmental organisations, including particular organisations representing persons with disabilities and organizations fighting for gender equality, as well as economic stakeholders.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 175 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt and publish, by dd/mm/yy [within 182 months after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 180 #

2023/0311(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. They shall apply those provisions from dd/mm/yy [3024 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive].
2023/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the EUR 53,76 million in commitments and EUR 52,58 million in payment for agriculture; nonetheless calls for an increase of the budget considering the challenges that the agri-food sector has faced in 2023 and still needs to tackle in 2024; highlights that generally the size of this budget is smaller compared to 2023 in relation to the GNI of the EU and even if the budget 2024 is EUR 2.7 billion more than the one agreed for 2023, the increase does not compensate for high inflation levels;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the role that agriculture plays in achieving the Union objectives of food security, sustainable growth, social inclusion, animal welfare and combating climate change;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the negative effects of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on food securityon international food security and food affordability, especially in those regions of the world highly dependent on staple food imports from Ukraine;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for additional support for Member States with the lowest direct payments in order to strengthen their capacity to withstand inflationary pressures and increased input prices;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of funding research and innovation in the agri-food sector and ensuring that farmers are involved in this research; recalls the importance of ensuring that research results reach farm level;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the acceleration of the digital transformation in agriculture and rural areas; notes the continued importance of support for investments in modernisation and innovation if the agriculture sector is to contribute to meeting the targets of the European Green Deal, the Biodiversity strategy and Farm to Fork measures;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises the important role of agri-cooperatives, and calls on Member States to provide more support for the cooperative sector while making sure that unnecessary administrative burden is mitigated;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Having regard to the negative effects of food waste, Member States committed themselves to taking measures to promote the prevention and reduction of food waste in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 25 September 2015, and in particular its target of halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses, by 2030. Those measures aimed to prevent and reduce food waste in primary production, in processing and manufacturing, in retail and other distribution of food, in restaurants and food services as well as in households and progress made in their implementation should be assessed periodically.
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Bearing in mind the interdependence between the distribution and consumption stages in the food supply chain, in particular the influence of retail practices on consumer behaviour and the relation between food consumption in- and out-of-home, it is advisable to set up one joint target for these stages of the food supply chain. Setting separate targets for each of these stages would add unnecessary complexity and would limit Member States’ flexibility in focusing on their specific areas of concern. In order to avoid that a joint target results in excessive burden on certain operators, Member States will be advised to consider the principle or proportionality in setting up measures to reach the joint target, with due consideration of small and micro enterprises operating in the food supply chain.
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Based on the harmonised methodology set out in Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/159776 , the first year for which data on food waste levels were collected was 2020. Therefore, the year 2020 should be used as a baseline for setting food waste reduction targetsHowever, given that 2020 was an exceptional year, in the context of COVID19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns, a 2020-2022 would be a more suitable reference period, taking into account divergences arising from the pandemic. For Member States, which can demonstrate that they performed food waste measurements before 2020, using methods consistent with Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597, the use of an earlier baseline should be allowed. _________________ 76 Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 supplementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 77).
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) In order to facilitate the consistent interpretation of food waste data and reporting requirements by national authorities, while avoiding uneccessary administrative burden for operators in the food supply chain, the Commission should adopt guidance for the interpretation of delegated acts, following the example of the Guidance for the compilation and reporting of data on municipal waste1a or the Guidance for the compilation and reporting of data on packaging and packaging waste2b; _________________ 1a European Commission, Eurostat, Guidance for the compilation and reporting of data on packaging and packaging waste according to Decision 2005/270/EC ; (version 2023) https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3 42366/351811/Guidance+on+municipal+ waste+data+collection/ 2b European Commission, Eurostat, Guidance for the compilation and reporting of data on municipal waste according to Commission Implementing Decisions 2019/1004/EC and 2019/1885/EC, and the Joint Questionnaire of Eurostat and OECD, (version 2023) https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3 42366/351811/PPW+- +Guidance+for+the+compilation+and+re porting+of+data+on+packaging+and+pac kaging+waste.pdf/297d0cda-e5ff-41e5- 855b-5d0abe425673?t=1621978014507
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) developing and supporting behavioural change interventions to reduce food waste, and information campaigns to raise awareness about food waste prevention including measures to enable a better understanding of date marking by consumers;
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) strengthening the role played by educational establishments in tackling food waste in canteens and in shaping the behaviour of young children and adolescents through clasroom activities suitable for their age;
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 a – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) supporting research and innovation in tackling food waste in both the prevention and management phase, including by developing innovative packaging to ensure food safety and quality while reducing the overall environmental impact;
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 a – paragraph 1 – point a
(c) facilitating and encouraging food donation and other redistribution for human consumption, by providing supportive fiscal and administrative incentives to economic operators, such as VAT exemptions, prioritising human use over animal feed and the reprocessing into non- food products;
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 3a (new)
3 a. The Commission shall facilitate clarity and harmonisation in monitoring and measuring food waste across Member States, by issuing practical guidelines on collecting data and reporting requirements that would also serve as reference for actors alongs the supply chain and responsible authorities.
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) reduce the generation of food waste in processing and manufacturing by 10 % in comparison to the amount generated in 2020compared to the average of 2020-2022;
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) reduce the generation of food waste per capita, jointly in retail and other distribution of food, in restaurants and food services and in households, by 30 % in comparison to the amount generated in 2020compared to the average of 2020-2022.
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2023/0234(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 29a – paragraph 1 – point 1a (new)
1 a. When adapting their food waste prevention programmes, Member States shall ensure the involvement of local and regional stakeholders, the private sector and civil society, with the aim of developing tailor-made and needs-based food waste prevention programmes, capable of addressing localised food waste hotspots, together with specific attitudes and behaviours that contribute to food waste, particularly at household level.
2023/11/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 628 #

2023/0232(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Within 12 months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall, in consultation with Member States, submit another report to the European Parliament and the Council containing: (a) an overview of financial resources available at Union level for the purpose of implementing this Directive; (b) an assessment of the funding needs to implement Articles 6 to 16 and to achieve the objective set forth in Article 1; (c) an analysis to identify any funding gaps in the implementation of the obligations set out in the Directive, including for the financial compensation of potential losses by landowners and land managers directly due to the implementation of this Directive; and (d) where appropriate, proposals for adequate additional measures, including financial measures to address the gaps identified for those areas outside of the Common Agricultural Policy.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 requires relevant Union institutions and Member States to ensure continuous progress in enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change. One of the aims of the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change is therefore to accelerate the adaptative capacity of the Union to climate change, by amending the rules on FRM, amongst others. The Union legislation should encourage the Union wide production and marketing of FRM. To this end, the possibility for Member States to restrict the approval of certain basic material and to prohibit the marketing of certain FRM to final users, as it it set out in Directive 1999/105/EC, should be abolished.
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Insofar as certain species and artificial hybrids are not subject to the measures contained in this regulation, Member States may take such measures, or less stringent measures, in respect of their own territory.
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
(da) Forest reproductive material used for purposes other than those covered by this regulation.
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) ‘forest reproductive material’ (‘FRM’) means cones, infructescenses, fruits and seeds intended for the production of aseed units, parts of plants and planting stock,s that belong to tree species and artificial hybrids thereof listed in Annex I to this Regulation and used for afforestation, reforestation, and other tree planting and direct seeding for any of the following purposes:
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘production’ means all stages in the generation of the seed and, parts of plants and whole plants, the conversion from seed unit to seed occurring outside the collection sites, and the raising of plants from a planting stock, with a view for the respective FRM to be marketed;
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Article 6 Requirements for FRM derived from basic material intended for the purpose of conserving forest genetic resources In order for FRM derived from basic material subject to the derogation of Article 18 to be marketed, all the following conditions shall be fulfilled: (a) FRM of the species listed in Annex I may only be marketed, if it is of the ‘source-identified’ category; (b) FRM shall be of origin which is naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions; and (c) FRM shall be collected from all individuals of the notified basic material.deleted
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7 Temporary authorisation of marketing of FRM derived from basic material not meeting the category requirements 1. Competent authorities may temporarily authorise the marketing of FRM derived from approved basic material which does not meet all the requirements of the appropriate category referred to in Article 5(1), following the adoption of the delegated act referred to in paragraph 2. The competent authorities of the respective Member State shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of those temporary authorisations and of the respective reasons justifying their approval. 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 26, supplementing this Article, by setting out the conditions for the granting of the temporary authorisation to the Member State concerned. Those conditions shall include: (a) the justification for granting that authorisation to ensure achievement of the objectives of this Regulation; (b) the maximum duration of the authorisation; (c) obligations as regards official controls on the professional operators applying that authorisation; (d) the content and form of the notification referred to in paragraph 1.deleted
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 180 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. PMember States, in collaboration with professional operators, shall make available to the users of their FRM all necessary relevant information available concerning its suitability for current and projected future climatic and ecological conditions. That information shall, prior to the transfer of the FRM concerned, be provided to the potential purchaser through websites, planters’ guides and other appropriate means.
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) lot numbercode;
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 232 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. An official label shall be issued by the competent authority or by the professional operator under official supervision of a national authority for every lot of FRM attesting compliance of that FRM with the requirements referred to in Article 5.
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 239 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Competent authorities shall authorise the professional operator to print the official label after the competent authority has attested compliance of that FRM with the requirements referred to in Article 5. The professional operator is authorised to print that label, if, on the basis of an audit, the competent authority has concluded that the operator possesses the infrastructure and resources to print the official labelThe official label shall be printed by: (a) the competent authority, if so requested by the professional operator, or (b) the professional operator, under the official supervision of the competent authority, or (c) a third party acting under the responsibility of the professional operator.
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 242 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. In addition to the information required under Article 15(1), the official label or another document from the supplier ("the supplier's label or document") mentioning the information required in the said article shall contain all the following information:
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 245 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(ea) A QR code with instructions on how to take care of, store and plant FRM.
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 248 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, set out the following elements concerning the official label or another document from the supplier ("the supplier's label or document) :
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 251 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) colour of the label for specific categories or other types of FRM;deleted
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18 Derogation from the obligation to be approved for basic material intended for the purpose of conserving forest genetic resources 1. By way of derogation from Article 4(1) and (2), the registration of basic material intended for the purpose of conserving forest genetic resources in the national register shall not be subject to approval by the competent authorities. 2. Any professional operator registering basic material for the purpose of conserving forest genetic resources used in forestry, shall notify that basic material to the competent authority of the Member State concerned. 3. Basic material referred to in paragraph 1 shall be notified to the competent authorities in accordance with the format of FOREMATIS. The notification of the basic material shall be carried out with reference to the unit of notification. Each unit of notification shall be identified by a unique register reference in a national register. That notification shall contain the following information: (a) botanical name; (b) category; (c) basic material; (d) register reference or, where appropriate, summary thereof, or identity code for region of provenance; (e) location: a short name, if appropriate, and the region of provenance and the latitudinal, longitudinal and altitudinal range; (f) area: the size of a seed source(s) or stand(s); (g) origin: indication whether the basic material is autochthonous/indigenous, non-autochthonous/non-indigenous or whether the origin is unknown. For non- autochthonous/ non-indigenous basic material, indication of the origin if known; (h) purpose: conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources. 4. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish the specific conditions as regards the requirements and content of that notification. Those implementing acts shall take account of the development of applicable international standards and shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 27(2).deleted
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 263 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19 Approval by professional operators of basic material intended for the production of FRM of the source–identified category By way of derogation from Article 4(1) and (2), Member States may authorise professional operators to approve, for certain species, basic material intended for the production of FRM of the source- identified category, if the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the region of provenance, where the basic material is located, is subject to extreme weather conditions; and (b) those weather conditions have an impact on the reproductive cycle of the basic material and decrease the frequency of harvesting FRM from that basic material. That authorisation shall be subject to approval by the Commission.deleted
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 272 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 4, the Commission, by means of implementing acts, may authorise Member States to adopt, as regards theMember States may, as regards the conditions laid down in Annexes II to V and VII, impose additional or more stringent requirements for the approval of basic material and the production of FRM more stringent production requirements, than those referred to in that Article, in all or part of the territory of the Member State concerned. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 27(2)reproductive material in their own territory.
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 275 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For the purpose of the authorisation referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall submit to the Commission a request setting out:Member States may, in their territories, restrict the approval of basic material intended for the production of forest reproductive material of the category ‘source-identified’.
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 276 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. The authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted only if all the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the measures requested ensure at least one of the following: (i) the improvement of the quality of the FRM concerned; (ii) the protection of the environment: adaptation to climate change or the contribution to the protection of biodiversity, restoration of forest ecosystems; (b) the measures requested are necessary and proportionate to their objective pursuant to point (a); and (c) the measures are justified on the basis of the specific climatic and ecological conditions in the Member State concerned.deleted
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 277 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. Where Member States have adopted additional or more stringent requirements pursuant to Article 7 of Directive 1999/105/EC, the Member States concerned shall, by … [one year after the date of application of this Regulation], review those measures and repeal or amend those measures to comply with this Regulation. They shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of those actions.deleted
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 1
LIST OF TREE SPECIES AND ARTIFICIAL HYBRIDS (adding new ones) Abies bornmulleriana Acer campestre Alnus cordata - Juglans regia Eucalyptus globulus Eucalyptus gunnii Eucalyptus hybride gunnii x dalrympleana Eucalyptus nitens Juglans major x regia Juglans nigra Juglans nigra x regia Malus sylvestris Pinus taeda Populus nigra Populus tremula Sorbus domestica Sorbus torminalis
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #

2023/0228(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 2 – point d – point i
(i) The estimated superiority of the FRM shall be calculated against a reference population for a characteristic or set of characteristics. The professional operator shall define the reference population in the breeding program and describe this reference populationreference population shall be defined and described in the test reports.
2023/12/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In order to achieve this transition to sustainable food systems, the Union legislation should therefore take account of the need to ensure the adaptability of the PRM production to the changing agricultural, horticultural and environmental conditions, to face the challenges of climate change, to protect and restore biodiversity while ensuring food security and to meet increasing farmers’ and consumers’ expectations related to quality and sustainability of PRM.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Furthermore, some varieties may have certain characteristics that, when cultivated under certain conditions, could have undesirable agronomic effects that would undermine the objective of the Regulation to contribute to the sustainability of agricultural production. This objective can only be achieved if such varieties are subject to appropriate cultivation conditions established at EU level and under which those undesirable agronomic effects are avoided. Those conditions should apply to the cultivation of those varieties for the production of food, feed or industrial materials and not only when intended for the production and marketing of PRM. Therefore, this Regulation should cover the conditions under which those varieties are cultivated, also for the production of food, feed or other products.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) This Regulation should cover neither PRM exported to third countries, nor PRM used solely for official testing, breeding, inspections, exhibitions or scientific purposes, including on-farm research. This is because such categories of PRM do not require particular harmonised identity or quality standards and do not compromise the identity and quality of other PRM marketed in the Union.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Many gene banks,conservation organisations and networks operate in the Union with an objective to conserve plant genetic resources. In order to facilitate their activity, it is appropriate to allow that PRM which is marketed to them, or among them, derogates from the established production and marketing requirements, and that instead it complies with less stringent rules.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) The use of PRM that does not belong to a variety pursuant to this Regulation, but rather belongs to a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon, with a high level of genetic and phenotypic diversity between individual reproductive units (‘heterogeneous material’), could have benefits especially in organic production and low input agriculture, through improving resilience and increasing the within-species genetic diversity of cultivated plants. Therefore, PRM of heterogeneous material, with the exception of fodder plants, should be allowed to be produced and marketed without having to comply with the requirements for variety registration and the other production and marketing requirements of this Regulation. Specific requirements for the production and marketing of that material should be set out.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
(49) In order to contribute to the sustainability of agricultural production and serve economic, environmental and broader societal needs, new varieties of all genera or species should show an improvement compared to the other varieties of the same genera or species registered in the same national variety register, concerning certain aspects. Among those aspects are their yield, including yield stability and yield under low input conditions; tolerance/resistance to biotic stresses, including plant diseases caused by nematodes, fungi, bacteria, viruses, insects and other pests; tolerance/resistance to abiotic stresses, including adaptation to climate change conditions; more efficient use of natural resources, such as water and nutrients; reduced need for external inputs, such as plant protection products and fertilisers; characteristics that enhance the sustainability of cultivation, harvesting, storage, processing and, distribution; and use, and quality or nutritional characteristics (‘value for sustainable cultivation and use’). For the purpose of deciding on the variety registration and in order to provide sufficient flexibility to register varieties with the most desirable characteristics, those aspects should be considered for a given variety as a whole.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60 a (new)
(60 a) Some conventionally bred varieties are already linked to patents and, in the future, new EU legislation on new genomic techniques may trigger a proliferation of varieties with patented traits. In this context, it is convenient that this regulation provides more transparency by indicating in the national and Union registers the presence of any patent covered by varieties so that breeders and farmers can make informed choices.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
(64) Regulation (EU) 2018/848 should be amended to align the definitions of ‘plant reproductive material’ and ‘heterogeneous material’ with the definitions provided for by this Regulation. Moreover, the empowerment for the Commission to adopt specific provisions for the marketing of PRM of organic heterogeneous material should be excluded from Regulation (EU) 2018/848, as all rules concerning the production and marketing of PRM should be set out in this Regulation for reasons of legal clarity.deleted
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The requirements concerning production and imports of PRM shall apply only to production with a view to its marketing in the Union.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(f a) to support innovation for the development of resilient PRM that would contribute to enhance crops that favor soil protection, such as leguminous;
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 143 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) represent a significantconsiderable area of production of PRM and a significantconsiderable value of marketed PRM in the Union
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) present an interest in term of agronomy, sustainability or nutritional characteristics.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 162 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) PRM used solely for official testing, breeding, inspections, exhibitions or scientific purposes, including on-farm research.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(e a) PRM managed by public gene banks.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 247 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 29 – point a
(a) traditionally grown or locally newly bred or developed under specific local conditions in the Union, and adapted to those conditions; and
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 263 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 31
(31) ‘practically free from pests’ means completely free from pests, or a situation where the presence of quality pests on the respective PRM is so low that those pests do not affect adversely the quality of that PRM;
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 272 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35 a (new)
(35 a) ‘NGT plant’ means plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques as defined in Article 3, point 2 of Regulation (EU) [Office of Publications, please insert reference to Regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed] of the European Parliament and of the Council;
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 293 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) it is produced and marketed:
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 306 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) germination rates, purity and content of other PRM, moisture, vigour, presence of earth or extraneous matter;
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 313 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Once a year, professional operators shall submit to the competent authority a declaration concerning the quantities per species of standard seed and material they produced.deleted
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 369 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, seeds may be marketed from athe last generation of seeds before commercialization to professional operator directly to a farmermay be marketed in bulk.
2023/12/05
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 434 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4
4. Any professional operator producing and/or intending to market PRM of heterogeneous material shall submit a notification to the competent authority prior to marketing. If no further information is requested by the national competent authority within a time determined by the competent authority,3 months the PRM of heterogeneous material may be marketed.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – title
PRM marketed to and between gene banks,conservation organisations and networks
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 463 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation from Articles 5 to 25, PRM may be marketed to, or between, gene banks, conservation organisations and networks, including inter alia farmers, with a statutory objective, or an objective official notified to the competent authority, to conserve plant genetic resources, whereby any of the activities are carried out for non- profit purposes.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 469 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
It can be marketed as well from those gene banks,conservation organisations and networks to persons who carry out conservation of that PRM as final consumers, for non- profit purposes.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 473 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) be listed in a register kept by those gene banks,conservation organisations and networks with an appropriate description of that PRM;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 476 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) be conserved by those gene banks,conservation organisations and networks, and samples of that PRM be made available by them to the competent authorities upon request; and
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 483 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The gene banks,conservation organisations and networks shall notify the competent authority of the use of the derogation referred to in paragraph 1 and the species concerned.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 512 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) not to belong to a to variety for which plant variety rights have been applied or granted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2100/94;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 527 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
Article 31 Breeder’s seed 1. By way of derogation from Articles 5 -25, a competent authority may authorise operators to market seed of generations preceeding the pre-basic category to another operator, for the purpose of breeding new varieties (breeders’ seed). The competent authority shall determine the duration of the authorisation and quantities per species, when granting that authorisation. 2. The PRM referred to in paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by a label issued by the professional operator, with the indication ‘breeder’s seed’, that shall be affixed, as applicable, on the container, bundle or package of that material. It shall be sealed and bear a lot number to be used for identification purposes and control plot testing before it is used as pre-basic seed.deleted
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 534 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Such authorisation may be granted for a maximum period of 3 3years in the case of seeds, and 5 years in the case of PRM other than seeds, and for smalllimited quantities per species as specified by the competent authority in correlation with the volume of production at Member State level.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 537 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By way of derogation from Articles 5, 7, 10 -12, 15, 20, 23 and 24, a competent authority may authorise professional operators for a maximum period of 3 years in the case of seeds, and 5 years in the case of PRM other than seeds, and for smalllimited quantities per species as determined by the competent authority, in correlation with the volume of production at Member State level, to produce and market PRM belonging to a variety not yet registered in a national variety register referred to in Article 44, if all of the following requirements are fulfilled:
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 576 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43
Article 43 Annual notification of the intended production and certification of pre-basic, basic and certified seed and material Every year, professional operators shall notify the competent authorities about: (a) their intention to produce pre-basic, basic and certified material or pre-basic, basic and certified seed, at least one month before the beginning of that production; and (b) the production of pre-basic, basic and certified material that started in pevious years and continues in the year concerned. That notification shall state the plant species, varieties and categories concerned and the exact location of production.deleted
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 587 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) where the varieties are tolerant to herbicides, they are subject to cultivation conditions for the production of PRM and for any other purpose, adopted pursuant to paragraph 3 or, in the case they have not been adopted, as adopted by the competent authorities responsible for registration, to avoid the development of herbicide resistance in weeds due to their use; where a plan establishing such cultivation conditions has already been submitted, it shall apply also to the registrations of subsequent varieties with similar characteristics;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 595 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) where the varieties have particular characteristics other than the ones referred to in point (f) that may lead to undesirable agronomic effects, they are subject to cultivation conditions for the production of PRM and any other purpose, adopted pursuant to paragraph 3 or, in the case they have not been adopted, as adopted by the competent authorities responsible for their registration, to avoid those particular undesirable agronomic effects, such as the development of resistance of pests to the respective varieties or undesirable effects on pollinators; where a plan establishing such cultivation conditions has already been submitted, it shall apply also to the registrations of subsequent varieties with similar characteristics.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 601 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4
4. For the purpose of registering a variety in its national variety register, a competent authority shall accept, without any further examination,may use an official description or an official examination of the requirements for value for sustainable cultivation and use, as referred to in paragraph 1, point (a)(i), which has been produced by a competent authority of another Member State, if equivalent recognition measures exist between the two competent authorities.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 604 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
1. For the purposes of the official description, referred to in Article 47(1), point (a), a variety shall be deemed to be distinct, if it is clearly distinguishable, by reference to the expression of the characteristics that results from a particular genotype or combination of genotypes, from any other variety whose existence isof commonly knownledge on the date of the submission of the application established in accordance with Article 58.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 612 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point f
(f) characteristics that enhance the sustainability ofcultivation, harvesting, storage, processing and, distribution; and use.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 619 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
For vegetables, fruit and vine propagating material, these delegated acts should provide for a relaxation of minimum requirements, as well as methodologies and standards adapted to the specific features of these sectors, to avoid holding back diversity and innovation.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 625 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) it has an indication of its initial region of origin or the local conditions to which has been bred for;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 629 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The competent authority shall accept or reject the registration of a conservation variety, after checking its compliance with paragraph 1. Decisions refusing the registration of a conservation variety in the national variety register shall state the reasons justifying such refusal. The competent authority shall communicate to the applicant the decision.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 642 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point c – paragraph 2
unless variety referred to in point (i) or (ii) no longer remains in existence and its denomination has acquired no special significance;deleted
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 662 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By way of derogation from Article 59(2), the technical examination of whether the variety has a sustainable value for cultivation and use, in accordance with Article 52, or part of it, may bethe competent authority may authorize that the VSCU is carried out by the applicant if:
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 669 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 3
3. This Article shall apply without prejudice to Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. The competent authorities shall take due account of the respect of confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided for by Union or national law to protect a legitimate economic interest.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 686 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authority may, on its own initiative, renew the registration of a variety, if it is still in large demand by the professional operators and farmers concerned, or it should be retained in the interest of conserving plant genetic resources, provided that the variety is no longer protected by a plant breeders’ right title according to Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights, or national intellectual property rights. .
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 700 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81
Regulation 2018/848
Article 3, Article 13, Annex II
Article 81 Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2018/848 Regulation (EU) 2018/848 is amended as follows: (1) Article 3 is amended as follows: (a) point (17) is replaced by the following: ‘(17) ‘plant reproductive material’ means plant reproductive material as defined in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parlament and Council(*)+;’; ____________ (*) Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council …. (OJ …, p…). [footnote that will be in that regulation goes here] [+ OJ: Please insert in the text the number of this Regulation and insert the number, date, title and OJ reference of this Regulation in the footnote.] ‘(18) ‘organic heterogeneous material’ means heterogeneous material as defined in Article 3(27) of Regulation (EU) …/…(*)++ , produced in accordance with this Regulation;’ ____________ (*) Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council …. (OJ …, p…). [footnote that will be in that regulation goes here] [++ OJ: Please insert in the text the number of this Regulation.] (3) The second paragaph of Point 1.8.4. of Part I of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 is replaced by the following: “ All multiplication practices, except plant tissue cultures, cell cultures, germplasm, meristems, chimaeric clones, micro- propagated material, shall be carried out under certified organic management”.deleted
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 709 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – paragraph 20 a (new)
Camelina sativa.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 710 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – paragraph 23 a (new)
Cicer arietinum.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 711 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – paragraph 25 a (new)
Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L.)
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 712 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – paragraph 38 a (new)
Lens culinaris.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 713 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part A – paragraph 88 a (new)
Triticum monococcum.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 717 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Part B – paragraph 29 a (new)
Salvia hispanica.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 783 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) in the case of varieties with officially recognised description and, if appropriate, an indication of the region(s), where the variety has historictraditionally been grown and to which it is naturally adapted (‘region(s) of origin’), in case of newly bred conservation varieties, to which local growing conditions it is adapted;
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 786 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(pa) where applicable, the indication that the variety is a “conservation variety”.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 789 #

2023/0227(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(ta) whether there are any intellectual property rights applying to the variety, including, where applicable, the code of each patent.
2023/12/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and the Council on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007(47 20) prohibits the use of GMOs and products from and by GMOs in organic production. It defines GMOs for the purposes of that Regulation by reference to Directive 2001/18/EC, excluding from the prohibition GMOs which have been obtained through the techniques of genetic modification listed in Annex 1.B of Directive 2001/18/EC. As a result, category 2 NGT plants will be banned in organic production. However, it is necessary to clarify the status of category 1 NGT plants for the purposes of organic production. The use of new genomic techniques is currently incompatible with the concept of organic production in the Regulation (EC) 2018/848 and with consumthe current consumers’ and producers’ perception of organic products. The use of category 1 NGT plants should therefore be also prohibited in organic production. _________________ 47 Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1)The Commission should present a report on the evolution of consumers’ and organic producers’ perception 7 years after the entry into force of this Regulation in order to reconsider, if appropriate, the ban on the use of NGT1 in organic production.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 274 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, the rules set out in its Articles 5 (f) (iii) and 11 shall apply to category 1 NGT plants and to products produced from or by such plants. Seven years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the European Commission shall present a report on the evolution of the consumers' and producers' perception, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal to lift the ban on the use of NGT in organic production.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2023/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The STEP should identify resources which should be implemented within the existing Union programmes and funds, the InvestEU, Horizon Europe, European Defence Fund and Innovation Fund. This should be accompanied by providing additional funding of EUR 10 billion, by means of the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework. Of this, EUR 5 billion should be used to increase the endowment of the Innovation Fund46 and EUR 3 billion to increase the total amount of the EU guarantee available for the EU compartment under the InvestEU Regulation to EUR 7,5 billion,47 taking into account the relevant provisioning rate. EUR 0.5 billion should be made available to increase the financial envelope under the Horizon Europe Regulation,48 which should be amended accordingly; and EUR 1.5 billion to the European Defence Fund.49 _________________ 46 Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32). 47 Regulation (EU) 2021/523 establishing the InvestEU Programme (OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 30). 48 Regulation (EU) 2021/695 establishing Horizon Europe (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 1). 49 Regulation (EU) 2021/697 establishing the European Defense Fund (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 149.)
2023/09/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2023/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) While the STEP relies on the reprogramming and reinforcement of existing programmes for supporting strategic investments, it is also an important element for testing the feasibility and preparation of new interventions as a step towards a European Sovereignty Fund. The European Sovereignty Fund should strengthen the Union's strategic autonomy in key sectors while supporting the completion of the green and digital transitions. The evaluation in 2025 will assess the relevance of the actions undertaken and serve as basis for assessing the need for an upscaling of the support towards strategic sectors.
2023/09/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 52 #

2023/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In order to help accelerate investments and provide immediate liquidity for investments supporting the STEP objectives under the ERDF, the ESF+59 and the JTF, an additional amount of exceptional pre-financing should be provided in the form of a one-off payment with respect to the priorities dedicated to investments supporting the STEP objectives. The additional pre-financing should apply to the whole of the JTF allocation given the need to accelerate its implementation and the strong links of the JTF to support Member States towards the STEP objectives. The rules applying for those amounts of exceptional pre-financing should be consistent with the rules applicable to pre-financing set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1060. Moreover, to further incentivise the uptake of such investments and ensure its faster implementation, the possibility for an increased maximum EU financing rate of 100% for the STEP priorities should be available. When implementing the new STEP objectives, managing authorities are encouraged to apply certain social criteria or promote social positive outcomes, such as creating apprenticeships and jobs for young disadvantaged persons, in particular young persons not in employment, education or training, applying the social award criteria in the Directives on public procurement when a project is implemented by a body subject to public procurement, and paying the applicable wages as agreed through collective bargaining. _________________ 59 Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 21).
2023/09/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 119 #

2023/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2021/1058
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new) – subparagraph 7
By way of derogation from Article 112 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, the maximum co-financing rates for investments contributing to dedicated priorities established to support the STEP objectives shall be increased to 100 %.
2023/09/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 143 #

2023/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2021/1058
Article 10 – paragraph 4 (new) – subparagraph 6
By way of derogation from Article 112 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, the maximum co-financing rates for investments contributing to dedicated priorities established to support the STEP objectives shall be increased to 100 %.
2023/09/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 146 #

2023/0199(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2021/1057
Article 12 a (new) – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6
By way of derogation from Article 112 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, the maximum co-financing rates for investments contributing to dedicated priorities established to support the STEP objectives shall be increased to 100 %.
2023/09/06
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) In light of the close link between the quality of honey and its origin and the need for the consumer not to be misled regarding the quality of the product, Directive 2001/110/EC lays down rules on the labelling of the origin where the honey has been harvested. In particular, Article 2(4) of that Directive requires the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested to be indicated on the label and provides that, if honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’. The different rules adopted on this basis by Member States may have misled consumers and may have hindered the functioning of the internal market. In the light of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the origin of their food, andlso in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, it is appropriate to revise the rules for honey origin labelling and provide that the country or countries of origin should be mentioned on the packaging in descending order of their share in weight. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packspacks the largest surface of which have an area of less than 10 cm from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one country.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Following the "From the Hive" action carried out by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), together with the national authorities of 18 countries belonging to the European Food Fraud Network, the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), a very high percentage of imported honeys were found to be adulterated with cheap ingredients, such as sugar syrups and water, to artificially increase the product's volume. Directive 2001/110, amended by Directive 2014/63, empowers the European Commission to establish the most appropriate methods of analysis to ensure that honey marketed in the European Union complies with the requirements of the legislation. These methods are now obsolete, and there is an urgent need to update them regularly in the light of the latest scientific developments, in collaboration with the Commission's Joint Research Centre, in order to prevent fraudulent practices.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) It is also essential to improve traceability from the beekeeper to the consumer, with a minimum of compulsory, harmonized rules. At present, traceability rules do not make it possible to link the various operators in contact with the product, which encourages fraud. Given the difficulties involved in tracing the origin of honey, a specific traceability system needs to be set up for this sector.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) In light of the close link between the quality of honey and its origin and the need for the consumer not to be misled regarding the quality of the product, Directive 2001/110/EC lays down rules on the labelling of the origin where the honey has been harvested. In particular, Article 2(4) of that Directive requires the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested to be indicated on the label and provides that, if honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’. The different rules adopted on this basis by Member States may have misled consumers and may have hindered the functioning of the internal market. In the light of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the origin of their food, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, it is appropriate to revise the rules for honey origin labelling and provide that the country or countries of origin should be mentioned on the packaging. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one country. To ensure the accuracy of the information on the country or countries of origin of honey that consumers are provided with, the placing on the market of honey should be conditional upon the accuracy of the composition of the product with its indicated country or countries of origin. To ensure the compliance of products with the requirements set out in this Directive, checks should be performed by competent authorities.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 42 #

2023/0105(COD)

(3) In light of the close link between the quality of honey and its origin and the need for the consumer not to be misled regarding the quality of the product, Directive 2001/110/EC lays down rules on the labelling of the origin where the honey has been harvested. In particular, Article 2(4) of that Directive requires the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested to be indicated on the label and provides that, if honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’. The different rules adopted on this basis by Member States may have misled consumers and may have hindered the functioning of the internal market. In the light of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the origin of their food, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, it is appropriate to revise the rules for honey origin labelling and provide that the country or countries of origin should be mentioned on the packaging. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one country.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 42 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) In order to avoid any ambiguity for the consumer and guarantee the traceability of honey, ultrafiltered honey, referred to in the Directive 2001/110 as "filtered honey", should no longer be allowed to be marketed under the name of honey. While beekeepers commonly use wide-mesh honey sieves to remove any plant debris or pieces of wax, ultrafiltration removes much, if not almost all, of the pollen from honey. Pollen is the most important element present in honey on which analyses are based to verify its floral and geographical origin. The absence of pollen in honey by ultrafiltration therefore removes one of the essential components and prevents verification of the country or countries of origin.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
(3d) Heat treatment above 40-50°C degrades the sensitive components of honey. However, HMF (Hydroxymethylfurfural) content and the diastase index can only be used to assess the gross degradation of honeys. A minimum threshold should be defined for the presence of invertase, a much more sensitive enzyme, which degrades rapidly once high temperatures are reached. To ensure that consumers are properly informed, the term "virgin honey" referring to the absence of significant heat treatment may be included on the label on the front of the commercial packaging of the honey if no heat treatment has degraded highly sensitive enzymes such as invertase, from harvesting to potting.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) In light of the close link between the quality of honey and its origin and the need for the consumer not to be misled regarding the quality of the product, Directive 2001/110/EC lays down rules on the labelling of the origin where the honey has been harvested. In particular, Article 2(4) of that Directive requires the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested to be indicated on the label and provides that, if honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’. The different rules adopted on this basis by Member States may have misled consumers and may have hindered the functioning of the internal market. In the light of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the origin of their food, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, it is appropriate to revise the rules for honey origin labelling and provide that the country or countries of origin should be mentioned on the packaging in descending order of their share in weight. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one country. In order to increase transparency and to meet consumer expectations, the geographical origin of the honey should be indicated on the label in the same visual field as the indication of the product.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 48 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 e (new)
(3e) The commercialisation of honeys that are not naturally matured by bees, most of which are imported from third countries, distorts competition in the EU market. In most cases, this involves vacuum evaporation of the water contained in the honey, which results in a depletion of the aromas naturally present. The rapid and artificial evaporation of water from honey competes with the slow dehumidification process carried out naturally by bees in the hive. Artificial evaporation must therefore be prohibited.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 f (new)
(3f) Given the particular interest shown by consumers in the geographical origin of honey in relation to its characteristics and quality, and the need for total transparency in this area, the country or countries of origin in which the honey was harvested must appear on the label in the same visual field as the indication of the product.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Following the "From the Hive" action carried out by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), together with the national authorities of 18 countries belonging to the European Food Fraud Network, the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), a very high percentage of imported honeys were found to be adulterated with cheap ingredients, such as sugar syrups and water, to artificially increase the product's volume. Directive 2001/110, amended by Directive 2014/63, empowers the European Commission to establish the most appropriate methods of analysis to ensure that honey marketed in the European Union complies with the requirements of the legislation. These methods are now obsolete, and there is an urgent need to update them regularly in the light of the latest scientific developments, in collaboration with the Commission's Joint Research Centre, in order to prevent fraudulent practices and to ensure a level-playing field between EU and non-EU operators.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 54 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Following the "From the Hive" action carried out by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), together with the national authorities of 18 countries belonging to the European Food Fraud Network, the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), a very high percentage of imported honeys were found to be adulterated with cheap ingredients, such as sugar syrups and water, to artificially increase the product's volume. Directive 2001/110/EC empowers the European Commission to establish the most appropriate methods of analysis to ensure that honey marketed in the European Union complies with the requirements of the legislation. These methods are now obsolete, and there is an urgent need to update them regularly in the light of the latest scientific developments, in collaboration with the Commission's Joint Research Centre, in order to prevent fraudulent practices.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 62 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) It is also essential to improve traceability from the beekeeper to the consumer, with a minimum of compulsory, harmonised rules. At present, traceability rules do not make it possible to link the various operators who come into contact with the product, which encourages fraud. Given the difficulties involved in tracing the origin of honey, a specific traceability system needs to be set up for this sector, while limiting administrative burden for beekeepers to a minimum.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 63 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) In addition to verifiability of the origin of honey thanks to the testing of its composition, the traceability of the product or batch should be ensured. At present, traceability rules do not make it possible to link the various operators who come into contact with the product, which encourages fraud. Given the difficulties involved in tracing the origin of honey, a specific traceability system needs to be set up for this sector.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) To ensure accurate information for consumers and guarantee the traceability and verifiability of honey authenticity and honey origins, ultrafiltered honey, referred to in Directive 2001/110/EC as "filtered honey", should no longer be allowed to be marketed and labelled as "honey". Ultrafiltration refers to filtration processes using a filter mesh of a size under 100 µm thus removing the majority of the pollen from honey. Since pollen is the key element present in honey used to trace its origin when analysed, the absence of pollen in honey makes it almost impossible to verify the data provided regarding its country or countries of origin. Ultrafiltration thus alters honey by depriving it of one of its main components and characteristics, and prevents its traceability, thus enabling for fraud and misleading indications for consumers. If, when tested, a product marketed as honey presents little or no trace of pollen, it should be prohibited from being placed on the market as well as the batch it is part of, if applicable.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 70 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) In order to avoid any ambiguity for the consumer and to ensure the traceability of honey, ultrafiltered honey, referred to in Directive 2001/110/EC as "filtered honey", should no longer be allowed to be marketed under the name of honey. While beekeepers commonly use wide-mesh honey sieves to remove any plant debris or pieces of wax, ultrafiltration removes much, if not almost all, of the pollen from honey. Pollen is the most important element present in honey on which analyses are based to verify its floral and geographical origin. The absence of pollen in honey by ultrafiltration therefore removes one of the essential components and prevents verification of the country or countries of origin.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 75 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
(3d) Heat treatment above 40-50°C degrades the sensitive components of honey. However, the hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) content and the diastase index can only be used to assess the gross degradation of honeys. A minimum threshold should be defined for the presence of invertase, a much more sensitive enzyme, which degrades rapidly at high temperatures. To ensure that consumers are properly informed, the term "virgin honey", referring to the absence of significant heat treatment, may be included on the label on the front of the commercial packaging of the honey if no heat treatment has degraded highly sensitive enzymes such as invertase, from harvesting to potting.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 76 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
(3d) Considering the direct link between information of consumers and the reliability of the information indicated on honey, it is impossible to inform consumers unless the accuracy of the information on the label is guaranteed. Traceability and verifiability of the composition should therefore be ensured in order to guarantee the origin and the quality of honey, including in the case of honey contained in other products. Ensuring traceability and verifiability of the honey's country or countries of origin will also ensure a level-playing field between all operators by making sure that they all comply with the same obligations.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) The country of origin where the honey hwas been harvested ishall be indicated on the label. If the honey originates infrom more than one country, the countries of origin where the honey hwas been harvested shallmust be indicated on the label of packsages whose largest surface area is greater than 10 cm2. The countaining more than 25 g;ries of origin must be indicated in descending order, with their respective percentages in the blend and on the front of the pack, close to the product's trade name. Countries of origin should indicated in full on the label.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 e (new)
(3e) The commercialisation of honeys that are not naturally matured by bees, most of which are imported from third countries, distorts competition on the Union market. In most cases, this involves vacuum evaporation of the water contained in the honey, which results in a depletion of the aromas naturally present. The rapid and artificial evaporation of water from honey competes with the slow dehumidification process carried out naturally by bees in the hive. Artificial evaporation should therefore be prohibited.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 93 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) A traceability system for honey should be set up, complementing the horizontal rules already applicable to the agri-food sector in Article 18 of Regulation No. (EC) 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The European commission is empowered to elaborate no later than 12 months after the entry into force of this Directive, a delegated act introducing a harmonised traceability system enabling competent authorities to trace the entire history of the honey produced and imported into the EU back to the harvesting beekeepers or operators in the case of imported honeys.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a b (new)
(ab) Except for honeys intended for industrial use, the term "virgin honey" may be included on the label on the front of the commercial packaging of the honey if no heat treatment has degraded highly sensitive enzymes such as invertase, from harvesting to potting, while complying with the conditions referred to in Annex II, points 6 (diastase index and hydroxymethylfurfural content) and 7 (invertase index).
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex I – paragraph 2 – point b – point viii
(ba) Annex I is amended as follows: Paragraph 2, point (b)(viii) is replaced by the following: (viii) virgin honey: the honey obtained which has been extracted from the combs, decanted and then, if necessary, sieved. Honey so designated has not been heated to the extent that its enzymes and other thermally sensitive elements are degraded to such an extent that they no longer comply with the criteria laid down in points 6 and 7 of Annex II.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110 /EC
Annex II – paragraph 2
(bb) Annex II to Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: The second sentence is replaced by the following text: When placed on the market as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey shall not have added to it any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shall any other additions be made other than honey. Honey must, as far as possible, be free from organic or inorganic matters foreign to its composition. With the exception of point 3 of Annex I, it must not have any foreign tastes or odours, have begun to ferment, have an artificially changed acidity or have been heated in such a way that the natural enzymes have been either destroyed or significantly inactivated, or have been exposed to vacuum evaporation. Honey, when marketed as such or used in any product intended for human consumption, must comply with the compositional characteristics set out in points 1 to 6. In addition, when marketed as "virgin honey" it must also comply with the compositional characteristics set out in point 7 (new).
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 3
(bc) Annex II, third sentence is replaced by the following: No significant change in the pollen count or pollen spectrum of pollen smaller than 100 µm is permitted. No constituents of honey smaller than 100 µm may be removed.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 4 – point 6 a (new)
(bd) A paragraph 7 is added in Annex II as follows: 7 (new). invertase index (Gontarski unit) for "virgin honeys". Determined after processing and blending. - generally, not less than 50 U/kg - honeys with a low natural enzyme content, not less than 25 U/kg
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 144 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
In Article 2, paragraph 2, the following point ba is added: "(ba) except for honeys intended for industrial use, the term "virgin honey" may be included on the label on the front of the commercial packaging of the honey, provided that no heat treatment has degraded highly sensitive enzymes such as invertase, from harvesting to potting, and that the conditions referred to in Annex II, points 6 (diastase index and hydroxymethylfurfural content) and 7 (invertase index) are met."
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 148 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) The country of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label. If the honey originates infrom more than one country, the countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label of packs; If the honey has been harvested in third countaining more than 25 g;ries only, or if third countries account for at least 80% of the countries of origin of a blend, this information shall be indicated clearly on the front-of-pack label close to the brand name of the product. This indication is additional to the mandatory list of countries of origin provided for in this Article. This shall also apply to products containing industrial honey, which shall indicate on their front-of-pack label that the honey they contain is mainly originating from third countries.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 148 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex 2 – indents 2 and 4
(4) in Annex II, the third indent is replaced by the following:second to fourth indent are replaced by the following: ‘– fruit juice, whether or not concentrated: only in jam, – citrus fruit juice, whether or not concentrated: in products obtained from other types of fruit: only in jam, extra jam, jelly and extra jelly, – red fruit juices, whether or not concentrated: only in jam and extra jam manufactured from rosehips, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, redcurrants, plums and rhubarb, – red beetroot juice, whether or not concentrated: only in jam and jelly manufactured from strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, redcurrants and plums,’;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 150 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) The country of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label. If the honey originates in more than one country, the countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label of packs. All countaining more than 25 g;ries of origin shall be written in full and listed in descending order of importance and their respective percentages shall be clearly indicated on the front-of-pack label of the product, close to the product's trade name. This shall also apply to products containing industrial honey, which shall indicate on their front-of-pack label the country or countries of origin of the honey they contain.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 154 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall apply those provisions from [OP please insert the date = 48 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], except Article 1, the provisions of which shall apply from [OP please insert the date = 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive].
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 176 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) For the purposes of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 and in particular Articles 12 to 15 thereof, the particulars to be indicated according to point (a) of this paragraph shall be considered as mandatory particulars in accordance with Article 9 of that Regulation., and misleading claims and information as defined pursuant to the Green Claims Directive (2023/0085 (COD)) and the Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition (2022/0092 (COD)) shall be prohibited from appearing on the product.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 194 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 4 a (new)
The following Article 4a is added: "Article 4a 1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts no later than [OP: Please insert the date = 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive] establishing a harmonised methodology to determine the precise origins of honey. This methodology shall enable competent authorities to trace honey back to its country or countries of origin by means of laboratory testing or any other method deemed appropriate. 2. From [OP: Please insert the date = 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], the placing on the market of imported honey shall be conditional upon its compliance with the traceability requirements set out in this Article. Product checks shall be carried out by competent authorities, to verify consistency with the indicated country or countries of origin. The competent authorities shall carry out checks within their territory to establish whether the relevant products that the operator or trader has placed or intends to place on the market comply with this Directive. The competent authorities shall use a risk-based approach to identify the checks to be carried out. Risk criteria shall be identified based on an analysis of risks of non-compliance with this Directive, taking into account in particular the complexity and the length of supply chains, including whether blending of honeys of several countries of origin is involved. 3. These checks shall be performed based on a two-tier system for the assessment of countries. For that purpose, Member States and third countries shall be classified into one of the following risk categories: (a) ‘high risk’ refers to countries for which the assessment referred to in paragraph 4 results in the identification of a high risk of producing in such countries products whose composition does not comply with the characteristics set out in Annex II of this Directive; (b) ‘normal risk’ refers to countries for which the assessment referred to in paragraph 4 concludes that there is sufficient assurance that instances of producing products whose composition does not comply with characteristics set out in Annex II of this Directive, in such countries are exceptional; 4. By [OP: Please insert the date = 12 months after the date of entry into force of this directive], all countries shall be assigned a standard level of risk. The Commission, in collaboration with the Commission's Joint Research Centre, shall classify countries that present a normal or high risk in accordance with paragraph 3. The list of the countries that present a normal or high risk shall be published by means of delegated acts. That list shall be reviewed, and updated if appropriate, as often as necessary in light of new evidence. The classification of normal-risk and high-risk countries, pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be based on an objective and transparent assessment by the Commission, taking into account the latest scientific evidence and internationally recognised sources. 5. By [OP: Please insert the date = 12 months after the date of entry into force of this directive], each Member State shall designate a competent authority to perform the checks. 6. If a check reveals non-compliance with the requirements set out in this Directive, the placing on the market of the product or batch, if applicable, shall be prohibited. 7. Each Member State shall ensure that the annual checks carried out by its competent authorities pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article cover at least 5 % of the operators placing on the market honey produced in a country of production classified as normal risk in accordance with this Article. 8. Each Member State shall ensure that the annual checks carried out by its competent authorities pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article cover at least 10 % of the operators placing on the market honey produced in a country of production classified as high risk in accordance with this Article."
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 195 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 4 a (new)
The following Article 4a is added: "Article 4a A traceability system for honey shall be set up, complementing the horizontal rules already applicable to the agri-food sector in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. The Commission is empowered to adopt, no later than 12 months after the entry into force of this Directive, a delegated act introducing a harmonised traceability system enabling competent authorities to trace the entire history of the honey produced and imported into the Union back to the harvesting beekeepers or, in the case of imported honey, to the operators."
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 196 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annexes I and II are amended in accordance with Annex Ia to this Directive;
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 202 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex I – paragraph 2 – point b – point viii
(viii) filteredIn Annex I, paragraph 2, point b, point viii is replaced by the following: "(viii) virgin honey HThe honey obtained by removing foreign inorganic or organic matter in such a way as to result in the significant removal of pollen. which has been extracted from the combs, decanted and then, if necessary, sieved. Honey so designated has not been heated to the extent that its enzymes and other thermally sensitive elements are degraded to such an extent that they no longer comply with the criteria laid down in points 6 and 7 of Annex II." Or. en (02001L0110)
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 209 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 2
In Annex II, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "When placed on the market as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey shall not have added to it any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shall any other additions be made other than honey. Honey must, as far as possible, be free from organic or inorganic matters foreign to its composition. With the exception of point 3 of Annex I, it must not have any foreign tastes or odours, have begun to ferment, have an artificially changed acidity or have been heated in such a way that the natural enzymes have been either destroyed or significantly inactivated. , or have been exposed to vacuum evaporation. Honey, when marketed as such or used in any product intended for human consumption, must comply with the compositional characteristics set out in points 1 to 6. In addition, when marketed as "virgin honey" it must also comply with the compositional characteristics set out in point 6a." Or. en (02001L0110)
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 209 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point a – indent 1 – subparagraph 3 – sub indent 1
– 4500 g as a general rule,
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 210 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In Annex II, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "When placed on the market as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey shall not have added to it any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shall any other additions be made other than honey. Honey must, as far as possible, be free from organic or inorganic matters foreign to its composition. With the exception of point 3 of Annex I, iIt must not have any foreign tastes or odours, have begun to ferment, have an artificially changed acidity or have been heated in such a way that the natural enzymes have been either destroyed or significantly inactivated. , or have been exposed to vacuum evaporation. The category "products containing honey" therefore does not include honey blended with food ingredients or other additional ingredients." Or. en (02001L0110)
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 217 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 3
Without prejudice to point 2(b)(viii) of Annex I, neiIn Annex II, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "No significant change in ther pollen nor any other constituent particular to honey, may be removed except where this is unavoidable in the removal of foreign inorganic or organic matter. count or pollen spectrum of pollen smaller than 100 µm is permitted. No constituents of honey smaller than 100 µm may be removed." Or. en (02001L0110)
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 218 #

2023/0105(COD)

Without prejudice to point 2(b)(viii) of Annex I, neiIn Annex II, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "No significant change in ther pollen nor any other constituent particular to honey, may be removed except where this is unavoidable in the removal of foreign inorganic or organic matter. count or pollen spectrum of pollen smaller than 100 µm is permitted. No constituents of honey smaller than 100 µm may be removed." Or. en (02001L0110)
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 220 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/113
Annex 1 – part 1 – point a – indent 1 – subparagraph 3 – sub indent 3
2150 g for ginger,
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 228 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 d (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 6 a (new)
In Annex II, the following paragraph 6a is added: "6a. Invertase index (Gontarski unit) for "virgin honeys". Determined after processing and blending. - generally, not less than 50 U/kg - honeys with a low natural enzyme content, not less than 25 U/kg."
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 232 #
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 241 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/113
Annex 1 – part 1 – point a – indent 2 – subparagraph 4 – sub indent 3
3250 g for ginger,
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) It would be misleading to consumers if an explicit environmental claim pointed to the benefits in terms of environmental impacts or environmental aspects while omitting that the achievement of those benefits leads to negative trade-offs on other environmental impacts or environmental aspects. To this end the information used to substantiate explicit environmental claims should ensure that the interlinkages between the relevant environmental impacts and between environmental aspects and environmental impacts can be identified along with potential trade-offs. The assessment used to substantiate explicit environmental claims should identify if improvements on environmental impacts or environmental aspects lead to the kind of trade-offs that significantly worsen the performance as regards other environmental impacts or environmental aspects, for example if savings in water consumption lead to a notable increase in greenhouse gas emissions, or in the same environmental impact in another life-cycle stage of the product, for example CO2 savings in the stage of manufacturing leading to a notable increase of CO2 emissions in the use phase. For example, a claim on positive impacts from efficient use of resources in intensive agricultural practices may mislead consumers due to trade-offs linked to impacts on biodiversity, and ecosystems or animal welfare. An environmental claim on textiles containing plastic polymer from recycled PET bottles may also mislead consumers as to the environmental benefit of that aspect if the use of this recycled polymer competes with the closed-loop recycling system for food contact materials which is considered more beneficial from the perspective of circularity.
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) In the case of environmental claims regarding a group of traders, as opposed to an individual trader, the assessment substantiating the claim should take into account the feasibility of gathering data for an important number of traders. No company-specific date shall be required in this specific case.
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) The information used to substantiate explicit environmental claims should be science based, and any lack of consideration of certain environmental impacts or environmental aspects should be carefully considered. Particular attention should be paid to the exhaustive consideration of the total environmental impact for innovative products and activities, namely those regulated by Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council 74a. __________________ 74a Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) The Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 contains guidance on how to measure the life cycle environmental performance of specific products or organisations and how to develop Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs) and Organisation Environmental Footprint Sectorial Rules (OEFSRs) that allow comparison of products to a benchmark. Such category rules for specific products or traders can be used to support the substantiation of claims in line with the requirements of this Directive. Therefore, the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts to establish product group or sector specific rules where this may have added value. However, in case the Product Environmental Footprint method does not yet cover an impact category, which is relevant for a product group, the adoption of PEFCR may take place only once these new relevant environmental impact categories have been added. The Commission should consult industry stakeholders in the process of determining the impact categories and associated methodologies to be added to the Product Environmental Footprint. For example, as regards marine fisheries, the PEFCR should for example reflect the fisheries- specific environmental impact categories, in particular the sustainability of the targeted stock. Concerning space, the PEFCR should reflect defence and space- specific environmental impact categories, including the orbital space use. As regards food and agricultural products, biodiversity and nature protection, as well as farming practices, including positive externalities of extensive farming and animal welfare, should, for example, also be integrated before the adoption of PEFCR could be considered. As regards textiles, the PEFCR should for example reflect the microplastics release, before the adoption of PEFCR could be considered.
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘trader’ means trader as defined in Article 2, point (b), of Directive 2005/29/EC, excluding cooperatives and trade associations;
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) rely on widely recognised scientific evidence, use accurate information and take into account relevant international standards, such as those established by the International Organization for Standardization;
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 101 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) provide information whether the product or trader which is subject to the claim performs significantly better regarding environmental impacts, environmental aspects or environmental performance which is subject to the claim than what is common practice for products in the relevant product group or traders in the relevant sector, especially for innovative products;
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) identify whether improving environmental impacts, environmental aspects or environmental performance subject to the claim may leads to significant harm in relation to environmental impacts on climate change, resource consumption and circularity, energy consumption, sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, pollution, biodiversity, animal welfare and ecosystems;
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) ensure that the evidence is independently audited and verified and the audit report is made available;
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. When specifying further the requirements for substantiation of explicit environmental claims in accordance with previous paragraph, the Commission shall take into account scientific or other available technical information, including relevant international standards, EU standards included in EU regulations that are higher than international standards, and where relevant consider the following:
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Explicit environmental claim made by traders about a single product does not apply to any other product, business-to- consumer commercial practice and communication, or practices and communication of a trader overall and vice versa, without substantiating each of those individual claims at product or trader level independently.
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 149 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
From [OP: Please insert the date = the date of transposition of this Directive] no new national or regional environmental labelling schemes shall be established by public authorities of the Member States. However, national or regional environmental labelling schemes established prior to that date may continue to award the environmental labels on the Union market, provided they meet the requirements of this Directive. Furthermore, national schemes may be established provided they conform with the standards set under this Directive.
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall designate one or more competent authoritiesy as responsible for the application and enforcement of this Directive.
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 191 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) fines for natural or legal person who falsely claims that environmental claims made by a trader that comply with this Directive can be deemed as ‘greenwashing’
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 200 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt and publish by [OP please insert the date = 1824 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive] the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures to the Commission.
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall apply those measures from [OP please insert the date = 248 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive].
2023/10/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine demonstrated the need to diversify trade agreements, to decrease dependence on imports and exports from a limited number of trade partners, the importance of concluding trade agreements with like-minded partners and expanding the Union's economic relations in other regions, including the Asia-Pacific region;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the inclusion of protection of geographical indications for EU wines and spirits in the trade agreement, as well as other food products and calls on the Commission to also ensure an effective enforcement of GIs protection rules in New Zealand; notes the efforts being made in relation to EU agricultural sensitivities by imposing limited and controlled access to highly sensitive products with the aim of protecting EU farmers through tariff rate quotas (TRQs); notes the progress being made in including sustainability and animal welfare provisions;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises, however, that the upcoming revision of the animal welfare legislation will increase the burden for the Union livestock farmers, in particular regarding additional investments, putting the Union farmers in comparative disadvantage and reducing the level playing field between the Union and imported products;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to ensure an adequate monitoring framework at Union level on the enforcement of food safety standards for imported products;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

6b. Welcomes the cooperation chapter on sustainable food systems and the commitment to engage in the transition towards sustainable food systems;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to report annually to the European Parliament on the progress in the implementation of environmental standards and in reducing the carbon emissions linked to this trade agreement, both in the European Union and New Zealand;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas on 24 February 2022 the Russian Federation illegally in, the Russian's full scale invasion of Ukraine has seriously aggravadted Ukraine and, as a result, severely disruptedan already difficult and challenging situation in the agri-food sector, which is still recovering from the consequences of the COVID pandemic and is suffering from the on-going climate crisis, leading to an increase in global food insecurity;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the effects of the crisis caused by Russian aggression against Ukraine have put food security and the resilience of the global food system at the center of the political agenda; whereas food security, in terms of political importance and urgency of response, is now placed on an equal footing with energy security, defence and the fight against climate change, both at the EU and international levels;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the war against Ukraine has brought about an increase in food, energy and input prices and has a severe impact on consumers and the most vulnerable strata of society;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas, as a result of the war against Ukraine, bottlenecks in critical agricultural infrastructure, in particular transport and storage infrastructure, is hampering the movement of food, feed and other agricultural products;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas food security goes beyond agriculture and food production and has impacts on several areas, not only on primary producers and consumers, but also on the wider economy, trade, development and humanitarian efforts and on social and regional cohesion;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas food security is a complex and multifaceted subject and it requires a cohesive and integrated approach. Considering and dealing with these challenges from different perspectives: economic, trade, environmental, regional and the prism of international development;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas, as a result of the global supply crisis, the FAO estimates that international food and feed prices have continued to rise significantly above their already high levels; whereas, in order to identify and prevent food speculation, operators need to become more transparent with regard to their share of value added throughout the food supply chain; whereas it would also be necessary to assess the reasons why the prices of agricultural inputs have increased and what effect they have on the increase in food prices;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the EU has to invest in the resilience of the agri-food sector; whereas this resilience can be partly achieved through the implementation, in a coherent manner, of the Green Deal, the Biodiversity strategy and the Farm to Fork strategy, which will contribute to the transition towards more sustainable agriculture, strengthening long term food security and could constitute and alternative source of income for farmers;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas generational renewal is one of the biggest challenges for a resilient agricultural sector in the EU; whereas young farmers in particular are innovative and, if properly remunerated, motivated and empowered, are willing to make investments that may increase the sustainability of agriculture and the same time maintain EU’s production capacity and competitiveness;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the sharp rise in global fertiliser prices, together with the sharp rise in other input costs for farmers, threatens food security; whereas in September 2022 the prices of nitrogen fertilisers increased by 149% on the EU fertilizers market compared to the previous year;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas, due to the nature of food security, the costs are higher to react post facto than to intervene earlier on; whereas if the EU wants to avert destabilisation in other countries, food poverty, famine, social and political unrest, the Union has to come up with a vision to ensure food and nutrition security, both in the EU and at the international level;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 178 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. Considering that an estimated 20% of all food produced is lost or wasted, and that more than 36 million people cannot afford a quality meal every other day, and considering that the neediest population is increasing as a result of the current economic crisis.
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas food security is a key element for ensuring the strategic autonomy and prosperity of the European Union;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstratedexposed structural problems faced by the European agricultural sector, namely the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and, reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary meaith regard to critical production inputs and raw materials, and ensures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food securithe smooth functioning of the internal market, therefore increasing the EU's strategic autonomy;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines the need for flexibility in order to increase the adaptation capacity in the short-term for the agricultural sector; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 217 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Asks the European Commission to study mechanisms to combat speculation, taking into account that this phenomenon contributes considerably to the exorbitant rise in the prices of certain raw materials, and stresses that the war in Ukraine has highlighted the need to reinforce market transparency.
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 222 #

2022/2183(INI)

1 b. Is in favour of establishing a priority package of legislative actions within the framework of the Farm to Fork strategy, in order to accelerate the most urgent measures aimed at ensuring food security in view of the risks of hardship resulting from the current war in Ukraine; considers it essential to compensate any action that could lead to a reduction in the European production with the parallel introduction of other actions that would provide viable alternatives;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 232 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Green Deal andAgenda for a Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 244 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide farmers with planning security and guarantees, making it possible to maintain and, if necessary, increase food production in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed and take this into account in the upcoming legislative proposals;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 250 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission to ensure that in the EU food should originate in sustainable farming systems, and to reject artificial, industrial imitations;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 255 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and economic actors to think strategically about the place of sustainable livestock farming in all European territories, taking into account, in particular, its role in the nitrogen cycle and the supply of organic amendments to crops, the valorisation of all types of agricultural soils and the search for a diversified and balanced diet
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 270 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the European Green Deal could be a milestone in the EU transition to a greener and, more sustainable economy, while pointingand resilient economy, which can be partly achieved through the implementation, in a coherent manner, of the Green Deal, the Biodiversity strategy and the Farm to Fork strategy; points out that manysome of the resulting measures might have adverse effects, which have not yet been properly assessed, on EU farms and, food security, including global food security; calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive assessment ofto support the feasibility of the targets proposed and the cumulative impact of Green Deal legislative proposals on the EU farming sector; calls on the Commission to note the importance of active training of farmers and support regarding new agriculture practices;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Points out that sustainability and food security are interlinked and should go hand in hand. Believes that measures foreseen in the Green Deal, in the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies could provide an alternative perspective for farmers and ensure stable income resources, for example through carbon farming and eco-schemes; underlines that these have to be longer-term measures in order to ensure the predictability of income for farmers;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 296 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the Commission to not let the impact of the war in Ukraine change our ambition on sustainability, but rather promote policies that result in synergies for food security, production and sustainability; Underlines that it is necessary to have flexibility in the short- term, but in the long-term, the Union has to continue with an updated agenda on sustainability;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 300 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Underlines that agri- environmental-climate practices such as agroecology, agroforestry, organic farming, precision and carbon farming have the potential to address climate, biodiversity, environmental, economic and social challenges; highlights that while ensuring sustainable production of goods and provisions of ecosystem services, these practices have the capacity to reduce the use of pesticides, fertilisers, antimicrobials and consumption of gas and to limit soil degradation, increase carbon sequestration, and promote more healthy, quality food production and long- term sustainable, resilient and future- proof production;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 301 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Stresses the importance to make efficient and well-targeted investments in mitigation, as well as adaptation measures in order to reduce risks and avoid significant costs in the long-term, at the same time taking advantage of opportunities; while underlines that the increase of the climate resilience of the European agriculture industry will allow agricultural sector to remain competitive in global markets, providing employment and economic growth;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 311 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive EU protein strategy that, on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential, based on the Report on Development of plant proteins in the European Union; the strategy should on the one hand, focuses on domestic production in order to fully exploit its potential, looks into possibilities to tap into different industrial side streams to increase protein availability and reduce dependence on imports from third countries and, on the other, further safeguards income from sustainable production;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 320 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Considers that the Commission should assess the potential of maximising the synergies with EU renewable energy production to increase the availability of high-protein content feed;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 323 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that the protein strategy must introduce effective measures to increase the European production in the short and medium term, and invites all Member States to promote such crops within the CAP strategic plans, with particular emphasis on the promotion of leguminous crops, which have a very positive effect on improving the quality of European soils and in increasing carbon sequestration.
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 340 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
New cultivation methodgenomic techniques
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 346 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new cultivation targetechniques can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation; reminds of the importance of research and that the research results are brought into farming practices;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 352 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new cultivationgenomic techniques in order to increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of the droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an increasing number of EU Member States; points out that new cultivation targetgenomic techniques can promote sustainable agriculture, which is not possible without innovation;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 377 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that digital technologies and precision crop management can provide forward-looking solutions to the challenges arising when it comes to monitoring deforestation, the use of pesticides and fertilisers or water consumption for agriculture and increase the yield; calls on the Commission to step up and accelerate the use of digital innovation to modernise EU agriculture, with solutions which can be taken into use at reasonable investment costs, enabling farmers to realise their full production potential and safeguard their incomes in the context of green transition;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 386 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that, while that space data and AI technologies can be a source of much valuable information for agriculture and for the whole food chain, i.e. technology enables the movement of information from the producer to the consumer and vice versa, improves the operation of the entire value chain, reduces wastage, lowers logistics costs, just to name a few, it can still only be put to very limited use, as in most cases it is not freely available or is too complex to be processed by farms or local authorities; calls for increased use of such data and technologies to help farmers through the green and digital transitions, while ensuring the resilience of EU agriculture;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 397 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU to recognise regional diferences and to take into account sparsely populated areas and their needs; Calls on the EU to recognise the strategic importance of logistics centres as an integral and complementary part of primary agricultural production, without which farmers and transport companies would be unable to ensure consistent supply in line with the needs of consumers; calls for investment in infrastructure for the more sustainable transport of fresh farm products;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 428 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Notes that the war in Ukraine has further exposed that food production in the EU is dependent on inputs from outside the Union; Emphasises in that regard that to ensure food production in the long term, resources that are readily available and produced within the EU should be utilised and developed to the fullest, such as organic fertilisers and low-risk or organic plant protection products.
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 442 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the inclusion in the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) of a strategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that while it contains manysome valid medium and long- term policy recommendations, it fails to provide adequate supportmeasures for farmers in the current crisis, which could have very serious implications for food security;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 445 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to set up a truly long - term vision for a strategic autonomy for fertilizers. A strategy which will incentivise the industry to reorient to more sustainable production;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 457 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animalenable the safe use of processed manure, e.g. RENURE2 , in line wiabove the the limits currently applicable to fertilisersreshold established for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones by the Nitrates Directive; calls on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers for now, while seeking the introduction of long-term framework provisions to promote a circular economy on farms and reduce dependence on third- country resources; _________________ 2 RENURE: REcovered Nitrogen from manURE
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
International dimension
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 462 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Considers that in the medium to long-term, the EU, as a major global player in the agri-food sector, should advocate for higher global sustainability criteria, and engage with international partners to jointly develop the benchmarks and international standards for sustainable food systems, in accordance with WTO rules, working progressively towards achieving higher and ambitious standards in line with the objectives of the Green Deal;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 466 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Underlines that to this end, the EU should support partner countries to set high environmental objectives, as well as assist and guide them in this transition when needed; highlights that due consideration should be given to partners from developing countries and countries in a fragile situation regarding food security for whom special and differentiated treatment would be required;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 468 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Stresses that humanitarian and development funding to address hunger and malnutrition needs to be dramatically scaled up to properly address the impact of the war in Ukraine on global food security;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 473 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Notes that, while an estimated 20% of the total food produced is lost or wasted, 36.2million people cannot afford a quality meal every second day[1].Reducing food waste is a shared responsibility and food producers, processors, distributors, retailers and consumers must contribute to it.[1] 1(Eurostat, 2020).
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 478 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates that food losses and food waste can be avoided if measuresholistic approach is taken including measures to educate consumers, sustainable food labelling and use of sustainable renewable and recyclable packaging, are taken to reduce the presence of pathogens in food, for example by ensuring proper hygiene and the use of improved technologies along the entire value chain, as well as the regular publication of information regarding these interrelated factors;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 487 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Considers it urgent that the necessary measures be taken to change the perception of "imperfect food products", i.e. those that do not meet market standards in terms of appearance even if this does not impact on taste or nutrition, and that legislation on best- before/preferred consumption dates on food labels be modified.
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 491 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that the member states should also improve measurement of food waste, to monitor the food waste across the supply chain and implement effective food waste prevention programmes;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 499 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to develop a realistic biofuel production scenario, since the discontinuation thereof would also eliminate protein-rich, taking into account EU’s protein strategy, by- products, thereby significantly exacerbating rather than helping to alleviate the food crisis;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 522 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Farmers and the future of the Common Agricultural Policy
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 523 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point a (new)
(a) Calls on the Commission to set up a policy that will integrate in a coherent way food production and food safety, while at the same time ensuring the coherence with trade policy, environmental policy, humanitarian and international development policies;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 524 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point b (new)
(b) Calls on the Commission to review the CAP budget in the MFF to secure both food security and green transitions providing the necessary leverage for investments;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 525 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point c (new)
(c) Highlights the importance of ensuring that farmers have a predictable source of income and can make a living from their activity;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 526 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point d (new)
(d) Stresses the importance of active training of farmers and support regarding new mitigation and adaptation agriculture practices;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 527 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point e (new)
(e) Stresses the importance to invest in empowering women in agriculture and promote measures to attract more women to the agri-food sector in order to close the gender gap;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 528 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point f (new)
(f) Notes the importance to ensure that small-scale producers have a say in decision-making process;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 529 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point g (new)
(g) Emphasizes that the Commission must take additional measures to introduce a more sustainable, transparent and fairer food chain in order to strengthen producer’s position to enhance EU’s current security of supply and food security;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that generational renewal in agriculture is key for the social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food autonomsovereignty, as well as for the future of agriculture and the traditional familythe balance between territories, the adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, the preservation of biodiversity and natural resources and for the diversity of sustainable farming models;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that supporting generational renewal in agriculture is an objective of the 2023-2027 common agricultural policy, underlining that the supports have been upgraded compared to the previous CAP;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the price and availability of land, low profitabilitydifficult access to credit, low profitability, consequences of climate change, administrative requirements and the image of the sector were identified as the main barriers to becoming a farmer11; _________________ 11 European Commission, ‘Public consultation results on the CAP reform’, 2017.
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the inconsistency that often exists between the takeover value of a farm and the actual profitability of the farm being sold.
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that farming is not just a job, but a way of life with close ties to nature and, a strong willingness to make an impact for society, while keeping a work- life balance, a strong sense of community belonging, which generates benefits for society as a whole;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that some young people in some rural areas experience significant daily challenges, particularly as regards education and training, access to quality jobs, social isolation, infrastructure and public transport, healthcare and digital connectivity, especially in remote and less developed rural regions;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 162 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to develop coherent strategies to promote generational change, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as financial support, tax breaks and incentives, pensions and social measures adapted to farmers, to improve links between EU policies and national and regional policies;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 169 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States and Regions to make their generational renewal policy a lever of their national or regional agricultural projects;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 181 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to provide access, in their advisory services, to a farm succession facilitator that can provide guidance during farm transfers, namely on intergenerational dialogue, legal and taxation frameworks and, financial support possibilities, establishing farm diagnosis and ensuring follow-up;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 191 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, share farming or land- matching services, as well as transmission or pre-retirement schemes and trial periods;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of preserving farmland and the objectives of sustainable food production; calls on the Commission to launch a study on the effects of competing uses for farmland, such as urbanisation and energy, on the quantity and quality of farmland available and on prices and land concentration, while also evaluating the impacts of all relevant EU policy areas, including the CAP, in this regard;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to include the fight against soil artificialisation in the objectives of the forthcoming soil health law
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the possibility of action at EU level, including through legislative instruments, sharing of good practices, to improve the functioning of farmland markets;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 220 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in ordercombat excessive land concentration and land grabbing, to promote land access for young farmers by all means available, including targeted tools such as pre- emptive rights in favour of young farmers, price cmontrolsitoring, acquisition caps or obligations to maintain agricultural activity;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 243 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, making the best use of all existing data collection tools, to monitor, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, as well as changes in farmland use;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 263 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that public support is fundamental in addressing the financing problems affecting young farmers, in particular for women and small farms; underlines the need to support young farmers in accessing information on financing opportunities and the development of business plans as well as getting access to guarantees and risk sharing loans;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 266 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to make start-up and investment aid for young farmers available throughout the entire budgetary period of the CAP and to support access to training opportunities, namely on soft skills and digital and sustainable farming methods, in particular for new entrantstaking into account the specific needs of new entrants; as early as in the definition of the business idea; believes that Member States should keep making sure specialised education is provided to future farmers as well as qualified workforce for the sector;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 271 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses that the generational renewal in agriculture is a demographic challenge that also relies on the ability of the CAP to define and promote active farmers, to target several supports towards them and to control the expansion of farms.
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 278 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Invites all stakeholders from the value chains to make generational renewal in agriculture a strategic priority by offering adequate incentives, complementary to public supports
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 280 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Stresses that decent and attractive income and living conditions for young farmers depend, inter alia, on a better share of value within agri-food chains, ethical marketing prices and long-term contracts
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Insists that young people must be involved and given the ability to participate in political life and decision-making processes, including by supporting and promoting young farmers organisations at local, regional, national and EU level, to ensure that their specific needs are accounted for and that policies provide effective support for their development;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 342 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Insists that rural areas must be able to provide adequate and flexible living conditions for young and new farmers and their families, namely better mobility, access to better education, career opportunities, health, leisure and culture services, and broader digital connectivity;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the final declaration of the 27th Conference of Presidents of the Outermost Regions of the European Union, held in Brussels from 15 to 17 November 2022,
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the programme of options specifically relating to remoteness and insularity (POSEI) should be strengthened in order to help the outermost regions to achieve the ambition of the new Green Deal and to cope with increasing competition from third countries and soaring energy prices; calls, in this regardspect, for an increase in the budget of POSEI from 2027;POSEI budget, taking into account the fact that the current allocation was calculated in 2006 against a background of significantly changed economic and trade conditions.
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the conclusions of the December 2016 EC report on the implementation of the POSEI programs, highlighting their ability to address the particular agricultural challenges of the outermost regions, as defined in Article 349 of the TFEU, remain highly relevant;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the fact that the new CAP strategic plans take into account the specific situation of the outermost regions and considers it necessary to promote modernization, including farming digitalization, diversification of agricultural production and greater support for the most vulnerable sectors, with a view to achieving greater food sovereignty;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the ORs and their five million European citizens represent major assets for the European Union, but also face permanent difficulties as a result of their insularity (except for French Guiana), geographical dispersion, remoteness, small size, rough terrain and harsh climate, and the narrowness of their market and economic dependence on a few products;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to increase the financial allocations for POSEI in exceptional circumstances, such as those faced by the agricultural sectorCalls on the European Commission to provide additional financial support to farmers in the outermost regions affected by natural disasters, such as the volcanic eruption in La Palma;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that the agricultural sector plays a key role in structuring the outermost regions, providing jobs and helping to ensure food security, which in the current context seems to be an unavoidable priority, bearing in mind that unemployment rates in those regions are among the highest in the EU, reaching up to 50 % of the active population;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas these regions have high levels of young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEETs) and early school leavers, higher than the EU and national averages7; whereas the youth unemployment rate is above 50% in Mayotte and the Canary Islands, almost 40% in Réunion, Guadeloupe and Martinique, and almost 30% in French Guiana; _________________ 7 https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/source s/policy/themes/outermost-regions/pdf/rup- 2022/comm-rup-2022-glance_en.pdf
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are having a destructive impact on the outermost regions through rising prices of energy, maritime freight, food, fertilisers and raw materials;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 50 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the EU biodiversity strategy’s targets should not hinderimplementation of the new biodiversity strategy in outermost regions must be coordinated with efforts to strengthen the sustainable economic development of the agricultural sectors in the outermostand forestry sectors and take into account the climatic specificities of these regions (ORs);
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas air and maritime transport are essential for ensuring territorial continuity and connecting the ORs both to the European mainland and with each other;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 59 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the primary sector, in particular arable and livestock farming and fishing, is very important for the ORs; whereas the programme of options specifically relating to remoteness and insularity (POSEI) agriculture scheme is therefore essential for the ORs, as was the former POSEI fisheries scheme; scheme to compensate certain ORs for additional fisheries costs, which has since been incorporated into the EMFF and then into the EMFAF;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 62 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that some of outermost regions are located in tropical, subtropical and humid equatorial environments, which are particularly conducive to the development of diseases, and that they are therefore at a serious disadvantage, in relation to the continent and the third countries, in terms of covering their needs for plant protection products to fight against pests; therefore highlights the need to promote the research on new solutions adapted to these territories, as well as the promotion of agri-ecological practices and the application of innovative production techniques, including new genomics techniques;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the ORs are home to around 80% of the EU’s biodiversity and are characterised by their wealth of natural heritage and ecosystems that are unique in the EU;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 68 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas the ORs are in the front line when it comes to the effects of climate change and are particularly vulnerable in the face of increasingly frequent extreme weather events such as cyclones and floods, as well as volcanic eruptions;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the ORs provide the EU with geostrategic locations in the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean and the Amazon basin, and whereas they help make the EU the second-largest maritime area in the world;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 85 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the visible progress achieved by the EU strategies for the ORs, which is a sign of the fruitful cooperation between the Commission, Parliament and the Council, the ORs’ regional and local authorities, and civil society; regrets, nevertheless, the lack of commitment shown by the Commission in this new strategy in essential areas for the ORs, ignoring successive demands from both regional authorities and Parliamentn particular as regards boosting their competitiveness so that the EU can be seen as a major oceanic player;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 86 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a specific regulation for the ORWelcomes the adaptation of certain provisions of the CMO to the specific needs of outermost regions, and asks the Commission to provide, if necessary, for further adjustments oin the common organisation of the marketsntext of the next revision of the Common Market Organisation;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2022/2147(INI)

2. Reaffirms the need to maintain and strengthen coordinated action at EU, national, regional and local level; supports the greater involvement of regional and local authorities in the design of EU policies; with that in mind, proposes that an executive vice-president be designated within the College of Commissioners who would work closely with the Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms and the Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights to monitor the sustainable and inclusive development of the EU’s territories, and would have special responsibility for ensuring that account is taken across all EU public policies of the problems affecting the ORs;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 92 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates the importance of keeping the EAFRD cofinancing rates for the ORs at 85 %, in particular to restore, preserve and enhance biodiversity in agriculture and forestry, and to encourage development in rural areas;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the fact that Article 349 is still not being automatically applied in every legislative initiative from the Commission, while recognising that some progress has been made; reiterates the call that Parliament made in its resolution of 14 September 2021 for the Commission and the Council to adopt an ‘OR reflex’, i.e. for the ORs’ specific characteristics to be systematically taken into account in EU legislative proposals and during interinstitutional negotiations, with a view to ensuring that EU legislation is able to cope with the specific challenges and local realities of the ORs;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 100 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the Commission to exercise the utmost vigilance in the negative impact of the liberalisation of the EU market and the proliferation of trade agreements between the EU and partner countries and to carry out a report on the cumulative effect of those agreements in the farming sector of outermost regions;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2022/2147(INI)

4. Calls on the Commission to expand the POSEI model to other sectors, with fisheries, connectivity and transport being priority areas; points out that these new programmes should under no circumstances undermine existing programmes for the ORs, such as the POSEI agricultural scheme;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 105 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Expresses its concern about imports of products from third countries that do not comply with EU environmental, food safety and animal welfare standards, including organic- labelled products, many of which are in direct competition with the outermost regions' products; therefore calls on the European Commission to promote the conformity of these imports with the European standards and the revision of trade agreements with third countries to incorporate mirror clauses;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 108 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers it necessary to provide for differentiated treatment in favour of outermost regions' production in the negotiations and renegotiations of trade agreements with third countries by envisaging, if necessary, safeguard clauses, transitional periods, appropriate quotas and customs tariffs or the exclusion of sensitive products;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Supports the setting up of a task force bringing together the European Commission, the Member States concerned, members of the European Parliament and farming representatives to analyse the difficulties faced by these regions as a result of the increasing external competition, including from third country products with the organic label;
2022/12/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to stepping up dialogue with the ORs and providing them with individualised support; calls on the Commission to adopt a tailor-made approach, working with the Member States, the local and regional authorities and the populations concerned, in particular by means of public consultations, to defininge an individual action plan for each OR in the context of a multi- level governance framework, with a timetable and common and specific measures and targets; calls on the Commission to publish an action plan for each OR before the proposals for the new post-2027 programming period are brought forward;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 124 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the need to protect the ORs' interests in the international agreements (FTAs, EPAs, ODA) concluded by the European Union; calls on the Commission to systematically include in its impact studies an evaluation of the impact of a draft agreement on the ORs and to give due consideration to the ORs' interests in international negotiations;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 142 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. URecalls that young people make up a high proportion of the ORs' population and that, on average, half of the population of the six French ORs is under the age of 30; underlines the importance of young people for the revitalisation of traditional sectors in the ORs; calls for measures to attract young people into the primary sector;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 150 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Defends the creation of BlueCalls for enhanced opportunities for mobility through blue and green Erasmus+ to enable young people to take advantage of the opportunities of the blue economy, in terms of training and new professions, of the blue economy, the circular economy and the green transition more generally; underlines that the Commission and the national agencies must pay special attention to the ORs' potential to host young people on mobility schemes in these sectors, notably through targeted communication and specific support campaigns when receiving and sending participants;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 153 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States and the Erasmus+ national agencies to ensure better protection and support for young people from the ORs taking part in the Erasmus mobility programme in other parts of the European Union, in accordance with the inclusion chapter of the Regulation establishing Erasmus+, especially through pre-financing for mobility, additional specific subsidies and enhanced support;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 155 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to launch a pilot project, as soon as possible, aimed at combating early school leaving in the ORs; emphasises the 'second-chance school' model, supported by the ESF, which has proven effective in getting early school-leavers back into training and employment;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 161 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Points outRegrets that the call for proposals ‘Empowering youth in the EU Outermost Regions’ did not have the expected participation levels; defends an enlargement of the initiative to people up to the age of 30, and asks for the involvement of regional authorities in its promoturges local and regional authorities to provide more information on the specific initiatives for the ORs, and for young people in particular, supported by the European Union;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 189 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recalls that it is essential to renew the fishing fleets in order to ensure the safety of fishermen in the ORs, guarantee food security in the ORs and attract new people, particularly young people, to the fishing profession;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 191 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Urges the Commission and Member States to work together more closely to unlock funds to renew fishing fleets in the outermost regions; calls on the Commission to adjust the ecological, economic and technical indicators set to demonstrate the balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities, taking into account the particular characteristics of the ORs when revising its guidelines on State aid for the fisheries and aquaculture sector; also stresses the need to speed up the collection of the scientific data needed in the ORs;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 194 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Calls on the Commission to revise its guidelines on State aid in the fisheries and aquaculture sector in order to allow support for the fish aggregation devices anchored in the outermost regions;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 195 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that the Commission has pledged to write an interim report on the EMFAF chapter on the ORs and to analyse the ORs’ need for an autonomous regulation for fisheries; reiterates its appeal for the re-establishment of the POSEI fisheries scheme in 2027; a stand-alone programme for fisheries and aquaculture for the ORs in 2027; points out that such a scheme would seek to offset the extra costs and structural difficulties faced by fishers in the ORs while financing structural investments to help develop the sector;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 201 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the role that the ORs could play in combating illegal fishing and ocean pollution; Points out that the ORs are particularly affected by the effects of climate change, marine pollution and illegal fishing; Stresses the role that the ORs could play in combating illegal fishing and ocean pollution, in conserving marine biodiversity and in the transition towards a sustainable blue economy; welcomes the Commission's suggestion to issue a call for proposals on strategies for promoting a blue economy in the ORs in 2022-2023 and calls on the Commission to put this call into action as soon as possible;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 212 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that the budget allocation for the POSEI agriculture scheme has neither been increased since 2009, nor has it been updated for inflation, which has resulted in chronic underfunding; advocates a fairsignificant increase in the current allocations for the POSEI agriculture scheme to better support farmers, breeders and planters in the ORs in the face of rising extra costs, but also to support agricultural diversification efforts, champion local production and help the ORs achieve food autonomy;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 216 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to urgently increase aid supplied under the specific supply arrangements (SSA) to take account of the continuous rise in agricultural input prices and import costs, particularly following Russia's invasion of Ukraine;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 225 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to regulate new genomic techniques (NGT) in order to respond as quickly as possible to the need to reduce and find alternatives to the use of plant protection products with a view to the transition to agroecology;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 231 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Supports the creation of a POSEI transport scheme in order to tackle the rising costs resulting from insularity and remotenessCalls on the Commission to propose the creation of a POSEI connectivity and transport scheme to help the outermost regions offset the extra costs resulting from insularity and remoteness, give the ORs territorial continuity and remedy the structural challenges they face in terms of transport infrastructure, mobility and digital connectivity;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 235 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Highlights the benefits associated with the trans-European transport network (TEN-T), particularly in terms of connectivity and access to funding; calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage the integration of more airports and ports located in the outermost regions into the TEN-T comprehensive network;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 240 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Highlights the difficulties faced by the outermost regions in accessing the opportunities offered by the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF); asks that the Commission give an account in the context of a mid-term evaluation of the projects that have applied for CEF funding in the ORs and consider the possibility of creating a specific budget line for the ORs within the CEF;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 244 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the crucial role of tourism for the development of the ORs, which are highly exposed to externalities; urges the Commission to develop a truly European tourism policy, in particular by creating a single label for sustainable tourism, and to launch further measures to promote the recovery of the sector; calls on the Commission to launch a pilot project aimed at harnessing the potential of the outermost regions to develop and create new professions linked to blue and green tourism;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 260 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets the fact that the specificities of the ORs have not been systematicallybeen taken into account only to a limited degree in the 'Fit for 55' package proposed by the Commission; urges the Commission and the Council to support, in the context of the ongoing interinstitutional negotiations, Parliament's proposals for the specific characteristics of the ORs to be better taken into account in the texts of the 'Fit for 55' package; insists, in particular, on the need to exclude all flights between the ORs and the rest of the European Economic Area in the context of the revision of the Emissions Trading System (ETS);
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 267 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Insists that the opportunities for carbon retention offered by the ORs be considered, particularly blue carbon related to marine and coastal biodiversity and green carbon from forest carbon capture;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 270 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the ORs’ vulnerability to climate change effects, in particular to extreme weather events; defends the position, therefore, that the EU Solidarity Fund should be revised to enable it to respond to smaller-scale disasters, including in the ORs, and to include the costs associated with prevention, evacuation and the disruption of local economies in the event of cyclones, floods, forest fires or extended seismic activity;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 280 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Reiterates the potential of the ORs for the development of innovative pilot projects on renewable energies; calls on the Commission to build on the ORs' potential and support the development and expansion of solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and salinity gradient energies, low-carbon hydrogen and biomass energy; stresses the need to support the ORs in transitioning to carbon-free energy autonomy tailored to local realities;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 297 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Proposes the creation of a research centre for tropical infectious diseases and medical conditions that are particularly common in the ORs, such as diabetes, obesity and certain cancers;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 319 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Emphasises that the ORs represent European Union outposts and enhance the Union's outreach into neighbouring countries in their regional areas; calls on the Commission and Member States to work with the ORs' local and regional authorities to implement development strategies that include enhanced regional integration and cooperation; calls, in particular, on the Commission and local and regional authorities to promote synergies between actions supported by the NDICI-Global Europe international cooperation instrument and Interreg funds intended for the ORs;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 324 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement of the creation of a portal on all available EU funds, programmes and policy initiatives for the ORs, which responds to a request made by Parliament in its resolution of 14 September 2021; urges the Commission to create this portal without delay;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 325 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Calls on the Commission's services and national and regional authorities to strike a balance between essential controls on the use of EU funds and the simpler, more flexible administrative rules needed to optimise them in order to encourage local initiatives, particularly in the ORs;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 330 #

2022/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Emphasises that the ORs enrich the European Union's cultural and linguistic heritage; calls on the Commission to further enhance the ORs' cultural wealth and promote exchanges with culture professionals in the ORs, especially by launching new pilot projects along the lines of Archipel.eu;
2022/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
— Having regards to its Resolution of 16 February 2023 on developing an EU cycling strategy,
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 30 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas research performed across the Member States has shown that gender- based violence in public spaces and on collective transport is a growingsignificant problem;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas sexual harassment and gender-based violence in transport has an impact on women's travel behaviour;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 40 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas poorly-designed transport policies can exacerbate existing poverty and social exclusion; whereas there continues to be a lack of sex-gender- disaggregated data and gender analysis on transport and mobility accross the EU, hindering the application of well-targeted transport policies for individuals and familiehouseholds in all their diversity;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas adopting a gender- responsive approach to urban planning and having a gender analysis of transport services is instrumental in improving the quality of life of women as well as their social inclusion and employment prospects;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 52 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas 31% of women use public transport compared to 24% of men1a _________________ 1a https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/ detail/2226
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 56 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas transport use differs according to gender, as well as other factors, in terms of complexity, sustainability, frequency, mode, duration, purpose, cost, security and safety;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 59 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas women are more likely to take multiple, non-direct journeys in one day (trip-chaining) and are more likely to travel in off-peak hours;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 61 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas due to persisting gender inequalities within society, men and women have different transport needs;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 63 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas women are more likely to have care responsibilities; whereas they are more likely to use strollers or to benefit from the possibility of using cargo bikes;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 64 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas understanding transport patterns and mobility is fundamental to the development of gender-sensitive transport policies, so that femwomen in alel transport usersheir diversity can share safe, accessible, reliable, sustainable and non- discriminatory modes of transport; whereas more of gender-disaggrated data would be a valuable input to develop transport policy that adequately addresses gender differences;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas more women than men use more sustainable modes of transport, and often perform trip chain such as public transportation or walking;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 77 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas women are more likely to take sustainability and safety into account when choosing their means of transportation; whereas women are more likely to choose to cycle in places when safe and continued cycling paths and lanes are provided1a; _________________ 1a "Paris en selle" as quoted in https://www.20minutes.fr/paris/3257635- 20220323-insecurite-frein-pratique- feminine-velo-plus-pistes-cyclables-plus- femmes
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the welcome adoption of new vehicle and automation technologinew development of connected and automated vehicles should take the specific needs of women into consideration and increase safety and sustainability;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 87 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the development of easy- to-use bike-sharing or car-sharing applications offers new travel possibilities including for people living in rural areas;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 89 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas sustainable transport requires equal access to infrastructure, through measures that guarantee greater mobility using public transport, especially local trains, and bikes for all and the same quality of service in urban and rural areas;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 95 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the design of vehicles, including safety features, often assumes a larger, stereotypically male physical form, leading to lower efficacy for smaller people; women; whereas cars, seat belts, car seats and airbags have mainly been designed using crash test dummies based on biofidelic male bodies; whereas men are more likely to be involved in a car crash, but women involved in a car crash are more likely to be injured or die than men1a; _________________ 1a https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/vehicle- choice-crash-differences-help-explain- greater-injury-risks-for-women
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 103 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas bike-friendly infrastructures, bike lanes as well as separate bike paths increase safety and perceived safety and thereby encourages more of the population and especially women to use bikes;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 113 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas women are underrepresented in transport employment at all levels; whereas underrepresentation in decision-making, planning and research reinforces the lack of gender mainstreaming in transport; whereas when there is an underrepresentation of women in decision making positions, planners should proactively reach out to women to get their input before designing transport policies;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 141 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas it is important to promote and preserve efficient, sustainable, and affordable mobility in rural areas; whereas connectivity within rural areas is not adequately developed;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 144 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas women living in rural areas experience barriers in receiving support when they are victims of gender- based violence because of the persistent lack of a developed transport infrastructure;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 147 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Q a. whereas women are more likely to suffer from transport poverty, in particular single mothers, women belonging to minority groups, women with low income, as well as single women, women with disabilities, or elderly women;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 165 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the lack of standardised, sexgender-disaggregated transport data and gender analysis across all modes of transport; identifies the need for more consultations and data to establish women's habits and needs in the transport sector; welcomes, in this regard, that ‘energy and transport’ is the thematic focus of the 2023 edition of the EIGE Gender Equality Index;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 172 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. HighlightNotes the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to aggregate anonymised datasets on public transport usage and to develop intermodal services or inclusive transport applications;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 187 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the differing expectations, travel patterns, needs and experiences of women as transport users; calls for relevant legislation in transport to fully integrate women’s needs; and travelling patterns;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 198 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the integration of sustainable transport options, including bikes, into women’s daily lives, enabling comfortable, safe and stress-free multimodal journeys to become a reality;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 203 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on Member States and local authorities to ensure safe bicycle parking near train and bus stations;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 207 #

2022/2140(INI)

9 b. Calls on Member States and local authorities to ensure the possibility to take bikes on trains and buses with a view of developing intermodality;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 212 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to ensure that road infrastructure, notably when being upgraded, fully takes into account the continuity and accessibility of sustainable pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and connections;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 218 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls for the development of wider sidewalks and cycling paths to accomodate strollers or cargo bikes which are often used by women for their transport needs;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 245 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Highlights the need for employers in the transport sector to provide mandatory trainings to help workers identify and react appropriately when witnessing gender-based violence and harassment; encourages preventives measures in transport such as security buttons and helplines;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 249 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on the EU to create a strategy in order to prevent and combat harassment and gender-based violence in public transport;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 256 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that women play a large role in shaping the mobility choices of familiehouseholds, and that their negative experiences using sustainable modes of transport can be off- puttingy are more sensitive to sustainable, shared and safe transports;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 257 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Notes that women choosing to using public transport with their households can have a ripple-on effect on the behaviour of members of their households when travelling independently;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 271 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that femalewomen transport workers at all levels face barriers such as gender bias, as well as a lack of or ill- suited facilities, leading to harassment and violence; notes, as a result, the difficulty in attracting and keeping women in transport jobs;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 295 #

2022/2140(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recalls the importance of implementing complementing training for senior managers and staff in the transport sector. Complementary training should educate and empower employees to act in case of potential harassment situations. Employees, when trained, will be able to recognise early signs of harassment and will be able to intervene swiftly and effectively to prevent escalation;
2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality is a core A. value of the EU enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and must be mainstreamed in all EU policies, activities and programmes; whereas the right to equal treatment and non- discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and in Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and should be fully respected; whereas the right to the integrity of the person is paramount under Article 3 of the Charter; whereas gender-based violence in all its forms, including sexual harassment is a severe form of gender inequality, discrimination and a violation of human rights, whereas it constitutes a serious obstacle to the participation of women, girls and other victims in all spheres of private and public life making them unable to fully enjoy their rights and fundamental freedoms; whereas the eradication of gender-based violence is a prerequisite to achieve real gender equality;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 27 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas sexual harassment is defined in EU law as “any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature occurs, with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of a person, in particular when creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment”; whereas sexual harassment is a form of gender-based violence and an extreme form of gender-based discrimination which affects women and girls disproportionally; whereas harassment is often linked to other forms of discrimination in addition to gender-based discrimination and has to be addressed with an intersectional approach and from all its angles; whereas sexual harassment is a consequence of gender based stereotypes and sexism rooted in the unequal distribution of power between women and men; whereas it can occur in many different social settings such as at home, at the workplace, in educational system, but also in the public space;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas thwhereas at workplace, which is often far from being a safe and respectful environment, more than one in five preoportion of women C. who have ever worked and have experienced any unwanted behaviour with a sexual connotation in the workplace varies between Member States, ranging from 11 % to 41 %7 ; le have experienced violence and harassment, whether physical, psychological or sexual; whereas both harassers and victims may be of any sex or gender, women, girls, LGBTQIA+ persons and other vulnerable groups are disproportionally affected7a; whereas the proportion of women who have ever worked and have experienced any unwanted behaviour with a sexual connotation in the workplace varies between Member States, ranging from 11 % to 41 %7; whereas the risk of experiencing harassment at work is particularly pronounced across certain groups such as youth, migrant, and wage and salaried women and men; whereas young women are twice as likely as young men to have experienced sexual violence and harassment, and migrant women were almost twice as likely as non- migrant women to report sexual violence and harassment; whereas nearly five persons in ten facing gender-based discrimination including intersectional discrimination have also faced harassment at work compared to two in ten of those who have not been discriminated against on the basis of gender7b; whereas in the majority of cases the sexual harassment takes place at workplace between colleagues; whereas many women have experienced unwanted behaviour, including sexual harassment, with their male hierarchy; whereas the percentage of women who have reported such an experience during their lifetime is very low; whereas victims of harrasment are also men and account for 10% of victims of sexual harassment; _________________ 7 EU survey on gender-based violence against women and other forms of inter- personal violence (EU-GBV) – first results – 2022 edition. 7a Experiences of violence and harassment at work: A global first survey, Geneva: ILO, 2022 7b Experiences of violence and harassment at work: A global first survey, Geneva: ILO, 2022
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 50 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas cyber-harassment, as a form of gender-based cyber violence, is constantly increasing as a consequence of the widespread use of the internet and social medias; whereas a recent survey shows that 13 % of women were subjected to cyber-harassment in the past five years and 8 % in the past 12 months; whereas some professions, such as politicians, journalists or female activist in human rights civil organisations are particularly victims of online violence; whereas a European Parliamentary Research Service study has recently quantified the cost of gender-based cyber violence to be between €49.0 and €89.3 billion;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 54 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas harassment is widespread but under-reported; whereas harassment in the workplaone of the reasons for underreporting of sexual harassment is a lack of awareness, sometimes based on a low understanding of the gravity of the issue, knowledge of channels for victim support, but also a fear of victimisation and job loss; whereas women victims seem more likely to share such harmful experience thasn men because of the stigma and gender stereotypes; whereas all forms of harassment in the workplace have serious consequences for the physical and psychological health and well-being of employees and therefore its prevention and treatment should be a priority for every employer in order to ensure a safe working environment;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 67 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas in October 2022 the world celebrated the 5th anniversary of the social movement Metoo, encouraging women and other victims of sexual harassment to speak up, with the aim of raising awareness about the widespread violence; whereas since that time, the movement encouraged victims worldwide to speak up in different spheres, including in politics; whereas unfortunately the European Parliament is neither a perfectly safe working place and there are cases of sexual and other harassment within our house of Democracy; whereas the European Parliament immediately condemned the sexual harassment in its first resolution of October 2017, then reinforced its position in 2019 and in 20218a; whereas the progress made in addressing the issue of sexual harassment after the MeToo movement is not sufficient and there is still a lot to be done within the European institutions and beyond; whereas the European institutions have started to adapt their internal rules and procedures in order to better identify, counter and sanction harassment; whereas the implementation of prevention mechanisms has given rise to a certain degree of reluctance resulting not only from ignorance of the phenomenon of harassment but also from the lack of clarity of the existing legal rules; _________________ 8a 2017/2897 RSP, 2019/2855(RSP), 2021/29865RSP)
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 80 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas in its previous resolutions, Parliament called for the introduction of several concrete measures introducing a zero-tolerance approach but, several years on, only some of them have been fully implemented and more needs to be done; whereas in its opinion the Legal Service of the Parliament stated that the introduction of mandatory harassment prevention training would not affect the exercise of their free and independent mandate;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 89 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the European institutions in general and the European Parliament in particular, as a legislator and employer, should set an example for all employers; whereas Members of the European Parliament, both as the directly elected representatives of EU citizens and as legislators, have a special responsibility to carry out their duties respecting the highest standards and EU law;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 98 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms the EU’s commitment to tackling gender-based violence and welcomes the proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and girls (COM(2022)0105);
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 106 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the EU and the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention without delay, according to the Court’s of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Opinion of 6 October 2021. Calls on Member States to refer to the Istanbul Convention’s definition on harassment in the Article 40 in their relevant legislation accordingly; is convinced that the EU and the Member States should learn from the crises and backlashes against gender equality by adopting and implementing concrete, efficient and ambitious rules and policies on preventing and combating violence, including the psychological, physical and sexual harassment;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 114 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly condemns all forms of harassment, especially sexual harassment; notes that the harassment is a widespread pervasive and harmfull phenomenom surrending in all areas of private and public life, stresses that harassment experienced in a workplace constitutes a violation of human rights and can have serious consequences for survivors’ physical and psychological health, making them feel uncomfortable and insecure at work, and in some cases preventing them from doing their work; highlights the importance of addressing cyber violence in the workplace, as it has an enormous impact on the mental health of victims;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 125 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is convinced that the European institutions should behave as exemplary employers and establish zero-tolerance standards; believes that good working conditions and safe and respectful environment are necessary to ensure the effectivity of the work of EU institutions;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 137 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that, in spite of the progress initiated by the MeToo campaign in the European Parliament, which helped to break the silence and raise awareness of the need to implement better working conditions for all staff, cases of sexual harassment still occur in the European institutions, including Parliament; recalls that these cases cast a shadow over the functioning of our institutions and undermine the confidence of EU citizens in them;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 142 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance of prevention, with information and awareness-raising efforts, and the promotion of zero-harassment campaigns and policies; welcomes regular harassment prevention campaigns with updates posters and brochures in order to remind the Members and the staff of their responsibility to ensure their exemplary conduct; considers that the existing campaigns should be reinforced;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 150 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that sexual and psychological harassment cases are still under-reported because victims do not use the existing channels, demonstrating the need for further efforts with regard to the prevention of sexual harassmentall forms of harassment; notes the existence of formal and informal structures in the European Parliament to address harassment and especially sexual harassment issues providing advisory, legal and psychological assistance to victims; calls for their better promotion, reinforcement of their competencies and composition in order to ensure that all victims can report in confidence and security; welcomes initiatives of some political groups, which decided to put in place trained confidential counsellors to whom victims of harassment can report their case and receive support, advice and guidance in all confidentiality;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 167 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls the duty of all of the European institutions to put in place all necessary policies to prevent and address all forms of harassment and violence, and urges them to ensure that all of the rules in place guarantee a zero-tolerance approach to any forms of misconduct and full support for all victims; calls on the European institutions to strengthen their internal rules and policies to ensure that in cases of psychological or sexual harassment and violence, they should not only suspend the perpetrator, but also entirely remove their salary;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 171 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Believes that as the harassment cases within the EU institutions may affect the EU budget, they should be taken into account while deciding to grant or not the budgetary discharge to the concerned institution;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 174 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Encourages all EU institutions and agencies to exchange regularly their best practices of anti-harassment policies, guidelines or any new provisions on coping mechanisms and strategies, which would also promote gender equality;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 192 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that the measures to address sexual harassment are not strong enough and do not include all of the actions requested in previous resolutions; welcomes the fact that this parliamentary term is the first in which Members have been required to sign a declaration confirming their commitment to complying with the Code of Appropriate Behaviour; welcomes the signature by all Members of the Declaration on the Code of Appropriate Behavior adopted by the Bureau; is convinced by the political will of the European Parliament to tackle the sexual and other types of harassment inside and outside of the institution; calls for a further transparency on all procedures and implementation of concrete measures by different authorities at the political and administrative level;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 204 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the harassment prevention training offered to Members, managers in Parliament’s Secretariat and staff; is convinced, however, that voluntary harassment prevention training has proven insufficient; calls for the introduction of mandatory training for all Members at the very beginning of each mandate and all staff; is concerned by a low number of Members who attended the training so far: only 260 Members out of 705 Members have completed the training which represents 36,9 % of all members. Therefore calls for further actions in order to secure that Members complete the harassment prevention training and the publication of the participants' list on the website of the European Parliament;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 218 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the work of the Advisory Committee on Harassment and its prevention at the workplace and the Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints concerning Members of the European Parliament; calls for full transparency about how Parliament is addressing issues of harassment, while protecting the identity of those affected, and invites both committees to draft and publish their monitoring reports and risk assessments annually on the European Parliament website; calls for an independent evaluation of the measures in place by exand their effectiveness by both internal and external auditors selected in a transparent procedure;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 223 #

2022/2138(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. AskRecalls for the composition of the advisory committees to be updated to ensure an equal representation of external, independent experts with proven expertise in tackling harassment issues in the workplace, including doctors, therapists and legal experts in the domain of harassment and to change their status to full members with voting rights as set up in the 2021 Resolution; calls for the creation of a confidential register of cases over time, as already requested in the resolutions dating from 2017 and 2021;
2023/02/06
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to broaden the European carbon certification framework by taking into account the reduction of all greenhouse gases emitted by agriculture and carbon sequestration, since, at EU level, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) account for 56% and 39% respectively of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural production, while carbon dioxide (CO2) represents only a minor proportion of these emissions. Furthermore, covering all greenhouse gases would be more coherent at the farm level and increases the incentives for land managers.
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Believes that the future certification system should not generate a disproportionate administrative burden that would discourage the participation of land managers, and should not result in penalties where carbon sequestration is lower than expected for reasons beyond the control of land managers.
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Is of the opinion that the new European certification framework should be a tool contributing to the achievement of the EU objectives on both the effort sharing regulation (ESR) and the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Regulation (LULUCF) in order to make the same agricultural credit compatible by both a company and a Member State without putting into question the environmental integrity of the carbon credit.
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the fact that carbon farming practices provide additional environmental and social co-benefits, such as improved biodiversity, enhanced ecosystem services and the increased resilience of EU agriculture; insists that the economic valuation of co-benefits be fully integrated into the European certification scheme in order to strengthen the environmental ambition and integrity of the scheme for buyers.
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to clearly define additionality criteria for projects to be developed under the European certification framework.These projects must enable the implementation of greenhouse gas emission reduction and carbon absorption practices that go beyond : - the obligations arising from the legislative and regulatory texts in force; - the various incentives that exist, in particular economic incentives, whatever their origin; - common practice in the relevant sector of activity.
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for any European methodology for the measurement and certification of carbon removals or greenhouse gas emission reductions to be compatible with existing national initiatives sharing the same objective.
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2022/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the expert group it plans to set up in order to benefit from existing experience in this area.
2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A (new)
A. whereas a “right to health” should be established by guaranteeing all Europeans have equal and universal access to affordable, preventive, curative and quality health; whereas the resilience and quality of our healthcare systems should be reinforced and a European Health Union should be created; whereas the protection and improvement of human health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, should be added as a shared competence between the Union and the Member States;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 15 #

2022/2051(INL)

B. whereas combating gender-based violence is a key priority of the Union’s Gender Equality Strategy and of the Union’s external action; whereas gender- based violence should be added the list of the areas of particularly serious crime with a cross-border dimension set out in Article 83(1), second subparagraph, TFEU;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 17 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C (new)
C. whereas gender mainstreaming is a globally recognised strategy to ensure the integration of a gender perspective when designing, implementing and evaluating all policies, programmes and measures in order to promote gender equality and combat discrimination; whereas gender mainstreaming should be applied as a cross-cutting principle at all levels of policy areas by guaranteeing its inclusion in the Charter for Fundamental Rights;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 18 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D (new)
D. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union enshrines the main fundamental rights and liberties for people living in the Union; whereas the protection of safe and legal abortion has direct implications for the effective exercise of the rights recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, such as human dignity, personal autonomy, equality and physical integrity; whereas the right to abortion should be included in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and a proposal should be submitted to the Council to amend the Charter;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 30 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 point a (new)
(1) The TEU shall be amended as follows: (a) in Article 2, the second sentence shall be replaced by the following: “These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and gender equality.”;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 35 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b (new)
(1) The TEU shall be amended as follows: (b) In Article 3(3), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: “It shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection, gender equality, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child.”.
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 45 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (a) in Article 4(2), point (k) shall be replaced by the following: “(k) common safety concerns in public health matters and the protection and improvement of human health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights.”;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 51 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point c (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (c) Article 8 shall be replaced by the following: “Article 8 “In all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote gender equality.”;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 55 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point d (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (d) Article 10 shall be replaced by the following: “Article 10 “In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall aim to combat discrimination based on sex, gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.”;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 59 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (e) In Article 19, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: “1. Without prejudice to the other provisions of the Treaties and within the limits of the powers conferred by them upon the Union, the Council, acting unanimously in accordance with a special legislative procedure and after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament, may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based on sex, gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.”;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 65 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point g (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (g) In Article 83(1) TFEU, the second subparagraph shall be replaced as follows: “These areas of crime are the following: terrorism, trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation of women and children, gender based violence, illicit drug trafficking, illicit arms trafficking, money laundering, corruption, counterfeiting of means of payment, computer crime and organised crime.”.
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 69 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point h (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (h) In Article 153(1) TFEU, point (i) shall be replaced by the following: “(i) to promote gender equality with regard to labour market opportunities and treatment at work;”;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 74 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point i (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (i) Article 157 TFEU shall be amended as follows: (i) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: “1. Each Member State shall ensure that the principle of equal pay for all workers regardless of gender for equal work or work of equal value is applied.”; (ii) in paragraph 2, the second subparagraph, introductory sentence, shall be replaced by the following: “Equal pay without discrimination based on gender:”; (iii) paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following: “3. The European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee, shall adopt measures to ensure the application of the principle of equal opportunities and gender equality in matters of employment and occupation, including the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value.”; (iv) paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following: “4. With a view to ensuring full gender equality in practice in working life, the principle of equal treatment shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or adopting measures providing for specific advantages in order to make it easier for the underrepresented gender to pursue a vocational activity or to prevent or compensate for disadvantages in professional careers.”;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 77 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point j (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (j) Article 165 shall be amended as follows: (i) in paragraph 2, the seventh indent shall be replaced by the following: “- developing the European dimension in sport, by promoting fairness and openness in sporting competitions and cooperation between bodies responsible for sports, and by protecting the physical and moral integrity of sportspersons of all genders, especially the youngest sportspersons. ”
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 81 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point k (new)
(k) Declaration on Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (no 19) shall be replaced as follows: “The Conference agrees that, in its general efforts to eliminate gender inequalities, the Union will aim in its different policies to combat all kinds of domestic violence. The Member States should take all necessary measures to prevent and punish these criminal acts and to support and protect the victims.”.
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 86 #

2022/2051(INL)

3. The Charter of Fundamental Rights shall be amended as follows: (a) In Article 3(2), the following point shall be added: “(e) the universal and full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights”.
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 88 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point b (new)
3. The Charter of Fundamental Rights shall be amended as follows: (b) the following Article shall be introduced in Title II: “Article 7a Right to abortion Everyone has the right to safe and legal abortion.”
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 89 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point c (new)
3. The Charter of Fundamental Rights shall be amended as follows: (c) In Article 21, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: “1. Any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, gender, gender identity and expression, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation shall be prohibited.”;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 98 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point d (new)
3. The Charter of Fundamental Rights shall be amended as follows: (d) Article 23 shall be replaced by the following: “Article 23 Gender equality Gender equality must be ensured in all areas, including employment, work and pay. The principle of equality shall not prevent the maintenance or adoption of measures providing for specific advantages in favour of the under-represented gender.”; Gender equality implies that the principle of gender mainstreaming is applicable as a cross cutting principle in the establishment and implementation of the secondary legislation of the Union.”;
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 104 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point g (new)
3. The Charter of Fundamental Rights shall be amended as follows: (g) Article 35 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights shall be replaced by the following: “Article 35 Health care Everyone has the right of access to preventive health care and the right to benefit from medical treatment under the conditions established by national laws and practices. A high level of human health protection, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities.”.
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 105 #

2022/2051(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point h (new)
3. The Charter of Fundamental Rights shall be amended as follows: (h) in Article 51, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: “1. The provisions of this Charter are addressed to the institutions and bodies of the Union with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and to the Member States. They shall therefore respect the rights, observe the principles and promote the application thereof in accordance with their respective powers.”.
2022/10/13
Committee: FEMMAFCO
Amendment 11 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the participation of women in peacekeeping and military operations improves outcomes by improving outreach, local perceptions of the mission, intelligence gathering, and increased reporting of sexual violence 2 ; _________________ 2 https://giwps.georgetown.edu/wp- content/uploads/2021/05/Gendered- Impacts-on-Operational-Effectiveness-of- UN-Peace-Operations.pdf
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 17 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas women constitute 24% of participants in civilian CSDP missions and only 5% in military missions and 6% in military operations;
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the COVID-19 outbreak and its social consequences is a stark reminder of the essential contribution of women as actors and decision-makers at all levels and more broadly in peace processes;
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 23 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the Russian invasion of Ukraine underlines the unequivocal need for security and defence measures to be gender-responsive, including preventing sexual violence and rape as a weapon of war, in defending women’s rights to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and in eradicating trafficking in human-beings;
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 42 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Member States to ensure effective gender mainstreaming across all Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions; recalls the importance of including the gender perspective at every step of a CSDP mission by consulting gender experts and gender advisers early and throughout the process; calls specifically for the next Civilian CSDP Compact and the planning of military missions and operations to set targets for gender balance in the personnel, especially in leadership positions as there are only three female heads of civilian missions and no female commanders of military missions;
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 49 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the important work of gender advisers in CSDP missions; regrets that the post of gender adviser remains vacant in several military missions and calls for these posts to be filled; regrets that whilst there is a full-time gender expert at Headquarters level for civilian missions since 2018 there is no such post for military missions and calls for such a post to be created as a priority; recognises the relevant role of the gender focal points network in missions and expects its continued development and training; encourages structured exchange of best practices between civilian and military missions in particular so that gender- equality initiatives currently practiced within civilian missions can be applied in military missions;
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 55 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Member States to nominate candidates for CSDP missions with balanced representation of gender across all roles including leadership and military roles; calls for transparent and equitable procedures in the selection of candidates for CSDP missions, such that in the case of equally qualified candidates the candidate of the underrepresented gender would be chosen; welcomes the work of the Cluster on good practice for Member States to nominate candidates to CSDP missions and expects its findings to be shared across all Member States;
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 57 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for aDeplores any sexual violence perpetrated by members of CSDP missions, or by local authorities trained by CSDP missions; calls for the provisions in the Upgraded Standards of Behaviour for CSDP missions and operations to be fully implemented and turned into a comprehensive zero-tolerance approach to sexual and gender-based harassment and sexual exploitation within all CSDP missions and; insists that independent oversight be employed to ensure that perpetrators are held accountable and victims can report in full confidence of anonymity and protection; urges the EEAS and the Member States to guarantee safety from sexual exploitation, with mandatory training for all mission members and sub- contractors; calls for specialised support, including counselling and psychological services, to be made available to all victims;
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 70 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for ring-fencing of funding for gender-related actions within the CSDP. and the European Peace Facility, in particular to guarantee the work of gender advisers across all CSDP missions and to support the growth of the gender focal points network;
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 72 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. In the context of increasing hybrid threats and the focus on cyber capabilities within the CSDP, emphasises the importance of cybersecurity measures to monitor and prevent trafficking of women affected by conflict, given the impact of technologies on human trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation; recalls that women are underrepresented in cybersecurity roles in Europe and calls for a specific initiative to address gender balance in the cyber capabilities of the CSDP;
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2022/2050(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls for collaboration between CSDP missions and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), in particular in the development of gender mainstreaming, and for adequate resources to be allocated for this work;
2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its concern as regards the significant delay in the implementation of cohesion policy for the 2021-2027 period, as well as its call for the Commission and the Member States to speed up the adoption of the partnership agreements and programmes, without undermining their quality and while respecting the EU’s political priorities and the applicable principles; calls on the Member States to ensure that local authorities are included in the design and implementation of all programmes; reiterates the need for special consideration to be given to less-developed regions and island, islands, outermost regions and rural, remote and depopulated areas in this context;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 all actions implemented under cohesion policy shall take into account gender equality as a horizontal principle throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation; calls on the Commission to implement a gender budgeting analysis as part of the mid-term review of the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework; strongly believes that publicly available gender assessments of the budget should be made on a yearly basis and allow adjustments within the next annual budget; recalls that the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated gender disparities which necessitates targeted action;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Welcomes the European care strategy as a new initiative with a strong gender dimension; calls on the Commission for a dedicated investment package to promote the EU care sector and care economy as well as to ensure coordination among the different programmes and initiatives towards an effective implementation of the strategy;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the necessity of providing the regions with appropriate financial means in order to deal with the waves of migration caused by the Russian aggression against Ukraine and its multifaceted consequences; recalls the pressing energy and food security concerns, and emphasises the need to address the grave difficulties that the current rise in energy costs is causing for the regionspeople, and to identify suitable financial instruments to deal with them at a regional ledirectly accessible at a regional level; stresses the need to further strengthen the Union’s solidarity capacities in times of crisis, and calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal establishing a Ukrainian crisis Adjustment Reservel;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the necessity of providing the regions with appropriate financial means in order to deal with the waves of migration caused by the Russian aggression against Ukraine and its multifaceted consequences; emphasises the need to address the grave difficulties that the current rise in energy costs is causing for the regions, and to identify suitable financial instruments to deal with them at a regional level;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2022/2046(INI)

3 a. Emphasises that the compensation of the social and economic consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine requires the deployment of adequate budgetary measures at the Union level offsetting the indirect costs of the conflict on businesses and citizens, and putting forward the necessary solidarity mechanisms between Member States and their regions; calls therefore on the Commission to issue a new legislative proposal establishing a European fund for the mutualisation of war-related costs ("Ukrainian crisis Adjustment Reserve"), with a view to support the most affected Member States with fresh common resources gathered at the EU level;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a significant increase in the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) budget, which would help regions to anticipate and mitigate the effects of climate change, and for the scope of the EUSF to be broadened, so that it can also support more climate-resilient restoration or construction of public and private infrastructure; stresses the importance of the social dimension of the green transition and the need to provide targeted support to the regions, industries, workers and households facing the biggest challenges;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 29 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the high potential of rural areas and the necessity to improve transport connectivity, high-speed broadband and the provision of services in order to help them meet challenges such as rural desertification, depopulation and ageing; asks, therefore, to increase the amount of resources at national level that are allocated to integrated territorial development in disadvantaged non-urban areas, suffering from natural, geographical or demographic handicaps; highlights the importance of synergies between different funding tools to channel an adequate level of funding towards rural areas through a multi-fund approach; reaffirms the importance of urban-rural linkages and of the development of strategies based on functional areas with the aim of preventing rural areas from shrinking;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #

2022/2046(INI)

4 a. Stresses the role of urban areas in tackling the climate emergency, reiterates the need for further funding opportunities for cities to implement programmes locally; reminds that EUR 400 000 000 of the resources for the Investment for jobs and growth goal shall be allocated to the EuropeanUrban Initiative under direct or indirect management by the Commission as laid out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1058, calls for the European Urban Initiative to begiven a greater budget and scope, in order to support the delivery of the Urban Agenda in the next programming period;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recalls that among the many inequalities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital divide is a serious one; highlights the need to allocate sufficient funds for the development of digital skills; calls for digital inclusion to be recognised as a right for all generations and for a clear commitment to achieve universal internet connectivity;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 39 #

2022/2046(INI)

5 a. Welcomes the decision of the European Commission to maintain the general escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact in 2023; suggests to envisage the possibility that public spending under cohesion policy by Member States and regional and local authorities as part of ESIF Funds should not be considered as national or equivalent structural expenditure as defined within the Stability and Growth Pact;
2022/07/27
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war against Ukraine, has highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s reliadependencey on complex import and export chainimport from one or too few countries; calls for a shift to an even more sustainable, resilient and fair agricultural model anchored in therelevant EU-strategies, in sustainable global value chains and a strong food production in EU territories;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that import dependency on import from one or too few countries increases vulnerability to external shocks, as now observed in fuelenergy, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for EU production to be recalibrated towards more sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs and to focus primarily on EU demand for healthy foowill change the inputs needed; calls on Member States to ensure greater farmer autonomya more sustainable food system via the strategic plans, notably through strong support for organic production and the organic sector as a wholeinvestment in emission reductions techniques, research, development and pilot studies reduction of food waste, alternative fertiliser sources and streams, carbon farming and carbon capture and advisory services;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that diversified and glocbalised, as well as local and short supply chains contribute to the resilience of food supply chains overall, which ensures profitable and resource effective paths for production and distribution; stresses that small-scale actors in such chains face specific challenges, such as weak access to government support; calls on Member States to provide strong support for cooperation measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in order to expand the networks of small producers; calls on the EU commission to help developing countries with governance and to build greater capacity for producing sustainable food;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that climate change, antimicrobial resistance and biodiversity loss pose a high risk of disrupting both primary production and logistics; welcomes in this regards the newly implemented Veterinary Medicinal Packages and the import-ban on animal products that have received antimicrobials for growth promoting or antimicrobials reserved for human use;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the need to keep up the fight against antimicrobial resistance and think that the EU must include concrete AMR measures, in line with EU standards, in all new relevant trade agreements, set up stronger import requirements for all imported food products (meat, plants, fish) that have been treated with antibiotics as well as to promote the idea of a global agreement against AMR;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for market regulation and approprienhanced market transparency and information for being be able to better coordinate pubolic stocks to tackle market crises and price volatility, to secure supply and to prevent speculationies for international food markets in order to secure a stable global food supply; calls for more market transparency and timely information onby extending AMIS (Agricultural Market Information System) to include both public and private stocks;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that in the light of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the importance of exchanging information, monitoring and good practices in order to develop concerted responses to food supply and international food security crises has been clear; thinks in regards to this that an International Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism should be established, with the aim to coordinate and develop a platform to map risks and vulnerabilities, including structural issues, of international food supply chains and critical infrastructures;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the recent European Commission's decision to introduce the obligation for Member States to report their private and public stocks of cereals, oilseeds, rice and certified seeds on a monthly basis in order to improve market transparency, a measure which could at the same time help to curb speculation; it is of the opinion that the European Union should continue to encourage the same transparency among the world's major agricultural countries in order to address the food shortages caused by the Putin- provoked war;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2022/2040(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that EU engagement in global food governance must recognise and promote the right to food, as well as the food sovereignty of its trading partners and their right to regulatsecure their exports and stocks to secure their own needown needs, as well as their obligation to follow WTO- rules and ratified international bi- and multilateral agreements.
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2021 establishing the Brexit Adjustment Reserve1a, _________________ 1a OJ L 357, 8.10.2021, p. 1.
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 May 2018 on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context (COM(2018)0373),
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 3 May 2022 entitled ‘Putting people first, securing sustainable and inclusive growth, unlocking the potential of the EU’s outermost regions’ (COM(2022)198),
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 14 September 2021 towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0368.
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas during the pandemic, the risk of unemployment and the gender gap were particularly pronounced in less developed EU regions; whereas in less developed regions, the gender employment gap is almost twice than in more developed regions (17 vs 9 percentage points);
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas cohesion policy, even though it is not a crisis instrument, helps to respond effectively to asymmetric shocks such as the current refugee crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine; whereas cohesion policy, in its nature and identity, is a long-term investment policy;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas while developed eastern EU regions have been catching up with the rest of the EU, several middle-income and less developed regions are in economic stagnation or decline, suggesting that they are in a development trap; whereas these regions have experienced growth in GDP per head far below the EU average, productivity growth and employment creation lower than in other regions; whereas regions in a development trap have smaller manufacturing sectors than those in regions with a lower or higher GDP per head and their innovation and education systems and institutional quality are not strong enough to be competitive at the global level;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas convergence has been driven by strong growth in less developed regions, but the benefits they derive from lower costs and the returns on their investments are likely to diminish over time; whereas less developed regions will need to boost education and training, increase investments in research and innovation, and improve the quality of their institutions to avoid falling into a development trap;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas infrastructure quality, provision of services, access to healthcare and transports and mobility solutions differs vastly between urban and rural regions;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas demographic decline is more pronounced in rural regions, and 50 % of the EU population will be living in a region with a shrinking and ageing population by 2050; whereas these developments are likely to affect growth potential, skills development and access to services in rural areas; whereas Eurobarometers show that people in rural areas are more likely to feel that their voice does not count and distrust the EU;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas cohesion policy is of paramount importance in government capital investment, providing more than half of total public investment funding in some Member States; whereas the support provided by ESI funds should be additional to, and not replace, public expenditure by Member States;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 46 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the regional innovation divide has grown and education and skills gaps between more and less developed regions are often wide; whereas skills endowments are concentrated especially in capital regions and a large urban-rural divide has emerged;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas disparities remain in the speed of the digital transition across Europe; whereas very high-speed connections are only accessible to two out of three city residents and one out of six rural residents;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 53 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas significant progress has been made in improving employment and social inclusion, but regional disparities remain larger than before the 2008 financial crisis; whereas cohesion policy should provide efficient responses for tackling poverty and social exclusion, creating employment and growth, promoting investment in education, health, research and innovation, fighting climate change and tackling demographic challenges; whereas cohesion policy can only fulfil all these tasks if it is embedded in solid funding;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 60 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas governance in the EU is improving overall, but disparities remain between and within Member States, and the role and the capacities of sub-national governments remain unequal; whereas the rule of law has deteriorated over time in several Member States;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that cohesion policy can only continue to play its present role as a vector for investment and job creation, an instrument to reduce regional and intraregional disparities and a solidarity mechanism for all EU regions if it has solid and adequate funding; stresses that this implies providing at least for the same level of funding as in the 2021-2027 financial period, topped up with the Just Transition Fund (JTF) II budgetary resources; ; recalls that new challenges need fresh money and asks, when relevant, to top up cohesion policy with new budgetary resources to allow Member States and regional authorities to address the different challenges and crises affecting the European Union;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 75 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the cohesion policy has shown to be a modern and flexible tool, which can be quickly deployed in emergency situation; recalls, however, the nature and the traditional role of the cohesion policy as a long-term investment policy supporting structural interventions; stresses that the role of cohesion policy in emergency management should not erode the very identity of this policy nor harm its structural and long-term objectives;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 83 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that delays in the multiannual financial framework (MFF) negotiations lead to considerable delays in the programming period; calls on the Commission, therefore, to explore legal solutions to speed up the negotiation process and eventually consider creating two distinct parts within the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR), namely the content-related part (political) and the MFF-related part (financial resources), for the programming period post-2027; believes that the content-related part should be negotiated and concluded before the MFF-related part, to allow for the management authorities to start preparing the partnership agreements and programmes in a timely manner; insists, however, on the importance for Member States and regional authorities to have a clear vision on their financial envelope in order to make political choices and identify investment priorities, and for Council committees responsible for cohesion funds and budgetary resources to ensure a smooth cooperation under the comitology procedure;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 96 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s introduction of the JTF to support regions facing challenges in their transition towards carbon neutrality; calls on the Commission to draw lessons from the implementation of the JTF; asks for a JTF II, which should be fully integrated into the CPR, to be establisheto continue supporting territories to achieve the green transition in a socially equal manner and fin the post- 2027 programming period, while applying shared management and partnership principles; believes that regions with high CO² per capita, as well as industries in transition, should have access to this fund; calls for this new JTF to differentiate between climate mitigation and adaptation; stresses that a certain proportion of funding should be allocated to the transition, in a socially just way, and to the reduction of the EU’s carbon footprint; ancing their efforts to address climate change and strengthen resilience to climate risks, advance the energy transition and provide for a sustainable economy; underlines the importance to draw lessons from the programming period 2021-2027 to explore different solutions to design a cohesion policy which makes a greater contribution to green transition, such as a revision of the thematic concentration, the continuation of JTF fully integrated into the CPR, or the creation of a new fund for the adaptation of regions to climate change; emphasizes, however, the need to design a simple architecture of the future cohesion policy post 2027 and avoid the tendency to multiply the funds;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 109 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Maintains that an unallocated flexibiTakes note that, even though cohesion politcy reserve of 15 % of the total allocation for cohesion pois not a crisis instrument, a certain degree of agility and flexibilicty instrumentof its rules should be put in placemaintained to strengthen regions’ resilience and responsiveness, enabling them to address new and upcoming challenges and absorb asymmetric shocks; recalls that this new added value should contribute to preserving a strong cohesion policy in the post-2027 MFF and not making it vulnerable to budgetary cuts or weakening reforms;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 112 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the 8th Cohesion Report proposes the new principle of “do no harm to cohesion”, meaning no action should hamper the convergence process or contribute to regional disparities; believes that this principle should be further developed and integrated in policy making; calls on the Commission and the co-legislators to turn this concept into a reality in legislative terms and ensure that EU policies have a positive effect on cohesion;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 122 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Proposes that the European Regional Development Fund and ESF+ resources for the ‘Investment for jobs and growth’ goal should be allocated among the following two categories of NUTS-2 regions:Takes note of the recent changes applied to the different categories of NUTS-2 regions under the 2021-2027 programming period, especially the extension of the category of the transition regions (GDP per head between 75%- 100% of the EU-27 average); invites the Commission to assess the impact of these changes on the allocation of the European Regional Development Fund and ESF+ resources for the ‘Investment for jobs and growth’ goal during the current programming period with the aim of drawing lessons for the design of the future cohesion policy;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 125 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) less developed regions, whose GDP per capita is less than 90 % of that of the EU-27;deleted
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 127 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
(b) more developed regions, whose GDP per capita is more than 90 % of that of the EU-27;deleted
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 137 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that there should only be two types of region; notes that most of the currentHighlights the importance to draw particular attention to the category of transition regions, especially because they seem stuck in a ‘development trap’ due to the following reasons: growth in GDP per head, between 2001 and 2019, far below the EU average; productivity growth and employment creation lower than in other regions; manufacturing sectors smaller trhansitional those in regions will be covered by the newly established JTF IIth a lower or higher GDP per head; innovation and education systems and institutional quality not strong enough to be competitive at the global level;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 145 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Believes, thatTakes note of the recent changes applied to the co-financing rate for the ‘Investment in jobs and growth’ goal at the level of each priority should not be higher than:under the 2021-2027 programming period; invites the Commission to assess the impact of these changes and insists on the need to increase the co-financing rate, especially for transition and more developed regions;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 147 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point a
(a) 85 % for less developed regions;deleted
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 150 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point b
(b) 70 % for more developed regions;deleted
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 157 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Invites to pursue reflection on the importance of indicators complementary to GDP in order to give a more precise picture of the socio-economic situation of the regions; supports, in this regard, the use of social, environmental and demographic criteria, in order to better identify the challenges and needs, including at sub-regional level;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 158 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Suggests opening a reflection on the contribution of cohesion policy to the achievement of the long-term EU strategic objectives, especially in light of the new challenges ahead; believes that the green and digital transition remains major challenges on which we should focus our investments in order to avoid new disparities; invites the Commission, the Member States and the managing authorities to strengthen the dialogue and join forces in the identification of the strategic objectives on which the future cohesion is expected to contribute;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 162 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that ‘rust belts’ still exist in most Member States; believes that, to address the potentially negative impact of the transition of old industries such as steel and aluminium and to support the development of the regions affected,urges to support the industrial transition of these territories and address its potentially negative impact making use of the cohesion fund and the JTF II resources should be directed towardsand by creating smart specialisation strategies tailored to each of the regions in industrial transition, fostering innovation-led growth and ensuring the spread of growth benefits;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 169 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of supporting rural areas by valuing their diversity and potential, improving transport connectivity and, high-speed broadband, the provision of services, economic diversification and job creation, and helping them meet challenges such as rural desertification, depopulation, ageing and rural abandonment, the decline of city- centre communities and insufficient healthcare; asks, therefore, that at least 5 % of the ERDF resources at national level under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, other than for technical assistance, are allocated to integrated territorial development in disadvantaged non-urban areas, suffering from natural, geographical or demographic handicaps;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 185 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. NStresses the multidimensional nature of rural development, which goes beyond agriculture, and insists on the need to implement a rural proofing mechanism to assess the impact of EU legislative initiatives on rural areas; notes that only 11.5 % of people living in rural areas work in agriculture, forestry and fisheries21 ; calls, therefore, for the reintegration of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) under the strategic framework of the CPR; emphasises that being part of the cohesion policy funds strengthens possibilities for investments in rural areas beyond agriculture; _________________ 21 European Commission, JRC Technical Reports, Territorial Facts and Trends in the EU Rural Areas within 2015-2030, 2018.
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 191 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Is convinced that the role of small cities, towns and villages should be bolstered in order to support local economies and address demographic challenges; reaffirms the importance of urban-rural linkages and of the development of strategies based on functional areas with particular attention to small and medium-sized towns with the aim of preventing rural areas from shrinking; underlines the importance of implementing tailor-made territorial approaches and investing especially on the smart villages initiative with the aim of revitalising rural services through digital and social innovation; backs, therefore, the reinforcement of the second pillar of the common agricultural policy, the EAFRD;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 199 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. NHighlights the importance to strengthen the bottom-up approach to rural and local development, which is a vehicle for social innovation and capacity building, empowering rural citizens to take ownership of their area's development through the design and implementation of strategies and projects; notes that the potential that exists at local level could be better mobilised by strengthening and facilitating community- led local development (CLLD); takes the view that CLLD should be mandatory for Member States;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 204 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the importance of synergies between different funding tools, such as EARDF, ERDF, ESF+ and EMFAF, to channel an adequate level of funding towards rural areas through a multi-fund approach; regrets that, during the 2014-2020 programming period, only a quarter of local development projects carried out by local actors integrated more than a funding tool; calls on the Commission to considerably reduce the administrative complexity which the managing authorities have encountered in implementing the multi-fund approach;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 206 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Highlights the valuable contribution to rural development delivered by actions under the Leader programme, co-financed by the EARDF, which aims to engage local actors in the design and delivery of strategies, decision- making and resource allocation for the development of their rural areas; calls on the Commission and the Member States to reinforce the Leader programme by guaranteeing a high level of autonomy of the Local Action Groups regarding their constitution (no top-down design of areas and villages to be regrouped in a LAG but complete autonomy to the villages to gather and join forces in a LAG) and their decision making, reducing the administrative burden on local authorities and simplifying the access, promoting the local ownership of community-led development projects, and encouraging participation in local action groups;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 208 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with concern the demographic challenges faced by the EU, such as an ageing population, the depopulation of rural and remote areas, and migratory flows and the arrival of refugees; highlights the potential of rural areas as spaces to foster inclusion and integration of the most vulnerable groups with specific needs, such as persons with disabilities, migrants, including seasonal migrants, refugees and minorities; encourages Member States to design and implement specific measures to promote their training and employment and safeguard their fundamental rights; insists especially on the necessity to prepare an immediate response to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees in order to ensure their quick and easy integration;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 214 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the integration of datas on ORs into the statistic studies of the 8th Cohesion Report implementing an « Outermost Regions reflex » as requested by the European Parliament in its resolution of 14 September 2021; stresses that the ORs are among the poorest regions in Europe, that six of the thirty EU regions with the lowest GDP per capita are outermost regions; recalls that these regions have particularly high level of NEETs and suffer from youth unemployment, that is above 50% in the Canary Islands and Mayotte, and around 40% in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion; welcomes the new initiative launched by the Commission for ORs youth and calls for more EU actions dedicated to youth training, inclusion, employment and mobility following the new communication from the Commission on the EU’s outermost regions;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 216 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Emphasises the fundamental principles of Article 174(3) TFEU and calls for greater attention to de drawn on specific territorial characteristics, such as those of regions suffering from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as northernmost regions with very low population density, islands, cross-border and mountain regions; underlines the importance of designing tailor-made programmes and actions for these regions and welcomes the recent adoption of agendas and strategies covering some of them;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 217 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Reaffirms the importance of Article 349 TFEU, which should be used to support the development of the outermost regions, maintaining and enhancing all the derogations intended to compensate for their structural disadvantages and meeting their specific needs with tailor-made solutions; welcomes the adoption of the Commission communication entitled ‘Putting people first, securing sustainable and inclusive growth, unlocking the potential of the EU’s outermost regions’ aimed at promoting the unique assets of the outermost regions; underlines their great potential to further develop key sectors such as the blue economy, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, space activities, research or eco-tourism;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 220 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that some middle-income regions are facing a ‘middle-income trap’, often suffering from low growth, weak innovation, struggling manufacturing industries and vulnerability to shocks caused by globalisationweak competitiveness, low productivity struggling manufacturing industries, low institutional and government quality and vulnerability to shocks caused by globalisation; draws attention on the worrying aggravation of this trend and urges the Commission and the Member States to seriously address this challenge setting regions in the development trap as a core priority of their action and investment under cohesion policy;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 226 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that these ‘middle- income trap’ regions need more investments in education; urges the Commission to define these regions and tohave differing characteristics and need tailor-made solutions to boost investments in education, human capital, research and development, innovation, upskilling of work force and public sector reforms; urges the Commission to further investigate the concept of regions in a development trap, better understand the structural factors that lead to the development trap and define these regions; calls on the Commission to provide flexibility to the Member States at programme level with the aim of urgently adopting specific and targeted measures, programmes and strategies to support these regions through a differentiated and territorial approach; asks to design and implement targeted smart specialisation strategies for the regions in a development trap and allocate higher amounts to them under the ESF+ in the next programming period;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 237 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights the added value of territorial cooperation in general and cross-border cooperation in particular, especially in emergency situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic; asks for cooperation between regions in the framework of macro-regional strategies or sea-basin strategies to be extended and embedded in the cohesion policy; stresses the importance to remove obstacles to cross-border cooperation and emphasises that the European Cross Border Mechanism proposed by the Commission would have contributed to remove more than 50 % of the barriers; deeply regrets the fact that the legislative procedure relating to the ECBM has been blocked by the Council;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 241 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Recalls that the impact of Brexit has contributed to the disruption of the economy, interregional cooperation, research ecosystems and training systems for a certain number of EU regions; regrets that the impact of Brexit has not been sufficiently taken into account in the 8th Cohesion Report; invites to continue supporting regional and local authorities suffering from the withdrawal of United Kingdom and explore new forms of cooperation between local authorities and grassroots associations across the UK with EU counterparts in this post-Brexit era; notes that the participation of the UK in INTERREG programmes – which already have strong third-country participation,– may be possible if the UK government agrees to fund participation;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 250 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that cohesion policy reform for the financial period 2021-2027 has contributed to simplified and flexible use of funding for beneficiaries and management authorities; calls on the Commission to promote further simplification, flexibility and citizen participation; asks the Member States to provide support and training for potential beneficiaries, especially new beneficiaries of small scale projects, and bring cohesion policy close to all EU citizens, in particular through its new Policy Objective 5;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 256 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Invites the Member States to avoid over-regulation, make operational programmes strategic, concise and flexible documents, and make funding agreements between the managing authority and the beneficiary a tool of simplification; asks the managing authorities to include in funding agreements the information and details strictly necessary to ensure legal stability for the beneficiary, ensure they are discussed and signed in due time and before the start of the project and reduce risks related to interpretation;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 258 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Encourages to reduce the number of intermediate bodies involved in the management and control of cohesion funds by strengthening the coordination and competences of intermediate bodies having a critical size and identifying, where possible, one-stop-shops for beneficiaries;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 259 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Calls on the Commission to encourage the use of Simplified Cost Options (SCOs), including by raising the thresholds below which the use of SCOs should be compulsory; invites to speed up the implementation of the e-cohesion, stresses the potential of digitalisation as regards monitoring and reporting activities, and encourages the exchange of good practices by establishing knowledge- sharing platforms;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 262 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Considers it necessary to streamline public procurement procedures, reducing the burden on the compliance controls which have to be implemented by the managing authorities at project level; urges to improve the articulation of the cohesion policy with the State aid rules, introducing where possible presumption of compliance with the State aid regime, in order to place on an equal footing all EU investment policies and avoid competition between them;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 263 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Stresses the need to provide a framework which guarantees legal stability through simple, clear and predictable rules, particularly as regards management and auditing; asks for any retrospective application and interpretation of rules to be avoided as much as possible; suggests opening a reflection on the threshold of the total error rate for each year under which the programme's management and control system is considered to be functioning effectively and the capacity of managing authority to comply with this provision of the regulation without penalising beneficiaries; is of the view that this threshold should be raised to 5 %;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 265 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 f (new)
19f. Observes that the control mechanism used by the Commission for funds under direct management seems much simpler; invites the Commission to improve transparency of its audit rules, strengthen the dialogue between auditors and policy makers, reduce statistical sample for audits of operations and implement the single audit principle to avoid duplication of audits and management verifications of the same expenditure; asks to make the control mechanism less burdensome, especially for small-scale projects;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 266 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 g (new)
19g. Believes that the relationship between the Commission and the managing authorities should evolve towards a ‘contract of confidence’ built on the development and definition of objective criteria; considers it necessary to introduce a label to reward managing authorities which have demonstrated their ability to comply with the rules and reduce their rate of error; calls, in relation to monitoring and control, for greater reliance on national and regional authorities where their effectiveness has been verified;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 267 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 h (new)
19h. Is of the view that simplification should be one of the key driver of the future cohesion policy and the reform of these provisions of the CPR should be designed and agreed in cooperation with managing authorities, involving the territories at an early stage of the reflection;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 280 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers it necessary to reinforce the respect for the rule of law and fundamental rights in the implementation of cohesion policy, without creating new administrative burden for managing authorities and final beneficiaries; calls on the Commission to apply to cohesion policy the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget and, at the same time, ensure the protection of final beneficiaries; asks, in case of generalised breaches of the rule of law by a Member States, to implement a “smart conditionality” mechanism allowing the Commission to temporarily manage the funds and directly finance beneficiaries and coordinate the implementation of projects; stresses that this temporary framework is intended to protect final beneficiaries and should not be used as a pretext to recentralise the management of ESI funds;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 283 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Underlines the need to improve the articulation between cohesion policy and the European economic governance avoiding punitive and vertical approaches; stresses that the European Semester and its country specific recommendations should take into account a bottom-up approach to regional development, involving the managing authorities at all stages of the procedure; invites to start a process of in-depth revision of the concept of macro- economic conditionality and to eventually explore the possibility to replace this concept with new forms of social and environmental conditionality to better reflect the new challenges ahead; suggests opening a reflection on the possibility to exclude investments co-financed by cohesion policy from Stability and Growth Pact calculations;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 285 #

2022/2032(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue making efforts in communication and visibility by improving information on operations of strategic importance and upcoming calls for proposals; welcomes the launch of the new database Kohesio and asks to make the website available in all the EU official languages as soon as possible; stresses that Kohesio should provide data on all cohesion and territorial projects, including those related to rural development, co-financed by the EARDF and under the Leader programme, and allow users to search for projects in relation to their thematic areas with the aim of providing a platform that shares good practices and promotes projects of excellence;
2022/05/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the TEN-T revision proposal provides for an increase in the number of urban nodes and sets the objective of each European region having at least one urban node; recalls that this revision will increase funding opportunities for Member States and local and regional authorities to develop transport infrastructure in urban nodes in line with the new objectives of the Union;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to make social equity one ofand territorial cohesion the central points in the development of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) provided for in the context of the TEN-T revision, as these have a greater impact on regional areas outside the RTEN-T nodes and include a greater number of municipalities, towns and functional areas;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to improve the 19 sustainable urban mobility indicators by 2022; calls on the Commission, furthermore, to prioritise the allocation of funds to municipalities and countricities, regions and Member States whose projects improve indicators and are in line with the SUMPs;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for a new Urban Mobility Framework at European level takinghat takes into account regional, district and local levels and involves local and regional authorities; calls on the Commission to develop instruments for better urban mobility in all its regions, including the creation of urban mobility plans at regional level;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need for a new EU Urban Mobility Framework that takes an integrated territorial approach, taking into account the diversity of urban areas, in particular the situation of urban areas in outermost, insular and mountainous regions, and promoting urban-rural and cross-border interconnections;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that urban areas in the outermost regions face structural constraints and specific transport challenges and that territorial continuity and connectivity need to be ensured in these regions; reiterates its call on the Commission to draw up a POSEI Transport programme to compensate for the structural handicaps of the ORs;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission and the Member States to incentivise public transport over private transport in order to achieve the 2050 climate neutrality targets; highlights the role of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Cohesion Fund, the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and the Horizon Europe programme in promoting sustainable and smart multi-modal mobility, with a focus on sustainable transport interconnections and infrastructure, public transport, shared mobility and cycling, as part of the transition to a net-zero carbon economy;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to accelerate the deployment of charging points for electric vehicles in urban areas, in line with the new targets to be set by the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR);
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote ‘low-emission zones’ in urban areas, particularly in the densest urban areas, in order to promote cleaner mobility and contribute to the transition towards ending the sale of new combustion-engine vehicles in the EU by 2035; stresses that these ‘low-emission zones’ must be introduced gradually, take account of the needs of all users and not lead to the exclusion from urban centres of the most socially vulnerable users;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 37 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Recalls that the transition to softer, cleaner and more sustainable mobility offers opportunities to create new jobs, especially for young people;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Encourages the Member States and local and regional authorities to increase the visibility of the carbon impact of public transport journeys for their users;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 42 #

2022/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls on the Member States and local and regional authorities to pay particular attention to user safety in the context of new transport infrastructure and urban transport planning, especially for the most vulnerable users such as people with disabilities or cyclists;
2022/11/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out the importance of information and awareness campaigns for the reduction of unintentional errors; calls on the Member States to organise such campaigns timely and involve all relevant stakeholders.
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes in this regard the provision established in the Regulation (EU) No 2021/2116 that give the CAP beneficiaries possibility to retroactively correct errors in their aid application that were done in good faith and similarly welcomes the early awareness mechanism that points out to CAP beneficiaries minor non-compliance without deducting any payments at first.
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the simplifications and streamlining on the penalties for non- compliance that make a clear distinction between cases of intentional and non- intentional non-compliance and sets the penalties at lower level for the latter.
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the Commission plays a supervisory role, ensuring that the arrangements governing the management and control system are compliant by, among others, verifying the effective functioning of this system and making financial corrections, where necessary.
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to do their utmost to guarantee sound financial management, further reduction of errors and to avoid any delays in the implementation of CAP;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Acknowledges that the strategies of fraudsters are constantly evolving to evade detection; underlines, therefore, the importance of regular analysis of the effectiveness of measures taken to combat fraud in order to ensure consistently high standards and effectiveness;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Encourages Member States to evaluate regularly their audit practices and internal control systems for EU funds under shared management to ensure that they are reliable and function effectively in preventing, detecting and correcting irregularities, including new forms of irregular practises;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that digitalisation and the adoption of more sophisticated IT tools could improve the efficiency of the assurance process; supports the extension of the use of the risk-scoring tool Arachne.; recalls that ARACHNE is not yet fully fit for purpose for all CAP interventions and that the Commission will present in 2025 a report assessing its use and interoperability with the different national systems with a view to potentially broadening its use by the Member States;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that the digitalization offers various opportunities when it comes to the management and control of Union’s policies and programmes and in particular in conducting audits; calls on the Member States, the Commission and all relevant authorities to take advantage of new IT tools and techniques to increase the reliability of audits and controls.
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Invites the EPPO, OLAF, the Commission, ECA and the Member States to strengthen their cooperation, including by, for example, creating more training programmes on the use of e-tools and audit practices, as well as on how to improve them.
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Encourages Member States, which have not joined the EPPO yet, to do so to ensure that more cases of fraud are investigated and prosecuted.
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Welcomes the Commission’s “EU Budget Focused on Results” strategy aimed at to improve efficiency of spending and achieve more with the available resources.
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts in the field of simplification of EU funding, especially with regard to reducing the burden of implementation and management of EU- funded projects;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2022/2020(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Reiterates that the creation of an integrated, interoperable and harmonised system to collect, monitor and analyse information about final beneficiaries in all Member States can help to further enhance the protection of Union finances and enable even closer scrutiny;
2022/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
— Having regard to Commission communication of 30 June 2021 on A long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040 ( COM(2021) 345),
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 08/12/2021 on the report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘New EU Forest Strategy for 2030"’,
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)
— having regard to the number of projects and practices to coordinate forest information in Europe (European National Forest Inventory Network (ENFIN), FUTMON project, DIABOLO project, European Atlas of Forest Tree Species Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES) programme),
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2022/2016(INI)

A. whereas the EU has set the binding target of reaching climate neutrality by 20501a; whereas the EU is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement; whereas forests and forest-based industries will play a major role in achieving these SDGs and Paris Agreement targets; _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 1119/2021.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the TFEU makes no reference to a common EU forest policy; whereas Article 4 TFEU provides for a shared competence on environmental policy; whereas due to the specific diversity of the EU’s forests with regard to bio-geography, structure, size, biodiversity and ownership patterns, where environmental, climate and other relevant policy touches upon forests, it is necessary to duly apply the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality in the development and implementation of the new EU forest strategy (the strategy) and relevant EU legislation;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas as part of the Fit-for-55 package and the target to align climate policy with the Paris Agreement, the Renewable Energies Directive and the Regulation on the Inclusion of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry are under revision; whereas the Commission has proposed a Regulation on Deforestation-free Products; whereas in the light of the European concept of multifunctional forests, these initiatives must be coherent with the high-level political targets of the Green Deal, the Bioeconomy Action Plan, the Circular Economy Strategy, the Forest Strategy, the Biodiversity Strategy and the Long- Term Vision for Rural Areas;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas forests provide a wide array of ecosystem services, such as the provision of wood, non-wood products and food, carbon sequestration, shelter for biodiversity, clean air and water, benefits for local climate, protection against natural hazards like avalanches, flooding or rockfall, as well as recreational, cultural and historic value; whereas sustainable forest management seeks a balanced provision of the various ecosystem services and to support climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the INTEGRATE network is a platform of representatives of different European countries, accompanied by scientific advice, initiated by several Member State governments and supported by the Commission’s Standing Forestry Committee and has served to- date as an important driver of identifying means to integrate nature conservation in sustainable forest management; whereas the platform’s work has played an important role in the exchange of experiences and best practices;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the Horizon 2020 funded ALTERFOR project considered the potential to optimise forest management methods currently in use and presented alternative forest management models with opportunities and challenges listed for each alternative;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas the Horizon 2020 funded SINCERE project develops novel policies and new business models by connecting knowledge and expertise from practice, science and policy, across Europe and beyond, aiming to explore new means to enhance forest ecosystem services in ways that benefit forest owners as well as serving broad societal needs;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
C e. whereas wood-based products contribute to climate change mitigation by storing carbon and substituting products with a large carbon footprint, including building- and packaging materials, textiles, chemicals and fuels; whereas wood-based products are renewable and to a large extend recyclable and as such have a huge potential to support a circular bioeconomy; whereas this makes the forestry sector and the forest-based industries key actors in a green economy;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
C f. whereas the provision of the various forest ecosystem services through the forestry sector and the forest-based industries is an important pillar of income and employment particularly in rural areas, but also in urban areas through downstream uses; whereas the implementation of the strategy should pay due attention to the development of income and employment, but also to attractiveness of employment in the sector, safety of work and the continuous development of adequate training opportunities for managers and workers;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
C g. whereas forest ownership across Europe is diverse in terms of size and ownership structure, including various forms of private and public ownership, leading to a great diversity of management models; whereas it is important that measures under the strategy take due account of the specific conditions and needs, as well as the protection of property rights and free enterprise in order to be effective;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas about 60 % of the EU’s forests are owned by 16 million private forest owners1a, of whom a significant share are small-holders1b; whereas involving and motivating these owners through a comprehensive policy and legislative framework, based on the recognition of their property rights, experience as managers and specific challenges, will be key to achieving the strategy’s targets, including the provision of climate and other ecosystem services; _________________ 1a Commission communication of 16 July 2021 on the “New EU Forest Strategy for 2030” (COM(2021) 572). 1b Europe: a majority of private holdings are up to 10 ha, FOREST EUROPE report on the “State of Europe’s Forests 2020” of 2020; DE: 50% of privately owned forest smaller than 20 ha, https://www.bmel.de/SharedDocs/Downlo ads/DE/Broschueren/bundeswaldinventur 3.pdf;jsessionid=972A5297B9463D98948 E787D1AA78F19.live921?__blob=public ationFile&v=3; FR: about 2/3 of private owners have less than 1 ha, https://franceboisforet.fr/wp- content/uploads/2021/04/Brochure_chiffr esClesForetPrivee_2021_PageApage_BD. pdf; FI: about 45% of owners have less than 10 ha, https://www.luke.fi/en/natural- resources/forest/forest-resources-and- forest-planning/forest-ownership/; LV: 50 % of owners have less than 5 ha, https://www.zm.gov.lv/public/ck/files/MA F_parskats_Silava_privat_meza_apsaimn _monitorings.pdf
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to "define, map, monitor and strictly protect all the EU’s remaining primary and old-growth forests";
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas in order to deliver on the multiple forest functions including various benefits provided by products of the forest-based industries in an increasingly complex environment, the collection and maintenance of transparent and reliable high-quality data, the exchange of knowledge and best practices, as well as adequately funded and well-coordinated research are of central importance to meet the challenges and yield opportunities;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas criteria and indicators to define sustainable forest management commonly used in the EU are based on pan-European cooperation within the FOREST EUROPE process to which all Member States and the European Commission are signatories; whereas as part of its ongoing work programme, FOREST EUROPE has initiated a reassessment of the definition of sustainable forest management; whereas FOREST EUROPE collects and provides information on the status and trends in forests and forestry based on the criteria for sustainable forest management;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
E d. whereas on international level, the FAO is the main forum for the development of internationally agreed definitions on forests and forestry; whereas the FAO collects and provides data on forests and forestry; whereas the European Commission and Member States contribute to the work of the FAO;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
E e. whereas area and biomass volume in European forests are increasing1a, in contrast to worrying trends of deforestation globally; whereas the EU can play an important role in addressing global deforestation, which is underlined by the European Commission proposal for a Regulation for Deforestation-free Products; whereas beyond regulating imports, a European Forest Strategy that showcases best practices for economically viable sustainable forest management could contribute to improving forest management globally; _________________ 1a Joint Research Centre report “Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services: An EU ecosystem assessment” (the MAES report) of 2020, for trends in condition see also FOREST EUROPE report on the “State of Europe’s Forests 2020” of 2020.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)
E f. whereas the legitimate sanctions imposed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine raise the question of the EU’s dependency on timber imports from Russia; whereas while the EU sources about 80 % of its demand for timber domestically, imports from Russia only account for about 2 % of total consumption; whereas Finland and Sweden are the EU’s major importers of unprocessed roundwood and will be affected by trade bans1a; _________________ 1a https://www.wur.nl/en/research- results/research-institutes/environmental- research/show-wenr/does-the-eu-depend- on-russia-for-its-wood.htm.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the new EU forest strategy and its ambition to increase the balanced contribution of multi-functional forests to the targets of the Green Deal and of achieving a circular economy and climate neutrality by 2050; acknowledges that forest-related climate and biodiversity aspects are well reflected in the New EU Forest Strategy, but the total potential of forests and the forest sector, including the economic and social aspects of sustainability are not presented in a balanced way; stresses the need to correct this balance when setting targets for forests and the forest sector as in addition to climate and biodiversity goals, forests provide economic and social benefits and wide range of services from livelihoods to recreation;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the new EU forest strategy and its ambition to increase the balanced contribution of multi-functional forests to the targets of the Green Deal, particularly the goals of creating green growth and green jobs, and of achieving a circular economy and climate neutrality by 2050;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 138 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Regrets that the new EU Forest Strategy was not properly developed together with the European Parliament, Member States and stakeholders and that the positions of the co-legislators were not adequately taken into account, stresses the importance of strengthen co-operation in terms of implementing the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 150 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the maintenance and, protection and sustainable use of healthy and resilient forests is a fundamental goal of all actors in forestry and the forest-based value chain, as well a key priority for people in the EU;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 161 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. IHighlights the continuous growing stock in European forests that differs from the global deforestation trend1a; acknowledges the efforts of all actors across the forest-based value chain that contributed to this development; is concerned by the increasing pressure on the EU’s forests and their habitats, mainly driven by climate change, and stresses the urgent need to increase forest and ecosystem resilience; , including by measures for adaptation to climate change, and to reduce pressures where feasible; notes with concern that the vulnerability of Europe’s forests to invasive pests and pathogens seems to have increased and that outbreaks are a threat to sequestered carbon1b; _________________ 1a FOREST EUROPE report on the “State of Europe’s Forests 2020” of 2020. 1b Science for Environment Policy (2021) European Forests for biodiversity, climate change mitigation and adaptation. Future Brief 25. Brief produced for the European Commission DG Environment by the Science Communication Unit, UWE Bristol. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/ science-environment-policy.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the EU’s forests are characterised by diverse natural conditions, such as biogeography, size, structure and biodiversity, as well as in ownership patterns, forms of governance, challenges and opportunities, and that they have been formed by centuries of human intervention and management; stresses that in implementation all types of forests and situations require differing approaches in terms of forest management and the delivery of ecosystem services;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 178 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that forest policy falls firmly within the national competence of Member States, and therefore details related to forest management need to be adjusted at national and regional level with a bottom up approach whereby sustainable forest management happens most effectively through the use of best knowledge of local natural conditions;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 186 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the complexity of assessing the state of forests, as well as the uneven availability and quality of data and therefore stresses the need for continuous policy and scientific dialogue at all levels to improve data collection and harmonisation where appropriate;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #

2022/2016(INI)

5 a. Highlights the contribution to-date of forest owners and actors across the forest-based value chain to the efforts to achieve a sustainable and climate neutral economy by 2050 and the value of generational and historic knowledge and expertise in forestry and sustainable forest management;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 192 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that although focussing on forests in the EU, the strategy must align with the work undertaken in international forums, such as FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and should avoid duplicating work; further believes that, given the EU’s strong commitment to promoting the sustainable sourcing and use of resources globally, as underlined by the Commission’s proposal on a Regulation on Deforestation-free Products, the strategy should be implemented in such a way as to serve as a model of best practices and attracts imitators in other regions;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the key role of forests in protecting the climate and biodiversity; underlines that the multi-functional role of forests comprises multiple socioeconomic functions, such as the provision of renewable raw materials, which leads to jobs and economic growth in rural and urban areas, the provision of clean water and air, protection against natural hazards and recreational value; stresses that the implementation of the strategy must ensure a balanced provision of all services and maintain and enhance competitiveness and innovation; underlines that the successful provision of services requires sustainable active management;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 217 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Believes that the key principle of balancing multiple forest functions and of defining goals and measures towards the achievement of all ecosystem services should be to seek maximising synergies and minimising trade-offs built on evidence-based information;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 221 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that forests contribute to climate change mitigation via carbon sequestration, carbon storage and the substitution of wood and wood products for fossil fuels and derived products and other products with high environmental and carbon footprints; notes that the strategy has a particular focus on storage in the construction sector and believes its implementation should clearly support a broader use of different options for storage and substitution, in line with the goals of the bioeconomy strategyregardless of life-span of products and based on science-based and robust life-cycle assessments, in line with the goals of the bioeconomy strategy and the industrial strategy and to unlock the full potential of forest-based products in strengthening the circular economy and in the fight against climate change;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 236 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that for short- and long- lived recyclable wood-based products to contribute optimally to climate change mitigation and a climate neutral and circular economy requires that they be used in the most efficient and sustainable way; believes that the cascading principle8 is a good guideline for efficient use, but must not use a static approach and therefore must be adjusted regularly to reflect innovative uses, such as in construction, textiles, biochemicals, medical applications and battery materials; stresses that a well-functioning, un- distorted market incentivises the efficient use of wood- based resources; _________________ 8 As outlined in the Commission’s ‘Guidance on cascading use of biomass with selected good practice examples on woody biomass’.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 239 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that for wood-based products to contribute optimally to climate change mitigation and a circular economy requires that they be used in the most efficient and sustainable way; believes that the cascading principle8 is a good guideline for efficient use, but must not use a static approach and therefore must be adjusted regularly to reflect innovative uses and to take into account national specificities; stresses that a well-functioning, un- distorted market incentivises the efficient use of wood- based resources; _________________ 8 As outlined in the Commission’s ‘Guidance on cascading use of biomass with selected good practice examples on woody biomass’.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 253 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of a reliable supply of wood, wood-based products and forest-based biomass to achieve the EU’s sustainability goals, including the green growth and jobs goal of the Green Deal, and notes that the demand is expected to continue to grow1a; believes that the EU’s forestry sector provide some of the most sustainably sourced raw materials; calls on the Commission to consider displacement effects and effects on competitiveness of the forestry sector and the forest-based industries, as well as to monitor any effects on the availability of wood following the implementation of measures under the strategy; _________________ 1a Hetemäki, L., Palahí, M. and Nasi, R. 2020. Seeing the wood in the forests. Knowledge to Action 01, European Forest Institute. ttps://doi.org/10.36333/k2a01; also see WWF Living Forests Report, Chapter 5, https://wwf.panda.org/discover/our_focus/ forests_practice/forest_publications_news _and_reports/living_forests_report/.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 262 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to assess dependencies on imports of timber from Russia in the light of legitimate sanctions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to develop strategies to mitigate disruptions where necessary;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 263 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Notes that non-wood forest products (NWFPs) such as various nature-based foods, medicines and solutions for basic materials play an important role as a source of income with an estimated value of around 4 bln EUR in 20151a and are deeply rooted in regional traditions; further notes that supply chains are fragmented and there is a lack of institutional frameworks in many cases; stresses that NWFPs have underutilised potential as an additional source of income, for new innovative products and entrepreneurship in rural areas and calls on the Commission and Member States to include NWFPs in relevant programmes; _________________ 1a Value in 2015 in the FOREST EUROPE area, see FOREST EUROPE report on the “State of Europe’s Forests 2020” of 2020.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 265 #

2022/2016(INI)

12. Recalls that 2.1 million people work in the forest-based sector, while the extended forest-based value chain supports 4 million jobs in the green economy1a; calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor and assess the effects of a shift in the balance of forest functions on the overall employment situation; , in rural areas as well as in down-stream parts of the wood-processing industries, and highlights the need to maintain or improve the attractiveness of employment in the sector as well as work-place safety when considering changes in management practices; _________________ 1a Commission communication of 16 July 2021 on the “New EU Forest Strategy for 2030” (COM(2021) 572).
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 272 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recalls that the EU is increasingly affected by desertification, which can have major negative social and economic consequences, including on agricultural production. Calls on the Commission and Member States that, in the context of the 3 billion trees planting pledge, to pay a special attention to planting young trees in areas with degraded land and those affected by desertification.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 285 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note of the Commission’s announcement on developing additional voluntary indicators and threshold values for sustainable forest management; underlines the need to align the Commission’s work with that of FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization, as well as to engage with the Member State (FAO), to avoid duplication of work and increase in administrative burden, as well as to engage with the Member States and relevant stakeholders including forest managers to ensure that indicators and value ranges are fit-for- purpose for their application at the local level under specific bio-geographic conditions;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 296 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights that pressure on forests from natural disasters and other disturbances is being increasingly intensified by climate change and that strengthening forests’ resilience and adaptation is a matter of urgency; notes the role that restoration and afforestation can play in strengthening resilience and enhancing biodiversity; notes that sustainable forest management as a dynamic concept consists of a broad array of actions and adaptive practices, many of which can play a key role in the climate mitigation potential of forests as well as offering measures, such as introducing better adapted species and provenances, strengthening forests’ contributions to the water cycle, sanitary fellings to contain pests, pathogens and invasive species, forest fire prevention and maintenance of protective functions, whilst underpinning their multifaceted nature and other roles;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 306 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Acknowledges that not all management practices contribute to carbon sequestration in forests, but stresses that practices and practitioners can adapt and modernise in order to best balance trade-offs, optimise their approach to achieving multiple objectives and creating synergies with climate change mitigation and adaptation goals and multiple other forest functions; highlights, that certain practices of management can help to restore forests and positively impact on carbon sequestration and the biodiversity and ecological situation, notably including voluntary set-aside;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 309 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Emphasises that in many cases, forest protection requires sustainable active management, as unmanaged forests more likely suffer from disturbances such as forest fires, pests and other damage; underlines that this includes enhancing biodiversity;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 311 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Underlines that levels of protection are part of the sustainable forest management toolbox and stresses that as part of protection certain forms of intervention might be required, for instance to address natural disaster hazards or adaptation needs;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 327 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Takes note of the ongoing work on guidance for ‘closer-to-nature’ forestry by the Working Group on Forests and Nature; believes that to ensure added value, guidance on this concept should incorporate results-oriented, scientifically and locally proven sustainable forest management practices to give managers the tools to yield connections and cooperation on better integrating biodiversity protection with improved management practices; highlights that forests do have very different characteristics within the Union and therefore there is a strong need for different policy and management approaches;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 329 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Takes note of the ongoing work on guidance for ‘closer-to-nature’ forestry by the Working Group on Forests and Nature; believes that to ensure added value, guidance on this concept should incorporate results-oriented, scientifically and locally proven sustainable forest management practices to give managers the tools to yield connections and cooperation on better integrating biodiversity protection with improved management practices that at the same time aim on providing other ecosystem services and products, as demonstrated by the INTEGRATE network;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 338 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. RHighlights the importance of primary and old-growth forests and their richness of biodiversity; reiterates its call for the protection of primary and old- growth forests and stresses the need to create a definition for what constitutes old- growth forests; welcomes the ongoing work on this definition of the Working Group on Forests and Nature and underlines the need to consider a diverse set of attributes and ensure flexibility to account for specific conditions in bio- geographic regions and forest types and to duly distinguish between old-growth forests and older forest stands managed for long rotation;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 343 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its call for the protection of primary and old-growth forests; Notes the various definitions of primary and old-growth forests available at international level and stresses the need to create a definition for what constitutes primary and old-growth forests; welcomes the ongoing work of the Working Group on Forests and Nature and underlines the need to consider a diverse set of attributes and ensure flexibility to account for specific conditions in bio- geographic regions and forest types;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 345 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its call for the protection of primary and old-growth forests and stresses the need to create a definitioncommon agreed understanding between Member States and all other stakeholders for what constitutes old-growth forests; welcomes the ongoing work of the Working Group on Forests and Nature and underlines the need to consider a diverse set of attributes and ensure flexibility to account for specific conditions in bio- geographic regions and forest types;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 351 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that primary and old- growth forests play a key role for biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration and storage or fresh water provision. Recalls the pronounced mapping deficit of primary and old- growth forests and calls for strengthened efforts for a comprehensive and harmonised mapping, based on clear operational criteria.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 352 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Welcomes the initiative to plant 3 billion additional trees by 2030 and particularly the principle of planting the right tree in the right place for the right purpose; underlines that attention should be given to avoiding to put additional pressure on the availability of agricultural land;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 405 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that the forestry sector unlike the agricultural sector operates primarily as a market-based sector and without a distinct dependency on subsidies; stresses that putting a stronger emphasis on other ecosystem services should not lead to an increased dependency on subsidies and encourages the Commission and Member States to further pursue the development of market-based payment for ecosystem services schemes, such as carbon farming;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 408 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the work undertaken by the Horizon 2020 funded SINCERE project in developing new business models for the provision of enhanced ecosystem services and believes lessons learned from this and similar projects will give valuable guidance on the development of payment for ecosystem services schemes; underlines the importance of applying the principle of additionality and of designing programmes in a way that rewards front- runners; further underlines that specific requirements of programmes need to take into account the wide variety of forests and their diverse challenges and opportunities; notes that the availability of reliable data on ecosystem services is a prerequisite for any payment scheme;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 415 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the important role and contribution of existing certification schemes to the further uptake of sustainable forest management; takes note of the Commission’s announcement on developing a ‘closer-to-nature’ certification scheme; encourages the Commission to cooperate with existing and proven certification schemes to explore how this additional voluntary certification could enhance their portfolio and believes that to create added value, the certification must offer forest owners a sufficient price premium for the provision of ecosystem services;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 424 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights that to unlock the full potential of forests to contribute to climate and circular economy targets of the EU, further research and development in the field of bio-based alternatives to fossil-based products are required and should be incentivised;and innovation in the fields management practices and of bio-based alternatives to fossil-based products and other products with a large carbon footprint are required and should be incentivised; notes that development cycles in the sector may last 10 years or longer and underlines that a predictable and stable regulatory environment is a precondition to attracting investments; highlights that many innovations in the sector have high added value and provide high quality employment in rural areas as well as in the wood-processing industries and underlines the role of SME in the field;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 431 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that to improve the coordinated provision of environmental and economic forest services, relevant EU framework programmes must be better aligned; programmes, including Horizon Europe, LIFE, EIP-AGRI, LEADER and EIT, must be better aligned; welcomes the Commission proposal to enhance EU cooperation by proposing a Research and Innovation partnership on forestry and calls on the Commission to develop comprehensive forest-focussed programmes including different functions and parts of the forest-sector value chain and including living-labs to test and demonstrate solutions for key challenges, building on existing and proven platforms such as the INTEGRATE network, the Forest-Technology Platform and including pan-European and international partners;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 436 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses thatRecalls that 60 % of EU forests are privately owned and a significant share of forest owners are small-holders; stresses that in order to achieve the Strategy’s goals, the implementation of the strategy must focus on enabling small- holders to deliver on the multiple forest functions and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that support programmes, payment for ecosystem services schemes and research funding are attractive and easily accessible to small-holders;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 441 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Highlights that cooperation between all relevant stakeholders, including citizens and civil society will be crucial in fulfilling the objectives of the EU Forest Strategy; Encourages Member States and the European Commission to ensure an inclusive representation of all stakeholders in the consultation process and to urge the environmental and forestry stakeholders to reach out to broader segments of population through various educational tools and programmes.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 442 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines that the availability of advisory services are an important driver for the dissemination of sustainable forest management practices; encourages Member States to ensure the availability of advisory services, with particular attention to small-holders;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 443 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the importance of the forestry sector and the wood-based industries as a provider of jobs in rural communities as well as in urban areas through downstream uses and notes with concern the steady decline in employment and the high number of accidents in the sector1a; calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor the effects of measures taken under the strategy on employment and work safety and highlights the importance of making this type of employment attractive, taking measures to increase the safety of work and adequately training workers; in the light of changing management practices, considering that discussed options often go hand in hand with higher (physical) labour intensity which also bears more risks for workers, which requires high quality vocational training as well as upskilling and reskilling opportunities; highlights the importance of making this type of employment attractive, taking measures to increase the safety of work and adequately training workers; calls on Member States to assess their advisory services in this respect and re-enforce where necessary; _________________ 1a FOREST EUROPE report on the “State of Europe’s Forests 2020” of 2020.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 450 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the importance of attracting young people and women in the sector and welcomes the Commission proposals to promote the establishment of a skills partnership under the Pact for Skills and make use of the European Social Fund Plus to work together to develop quality jobs and improve working conditions, as well as to increase the number of upskilling and reskilling opportunities in forestry;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 456 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Stresses that to attract young people as well as investments to the sector and throughout the value chain, a favourable environment in rural areas including digital, transport and community infrastructure is required and calls on Member States to use available funds to support the rural development in this regard;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of accurate, integrated and up-to-date data on Europe’s forests and takes note of the initiative for a legislative proposal for a framework on forest observation, reporting and data collection; underlines that the broad availability, high quality and transparency of data are preconditions to meeting the goals of the strategy and believes that to deliver added value the framework must build on existing mechanisms and processes through a bottom-up approach to best use the expertise and experience present in the Member Statessuch as the national forest inventories, the Forest Information System for Europe (FISE), the ENFIN network, FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through a bottom-up approach to best use the expertise and experience present in the Member States and while avoiding the duplication of work and administrative burden and costs; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure adequate funding and human resources for operative support for the framework;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 468 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Highlights that forest information should be easily available, and cooperation on harmonisation of reporting should be continued, data collection and analysing should be based on national forest inventories, remote sensing techniques and provide complementary information to field measurements, however many characteristics of forests can be only verified on the ground, and science based- policies need to be based on reality, therefore national capacities on forest monitoring are needed relying the best practices already available at Member State level;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 469 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that in order to ensure the availability of high-quality data, remote sensing technologies must be combined with data acquired by ground-based monitoring and must be interpreted in close cooperation with local experts; Believes that the synergy and complementarity between satellite imagery and positioning and location data can become key enablers for forestry managers and governmental bodies. Stresses the importance of Copernicus allowing for the remote monitoring and health assessment of forest inventories as well as the detection of issues such as illegal logging and deforestation.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 470 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that in order to ensure the 25. availability of high-quality data,reliable, transparent and high-quality data, new innovative approaches such as remote sensing technologies must be combined and verified with data acquired by ground- based monitoring and must be interpreted in close cooperation with local experts, including competent authorities and forest managers; believes that these approaches can also play a role in assisting to balance the multifunctionality of forests and to develop and share new approaches and practices;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 474 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers that Copernicus data should be used as evidence for law enforcement and policymaking through the certification of the data and its derived information products and calls for the certification of Copernicus data to be realised, in the context of an upcoming legislative proposal for a framework on forest observation, reporting and data collection. Stresses that such certified data could play a key role in monitoring diverse phenomena (forest land coverage, illegal logging, forest health, trees characterisation, growth patterns, impact of forest fires and others) as well as in compliance.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 476 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Stresses the importance of Galileo/EGNOS and Copernicus data in precision forestry operations, effective for the planting and cultivation of young trees, especially in the framework of Green Deal initiatives and European Commission’s pledge to plant 3 billion trees by 2030. Calls on the Member States to make use of such data.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 479 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Takes note of the idea to introduce strategic plans for forests under the framework on forest observation, reporting and data collection; further notes that several Member States already have national strategies for forests in place; calls on the Commission to ensure that the legislative proposal duly acknowledges work already done at Member State level, and where relevant on local level and to assess how this tool could be used to support particularly those Member States that do not yet have national strategies in place;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 488 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that due to the multi- functional contribution of forests to high- level EU goals and the different administrative levels and stakeholder groups involved, the cornerstones of the strategy’s implementation must be close cooperation and the exchange of best practices with national and regional experts, stakeholders, forest owners and managers, scientists, certification schemes and civil society; underlines that governance must take EU and Member State engagement in international processes into account; such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and FOREST EUROPE into account and that the implementation of the Strategy should seek to create synergies with the contribution to international commitments and cooperation, including on the continuous development of terminology and definitions;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 499 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Highlights the importance of the Standing Forestry Committee as a forum for discussingproviding comprehensive forestry expertise for discussing activities under the Strategy and other EU policies that impact the forestry sector; believes that to achieve policy alignment, the Commission should increase dialogue between the Standing Forestry Committee and other expert groups such as the Working Group on Forests and Nature, the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork and the Expert Group on Forest-based Industries;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 503 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Underlines that the achievement of the Strategy’s goals depends on measures that are adapted to local conditions and challenges; therefore, calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate the exchange of best practices at all levels and to strengthen stakeholder dialogue, particularly including forest managers, science and civil society groups;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 507 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. NotesAcknowledges that the implementation of the Strategy may lead to significant systemic changes for the forestry sector, through a shift from primarily timber-based revenue streams towards more complex revenue streams increasingly building on the provision of other ecosystem services, and highlights the need to monitor and understand its consequences; notes that the extensive overlap among policies and legislation thatand in some cases conflicting objectives impact forests and the forestry sector and stresses the importance of aligning them; calls on the Commission and Member States to continuously assess the cumulative effects of the different initiatives under the Strategy, combined with other relevant EU legislation and policies; calls on the Commission to report on this as part of its implementation report;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 515 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Expresses its concern about reports of illegal logging and calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to effectively implement relevant national and EU legislation; Stresses that illegal logging has major economic, social and environmental negative impact and generate revenue losses for local communities; Calls on the European Commission and Member States to expand the European Public Prosecutor Office mandate to environmental crimes, including illegal logging.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 518 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Expresses its concern about reports of illegal logging1a and ongoing infringement procedures1b and calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to effectively implement relevant national and EU legislation; _________________ 1a European Court of Auditors Special Report 21/2021: EU funding for biodiversity and climate change in EU forests: positive but limited results. 1b Five ongoing infringement procedures against four Member States (cases 2016/2072, 2018/2208, 2018/4076, 2020/2033, 2021/4029).
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) From a toxicological point of view, substances with more than one constituent (‘multi-constituent substances’) are no different from mixtures composed of two or more substances. In accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council39, aimed to limit animal testing, data on multi-constituent substances is to be generated under the same conditions as data on any other substance, while data on individual constituents of a substance is normally not to be generated, except where individual constituents are also substances registered on their own. Where data on individual constituents is available, multi-constituent substances should be evaluated and classified following the same classification rules as mixtures, unless Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 provides for a specific provision for those multi-constituent substances. _________________ 39 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).deleted
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 82 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) It is normally not possible to sufficiently assess the endocrine disrupting properties for human health and the environment and the persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile properties of a mixture or of a multi-constituent substance on the basis of data on that mixture or substance. The data for the individual substances of the mixture or for the individual constituents of the multi- constituent substance should therefore normally be used as the basis for hazard identification of those multi-constituent substances or mixtures. However, in certain cases, data on those multi- constituent substances themselves may also be relevant. This is the case in particular where that data demonstrates endocrine disrupting properties for human health and the environment, as well as persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile properties, or where it supports data on the individual constituents. Therefore, it is appropriate that data on multi-constituent substances are used in those cases.
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 137 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008
Article 2 – paragraph 7a
(a) the following point is inserted: ‘7a. ‘multi-constituent substance’ means a substance that contains more than one constituent.’deleted
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 139 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 2 – paragraph 7a
7a. ‘multi-constituent substance’ means a substance that contains more than one constituent.deleted
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 148 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3
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2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 83 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) In accordance with the case law1a of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the scope of the principle of equal treatment of men and women shall not be limited to the prohibition of discrimination based on sex as it also applies to discrimination arising from gender, gender identity and gender expression. _________________ 1a Judgment of 30 April 1996, P. v S., C- 13/94; Judgment of 7 January 2004, K.B., C-117/01; Judgment of 26 June 2018, MB, C-451/16
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 86 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The purpose of this Directive is to lay down minimum requirements for the functioning of equality bodies to improve their effectiveness and guarantee their mandate and independence in order to strengthen the application of the principle of equal treatment as enshrined in the TEU, TFEU and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and derived from Directives 2006/54/EC58 and 2010/41/EU59 . _________________ 58 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). 59 Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC (OJ L 180, 15.7.2010, p. 1).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 90 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Directive 2000/43/EC60 of the Council and Directive 2004/113/EC61 of the European Parliament and the Council also provide for the designation of equality bodies. for the promotion, analysis, monitoring and support of equal treatment of all persons, without discrimination on grounds of sex, race or ethnic origin. _________________ 60 Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22). 61 Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 93 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU leave a wide margin of discretion to Member States as regards the structure and functioning of equality bodies. This results in significant differences between the equality bodies established in the Member States, in terms of the bodies' mandates, competences, structures, resources and operational functioning. This, in turn, means that protection against discrimination differs from one Member State to another. Levels of discrimination remain high, victims’ awareness of their rights remains low and underreporting is still a considerable problem. Public awareness about and knowledge of discrimination remain limited and a lack of sufficient powers and resources hampers equality bodies’ ability to assist victims effectively or to prevent and address the development of new forms of discrimination based on gender identity, health or socio-economic status or resulting from developments in technology.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 100 #

2022/0400(COD)

(12) This Directive should apply to equality bodies’ action as regards the matters covered by Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. The standards should only concern the functioning of equality bodies and should not extend the material or personal scope of those Directivand the competences of equality bodies.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 101 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Equality bodies’ action to ensure the application of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women should include grounds of discrimination such as gender, gender identity, gender expression and those listed in article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation, as well as intersectional discrimination.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 103 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) The proposed DirectiveDirective (EU) 2023/970 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms69 should be considered lex specialis to the enforcement provisions of Directive 2006/54/EC that will be replaced by this Directive. Any hHigher minimum standards established by the future Directive on Pay Transparency for equality bodies in matters relating to equal pay for the same work or work of equal value, including in pay transparency, as compared to those set out in this Directive, should prevail over those set out in this Directive. _________________ 69 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (COM/2021/93 final).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 107 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) In promoting equal treatment, preventing discrimination and assisting victims of discrimination, equality bodies should pay particular attention to multiple and instersectional discrimination based on several of the grounds protected by Directives 79/7/EEC, 2000/43/EC, 2000/78/EC, 2004/113/EC, 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 112 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) Equality bodies can only effectively play their role if they are able to act with complete independence without being subject to any external influence. For that purpose, Member States should take into account a number of criteria that contribute to the independence of equality bodies. Equality bodies should not be set up as part of a ministry or body taking or seeking instructions directly from the government. Any permanent or temporary staff member or person holding a managerial position – for example as member of a board managing the equality body, head of the equality body, or deputy or in case of interim – should be independent, qualified for their position, and selected through a transparent process. The transparency in this process can be ensured, for example, by publishing vacancy notices publicly. Equality bodies should be able to manage their own budget and resources, including by selecting and managing their own staff, and be able to set their own priorities.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 120 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) To ensure that equality bodies can exercise all their competences and fulfil all their tasks, Member States should ensure thatguarantee the autonomy of equality bodies in the determination of their internal structure of equality bodiesin a way that allows the independent exercise of their various competences. Particular attention should be paid to situations where bodies are required both to be impartial and to offer support to victims. This is particularly relevant where the equality body holds binding decision- making powers requiring impartiality or is part of a multi-mandate body where another mandate requires impartiality. An internal structure ensuring a strict separation between the relevant competences and tasks should guarantee that the equality body can effectively exercise them.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 126 #

2022/0400(COD)

(18) The lack of appropriatedequate human, material, technical and financial resources is a key issue hampering the ability of equality bodies to adequateffectively fulfil their tasks. Therefore, Member States should ensure that equality bodies receive sufficientadequate funding, can hire qualified staff and, have appropriate premises and infrastructure to carry out each of their tasks effectively, within a reasonable time and within the deadlines established by national law. Their and have budgetary allocation should be stable, except in case of increase in competencend financial autonomy. Member States should ensure that human, material, technical and financial allocation of equality bodies increase proportionally to any extention of their missions and field of intervention or additional competences, especially their rights to act in court proceedings, planned on a multi-annual basis, and allow them to cover costs that may be difficult to anticipate such as increases in complaints and costs linked to litigation. To ensure that equality bodies are provided with sufficient resources, their budget should for instance not suffer cuts that are significantly higher than the average cuts to other public entities; similarly, their annual growth should at least be pegged to the average growth in funding to other entities. Resources should increase proportionally if equality bodies’ tasks and mandate are expandedadequate resources, their annual growth should at least be pegged to the average growth in funding to other similar public entities.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 131 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) Automated systems, including artificial intelligence, represent a useful tool to identify discrimination patterns, but algorithmic discrimination is also a risk. Equality bodies should therefore have access to qualified staff or services, able to use automated systems for their work on the one hand and to assess them as regards their compliance with non-discrimination rules on the other hand. Particular attention should be devoted to equipping equality bodies with appropriate digital resources, training and expertise, be it directly or by way of subcontracting. Automated systems should comply with accessibility requirements for persons with disabilities in accordance with Annex I of Directive (EU) 2019/882.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 137 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Equality bodies, alongside other actors, have a key role to play in the prevention of discrimination and the promotion of equality. To address the structural aspects of discrimination and to contribute to social change, tequality bodies should be empowered to carry out activities to prevent discrimination and to promote equal treatment. They should promote equality duties, good practices, positive action and equality mainstreaming among public and private entities, and provide them with relevant training, information, advice, guidance and support, without prejudice to the competences of labour inspectorates or other enforcement bodies, as well as the social partners. They should communicate with public and private entities and groups at risks of discrimination in order to ensure an intersectional approach and to combat underreporting and engage in public debate in order to combat stereotypes and raise awareness about diversity and its benefits, a key pillar of the Union’s equality strategies.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 141 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) Beyond prevention, a central task of equality bodies is to provide assistance to victims of discrimination. This assistance should always be free of charge and include the provision of key information to complainants and a preliminary assessment of their complaint, based on the initial information gathered from the parties on a voluntary basis. Member States should beincluding whether the procedure will be closed or there are grounds to pursue it further. This preliminary assessment should be based on the initial information gathered from the parties on a voluntary basis or handed over upon request. In order to guarantee a simple and quick procedure, Member States should ensure that the equality body is in charge of defining the modalities under which ithe equality body would issue this assessment, such as the timeframe of the process or procedural safeguards against repetitive or abusive complaints.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 147 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) To ensure that all victims are able to complain, it should be possible to submit complaints in various ways, including orally, in writing and online and through a designated representative. Member States should also pay due regard to Commission Recommendation 2018/951 under which submission of complaints should be possible in a language of the complainant's choosing which is common in the Member State where the equality body is located. To address one of the causes of underreporting, namely, fear of reprisals, and without prejudice to Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law70 , confidentiality should be offered to witnesses and whistle-blowers, and as far as possible, to complainants and alleged perpetrators. _________________ 70 Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 153 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) To offer a possibility for a quick, affordable, out of court resolution of disputes, Member States should provide for the possibility for parties to seek an amicabllternative resolution to their disputes, by the equality body or another existing dedicated entity. They should define the modalities of the amicabllternative dispute settlement process according to national law and practice. They also ensure that initiating such a procedure does not prevent the parties from exercising their right of access to justice.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 154 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) Evidence is key in determining whether discrimination has taken place and it is often in the hands of the alleged perpetrator. Equality bodies should therefore be able to compel access to the necessary information and documents to establish discrimination and cooperate with the relevant public services – such as labour inspectorates or education inspectorates and social partners. Member States should establish an appropriate framework for the exercise of this competence, in accordance with national rules and procedures. Equality bodies may fully or partially entrust another competent body with conducting or collaborating on inquiries. This competent body should provide the equality body, upon its request, with the results of the inquiry.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 157 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) On the basis of the evidence gathered, either voluntarily or through an investigation, equality bodies should be empowered to provide their assessment to the complainant and the alleged perpetrator. Member States should determine the legal value of this assessment that can be a non- binding opinion or a binding enforceable decision. Both should state the reasons for the assessment and include, where necessary, measures to remedy any breach found and to prevent further occurrences. To ensure the effectiveness of equality bodies’ work, Member States should adopt appropriate measures for the follow-up of opinions and the enforcement of decisions.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 159 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) To promote their work and equality law, equality bodies should be able to publish a summary of their opinions and decisions without disclosing personal data. Equality bodies should be able to disclose personal data where such disclosure is provided for under national law, for example as a penalty for a finding of discrimination.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 162 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) Equality bodies should have the right to act in court proceedings in civil or administrative law matters in order to contribute to ensuring the respect of the principle of equal treatment laid down in Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. While those court proceedings should be subject to national procedural law, including national rules on admissibility of actions, such rules, and in particular any condition of legitimate interest, cannot be applied in a way so as to undermine the effectiveness of the equality bodies’ right to act. The powers of investigation and decision-making and the right to act in court proceedings given to equality bodies by this Directive will facilitate the practical implementation of the current provisions of Directives 2000/43/EC, 2000/78/EC and ,2004/113/EC and (EU) 2019/1158 on the burden of proof and defence of rights. Under the conditions provided for in this Directive, equality bodies will be able to establish facts “from which it may be presumed that there has been direct or indirect discrimination”, thereby fulfilling the conditions provided for in Article 8 of Directive 2000/43/EC, Article 10 of Directive 2000/78/EC and Article 9 of Directive 2004/113/EC and Article 12 and 15 of Directive (EU) 2019/1158. Their support will therefore facilitate access to justice for victims.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 167 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) Equality bodies should also be able to submit oral or written statements to the courts as third-party interventions - e.g. amicus curiae – as a lightern additional way to support cases with their expert opinion.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 168 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) Equality bodies’ rights to act in court must respect the principles of fair trial and equality of arms. Therefore, except where the equality body acts as a party in proceedings on the enforcement or judicial review of an own decision or acts as amicus curiae, the equality body should not be allowed to submit in court proceedings evidence obtained through previous investigations of the same case which the alleged perpetrator or any third party was legally bound to provide.deleted
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 173 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) The effectiveness of equality bodies’ work also depends on giving groups at risk of discrimination full access to their services. In a survey conducted by the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency72 , 71% of members of ethnic or immigrant minority groups reported to be unaware of any organisation offering support or advice to victims of discrimination. A key step to support this access is for Member States to ensure that people know their rights and are aware of the existence of and services offered by equality bodies. This is particularly important for disadvantaged groups and groups whose access to that information can be hindered, for example by their health or socio-economic status, theirage, disability, their literacy, nationality, membership of a national minority, language, residence status, remote and rural geographic locations or their lack of access to online tools. _________________ 72 FRA EU-MIDIS II Survey.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 177 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) Access to equality bodies’ services and publications on an equal basis for all should be guaranteed. For that purpose, potential barriers to access to equality bodies’ services should be identified and addressed. Services should be free of charge for all complainants. Member States should also make sure that the services of equality bodies are available to all potential victims throughout their territory, for example through the establishment of local offices, including mobile ones, easy-to-use digital tools and solutions, the organisation of local campaigns or ,cooperation with local delegates orand civil society organisations, and the creation of partnerships with labour and educational inspectorates, social partners and companies.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 184 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) The Union and all Member States are parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities73 (UNCRPD), which includes the obligation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability and to guarantee to persons with disabilities equal and effective legal protection against discrimination on all grounds. This Directive should be interpreted in a manner consistent with the UNCRPD. To guarantee equal and effective legal protection and access for persons with disabilities to all services and activities of equality bodies, it is necessary to ensure accessibility, in accordance with requirements set out in Directives (EU) 2016/2102 and (EU) 2019/882, and reasonable accommodation. Equality bodies should ensure physical and digital74 accessibility by preventing and removing the barriers that persons with disabilities may face in accessing their services and information, and provide reasonable accommodation, taking necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments where needed in a particular case. Equality bodies should ensure that all forms of discrimination faced by persons with disabilities are addressed in their activities in line with the UNCRPD, including direct and indirect discrimination, denial of reasonable accommodation, discrimination by association, harassment, instruction to discriminate, as well as victimisation and hate speech. _________________ 73 OJ L 23, 27.1.2010, p. 37. 74 See Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (OJ L 327, 2.12.2016 p.1-15) and related Implementing Decision.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 188 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) Enabling equality bodies to regularly coordinate and cooperate at different levels, on a long-term basis, is key for mutual learning, coherence and consistency, and it may broaden the outreach and impact of their work. Equality bodies should cooperate, in particular, with other equality bodies in the same Member State and in other Member States – including in the framework of the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) – and with relevant public and private entities at local, regional, national, Union and international level, such as civil society organisations, EU agencies, data protection authorities, trade unionsocial partners, labour and education inspectorates, law enforcement bodies, agencies with responsibility at national level for the defence of human rights, national statistical offices, authorities managing Union funds, National Roma Contact Points, consumer bodies, and national independent mechanisms for the promotion, protection and monitoring of the UNCRPD. Such cooperation should not involve the exchange of personal data (i.e. equality data in the form that individuals can be identified).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 195 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
(40) Equality data are crucial for raising awareness, sensitising people, quantifying discrimination, showing trends over time, proving the existence of discrimination, evaluating the implementation of equality legislation, demonstrating the need for positive action, and contributing to evidence-based policymaking75 . Equality bodies have a role to play in contributing to the development of relevant equality data for those purposes, for example by organising regular roundtables gathering all relevant entities. They should also collect and analyse disaggregated data on their own activities or conduct surveys and should be able to accessand commission surveys, reports and research and should be able to access, in an easily accessible format, and make use of statistical information collected by other public or private entities – such as the national statistical offices, national courts, labour and education inspectorates, trade unionsocial partners or civil society organisations - concerning the matters they are entrusted with under Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. That statistical information should not contain any personal data. e personal data collected shall be anonymised and, where not possible, pseudonymised. _________________ 75 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of Council Directive 2000/43/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (‘the Racial Equality Directive’) and of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (‘the Employment Equality Directive’) SWD(2021) 63 final.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 204 #

2022/0400(COD)

(43) In order to assess the effectiveness of this Directive it is necessary to establish a mechanism to monitor its application and, in addition to monitoring compliance, assess its practical effects. The Commission should be in charge of that monitoring and regularly draw up an application report, based on the information received from Member States and additional relevant data collected at national and Union level, in particular from stakeholders, and by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Institute for Gender Equality and equality bodies, including the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet). In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Member States’ reporting obligations pursuant to Article 16(2) as regards the practical effects of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish a list of relevant indicators, on the basis of which data should be collected. This monitoring should not involve the processing of personal data.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 209 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
(48) Where the fulfilment of the tasks of equality bodies requires the processing of special categories of personal data, namely data on racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability or sexual orientationreferred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Member States should also ensure that national law respects the essence of the right to data protection and provides for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject, in accordance with Article 9(2), point (g), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Such safeguards should include for example internal policies and measures to ensure data minimisation, including through anonymisation of personal data, where possible; to apply pseudonymisation and encryption to personal data; to prevent unauthorised access and transmission of personal data; and to ensure that personal data is not processed longer than is necessary for the purposes for which they are processed.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 210 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive lays down minimum requirements for the functioning of equality bodies to improve their effectiveness and guarantee their mandate and independence in order to strengthen the application of the principle of equal treatment as enshrined in the TEU, TFEU, Charter of Fundamental Rights and derived from Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 215 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The application of the principle of equal treatment shall not be limited to the prohibition of discrimination based on sex as it also applies to discrimination arising from gender, gender identity and gender expression as derived from the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 219 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. This Directive is without prejudice to the more specific provisions contained in Directive 2023/970/EU.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 226 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take measures to ensure that equality bodies are independent and free from external influence in performing their tasks and exercising their competences, in particular as regards their legal structure, accountability, budget and resources, staffing, and organisational matters. Equality bodies shall not be set up as part of a ministry or body taking or seeking instructions directly from the government.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 238 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide for transparent rules and safeguards concerning the selection, appointment, revocation and potential conflict of interest of the staff of equality bodies, in particular persons holding a managerial position, including members of a board managing the equality body, in order to guarantee their competence and independence.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 244 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure thatguarantee the autonomy of equality bodies in the determination of appropriate safeguards are in place, in particular in their internal structure of equality bodies, to guarantee the independent exercise of their competences, notably where some require impartiality and others focus on support to victims.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 248 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in the internal structure and operation of multi- mandate bodies to guarantee the autonomouseffective exercise of the equality mandate.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 252 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that each equality body has budgetary and financial autonomy and is provided with the human, material, technical and financial resources necessary to perform all its tasks and to exercise all its competences effectively, on all the grounds and in all fields covered by Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU including in the event of increases in competences, increases in complaints, litigation costs and the use of special expertise in developing areas with the potential for discrimination such as the use of automated systems.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 257 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that human, material, technical and financial resources of equality bodies are adequate and commensurate to any evolution of their mission and fields of intervention or increase in competences, especially their rights to act in court proceedings.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 265 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) adopt a strategy to raise awareness of the general population, throughout their territory, with particular attention to individuals and groups at risk of discrimination, young people, on the rights under Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU and on the existence of equality bodies and their services;
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 268 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensure thate conditions for equality bodies to engage in the prevention of discrimination and in the promotion of equal treatment, and guarantee independence for equality bodies in adopting a strategy defining how they will engage in public dialogue, communicate with individuals and groups at risk of discrimination, ensure an intersectional approach in combatting multiple discrimination as well as underreporting, provide training and guidance, and promote equality duties, equality mainstreaming and positive action among public and private entities.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 278 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
In doing so, Member States and equality bodies shall take into consideration the most appropriate communication tools and formats for each target group. They shall focus in particular on disadvantaged groups whose access to information can be hindered, for example by their health or socio-economic status, age, disability, literacy, nationality, residence statusmembership of a national minority, language, residence status, remote and rural geographic locations, or their lack of access to online tools.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 287 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that 1. equality bodies are able to provide assistance to victims as set out in paragraphs 2 to 4.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 293 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Equality bodies shall provide assistance to victims, or their designated representatives, initially by informing them on the legal framework, including advice targeted to their specific situation, on the services offered by the equality body and related procedural aspects, as well as on available remedies, including the possibility to pursue a case in court.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 298 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Equality bodies shall issue a preliminary assessment of a complaint on the basedis onf information voluntarily submitted by the parties involved. Member States shall or handed over upon request. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies define the precise modalities under which the equality body will issue such preliminary assessment, ensuring that they contribute to a simple and rapid handling of complaints.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 301 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Equality bodies shall inform the complainants of their preliminary assessment and whether it will close their complaint or whether there are grounds to pursue it further, including via the procedures laid down in Articles 7, 8, 8a and 9.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 302 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – title
Amicable settlementslternative dispute resolution
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 305 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Equality bodies or other existing dedicated entities shall be able to offer the parties the possibility to seek an amicabllternative resolution to their dispute. That process shall be subject to the agreement of the parties and may be led by the equality body itself or by another existing dedicated entity, in which case the equality body may formulate observations to that entity. The parties shall have the possibility to be assisted by designated representatives. Engaging in such a process shall not prevent the parties from exercising their right of access to court.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 309 #
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 311 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies are empowered to effectively conduct inquiries where, following a complaint or on their own initiative, equality bodiesthey consider that the principle of equal treatment laid down in Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU may have been breached, those bodies are empowered to further investigate the case.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 314 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In particular, that framework shall provide equality bodies with effective rights to access information and documents which isare necessary to establish whether discrimination has occurred. It shall also provide for appropriate mechanisms for equality bodies to cooperate with relevant public bodies for that purpose such as labour inspectorates.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 318 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States mayshall also provide that the alleged perpetrator and any third party is legally bound to provide any information and documents requested by equality bodies. Equality bodies shall act with due regard towards the confidentiality of all information and documents received.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 319 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Equality bodies may also fully or partially entrust another competent body with the powers referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. Where such a competent body is responsible for or collaborates with the equality body on inquiries, it shall provide the equality body, upon its request, with information on the results thereof.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 321 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that equality bodies record in writing their assessment of the case, including establishing the facts and a reasoned conclusion on the existence of discrimination. Member States shall determine whether this is to be done by means of non-binding opinions or by means of binding enforceable decisions.deleted
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 324 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where appropriate, opinions and decisions shall include specific measures to remedy any breach found and to prevent further occurrences. Member States shall establish appropriate mechanisms for follow-up to opinions, such as feedback obligations, and for enforcement of decisions.deleted
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 327 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Equality bodies shall publish summaries of their opinions and decisions, without disclosing personal data.deleted
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 331 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 a (new)
Article8a Opinions and decisions 1. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies are empowered to record in writing their assessment of a case, including establishing the facts and a reasoned conclusion on the existence of discrimination. Member States shall determine whether this is to be done by means of non-binding opinions or by means of binding enforceable decisions. 2. Where appropriate, opinions and decisions shall include specific measures to remedy any breach found and to prevent further occurrences. Member States shall establish appropriate mechanisms for follow-up to opinions, such as feedback obligations, and for enforcement of decisions. 3. Equality bodies shall publish summaries of their opinions and decisions, without disclosing personal data. They shall be able to disclose personal data where such disclosure is provided for under national law.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 332 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies have the right to act in court proceedings in administrative and civil law matters relating to the implementation of the principle of equal treatment laid down in Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 53, without prejudice to national rules on the admissibility of actions.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 337 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the right of the equality body to act as a party in proceedings on the enforcement or judicial review of a decision taken pursuant to Article 8(4)a;
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 339 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the right of the equality body to submit observations to the court as a third- party intervention such as amicus curiae;
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 350 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the equality body can initiate court proceedings in its own name, in particular in order to address structural and systematic discrimination or in order to defend the public interest in cases selected by the equality body because of their abundance, their seriousness or their need for legal clarification.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 354 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that, except in cases referred to in paragraphs 2(a) and (b), the equality body does not submit in court proceedings evidence that it has obtained through the exercise of powers pursuant to Article 8(3).deleted
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 358 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that no investigations pursuant to Article 8(2) to (4) are initiated or continued while court proceedings on the same case are pending.deleted
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 361 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, in the procedures referred to in Articles 6, 7, 8, 8a and 9, the rights of defence of natural and legal persons involved are duly protected. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies guarantee confidentiality of witnesses and whistle-blowers, and as far as possible, of complainants and alleged perpetrators.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 364 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Decisions referred to in Article 8(4)a shall be subject to judicial review, in accordance with national law and practice.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 365 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – title
AEqual access, accessibility and reasonable accommodation
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 366 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall guarantee access to equality bodies’ services and publications on an equal basis for all and ensure that there are no barriers to submission of complaints or to assistance of victims.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 367 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies provide all their services at no cost to complainants, throughout their territory, including in rural and remote areas. Member States shall ensure attention is paid to specific territorial characteristics, such as those of outermost regions and regions suffering from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as northernmost regions with very low population density, islands, cross-border and mountain regions. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies offer tailor-made solutions to provide their services to all complainants such as mobile offices, itinerant solutions, digital tools and platforms.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 371 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure accessibility, including in accordance with Directives (EU) 2016/2102 and (EU) 2019/882, and provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities to guarantee their equal access to all services and activities of equality bodies, including assistance to victims, complaint handling, amicable settlementsubmission and handling, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, information and publications, and prevention, promotion and awareness- raising activities.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 375 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that equality bodies, without prejudice to their independence, have appropriate mechanisms in place to cooperate, within their respective fields of competence, with other equality bodies within the same Member State, with equality bodies of other Member States, including in the framework of the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet), and with relevant public and private entities, including civil society organisations, relevant EU agencies, social partners, labour and education inspectorates at national, regional, local level as well as in other Member States and at Union and international level.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 389 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies can access in an accessible format statistics related to the rights and obligations derived from Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU collected by public and private entities including public authorities, trade unionsocial partners, companies, and civil society organisations where they deem such statistics necessary to make an overall assessment of the situation regarding discrimination in the Member State, and for drawing up the report referred to in Article 15, point (c).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 391 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall allow equality bodies to make recommendations on which data is to be collected in relation to the rights and obligations derived from Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU, to public and private entities including public authorities, trade unionsocial partners, companies and civil society organisations, and require feedback from the authorities concerned. Member States shall also allow equality bodies to play a coordination role in the collection of equality data.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 395 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies may conduct independent surveys, reports and research concerning discrimination. They shall also ensure that equality bodies can commission such studies and reports.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 398 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) publish a report, with recommendations, ensuring an intersectional approach, at least every four years, on the state of equal treatment and discrimination, including potential structural issues, in their Member State.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 408 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish a list of common indicators to measure the practical effects of this Directive. When preparing the indicators, the Commission may seek advice from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and, the European Institute for Gender Equality and equality bodies, including the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet). Those indicators shall cover the resources, independent functioning, activities, accessibility and effectiveness of equality bodies, as well as evolutions in their mandate, powers, appointments or structure, ensuring the comparability, objectivity and reliability of the data collected at national level.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 411 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. By [53 years after the date of transposition], and every 5 years thereafter, Member States shall provide the Commission with all relevant information regarding the application of this Directive, including data on its practical effects collected on the basis of the indicators referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, and in particular taking into account the reports drawn up by the equality bodies under Article 145, points (b) and (c).
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 415 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall draw up a report on the application and practical effects of this Directive, based on the information referred to in paragraph 2 and additional relevant data collected at national and Union level, in particular from stakeholders, by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and, the European Institute for Gender Equality and equality bodies, including the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet). The Commission shall issue recommendations as part of the European Semester framework if it identifies shortcomings in Member States' equal treatment and discrimination policies.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 418 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The implementation of this Directive shall under no circumstances constitute grounds for a reduction in the level of protection against discrimination already afforded by Member States in the matters covered by this Directives 2006/54/EC, 2010/41/EU and 2023/970/EU.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 421 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that when equality bodies process special categories of personal data, namely data on racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability or sexual orientationreferred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, suitable and specific measures are provided to safeguard the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 423 #

2022/0400(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
References to the bodies for the promotion of equal treatment referred to in those Articles, as well as Article 15 of Directive (EU) 2019/1158, shall be construed as references to the equality bodies referred to in Article 2 of this Directive.
2023/09/08
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 1036 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Where a unit of packaging includes integrated components, the assessment of compliance with the design for recycling criteria and with the at scale recyclability requirements shall include all integrated components. In case an integrated component of the unit of packaging is easily separable by hand and there are clear instructions for the consumer, the overall recyclability should be a combination of the evaluations for each individual component.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 67 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) "The aim of this Regulation is to develop a voluntary Union certification framework for carbon removals, with notably the view to incentivise the uptake of high- quality carbon removals, in full respect of the biodiversity and the zero- pollution objectives. It is, which also contributes to sustainably reduce emission. It is thereby a tool to support the achievement of the Union objectives under the Paris Agreement, notably the goal of collective climate neutrality by 2050 laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 . The Union also committed to generate negative emissions after 2050. An important instrument to enhance carbon removals in terrestrial ecosystems is Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 , which is currently under review. The objective of the review is to set out a Union net removals target of 310 Mt CO2 eq by 2030, and to allocate respective targets to each Member State.The voluntary nature of the Union certification framework means that existing and new public and private certification schemes do not have to be recognised by the Commission under this regulation to operate in the EU." __________________ 24 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1). 25 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) With specific regard to carbon farming activities, the regulation should value the carbon removals and greenhouse gas emission reductions generated by mitigation projects, as long as the latter are not subject to the application of a binding polluter-pays principle at the European level. The aim is to ensure broad support for the certification framework among land managers, while seeking to meet the ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030, which remain a priority.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Farming practices that remove CO2 from the atmosphere contribute to the climate neutrality objective and should be rewarded, either via the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) or other public or private initiatives. Specifically, this Regulation should, at least, take into account farming practices as referenced in the Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles30 . , as well as other practices which reduce greenhouse gas emissions. When developing certification methodologies in the context of carbon farming, the Commission should take into account the need to minimize negative impacts on food security and to avoid that land is acquired for speculative purposes resulting in negative effects on rural communities. It should also promote those activities that have the largest potential to provide positive co-benefits for biodiversity and climate change adaptation. __________________ 30 Communication from the Commission, Sustainable Carbon Cycles, COM (20221) 800.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) To enable operators to apply the quality criteria set out in this Regulation in a standardised and cost-effective way, while taking into account the specific characteristics of different carbon removal activities, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation by establishing detailed certification methodologies for different types of carbon removal activities. The Commission should also be able to amend Annex II listing the minimum information to be contained in the certificates. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate public consultations, including calls for evidence and calls for feedback on draft proposals, during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making34 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 34 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) ‘permanent'industrial carbon storage’ means a carbon removal activity that, under normal circumstances and using appropriate management practices, stores atmospheric or biogenic carbon for several centuries, including bioenergy with carbon capture and storage and direct air carbon capture and storage;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 258 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) 'carbon emission reduction activity' means one or more practices or processes carried out by an operator resulting in a net-greenhouse gas emission reduction benefit in sectors not covered by the annex I or the annex III of the ETS Directive;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 262 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) carbon farming’ means a carbon removal activity related to” can be defined as a green business model that rewards land managers for taking up improved land management thatpractices. This results in the increase of carbon storageequestration in living biomass, dead organic matter and soils by enhancing carbon capture and/or the reducing the release of carbon totion of greenhouse gas emissions, in respect of ecological principles favourable to biodiversity and the natmosphere; ural capital overall;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A carbon removal activity shall provide a net carbon removal benefit, which shall be quantified using the following formula:
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 300 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Net carbon removal benefit = CRbaseline – CRtotal – GHGincrease > 0
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 311 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In the case of carbon farming, 2. CRbaseline and CRtotal shall be understood as net greenhouse gas removals or emissions in accordance with the accounting rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/841. For carbon farming, a carbon removal activity and/or a carbon emission reduction activity shall provide a net carbon benefit, which shall be quantified using the following formula: Net carbon benefit = [(CRtotal – CRbaseline) + (RGHGbaseline – RGHGtotal)] > 0 where: (a) CRbaseline is the carbon removals under the baseline; (b) CRtotal is the total carbon removals of the carbon removal; (c) RGHGbaseline is the release of direct and indirect GHG emissions under the baseline; (d) RGHGtotal is the release of direct and indirect GHG emissions under the carbon removal and carbon emission reduction activities; The scope of the quantities referred to in points (a) to (d), corresponds to the greenhouse gas removals or emissions included in the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 modified and Regulation (EU) 2018/842 modified.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 340 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7
7. The baseline shall be periodically updated but stays constant throughout the monitoring period once a carbon removal activity has started.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 398 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) For industrial carbon storage and carbon storage in products only, climate change mitigation beyond the net carbon removal benefit referred to in Article 4(1);
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 440 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to establish the technical certification methodologies referred to in paragraph 1 for activities related to permanentindustrial carbon storage, carbon farming and carbon storage in products. Those certification methodologies shall include at least the elements set out in Annex I.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 452 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the objectives of ensuring the robustness of carbon removals and GHG reductions and recognising the protection and restoration of ecosystems;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas Parliament has repeatedly urged the Commission to promote and implement the use of gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments in all the Union policy areas; whereas it strongly requested to implement gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting throughout the budgetary procedure; whereas the recommendations of the Court of Auditors report of 2021 on Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget found that gender has not been adequately mainstreamed thus far;
2022/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. welcomes the Union's efforts to accelerate the digital transformation in agriculture and in rural areas; notes the continued importance of support for investments in modernisation and innovation if the agriculture sector is to contribute to meeting the targets of the European Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy and Farm to Fork Strategy;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that with the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)1 being the only programme with gender-related spending targets, including on preventing and combating gender-based violence (GBV), it is imperative to increase its budget to combat inequalities that have been exacerbated by the crises; of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the backlash against women’s rights, specifically SRHR, in several Member States; _________________ 1 Established by Regulation (EU) 2021/692.
2022/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 40 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. welcomes the mobilisation of the crisis reserve to finance exceptional measures for Union farmers most affected by the war in Ukraine; calls on the Commission to prepare a detailed analysis into how the Member States have spent their crisis reserve envelopes and investigate whether the support was aimed at the sectors that were mostly hit by the current crisis;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes also all the other additional support to farmers affected by the war in Ukraine that was provided by the Commission, such as the market interventions, the exceptional support under EAFRD, early disbursement of direct payments and also derogations on the greening obligations; hopes that as the crisis and the fallout from the Ukraine war will continue in the future, the Commission will be willing to thus support farmers also in 2023;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes the fact that the Commission proposed in the draft budget that the new agriculture reserve in 2023 is established solely from the availabilities under the EAGF sub-ceilings and that the left over of the 2022 crisis reserve is redistributed back to farmers;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Insists also that financial discipline is not used to fill in the new agriculture reserve in 2023;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the need to reinforce budgetary allocations that support actions ensuring the gender aspect of health through the facilitation of exchange between Member States including on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); calls on the Commission to allocate additional resources to the EU4Health Programme in order for the Member States to ensure adequate provision of accessible SRHR services and for research and treatment of gender- specific conditions such as fibroids, premenstrual syndrome and endometriosis with an intersectional perspective, in particular regarding diagnosis and treatment of black and minority ethnic women;
2022/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 48 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. deplores the sharp rise in forest fires in Europe due to climate change and strongly urges the Member States to strengthen fire prevention measures and improve farmers' access to irrigation, as well as to modernise facilities, within the framework of national strategic plans; considers, furthermore, that there is a pressing need to promote the restoration of forests in the European Union;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses that 2023 is the first year of the implementation of the new CAP with a new, performance-based, delivery model; points that it is crucial that the new CAP is supported by a strong budget and that Member States need to be prepared and supported financially to make this transition to a new system; highlights that there is a number of new practices and measures under Strategic Plans, such as new enhanced eco- schemes, but also farm advisory services or practices that will help us achieve also the goals set under the Farm to Fork Strategy, such as carbon farming, agroforestry and paludiculture; if we want to achieve high uptake by farmers, we need them to be supported also financially;
2022/07/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the crucial work of EIGE, which has been reflected in an increase of tasks allocated, and is particularly important in the light of ongoing crises facing Europe such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the backlash against women’s rights, and specifically access to SRHR, in Europe and globally; therefore requests the allocation for 8 Contract Agents to enable EIGE to effectively fulfil its mandate;
2022/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 58 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the importance of using European Structural and Investment Funds such as the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to promote gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, childcare and long-term care facilities, particularly in the light of the Union’s 14% average gender pay gap;
2022/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 62 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Council to increase budget allocations to civil society organisations that promote women’s rights, includingespecially those working on promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR), such as the global initiative SheDecides, and LGBTI+ rights in the context of the backlash against women’s rights, especially in terms of SRHR. and to ensure that Union funds cannot be accessed by anti-gender and anti-choice organisations;
2022/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #

2022/0212(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the Union budget to encourage women’s participation in the digital economy and STEM sectors and careers through Union programmes, for example in research, innovation and technology;
2022/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 338 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘chemical plant protection product’ means a plant protection product containing a chemical active substance excluding plant products using naturalthe means of "biological origin or substances identical to them, such as micro- organisms, semiochemicals, extracts from plantcontrol" defined in Article 3, paragraph 1, point 23. The latter include products using natural means in the context of integrated pest management. Any products as defined in Article 3(6)uthorized in organic farming whose active substances are listed in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, or invertebrate macro-organisms; 889/2008 is not considered to be a chemical plant protection product.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e
(e) non-productive areas as defined under the EU standards on good agricultural and environmental condition of land (GAEC), GAEC standard 8 listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 438 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(23) ‘biological control’ means the control of organisms harmful to plants or plant products employing products using natural means of biological origin or substances identical to them, such asin the context of integrated pest management. They include in particular: macro-organisms and plant protection products which are composed of micro-organisms, semiochemicals, extracts from plant products as defined in Article 3(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, mediators such as pheromones and kairomones, or natural substances of plant, animal or minvertebrate macro-organismsal origin.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 462 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall contribute, through the adoption and achievementimplementation of national targets in accordance with Article 5 to achieving by 2030the objective of a 50 % Union-wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 2030 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 2030 reduction target 2’), compared to the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union 2030 reduction targets’). In 2026, the Commission shall prepare a report to the Parliament and the Council on the feasibility of the reduction target for 2030 on the basis of available alternative non-chemical pest control tools and low-risk plant protection products, following the crop-specific rules set out in Article 15. In the light of this report, the Commission may, if necessary, consider postponing the reduction target to 2035 and submit accordingly a legislative proposal on the reduction target to be achieved by that date and the contributions of the Member States concerned.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 660 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. Member States with outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, may take into account the specific needs of these regions as regards the use of plant protection products when adopting national 2030 reduction targets, due to the particular climatic conditions and crops in these regions. and to the size of the respective markets. The use of plant protection products in outermost areas shall be considered as minor uses in the meaning of article 51 of regulation (CE) 1107/2009
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 691 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article5a Reciprocity clauses for import 1. Maximum Residue Level for substances not authorized under Regulation 1107/2009 shall be set at the minimum detectable level allowed pursuant to Regulation 396/2005. 2. The Commission shall take action, based on relevant and objective data, in accordance with this Article, to address practices of circumvention of this Article. Practices of circumvention include situations where the level of residues is artificially lowered from a product, in order to access the EU market. 3. A Member State or any party affected by the situations described in paragraph 2 may notify the Commission. Where the Commission, taking into account the relevant data and reports, including when provided by the customs authorities of Member States, has sufficient reasons to believe that circumventions are occurring in one or more Member States, it is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 to supplement this Regulation in order to include modified tariffs for the concerned products.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 692 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 b (new)
Article5b The production, storage, circulation and export to third countries of plant protection products containing active substances whose use is prohibited in the European Union under Regulation 1107/2009 is prohibited.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 865 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall carry out a public consultation process prior to the adoption or modification of its national action plan in accordance with the requirements of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council85. Member States shall make sure that users representatives as well as all relevant research and development bodies and extension services shall be involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of the national plan. _________________ 85 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1154 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) any preventative measure or intervention and the reason for that preventative measure or intervention, including the identification and assessment of pest level, where no crop- specific rules have been adopted for the relevant crop and area by the Member State in which the professional user operates;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1159 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) any preventative measure or intervention and the reason for that preventative measure or intervention, including the identification and assessment of pest level, performed with a reference to measurable criteria set out in the applicable crop-specific rules where crop- specific rules have been adopted for the relevant crop and area by the Member State in which the professional user operates.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1246 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) the types of low-risk plant protection products or alternatives to chemical plant protection products which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1252 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
(d) chemical plant protection products that are not low-risk plant protection products and that are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1257 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
(e) the quantitative criteria or conditions under which chemical plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1268 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) the measurable criteria or conditions under which more hazardous plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1278 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
(g) the obligation to record observations demonstrating that the relevant threshold value has been reached.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1390 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The use of all chemical plant protection products is prohibited in all sensitive areas and within 3 metres of such areas. This 3 metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk- mitigation techniques, with the exception of the means of "biological control" defined in Article 3, paragraph 1, point 23. These are products using natural means in the context of integrated pest management.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1584 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A distributor shall only sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the latest at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1594 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Where a purchaser is a legal person, a distributor may sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a representative of the purchaser of the plant protection product when that distributor has checked, at the latest at the time of purchase, that the representative is the holder of a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1873 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 is amended as follows: (3a) Article 72 is replaced by the following: ‘Area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements 1.Member States may grant payments for area-specific disadvantages imposed by requirements resulting from the implementation of Directives 92/43/EEC, 2009/147/EC or 2000/60/EC, or Regulation (EU)…/… of the European Parliament and of the Council … on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (OJ …), under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of one or more of the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2). 2.Payments under this Article shall be granted to farmers, forest holders and their associations as well as other land managers. 3.When determining areas with disadvantages, Member States may include one or more of the following areas: (a) Natura 2000 agricultural and forest areas designated pursuant to Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC; (b) other delimited nature protection areas with environmental restrictions applicable to farming or forestry which contribute to the implementation of Article 10 of Directive 92/43/EEC, provided that those areas do not exceed 5 % of the designated Natura 2000 areas covered by territorial scope of each CAP Strategic Plan; (c) agricultural areas included in river basin management plans pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC. (d) sensitive areas as defined in Regulation (EU)…/… of the European Parliament and of the Council … on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (OJ …) 4.Member States may only grant payments under this Article in order to compensate beneficiaries for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone related to the area-specific disadvantages in the area concerned, including transaction costs. 5.Additional costs and income foregone as referred to in paragraph 4 shall be calculated: (a) in respect of constraints arising from Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC, in relation to disadvantages resulting from requirements that go beyond the relevant GAEC standards established under Chapter I, Section 2, of this Title as well as the conditions established for the maintenance of the agricultural area in accordance with Article 4(2) of this Regulation; (b) in respect of constraints arising from Directive 2000/60/EC, in relation to disadvantages resulting from requirements that go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements, with the exception of SMR 1 listed in Annex III to this Regulation, and GAEC standards established under Chapter I, Section 2, of this Title as well as the conditions established for the maintenance of the agricultural area in accordance with Article 4(2) of this Regulation. 6. Payments under this Article shall be granted annually per hectare.’
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1874 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2021/2115
Article 31(5)
(1) in Article 31(5), the following subparagraph is added: ‘‘By way of derogation from points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph, where in accordance with Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council\*89requirements are imposed on farmers, support may be granted to comply with those requirements for a maximum period ending on the later one of the two dates – … [OP: insert the date = 5 years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] or 5 years from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding. \* Regulation (EU)…/… of the European Parliament and of the Council … on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (OJ …).;’ _________________ 89 +OJ: Please insert in the text the number of the Regulation contained in document … and insert the number, date and the OJ reference of that Regulation in the footnote.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1879 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2021/2115
Article 70(3)
(2) In Article 70(3), the following subparagraph is added: ‘‘By way of derogation from points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph, where in accordance with Regulation (EU) …/…90requirements are imposed on beneficiaries, support may be granted to comply with those requirements for a maximum period ending on the later one of the two dates – … [OP: insert the date = 5 years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] or 5 years from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding.;’ _________________ 90 ++OJ: Please insert in the text the number of the Regulation contained in document … .deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1883 #

2022/0196(COD)

(3) in Article 73(5), the following subparagraph is added: ‘‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, where in accordance with Regulation (EU) …/… \+\+ requirements are imposed on farmers, support may be granted to comply with those requirements for a maximum period ending on the later one of the two dates – … [OP: insert the date = 5 years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] or 5 years from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding. .’deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1892 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 a (new)
Article43a Amendment to Regulation (EU) 848/2018 Regulation (EU) 848/2018 is amended as follows: (1) In article 9(7) the following subparagraph is added: ‘ With regard to winegrowing, it may be the same wine grape variety, provided that the areas cultivated in organic farming within the agricultural holding are clearly identified in a register in order to allow controls on the use of authorised plant protection products. ’
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In its resolution of 9 June 202149 , the European Parliament strongly welcomed the commitment to draw up a legislative proposal with binding nature restoration targets, and furthermore considered that in addition to an overall restoration target, ecosystem-, habitat- and species-specific restoration targets should be included, covering forests, grasslands, wetlands, peatlands, pollinators, free- flowing rivers, coastal areas and marine ecosystems. Furthermore it underlined the importance of taking into account biogeographical regions, adopting a whole-of-government approach to protected areas which involves Member States evaluating the need for financial support and compensation measures in the context of the designation of protected areas, while in parallel involving all relevant stakeholders, landowners included. _________________ 49 European Parliament resolution of 9 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives (2020/2273(INI)).
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 sets out a target to ensure that there is no deterioration in conservation trends or in the status of protected habitats and species and that at least 30 % of species and habitats not currently in favourable status will fall into that category or show a strong positive trend towards falling into that category by 2030. The guidance52 developed by the Commission in cooperation with Member States and stakeholders to support the achievement of these targets highlights that maintenance and restoration efforts are likely to be required for most of those habitats and species, either by halting their current negative trends by 2030 or by maintaining current stable or improving trends, or by preventing the decline of habitats and species with a favourable conservation status. The guidance further emphasises that those restoration efforts primarily need to be planned, implemented and coordinated at national or regional levels, duly consulting affected stakeholders, and that, in selecting and prioritising the species and habitats to be improved by 2030, synergies with other Union and international targets, in particular environmental or climate policy targets, are to be sought. _________________ 52 Available at Circabc (europa.eu) [Reference to be completed]
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 177 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In order for the implementation of this Regulation to be successful, its socio- economic impact must be taken into account. An impact assessment evaluating socio economic consequences, namely the effect on ownership rights, the overall economy as well as the economic effect on affected sectors, food security, energy production and infrastructure developments, among others, should therefore be carried out before the draft national restoration plan are drafted and submitted, so that findings from the impact assessment can be taken respected in the national restoration plans.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) In its resolution of 13 September 2022, the European Parliament62a highlighted the importance of a solid science-based forest strategy, considering the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainability in an integrated and balanced way, given that, in addition to contributing to climate and biodiversity goals, including through the protection of soils and water, forests provide economic and social benefits and a wide range of services, from a means of livelihood to recreation. _________________ 62a European Parliament resolution of 13 September 2022 on a new EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – Sustainable Forest Management in Europe (2022/2016(INI)).
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 187 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Geo-political developments have further underlined the need to safeguard the resilience of food systems.62 Evidence shows that restoring agro-ecosystems has positive impacts on food productivity in the long-term, and that the restoration of nature acts as an insurance policy to ensure the EU’s long-term sustainability and resilience. Securing biodiversity and maintaining food production are intrinsically linked. Prime examples of such synergies are the sustainable management of fishing stocks for fisheries and the benefit of soil fertility and pollinators in agriculture. However, those synergies can only be optimised if food producers, such as farmers and fishers, are continuously involved and consulted in relation to the development of relevant measures. _________________ 62 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European, Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems, COM (2022) 133 final.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 225 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) It is necessary that the restoration measures for habitat types are adequate and suitable to reach good condition and the favourable reference areas as swiftly as possible, with a view to achieving their favourable conservation status. It is important that the restoration measures are those necessaryprone to achieve the time-bound and quantified area-based targets. It is also necessary that the restoration measures for the habitats of the species are adequate and suitable to reach their sufficient quality and quantity as swiftly as possible with a view to achieving the favourable conservation status of the species, taking into account social and economic consequences.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 246 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) To support the restoration and non- deterioration of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine habitats, Member States have the possibility to designate additional areas as ‘protected areas’ or ‘strictly protected areas’, to implement other effective area-based conservation measures, and to promote private land conservation measures. Such designation should always be done using an inclusive process, which ensures proper and timely consultation of all relevant actors concerned.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 264 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
(49) Sustainable, resilient and biodiverse agricultural ecosystems are needed to provide safe, sustainable, nutritious and affordable food. Biodiversity-rich agricultural ecosystems also increase agriculture’s resilience to climate change and environmental risks, while ensuring food safety and security and, expanding the responsibilities and the investments that farmers undertake to conduct their activities, while creating new jobs in rural areas, in particular jobs linked to organic farming as well as rural tourism and recreational activities services. Therefore, the Union needs to support rural operators, farmers and landowners in implementing measures to improve the biodiversity in its agricultural lands, through a variety of existing practices beneficial to or compatible with the biodiversity enhancement, including extensive agriculture. Extensive agriculture is vital for the maintenance of many species and habitats in biodiversity rich areas. There are many extensive agricultural practices which have multiple and significant benefits on the protection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and landscape features such asinter alia precision agriculture, organic farming, agro-ecology, agroforestry and low intensity permanent grassland.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 271 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 a (new)
(49a) In its Resolution of 13 September 202278a the European Parliament stressed that being land a finite resource, especially in the new geopolitical circumstances, restoration measures should be prioritised outside of productive agricultural land, including pastures and natural grasslands. _________________ 78a European Parliament resolution of 13 September 2022 on a new EU Forest Strategy 2030-Sustainable Forest Management in Europe (2022/2016(INI))
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 272 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 a (new)
(49a) Furthermore, pastoralism has an undeniable ecological added value, as it contributes to preserving biodiversity and the landscape in many areas subject to strong natural constraints or with low fertility, and to fighting against phenomena such as erosion, avalanches and forest fires.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 321 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
(58) Restoration targets and obligations for habitats and species protected under Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC, for pollinators and for freshwater, urban, agricultural and forest ecosystems should be complementary and work in synergy, with a view to achieving the overarching objective of restoring ecosystems across the Union’s land and sea areas. The restoration measures required to achieve one specific target will in many cases contribute to the achievement of other targets or obligations. Member States should therefore plan restoration measures strategically with a view to maximising their effectiveness in contributing to the recovery of nature across the Union. Restoration measures should also be planned in such manner that they address climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation and the prevention and control of the impact of natural disasters. They should aim at optimising the ecological, economic and social functions of ecosystems, including their productivity potential, taking into account their contribution to the sustainable development of the relevant regions and communities. It is important that Member States prepare detailed national restoration plans based on the best available scientific evidence, and that the public, in particular relevant stakeholders affected economically, is given early and effective opportunities to participate in the preparation of the plans. Member States should take account of the specific conditions and needs in their territory, in order for the plans to respond to the relevant pressures,be implemented with the utmost social support and ownership by the subjects directly affected, while responding to threats and drivers of biodiversity loss, and. Furthermore Member State should cooperate to ensure restoration and connectivity across borders.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 323 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
(59) To ensure synergies between the different measures that have been, and are to be put in place to protect, conserve and restore nature in the Union, Member States should take into account, when preparing their national restoration plans: the conservation measures established for Natura 2000 sites and the prioritised action frameworks prepared in accordance with Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC; measures for achieving good ecological and chemical status of water bodies included in river basin management plans prepared in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC; marine strategies for achieving good environmental status for all Union marine regions prepared in accordance with Directive 2008/56/EC; national air pollution control programmes prepared under Directive (EU) 2016/2284; national biodiversity strategies and action plans developed in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as conservation measures adopted in accordance with Regulation 1380/2013 and technical measures adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council83 and obligations arising from Regulation 2021/0366 of the European Parliament and of the Council. _________________ 83 Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1380/2013, (EU) 2016/1139, (EU) 2018/973, (EU) 2019/472 and (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005 (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105).
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 370 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the continuous, long-term and sustained recovery of biodiverse and resilient nature across the Union’s land and sea areas through the restoration of damaged ecosystems;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 373 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) achieving the Union’s overarching objectives concerning sustainable development, including climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation, biodiversity protection and food and energy security;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 384 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put irepare national restoration placens, without delay, effective and area-based the aim to achieve effective restoration measures which together shallin the EU shall aim to cover, by 2030, at least 20 % of the Union’s land and sea areas and, by 2050, all degraded ecosystems in need of restoration.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) „degraded ecosystem“ means an ecosystem where a persistent reduction in the capacity to provide ecosystem services occured;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 409 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘restoration’ means the process of actively or passively assisting the recovery of an degraded ecosystem towards or to good condition, of a habitat type to the highest level of condition attainablefavourable conservation status as defined in Article 1(e) of Directive 92/43/EEC and to its favourable reference area, of a habitat of a species to a sufficient quality and quantity, or of species populations to satisfactory levels, as a means of conserving or enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem resilience;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 416 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘good condition’ means a state where the key characteristics of an ecosystem, namely its physical, chemical, compositional, structural and functional state, and its landscape and seascape characteristics, reflect the high level of ecological integrity, stability and resilience necessary to ensure its long- term maintenanceowards achieving the status of favourable as defined in Article 1(e) of Directive 92/43/EEC and contribute sustainable development goals, without excluding active land use nor management activities oriented at climate change mitigation or extreme events prevention;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 495 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The determination of the most suitable areas for restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be based on the best available knowledge and the latest scientific evidence of the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex I, measured by the structure and functions which are necessary for their long-term maintenance including their typical species, as referred to in Article 1(e) of Directive 92/43/EEC, and of the quality and quantity of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. Areas where the habitat types listed in Annex I are in unknown condition shall be considfirst evaluated so that the Member State concerned as not being in good conditionreports the missing data before considering the restoration measures to be implemented.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 503 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. When putting in place the restoration measures referred to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, Member States shall to the maximum extent possible address areas which are not needed or used for renewable energy generation, agriculture production, forestry or infrastructure development, taking into account cost-effectiveness while ensuring flexibility in current and future spatial planning.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 536 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point a
(a) force majeure, including natural disasters, such as forest fires and floods, and severe food suppy disruptions;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 564 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point a
(a) force majeure;, including natural disasters, such as forest fires and floods, and severe food supply disruptions.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 582 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
(c a) measures to ensure food security;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 690 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, with regard to taking into account social and economic considerations, put in place the restoration measures necessaryappropriate and reasonable to enhance biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems, in addition to the areas that are subject to restoration measures under Article 4(1), (2) and (3), while taking into account climate change and ensuring economically viable agricultural production.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 691 #

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 coherence with the objectives and provisions of the Common Agriculture Policy, and, in particular, the Regulation EU 2021/2115 on Strategic Plans, in addition to the areas that are subject to restoration measures under Article 4(1), (2) and (3).
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 748 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) 110 by 20305, 120 by 20405 and 130 by 20505, for Member States listed in Annex V with historically more depleted populations of farmland birds;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 755 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) 105 by 20305, 110 by 20405 and 115 by 20505, for Member States listed in Annex IV with historically less depleted populations of farmland birds.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 886 #

2022/0195(COD)

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 4 to 10, taking into account the latest scientific evidence, practice and local conditions, the efficient allocation of costs and the prioritisation of restoration measures. At the same time, appropriate stakeholder involvement at each stage of the process is necessary.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 935 #

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 the progress of climate change, practice and local conditions, the economic viability of agriculture and taking into account food security issues in the European Union, as well as the participation of all relevant stakeholders, and, if available, the framework referred to in Article 17(9) considering the complexity of the financing provided to achieve these driving values.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 965 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point a a (new)
(a a) the socio economic impact assessment, taking into account the whole society from rural to urban areas;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1133 #

2022/0195(COD)

1. Member States shall ensure that members of the public, in accordance with national law, that have a sufficiendirect interest or that maintain the impairment of a right, have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or an independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of the national restoration plans and any failures to act of the competent authorities, regardless of the role members of the public have played during the process for preparing and establishing the national restoration plan.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2022/0162(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The budget shall be established and implemented in accordance with the principles of unity, budgetary accuracy, annuality, equilibrium, unit of account, universality, specification, sound financial management, respect for rule of law and fundamental rights and transparency as set out in this Regulation.
2022/10/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2022/0162(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 a (new)
Article 56 a Budget implementation in accordance with the principle of respect for rule of law and fundamental rights 1. The Commission shall implement the revenue and expenditure of the budget in accordance with the principle of respect for rule of law and fundamental rights, which is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding. 2. The Commission shall implement the revenue and expenditure of the budget in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 and ensure the full compliance with Article 2 TEU. 3. The Member States shall cooperate with the Commission so that the appropriations are used in accordance with the principle of respect for rule of law and fundamental rights.
2022/10/17
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 a (new)
Directive 2010/75/EU
Title
Article 1 a (new) Title of the Directive is modified as following "Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial and agricultural emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) " Or. en (2010/75/EU)
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) The European Green Deal55 is Europe’s strategy to ensure, by 2050, a climate-neutral, clean and circular economy, optimising resource management, minimising pollution while recognising the need for deeply transformative policies. The Union is also committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development56 and its Sustainable Development Goals57 . The EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability58 of October 2020 and the Zero Pollution Action Plan59 adopted in May 2021 specifically address pollution aspects of the European Green Deal. In parallel, the New Industrial Strategy for Europe60 further emphasises the potential role of transformative technologies. Other particularly relevant policies for this initiative include the ‘Fit for 55’ package61 , the Methane Strategy62 and the Glasgow methane pledge63 , the Climate Adaptation Strategy64 , the Biodiversity Strategy65 , the Farm to Fork strategy66 and, the Sustainable Products Initiative67 and the long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas communication 67a. Besides, as part of the EU response to the 2022 Russia-Ukraine war, REPowerEU68 proposes a Joint European Action to support the diversification of energy supplies, accelerate the transition to renewable energy and improve energy efficiency. _________________ 55 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions The European Green Deal; COM(2019) 640 final. 56 https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.as p?symbol=A/RES/70/1&Lang=E 57 https://sdgs.un.org/goals 58 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. 59 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' COM(2021) 400 final. 60 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, A New Industrial Strategy for Europe COM(2020) 102 final. 61 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, 'Fit for 55': delivering the EU's 2030 Climate Target on the way to climate neutrality COM/2021/550 final. 62 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on an EU strategy to reduce methane emissions COM(2020) 663 final. 63 https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/ 64 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Forging a climate-resilient Europe - the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change COM(2021) 82 final. 65 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives COM(2020) 380 final. 66 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system COM(2020) 381 final. 67 COM(2022) 142 67a Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions empty, A long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040 COM(2021)345 68 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions REPowerEU: Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy; COM(2022) 108 final.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) The European Green Deal announced a revision of Union measures to address pollution from large industrial installations, including reviewing the sectoral scope of the legislation and how to make it fully consistent with climate, energy and circular economy policies. In addition, the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Farm to Fork Strategy also call for reducing pollutant emissions at source, including sources not currently within the scope of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council69 . Addressing pollution from certain agro- industrial activities thus requires their inclusion within the scope of that Directive. _________________ 69 Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control); OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17-119.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) Rearing of pigs, poultry and cattle may cause significant pollutant emissions into the air and water. In order to reduce such pollutant emissions, including ammonia, methane, nitrates and greenhouse gas emissions and thereby improve air, water and soil quality, it is necessary to lower the threexisting national and European frameworks should above which pigs and poultry installations arebe mobilised and existing good practices should be promoted, includeding within the scope of Directive 2010/75/EU and to include also cattle farming within that scope. Relevant BAT requirements take into consideration the nature, size, density and complexity of these installations, including the specificities of pasture based cattle rearing systems, where animals arupport of national strategic plans of the CAP. In addition to the requirements already set in the CAP to reduce emissions from agriculture, any evolution of the scope of Directive 2010/75/EU or of the relevant BAT requirements should be conly seasonally reared in indoor installations, and the range of environmental impacts they may have. The proportionality requirements in BATs aim tosidered through close dialogue with farmers representatives so as to guarantee the proportionality of the foreseen constraints regarding the expected results and to make sure that farmers are incentivise farmers tod to keep implementing the necessary transition towards increasingly environmentally friendly agricultural practices, taking into account every aspects, beyond the sole issue of emissions.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) In light of the high number of rearing installations that shouldmight be included within the scope of Directive 2010/75/EU, andof the relative simplicity of the processes and emissions patterns of such installations, of the specificities of production processes that include living animals and of the limited human resources that farms are able to dedicate to such a procedure, it is appropriate to set out specific administrative procedures for issuing permits and for the operation of the relevant activities which are adapted to the sector, without prejudice to requirements related to public information and participation, montoring and compliance.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) In order to ensure that Directive 2010/75/EU continues meeting its objectives to prevent or reduce emissions of pollutants and achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to supplement that Directive in order to establish operating rules containing requirements for activities relating to rearing of poultry, pigs and cattle, and to amend Annexes I and Ia to that Directive by adding an agro-industrial activity to ensure that it meets its objectives to prevent or reduce pollutants emissions and achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment and pigs. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201677 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 77 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making; OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘installation’ means a stationary technical unit within which one or more activities listed in Annex I, in Annex Ia or in Part 1 of Annex VII are carried out, and any other directly associated activities on the same site which have a technical connection with the activities listed in those Annexes and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution;;
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23b
(23b) ‘cattle’ means domestic animals of the species Bos taurus;deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
(23c) ‘livestock unit’ or ‘LSU’ means the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3 000 kg of milk annually, without additional concentrated foodstuffs, which is used to express the size of farms rearing different categories of animals, using the conversion rates, with reference to actual production within the calendar year, set out in Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014**’. * Council Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (OJ L 47, 18.2.2009, p. 5). ** Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 227 31.7.2014, p. 18).’;.deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point a
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. In order to draw up, review and, where necessary, update BAT reference documents, the Commission shall organise an exchange of information between Member States, the industries and farmers concerned, non-governmental organisations promoting environmental protection, the European Chemicals Agency and the Commission.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 24
Directive 2010/75/EU
Chapter VI a – Title
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR REARING OF POULTRY, PIGS AND CATTLE AND PIGS.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 120 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70a
This Chapter shall apply to the activities set out in Annex Ia which reach the capacity thresholds set out in that Annexof indoor rearing of poultry and pigs : (a) with more than 40.000 places for poultry, (b) with more than 2.000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg) or (c) with more than 750 places for sows.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70b
Article 70bdeleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70b – title
Aggregation ruledeleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70b
If two or more installations are located close to each other and if their operator is the same or if the installations are under the control of operators who are engaged in an economic or legal relationship, the installations concerned shall be considered as a single unit for the purpose of calculating the capacity threshold referred to in Article 70a.deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 3
3. Applications shall also include a non-technical summary of the information referred to in paragraph 2.deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 162 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 4a (new)
4a. The Commission shall, one year following the full implementation of permitting and registration system in Member States, submit a report to the European Parliament assessing the impact of the system on the economic viability of farms falling within the scope of this directive, taking into account all costs related to complying with the conditions set out, so as to adapt certain dispositions emanating from the directive accordingly.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70e – paragraph 3
3. The operator shall, without delay, make available the data and information listed in paragraph 2 of this Article to the competent authority upon request. The competent authority may make such a request in order to verify compliance with the operating rules referred to in Article 70i. The competent authority shall make such a request if a member of the public requests access to the data or information listed in paragraph 2 of this Article.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70g – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the reports of inspections of the installations falling within the scope of this Chapter.deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 193 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70h – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with the relevant national legal system, members of the public directly concerned have access to a review procedure before a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of decisions, acts or omissions subject to this Chapter when one of the following conditions is met:
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 195 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70h – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they have a sufficiendirect interest;
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70i – introductory part
The Commission shall, in cooperation with farmers whose production falls within the scope of this directive, establish operating rules containing requirements consistent with the use of best available techniques for the activities listed in Annex Iarticle 70a, which shall include the following:
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – third subparagraph (new)
The operating rules shall incorporate the existence of emerging techniques in animal husbandry and specify the conditions under which the competent authority may grant a permit to an installation using such techniques
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 228 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2
2. In order to allow the provisions of this Directive to meet its objectives to prevent or reduce pollutants emissions and achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 76, to amend Annex I or Annex Ia by including in those Annexes an agro- industrial activity that meets the following criteria:
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 244 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79a – paragraph 4
4. Where there is a claim for compensation in accordance with paragraph 1, supported by evidence from which a causality link may be presumed between the damage and the violation, Member States shall ensure that the onus is on the person responsible for the violation to prove that the violation did not cause or contribute to the damage.deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 250 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 34
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ia (new)
(34) Annex Ia as set out in Annex II to this Directive is inserdeleted.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 251 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point g
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex I g – point 5.3
(i) biological treatment (such as anaerobic digestion except for manure);
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 254 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ia
‘ANNEX Ia Activities referred to in Article 70a 1. Rearing of cattle, pigs or poultry in installations of 150 livestock units (LSU) or more. 2. Rearing of any mix of the following animals: cattle, pigs, poultry, in installations of 150 LSU or more. The approximate equivalent in LSU is based on the conversion rates established in Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014*. * Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (OJ L 227, 31.07.2014, p.18).’deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on European Union geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products, spirit drinks and foodstuffs, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/787 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Whereas geographical indications can play an important role in terms of sustainability, including in the field of economic circularity, which could enhance their heritage value and thus strengthen their weight within the framework of national and regional policies with a view to meeting the objectives of the European Green Deal.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 139 #

2022/0089(COD)

(9) Ensuring uniform recognition and protection throughout the Union for the intellectual property rights related to names protected in the Union is a priority that can be effectively achieved only at Union level. Geographical indications protecting the names of wines, spirit drinks and agricultural products having characteristics, attributes or reputation linked to their place of production are an exclusive Union’s competence. A unitary and exclusive system of geographical indications therefore needs to be provided. Geographical indications are a collective right held by all eligible producers in a designated area willing to adhere to a product specification. Producers acting collectively have more powers than individual producers and take collective responsibilities to manage their geographical indications, including responding to societal demands for products resulting from sustainable production. Operating geographical indications reward producers fairly for their efforts to produce a diverse range of quality products. At the same time, this can benefit the rural economy, which is particularly the case in areas with natural or other specific constraints, such as mountain areas and the most remote regions, including outermost regions, where the farming sector accounts for a significant part of the economy and production costs are high. In this way, quality schemes are able to contribute to and complement rural development policy as well as market and income support policies of the CAP. In particular, they may contribute to the developments in the farming sector and, especially, disadvantaged areas. The European Commission's June 30, 2021 Communication on "A long-term vision for rural areas in the EU - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040" recognises the key role of geographical indications in the prosperity and economic diversification of rural areas. A Union framework that protects geographical indications by providing for their inclusion in a register at Union level facilitates the development of the agricultural sector, since the resulting, more uniform approach ensures fair competition between the producers of products bearing such indications and enhances the credibility of the products in the consumers’ eyes. The system of geographical indications aims at enabling consumers to make more informed purchasing choices and, through labelling and advertising, helping them to correctly identify their products on the market. Geographical indications, being a type of intellectual property right, help operators and companies valorise their intangible assets. To avoid creating unfair conditions of competition and to sustain the internal market, any producer, including a third country producer, should be able to use a registered name and market products designated as geographical indications throughout the Union and in electronic commerce, provided that the product concerned complies with the requirements of the relevant specification and that the producer is covered by a system of controls. In light of the experience gained from the implementation of Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2019/787 and (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council27 , there is a need to address certain legal issues, to clarify and simplify some rules and to streamline the procedures. _________________ 27 Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The Union has for some time been aiming at simplifying the regulatory framework of the Common Agricultural Policy. This approach should also apply to regulations in the e procedures for amending GI specifications have already been simplifield of geographical indications, without calling into question the specific characteristics of each sectorand made more efficient for wine and agri-food products as part of the review of the Common Agricultural Policy. In order to further simplify the lengthy registration and amendment procedures, harmonised procedural rules for geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products should be laid down in a single legal instrument, while maintaining product specific provisions for winespirit drinks in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, for spirit drinks in Regulation (EU) 2019/787 and for agricultural products in2019/787 and for agricultural products in this Regulation. As far as wine is concerned, for the sake of the same objective of simplification, and with the aim of ensuring a holistic approach to the management of the sector, it is preferable to maintain the provisions on geographical indications in a single legislative text, that of Regulation 1308/2013, some of whose provisions are amended to align them with this Regulation. The procedures for the registration, amendments to the product specification and cancellation of the registration in respect of geographical indications originating in the Union, including opposition procedures, should be carried out by the Member States and the Commission. The Member States and the Commission should be responsible for distinct stages of each procedure. Member States should be responsible for the first stage of the procedure, which consists of receiving the application from the producer group, assessing it, including running a national opposition procedure, and, following the results of the assessment, submitting the application to the Commission. The Commission should be responsible for scrutinising the application in the second stage of the procedure, including running a worldwide opposition procedure, and taking a decision on granting the protection to the geographical indication or not. Geographical indications should be registered only at Union level. However, with effect from the date of application with the Commission for registration at Union level, Member States should be able to grant transitional protection at national level without affecting the internal market or international trade. The protection afforded by this Regulation upon registration should be equally available to geographical indications of third countries that meet the corresponding criteria and that are protected in their country of origin. The Commission should carry out the corresponding procedures for geographical indications originating in third countries.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) To contribute to the transition to a sustainable food system and respond to societal demands for sustainable, environmentally and climate friendly, animal welfare ensuring, resource efficient, socially and ethically responsible production methods, producers of geographical indications should be encouraged to adhere to sustainability standards that are more stringent than the mandatory ones and go beyond good practice. Such specific requirements could be set out in the product specification or in a separate initiative.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 162 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) The recognition and protection of established rights in the domain names industry at international level is essential to prevent the usurpation of the reputation of geographical indications due to the strong development of commerce on the Internet. The European Union's trade agreements with third countries currently constitute the most appropriate framework for reinforcing protection at the international level. The European Commission should pay special attention to the need of including the protection of geographical indications rights at domain names' level in bilateral trade agreements and other international trade negotiations, and strengthen its mediation work with the bodies in charge of assigning domain names, and very particularly with ICANN, with the objective to include the GI's existing rights in the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) The labelling of wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products should be subject to the general rules laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council29 , and in particular the provisions aimed at preventing labelling that may confuse or mislead consumers. _________________ 29 OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) The use of Union symbols or indications on the packaging of products designated by a geographical indication should be made obligatory in order to make this category of products, and the guarantees attached to them, better known to consumers and to permit easier identification of these products on the market, thereby facilitating checks. However, in view of the specific nature of products covered by this Regulation, special provisions concerning labelling should be maintained for wine and spirit drinks. The use of such symbols or indications should remain voluntary for third country geographical indications and designations of origin.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) The added value of the geographical indications is based on consumer trust. The system of geographical indications significantly relies on self-control, due diligence and individual responsibility of producers, while it is the role of the competent authorities of the Member States to take the necessary steps to prevent or stop the use of names of products, which are in breach of the rules governing geographical indications. The role of the Commission is to intervene in case of a systemic failure to apply Union law. Geographical indications should be subject to the system of official controls, in line with the principles set out in Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , which should include a system of controls at all stages of production, processing and distribution. Each operator should be subject to a control system that verifies compliance with the product specification. Taking into account that wine is subject to specific controls defined in the sectoral legislation, this Regulation should lay down controls for spirit drinks and agricultural products only. _________________ 30 OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) The procedures for registration, amendment and cancellation of geographical indications, including the scrutiny and the opposition procedure, should be carried out in the most efficient way. This can be achieved by using the assistance for the scrutiny of the applications provided by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). While a partial outsourcing to EUIPO has been considered, the Commission would remain responsible for registration, amendment and cancellation, due to a strong relation with the Common Agricultural Policy and to the expertise needed to ensure that specificities of wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products are adequately assessed.deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 191 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
(55) PSome provisions concerning geographical indications in Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, concerning the wine sector, and (EU) 2019/787, concerning the spirit drinks sector, need to be amended in order to align them to the common rules on registration, amendment, opposition, cancellation, protection and controls of the geographical indications set out in this Regulation. In particular for wine, additional changes are needed to the definition of protected geographical indications in line with the Trade Related Agreement on Intellectual Property. For reasons of consistency with this Regulation, the provision on the tasks of the EUIPO laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 should also be amended. _________________ 33 Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (OJ L 154, 16.6.2017, p. 1).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 195 #

2022/0089(COD)

(56) In order to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining sustainability standards and laying down criteria for the recognition of existing sustainability standards; clarifying or adding items to be supplied as part of accompanying information; entrusting the EUIPO with the tasks related to scrutiny for opposition and the opposition procedure, operation of the register, publication of standard amendments to a product specification, consultation in the context of cancellation procedure, establishment and management of an alert system informing applicants about the availability of their geographical indication as a domain name, scrutiny of third country geographical indications other than geographical indications under the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications34 , proposed for protection pursuant to international negotiations or international agreements; establishing appropriate criteria for monitoring performance of the EUIPO in the execution of the tasks entrusted to it; laying down additional rules on the use of geographical indications to identify ingredients in processed products; laying down additional rules for determining the generic status of termsthe establishment and management of an alert system informing applicants about the availability of their geographical indication as a domain name; establishing appropriate criteria for monitoring performance of the EUIPO in the execution of the tasks entrusted to it; establishing the restrictions and derogations with regard to the sourcing of feed in the case of a designation of origin; establishing restrictions and derogations with regard to the slaughtering of live animals or with regard to the sourcing of raw materials; laying down rules for determining the use of the denomination of a plant variety or of an animal breed; laying down rules which limit the information contained in the product specification for geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down further details of the eligibility criteria for traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down additional rules to provide for appropriate certification and accreditation procedures to apply in respect of product certification bodies; laying down additional rules to further detail protection of traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down for traditional specialities guaranteed additional rules for determining the generic status of terms, conditions for use of plant variety and animal breed denominations, and relation to intellectual property rights; defining additional rules for joint applications concerning more than one national territory and complementing the rules of the application process for traditional specialities guaranteed guaranteed; complementing the rules for the opposition procedure for traditional specialities guaranteed to establish detailed procedures and deadlines; supplementing the rules regarding the amendment application process for traditional specialities guaranteed; supplementing the rules regarding the cancellation process for traditional specialities guaranteed; laying down detailed rules relating to the criteria for optional quality terms; reserving an additional optional quality term, laying down its conditions of use; laying down derogations to the use of the term ‘mountain product’ and establishing the methods of production, and other criteria relevant for the application of that optional quality term, in particular, laying down the conditions under which raw materials or feedstuffs are permitted to come from outside the mountain areas. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making35 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 34 https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/detai ls.jsp?id=3983 35 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation lays down the rules on the following quality schemes:
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 207 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and, agricultural products and foodstuffs.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 222 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘producer group’ means any association, irrespective of its legal form, mainly composed of producers or processors of the same product;
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 232 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) For the purposes of Chapter I of Title III, ‘traditional’ and ‘tradition’, associated with a product originating in a geographical area, means proven historical usage by producers in a community for a period that allows transmission between generations; this period is to be at least 30 years and the said usage may embrace modifications necessitated by changing hygiene and safety practices;
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 242 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘product certification bodies’ means delegated bodies within the meaning of Title II, Chapter III, of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 which certify that products designated by geographical indications or traditional specialities guaranteed comply with the product specification.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 244 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) ‘quality schemes’ means the schemes established under Titles II, III and IV;
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 260 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) fair competition for producers in the marketing chainfarmers and producers of agricultural products and foodstuffs having value-adding characteristics and attributes;
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 272 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The measures set out in this Title are intended to support agricultural and processing activities and the farming systems associated with high quality products, thereby contributing to rural development.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 273 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. This Title covers wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, including foodstuffs and fishery and aquaculture products, listed under Chapters 1 to 23 of the combined nomenclature set outtended for human consumption listed in Annex I to the Treaty and other agricultural products and foodstuffs listed in Annex I to Councilthis Regulation (EEC) No 2658/8743 , and the additional agricultural products under. In order to take into account international commitments or new production methods or material, the cCombined nomenclature headings and codemission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 84, supplementing the list of products set out in Annex I to this Regulation. _________________ 43 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1)Such products shall be closely linked to agricultural products or to the rural economy.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 280 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. This Title covers wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, including foodstuffs and fishery and aquaculture products, listed under Chapters 1 to 23 of the combined nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/8743 , and the additional agricultural products under the combined nomenclature headings and codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation. _________________ 43 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 281 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
1. geographical indications shall be classified according to the combined nomenclature at two, four or six digit level. Where a geographical indication covers products of more than one category, each entry shall be specified. Product classification shall only be used for registration, statistical and record keeping purposes. The said classification shall not be used to determine comparable products for the purposes of protection against direct and indirect commercial use referred to in Article 27(1), point (a). 2. implementing acts defining the technical presentation of, and online access to, the classification referred to in paragraph 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 53(2)Article 6 deleted Classification Products designated by The Commission may adopt
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘wine’ means the products referred to in Part II, points 1, 3 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 15 and 16 of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 294 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘recognised producer group’ means a formal association having legal personality and recognised by the competent national authorities as the sole group to act on behalf of all producers;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 299 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Applications for the registration of geographical indications may only be submitted by a producer group of a product ('applicant producer group'), the name of which is proposed for registration. Regional or localOther interested parties and public bodies may help in the preparation of the application and in the related procedure.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 306 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the person concerned is the only producer willing to submit anof that product at the time of the application for the registration of a geographical indication; and
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 308 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the geographical area concerned is defined by a natural features without reference to property boundariesenvironment and has characteristics which differ appreciably from those of neighbouring areas or the characteristics of the product are different from those produced in neighbouring areas.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 317 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. As part of the scrutiny referred to in paragraph (3), the Member State shall conduct a national opposition procedure. The national opposition procedure shall ensure publication of the application for registrationproduct specification provided for in Article 11 and provide for a period of at least 2 months from the date of publication within which any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest and established or resident on the territory of the Member State in which the product concerned originates may lodge an opposition to the application for registration with that Member State.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 318 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7
7. The Member State shall ensure that its decision, be it favourable or not, is made public and that any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest has an opportunity to lodge an appeal. The Member State shall also ensure that the product specification on which its favourable decision is based is published, and shall provide electronic access to the product specification.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 325 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Article 94 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for wine;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 330 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A producer group may agree on sustainability undertakings to be adhered to in the production of the product designated by a geographical indication. Such undertakings shall aim to apply a sustainability standard higher than mandated by Union or national law and go beyond good practice in significant respects in terms of social, environmental or economic undertakings. Such undertakings shall be specific, shall take account of existing sustainable practices employed for products designated by geographical indications, and may refer to existing sustainability schemes.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 336 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. ‘‘Sustainability undertaking’ means an undertaking which aims to contribute to one or more of the following environmental, food safety and animal welfare objectives, and economic and sociocultural objectives: 1. Environmental, food safety and animal welfare objectives, including among others: – climate change mitigation and adaptation, including energy efficiency and decrease water consumption; – preservation and sustainable use of soil, landscapes and natural resources; – preservation of biocultural diversity and plants varieties; – reduction of pesticides; – reduction of methane emissions; – reduction of animal housing density; – reduction of antimicrobials; – transition to a circular economy. 2. Economic objectives, including among others: – to contribute to viable GI producers’ income and resilience; – to improve the economic value of GI products and redistribution of added value; – to contribute to the diversification of the rural economy; – to preserve the rural fabric and local development, including agricultural employment. 3. Sociocultural objectives, including among others: – to attract and sustain young geographical indications and new producers and facilitate inter- generational transmission of knowhow and culture; – to contribute to the valorisation of rural identity as well as cultural and gastronomic heritage; – to promote education on quality system, food safety and balanced and diversified diets; – to improve coordination between producers through improved efficiency of the governance instruments.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 339 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The sustainability undertakings referred to in paragraph (1a) shallmay be included in the product specification or developed in separate initiatives.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 359 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the document summarising the product specification referred to in Article 94 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for wine;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 364 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) Article 116a of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards wine;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 379 #

2022/0089(COD)

1. The Commission shall scrutinise any application for registration that it receives pursuant to Article 16(1). Such scrutiny shall consist of a check that there are no manifest errors, and that the information provided in accordance with Article 15 is complete and that the single document referred to in Article 13 is precise and technical in nature. It shall take into account the outcome of the national procedure carried out by the Member State concerned. It shall focus in particular on the single document referred to in Article 13.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 389 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Where, based on the scrutiny carried out pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission considers that the conditions laid down in this Regulation and in Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) 2019/787, as appropriate, are fulfilled, it shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union the single document and the reference to the publication of the product specification.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 399 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Commission shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the deadline to perform the scrutiny referred to in Article 17(2) and toshall inform the applicant of the reasons for the delay where it receives a communication from a Member State, concerning an application for registration in accordance with Article 9(6), which:
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 413 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. An opposition shall claim that the application could infringe the conditions laid down in this Regulation, or Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 or (EU) 2019/787, as appropriate, and give reasons. An opposition that does not contain the said claim shall be void.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 415 #

2022/0089(COD)

4. The Commission shall checkonduct the examination of the admissibility of the opposition. If the Commission considers that the opposition is admissible, it shall, within 5 months from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union invite the authority or the person that lodged the opposition and the authority or the applicant producer group that lodged the application to engage in appropriate consultations for a reasonable period that shall not exceed 3 months. At any time during that period, the Commission may, at the request of the authority or the applicant producer group, extend the deadline for the consultations by a maximum of 3 months.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 421 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. The authority or the person that lodged the opposition and the authority or applicant producer group that lodged the application shall start appropriate consultations without undue delay. They shall provide each other with the relevant information to assess whether the application for registration complies with this Regulation, or Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 or (EU) 2019/787, as appropriate.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 423 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 9
9. After completion of the opposition procedure, the Commission shall finalise its assessment of the Union application for registration, taking into account any request for transitional periods, the outcome of the opposition procedure, any notice of comments received and any other matters arising subsequently to its scrutiny that may imply a change of the single document.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 435 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the proposed geographical indication does not comply with the definition of the geographical indication or with the requirements referred to in this Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2019/787 as the case may be;
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 440 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Commission may adopt implementing acts extending the transitional period granted under paragraph (1) up to 15 years, or allowing continued use for up to 15 years, provided it is additionally shown that:
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 447 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall retain documentation related to the registration of a geographical indication in digital or paper form for the period of validity of the geographical indication, and in case of cancellation. In case of cancellation, the documentation is retained for 10 years thereafter.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 455 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. Where a producer group has been recognised by the national authorities or a third country competent authority in accordance with Article 33, that group shall be identified as the rights' holdmanager of the geographical indication in the Union register of geographical indications and in the official extract referred to in paragraph (1).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 498 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 84 supplementing this Regulation by rules entrusting EUIPO with the tasks set out in paragraph (5).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 518 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph (1), point (b), the evocation of a geographical indication shall arise, in particular, where a term, sign, or other labelling or packaging device presents a direct and clear link with the product covered by the registered geographical indication in the mind of the reasonably circumspect consumer, thereby exploiting, weakening, diluting or being detrimental to the reputation of the registered name.deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 543 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
[...]deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 564 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 a (new)
Article 32a Producer groups. 1. A producer group, having legal personality under the national law concerned, shall be set up on the initiative of interested producers as specified by the national authorities. 2. Without prejudice of the powers and responsibilities of the Member States, a producer group may exercise in particular the following powers and responsibilities: (a) develop and amend the product specifications and manage, if necessary, the own controls that ensure compliance of production steps of the product designated by the geographical indication with said specifications. (b) take measures to enhance the value of products and, when necessary, take steps to prevent or counter any measures which are, or risk being detrimental to the image of those geographical indications, including: (i) filing applications for actions with custom authorities; (ii) taking legal action to ensure protection of the geographical indication and of the intellectual property rights that are directly connected with it; (iii) liaise with intellectual property enforcement and anti-counterfeit bodies and participate in intellectual property enforcement networks; (c) agree sustainability undertakings, whether or not included in the product specification or as a separate initiative, including arrangements for verification of compliance with those undertakings and assuring adequate publicity for them notably in an information system provided by the Commission; (d) provide producers with advice, training, tools to measure sustainability indicators, and establish best practice guidelines.(e)take action to improve the performance of the geographical indication, including: (i) development, organisation and implementation of collective marketing and advertising campaigns; (ii) dissemination of information and promotion activities aiming at communicating the attributes of the product designated by a geographical indication to consumers; (iii) carrying out analyses of the economic performance, sustainability of production, nutritional profile, and organoleptic profile, of the product designated by the geographical indication; (iv) dissemination of information on the geographical indication and the relevant Union symbol; and (v) providing advice and training to current and future producers that may be of interest to them in relation to their production, scientific-technical advances, digitalization, market trends and even on gender mainstreaming and equality. (f) combat counterfeiting and suspected fraudulent uses on the internal market of a geographical indication designating products that are not in compliance with the product specifications, by monitoring the use of the geographical indication across the internal market and on third countries markets where the geographical indications are protected, including on the internet, and, as necessary, inform enforcement authorities using confidential systems available; 2. If there is no producer group as referred to in paragraph 2, the competent Authorities of the Member State of origin may exercise the same powers and responsibilities, in line with the national legislation concerned. 3. Member States may recognize a producer group, as referred to in paragraph 1, as the sole representative of all the producers of the geographical indication. The recognized producer group may be the producer group that filed the application or the one created to manage it. Member States shall verify that the recognized producer group operates in a transparent and democratic manner and that all producers of the product designated by the geographical indication enjoy right of membership in the group. Producer groups which, at the entry into force of this Regulation, have already been recognized by the Member State on the basis of the national rules in force, shall be deemed to be already recognized.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 565 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
[...]deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 585 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33a Associations of producer groups 1. An association of producer groups may be set up on the initiative of interested producer groups. 2. An association of producer groups may exercise in particular the following functions: (a) participating in consultative bodies; (b) exchanging information with public authorities on geographical indication policy-related topics; (c) making recommendations to improve the development of geographical indication policies, in particular with regard to sustainability, the fight against fraud and counterfeiting, the creation of value among operators, competition rules and rural development; (d) promoting and disseminating best practices among producers on geographical indication policies; (e) take part to promotional activities as defined by Regulation (EU) 1144/2014.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 588 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Country-code tTop-level domain names registries establishedoperating in the Union may,shall, ex officio or upon the request of a natural or legal person having a legitimate interest or rights, revoke or transfer a domain name registered under such country-code top- level domain to the recognised producer group of the products with the geographical indication concerned, or to the Member State where the geographical indication in question originates, following an appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedure or judicial procedure, if such domain name has been registered by its holder without rights or legitimate interest in the geographical indication or if it has been registered or is being used in bad faith and its use contravenes Article 27.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 591 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Country-code tTop-level domain name registries established in the Union shall ensure that any alternative dispute resolution procedure established to solve disputes relating to the registration of domain names referred to in paragraph (1), shall recognise geographical indications as rights that may prevent a domain name from being registered or used in bad faith.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 593 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 84 supplementing this Regulation by provisions entrusting EUIPO to establish and manage a domain name information and alert system that would provide the applicantproducer group and the Member State from which the Union application for registration was submitted, upon the submission of an application for a geographical indication, with information about the availability of the geographical indication as a domain name and, on optional basis, the registration of a domain name identical to their geographical indication. EUIPO may be empowered to monitor registration of domain names in the EU that may conflict with the names in the Register. That delegated act shall also include the obligation fora collaboration between registries of country-code top-level domain names, established in the Union, to provide operating in the EU with EUIPO, with a view to obtaining the relevant information and data.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 639 #

2022/0089(COD)

5. Where, in accordance with the product specification, a production and/or a bottling or packaging step is carried out by one or more producers in a country other than the country of the origin of the geographical indication, provisions for verification of compliance of those producers shall be set out in the product specification. If the relevant production and/or bottling or packaging step takes place in the Union, the producers shall be notified to the competent authorities of the Member State where the production and/or bottling or packaging step takes place and be subject to verification as a producer of the product designated by the geographical indication.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 647 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) European standard ISO/IEC 17065:2012 ‘Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services, includingor European standard ISO/IEC 17020:2012 ‘Conformity assessment — Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection’; or
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 649 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) other suitable, internationally recognised standards, including any revisions or amended versions of the European standards referred to in point (a).deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 650 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. Accreditation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be performed by an national accreditation body recogniszed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, that is a member of European Accreditation, or by an accreditation body outside the Union that is a member of International Accreditation Forum. signatory of the applicable multilateral recognition arrangement of European Accreditation for the concerned certification activities, or by an accreditation body outside the Union that is signatory of the applicable multilateral recognition arrangement of International Accreditation Forum for the concerned certification activities.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 658 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – title
45 Certificates of authorisation to producecompliance with specifications
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 659 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1
1. A producer whose product, following the verification of compliance referred to in Article 39 is found to comply with the product specification of a geographical indication protected in accordance with this Regulation shall be entitled to an official certificate, or other proof of certification, including its inscription on the list of producers provided for in Article 39 (1), of eligibility to produce the product designated by the geographical indication concerned in respect of the production steps performed by the said producer.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 673 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the extent of integration of agricultural factors in the scrutiny process;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 678 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) quality of assessments;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 681 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) coherence of assessments of geographical indications from different sources;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 686 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 3
3. The following agricultural products are excluded from being the subject of a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication: (a) products that by their nature cannot be traded within the internal market and can only be consumed in or near their place of manufacture, such as restaurants; (b) products that, without prejudice to the rules referred to in Article 5(2), are contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality and may not be placed on the internal market.deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 702 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the name to be protected as a designation of origin or protected geographical indication, which may be either a geographical name of the place of production of a specific product, or a nameis used in trade or in common language to describe the specific product in the defined geographical area;
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 703 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) a description of the method of obtaining the product and, where appropriate, the traditionauthentic and unvarying local methods and specific practices used; as well as information concerning packaging, if the applicant group so determines and gives sufficient product- specific justification as to why the packaging must take place in the defined geographical area to safeguard quality, to ensure the origin or to ensure control, taking into account Union law, in particular that on the free movement of goods and the free provision of services;
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 737 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 93 – paragraph 1 – point b
(1) in Article 93(1), point (b) is replaced by the following (b) name, including a traditionally used name, which identifies a product referred to in Article 92(1): (i) or other characteristics are attributable to its geographical origin; (ii) region or country; (iii) grapes used for its producdeleted “geographical indication” means a whose specific quality, reputation as originating exclusively from that geographical area; (iv) place in that geographical area; and (v) varieties belonging to Vitis vinifera or a cross between the Vitis vinifera species and other species of the genus Vitis.;in a specific place, as having at least 85 % of the the production of which takes which is obtained from vine
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 746 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94
(2) [...]deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 755 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94 a (new)
(2a) Article 94a is inserted as follows: Sustainable undertakings 1. A producer group may agree on sustainability undertakings to be adhered to in the production of the product designated by a geographical indication. Such undertakings shall aim to apply a sustainability standard higher than mandated by Union or national law. They shall be specific, shall take account of existing sustainable practices employed for products designated by geographical indications, and may refer to existing sustainability schemes. ‘‘Sustainability undertaking’ means an undertaking which aims to contribute to one or more of the following environmental, economic and sociocultural objectives: a) Environmental and food safety objectives, including among others: - climate change mitigation and adaptation, including energy efficiency and decrease water consumption; - preservation and sustainable use of soil, landscapes and natural resources; - preservation of biocultural diversity and plants varieties; - reduction of pesticides; - transition to a circular economy. 2. Economic objectives, including among others: - to contribute to viable GI producers’ income and resilience; - to improve the economic value of GI products and redistribution of added value; - to contribute to the diversification of the rural economy; - to preserve the rural fabric and local development, including agricultural employment. 3. Sociocultural objectives, including among others: - to attract and sustain young designation of origin and/or geographical origin producers and new designation of origin and/or geographical origin producers and facilitate inter-generational transmission of knowhow and culture; - to contribute to the valorisation of rural identity as well as cultural and gastronomic heritage; - to promote education on quality system, food safety and balanced and diversified diets; - to improve coordination between producers through improved efficiency of the governance instruments. 4. The sustainability undertakings referred to in paragraph (2) may be included in the product specification, or in separate initiatives. 5. The sustainability undertakings referred to in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to requirements for compliance with hygiene, safety standards and competition rules.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 759 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) Articles 95 to 99, Articles 101 to 106 and Article 107 are deleted.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 764 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent ii
(3a) Article 103, paragraph 2, point a, indent (ii) is replaced with the following: (ii) in so far as such use exploits, weakens or, dilutes or is detrimental to the reputation of a designation of origin or a geographical indication;
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 765 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 2 – point c
(3b) Article 103 paragraph 2 point c is replaced by the following: (c) any other false or misleading indication as to the provenance, origin, nature or essential qualities of the product that is used, on the inner or outer packaging, advertising material or , documents or information provided on websites or on domain names relating to the wine product concerned, as well as the packing of the product in a container liable to convey a false impression as to its origin;
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 768 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(3c) In Article 103 the following paragraph is added: 2a. Paragraph 2 shall also apply to a domain name containing or consisting of the registered geographical indication.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 771 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(3d) In Article 103, the following paragraph is added: 4a. The name of a designation of origin or a geographical indication used by an operator to indicate that the product has been aged in casks, barrels or other containers where a designation of origin or a geographical indication was originally aged shall be subject to the existence of authorisation and control provisions to allow the producer group to ensure a fair use of the name.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 773 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 4 b (new)
(3e) In Article 103 the following paragraph is added: 4b. The group of producers or any operator that is entitled to use the designation of origin or geographical indication shall been entitled to prevent all third parties from bringing goods, in the course of trade, into the Union without being released for free circulation there, where such goods, including packaging, come from third countries and are in breach of paragraph (2).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 774 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 f (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 103 – paragraph 4 c (new)
(3f) In Article 103, the following paragraph 4c is added: 4c. Each Member States shall take appropriate administrative and judicial steps to prevent or stop the unlawful use of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications, as referred to in paragraph 1,that are produced or marketed in that Member State. To that end Member States shall designate the authorities that are responsible for taking these steps in accordance with procedures determined by each individual Member State.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 777 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 g (new)
(3g) The following Article 103a is added: Article 103a Ingredients in processed products 1. The name of a designation of origin or geographical indication used as an ingredient in a processed product may be referred to in the list of ingredients, provided that such use is made in accordance with honest commercial practices and does not weaken, dilute or is not detrimental to the reputation of the designation of origin or geographical indication. 2. The name of a designation of origin or a geographical indication used as an ingredient may be used in the food name, labelling or packaging device of a processed product subject to the existence of authorisation and control provisions to allow the producer group to ensure a fair use of the GI name. 3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the use of a designation of origin or geographical indication to identify products aged in casks, barrels or containers.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 778 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 h (new)
(3h) The following Article 103b is added: Protection in domain names: 1. Top-level domain names registries operating in the Union shall, ex officio or upon the request of a natural or legal person, having a legitimate interest or rights, revoke or transfer a domain name registered under such top-level domain to the recognised producer group of the products with the geographical indication concerned, or to the Member State where the geographical indication in question originates, following an appropriate alternative dispute resolution procedure or judicial procedure, if such domain name has been registered by its holder without rights or legitimate interest in the geographical indication or if it has been registered or is being used in bad faith and its use contravenes Article 103.. 2. Top-level domain name registries established in the Union shall ensure that any alternative dispute resolution procedure established to solve disputes relating to the registration of domain names referred to in paragraph (1), shall recognise geographical indications as rights that may prevent a domain name from being registered or used in bad faith. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall apply to core platform services provided or offered by registries to business users established in the Union or to end-users established or located in the Union, irrespective of the place of establishment or residence of the registries and irrespective of the law otherwise applicable to the provision or offer of services, in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2022/ ... [DMA]. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts supplementing this Regulation by provisions entrusting EUIPO to establish and manage a domain name information and alert system that would provide producer group and the Member State from which the Union application for registration was submitted, upon the submission of an application for a geographical indication, with information about the availability of the geographical indication as a domain name and, on optional basis, the registration of a domain name identical to their geographical indication. EUIPO may be empowered to monitor registration of domain names in the EU that may conflict with the names in the Register. That delegated act shall also include a collaboration between registries of top- level domain names operating in the EU with EUIPO, with a view to obtaining the relevant information and data.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 786 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 j (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
(3j) In Article 105, the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 should be modified as follows: 2. Amendments to a product specification shall be classified into two categories: (a) Union amendments, requiring an objection procedure at Union level; and (b) standard amendments to be dealt with at Member State or third country level.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 787 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 k (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
(3k) In Article 105, second subparagraph of paragraph 2 should be modified as follows: For the purposes of this Regulation, an amendment shall be a Union amendment if it entails a change of the single document and:
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 788 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 l (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 105 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
(3l) In Article 105, paragraph 2, fourth subparagraph should be modified as follows: ‘Temporary amendment’ means a standard amendment concerning a temporary change in the product specification resulting from the imposition of obligatory sanitary and phytosanitary measures by the public authorities or linked to the consequences of natural disasters or adverse weather conditions or the consequences of an exceptional geopolitical event formally recognised by the competent authorities.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 789 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3 m (new)
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 105 – paragraph 3 – subparagraphs 1 and 2
(3m) In Article 105, paragraph 3, the first and second subparagraphs should be modified as follows: 3. Union amendments shall be scrutinised and approved by the Commission. The approval procedure shall follow the procedure laid down in Article 94 and Articles 96 to 99, mutatis mutandis. Applications for approval of Union amendments submitted by third countries or by third country producer groups, or in exceptional and duly justified cases, an individual producer in a third country, shall contain proof that the requested amendment complies with the laws on the protection of designations of origin or geographical indications in force in that third country.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 802 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 12(4), Article 14(2), Article 15(6), Article 17(5), Article 19(10), Article 23(7), Article 25(10), Article 26(6), Article 28(3), Article 29(3), Article 34(3), Article 46(1), Article 464(2), Article 19 (10), Article 23(7), Article 34 (3), Article 47(1), Article 48(6), Article 48(7), Article 49(4), Article 51(3), Article 55(5), Article 56(2), Article 73 (10), Article 69(4), Article 70(2), Article 58(3), Article 62(10), Article 67(3), Article 68(6), Article 76(4), Article 77(1), Article 78(3), Article 78(4), shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 7 years from [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 9 months before the end of the seven-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 3 months before the end of each period.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Directive is to provide a comprehensive framework to effectively combat violence against women and domestic violence throughout the Union. It does so by strengthening and introducing measures in the following areas: the definition of relevant criminal offences and penalties, the protection of victims and access to justice, victim support, prevention, coordination and cooperation at national and EU-level by ensuring a multi-agency and multi- disciplinary approach and enhanced data collection on violence against women and domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 213 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Gender-based violence is a serious obstacle to the participation of women and girls and other victims in in all spheres of private and public life and make them unable to fully enjoy their rights and fundamental freedoms.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 215 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Violence against women and domestic violence violate fundamental rights such as the right to human dignity, the right to life and integrity of the person, the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the right to respect for private and family life, personal data protectionthe right to liberty and security, personal data protection, the right to freedom from discrimination, including on the grounds of sex, and the rights of the child, as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 217 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The possibility to have a common EU framework gender-based violence and protecting its victims is currently limited due to the available legal basis. In order to finally have a comprehensive EU framework for fighting against all forms of gender-based violence and properly protecting victims, it is imperative to urgently extend the areas of crime in accordance with Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU to include gender-based violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 218 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (‘Istanbul Convention’) is the first legally binding international instrument on preventing and combating violence against women and girls at international level. Although six Member States - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia - have not ratified the Convention, the European Court of Justice clarified in its Opinion of 6 October 2021 that the Council may not make finding a 'common accord' a prerequisite for the decision on accession to the Convention by the EU, which should be made based on a qualified majority. The Council should therefore abide by the ruling of the Court and ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible by qualified majority.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 220 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) This Directive should apply to criminal conduct which amounts to violence against women or domestic violence, as criminalised under Union or national law. This includes the criminal offences defined in this Directive, namely rape, female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation, forced prostitution, the non- consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material, cyber stalking, cyber harassment, cyber incitement to violence or hatred and criminal conduct covered by other Union instruments, in particular Directives 2011/36/EU36 and 2011/93/EU37 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which define criminal offences concerning the sexual exploitation of children and trafficking of human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Lastly, certain criminal offences under national law fall under the definition of violence against women. This includes crimes such as femicide, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, stalking, early and forced marriage, forced abortion, forced sterilisation , so-called “honour crimes”, and different forms of cyber violence, such as online sexual harassment, cyber bullying or the unsolicited receipt of sexually explicit material material, as well as the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights, including the right to safe and legal abortion. Domestic violence is a form of violence which may be specifically criminalised under national law or covered by criminal offences which are committed within the family or domestic unit or between former or current spouses or partners. _________________ 36 Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1–11. 37 Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA, OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p. 1– 14.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 230 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including safe and legal abortion care, constitute a fundamental right. Criminalising, delaying and denying access to SRHR constitutes a form of violence against women and girls. These restrictions and bans do not reduce the number of abortions, but only force people to travel long distances or to resort to unsafe abortions and affect the people who are most lacking in resources and information. Despite general progress in SRHR protection, backsliding on the right to access safe and legal abortion is currently a grave concern, including in some Member States, such as Poland, Slovakia, Hungary. Therefore, to protect fundamental rights, the right to safe and legal abortion should be included in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, as already called for by the European Parliament.1a _________________ 1a European Parliament’s resolution of 7th July 2022 on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and women’s health in the EU
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 239 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) The measures under this Directive have been designed to address the specific needs of women and girls, given that they are disproportionately affected by the forms of violence covered under this Directive, namely violence against women and domestic violence. This Directive, however, acknowledges that other persons may also fall victim to these forms of violence and should benefit from the measures provided for therein without discrimination on account of any ground. Therefore, the term ‘victim’ should refer to all persons, regardless of their sex or gender.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 247 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Due to their vulnerability, children who witness violence against women or domestic violence suffer a direct emotional, the so called “witness violence”, and psychological harm, which impacts their development. Therefore, such children should always be considered victims and benefit from targeted protection measures.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 251 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Special attention should also be paid to children orphans due to violence against women and domestic violence, as they are faced by a situation of special vulnerability, with the psychological and emotional impact that this entails. These children must have targeted protection measures and support, particularly during relevant criminal and civil proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 262 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Violence against women is a violation of human rights and a persisting manifestation of structural discrimination against women, resulting from historically unequal power relations between women and men. It is a form of gender-based violence, which is inflicted primarily on women and girls, by men. It is rooted in the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men, generally referred to under the term ‘gender’.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 263 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Violence against women is a persisting manifestation of structural discrimination against women in all their diversity, resulting from historically unequal power relations between women and men. It is a form of gender-based violence, which is inflicted primarily on women and girls, by men. It is rooted in the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men, generally referred to under the term ‘gender’.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 269 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Domestic violence is a serious social problem which often remains hidden. It can lead to serious psychological and physical trauma with severe consequences because the offender typically is a person known to the victims, whom they would expect to be able to trust. Such violence can take on various forms, including physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, and economic and can occur within a range of relationships. Victims of domestic violence include not only partners, but also children or other relatives. Domestic violence may occur whether or not the offender shares or has shared a household with the victim.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 282 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) This Directive supports the international commitments the Member States have undertaken to combat and prevent violence against women and domestic violence, in particular the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)39 and, where relevant, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’)40 and the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work, signed on 21 June 2019 in Geneva, as well as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). _________________ 39 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), UNGA, 1979. 40 Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),Council of Europe, 2011.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 288 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Violence against women and domestic violence can be exacerbated where it intersects with discrimination based on sex and other grounds of discrimination prohibited by Union law, namely nationality, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics. Member States should therefore pay due regard to victims affected by such intersectional discrimination and violence, through providing specific measures where intersecting forms of discrimination are present. In particular, lesbian, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LBTIQ) women, women with disabilities and women with a minority racial or ethnic background are at a heightened risk of experiencing gender- based violence and domestic violence. For example, acts of gender-based violence which seek to punish victims for their sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or sex characteristics such as so- called “corrective rape”, should be given particular attention.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 292 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Violence against women and domestic violence can be exacerbated where it intersects with discrimination based on sex and other grounds of discrimination prohibited by Union law, namely nationality, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation. Member States should therefore pay due regard to victims affected by such intersectional discrimination, through providing specific measures where intersecting forms of discrimination are present. In particular, lesbian, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LBTIQ) women, women with disabilities, women with dependent residence status or permit, and women with a minority racial or ethnic background are at a heightened risk of experiencing gender- based violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 296 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Violence against women and domestic violence can be exacerbated where it intersects with discrimination based on sexgender and other grounds of discrimination prohibited by Union law, namely nationality, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation. Member States should therefore pay due regard to victims affected by such intersectional discrimination, through providing specific measures where intersecting forms of discrimination are present. In particular, lesbian, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LBTIQ) women, women with disabilities and women with a minority racial or ethnic background are at a heightened risk of experiencing gender- based violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 308 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) Rape is one of the most serious offences breaching a person’s sexual integrity and is a crime that disproportionately affects women. It entails a power imbalance between the offender and the victim, which allows the offender to sexually exploit the victim for purposes such as personal gratification, asserting domination, gaining social recognition, advancement or possibly financial gain or punishment for the victim's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (so- called "corrective rape"). Many Member States still require the use of force, threats or coercion for the crime of rape. Other Member States solely rely on the condition that the victim has not consented to the sexual act. Only the latter approach achieves the full protection of the sexual integrity of victims. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure equal protection throughout the Union by providing the constitutive elements of the crime of rape of women. .
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 330 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) With regard to offences amounting to rape, offenders who have been previously convicted of offences of the same nature should be obliged to participate in intervention programmes toOffenders convicted of offences of violence against women and domestic violence should be obliged to participate in intervention programmes to help them understand and recognise their responsibility, change their harmful attitudes and behaviours as well as to adopt non-violent behaviour in interpersonal relationships and thus mitigate the risk of recidivism.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 344 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Forced sterilisation is another form of violence against women and a gross violation of human and fundamental rights, such as the rights to dignity, physical integrity, privacy and free and informed consent. It is a harmful and exploitative practice that removes the capacity of sexual reproduction of the victims and that is performed for the purpose of exerting social control over the victims. Roma women and girls, women and girls with disabilities and transgender people are particularly at risk of such violence, especially those with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, and living in institutions. To combat this long-lasting practice, which perpetuates discrimination, stereotypes, violence and control over the person’s body, forced sterilisation should be specifically addressed by criminal law. Currently, only 9 EU Member States explicitly criminalise forced sterilisation as a distinct offence in their criminal code and at least 13 EU Member States still allow some forms of forced sterilisation in their legislation.1a This points out the divergences and gaps in national legislation and therefore justifies the introduction of the offence of forced sterilisation in this Directive. Specific emphasis should be given to the prior and informed consent of the woman or girl to undergo such procedure, which should not be substituted by the consent of a legal guardian. _________________ 1a https://www.edf- feph.org/content/uploads/2022/09/EDF_F S_0909-accessible.pdf
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 345 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) In order to address the severe and long-lasting physical and psychological impairments of intersex genital mutilation performed on persons with variations of sex characteristics, also known as intersex persons, this offence should be specifically and adequately addressed in the criminal laws. Non-vital, non- consensual procedures and treatments performed on intersex children assigned female, such as labiaplasties, vaginoplasties, gonadectomies, clitoral “recession” and other forms of clitoral cutting or removal, are specifically based on sexist and misogynistic beliefs aimed at exerting control over intersex girls’ and women’s physical appearance and sexuality. The term "capacity to provide consent" shall be interpreted as the ability to understand the facts, assess the risks and benefits and balance the short- and long-term consequences of the possible choices and make a decision. Member States shall ensure that a minor is deemed capable of providing consent only if all the elements above are assessed to be in place. The term "hormonal treatments" shall be understood as any non- consensual treatments aimed at altering the sex characteristics of the person; it excludes consensual gender affirming hormonal treatments or access to hormone blockers.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 360 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) It is necessary to provide for harmonised definitions of offences and penalties regarding certain forms of cyber violence. Cyber violence particularly targets and impacts women politicians, journalists and human rights defenders, as well as persons who are part of marginalised communities. It can have the effect of silencing women and hindering their societal participation on an equal footing with men. Cyber violence also disproportionately affects women and girls in educational settings, such as schools and universities, with detrimental consequences to their further education and to their mental health, which may, in extreme cases, lead to suicide. Women and girls exposed to discrimination and violence on the basis of a combination of their sex or gender and other grounds are disproportionately affected by cyber violence, including cyber harassment or cyber incitement to violence or hatred.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 361 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) It is necessary to provide for harmonised definitions of offences and penalties regarding certainall forms of cyber violence. Cyber violence particularly targets and impacts women and girls, LGBTIQ people, politicians, journalists and human rights defenders. It can have the effect of silencing women and hindering their societal participation on an equal footing with men. Cyber violence also disproportionately affects women and girls in educational settings, such as schools and universities, with detrimental consequences to their further education and to their mental health, which may, in extreme cases, lead to suicide. The investigation of offences related to cyber violence should therefore be carried out diligently to prevent inadequate investigation from effectively prosecuting such offences and increasing impunity.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 370 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) The use of information and communication technologies bears the risk of easy, fast and wide-spread amplification of certain forms of cyber violence with the effect of creating or enhancing profound and long-lasting harm for the victim. The potential for such amplification, which is a pre-requisite for the perpetration of several offences of cyber violence defined under this Directive, should be reflected by the element of making certain material accessible, through information and communication technologies, to a ‘multitude’ of end-users. The term ‘multitude’ should be understood as referring to reaching a significant number of end-users of the technologies in question, thus allowing for significant access to, and potential further distribution of that materialother end- users. That term should be interpreted and applied having regard to the relevant circumstances, including the technologies used to make that material accessible and the means these technologies offer for amplification.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 373 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) Especially due to its tendency for easy, swift and broad distribution and perpetration, as well as its intimate nature, the non-consensual making accessible of intimate images or videosterial and material that depict sexual activities, to a multitude ofof sexual nature to other end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, can be very harmful for the victims. The offence provided for in this Directive should cover all types of such material, such as images, photographs and videos, including sexualized images, audio clips and video clips. It should relate to situations where the making accessible of the material to a multitude ofother end-users, through information and communication technologies, occurs without the victim’s consent, irrespective of whether the victim consented to the generation of such material or may have transmitted it to a particular person. The offence should also include the non-consensual production or manipulation, for instance by image editing, of intimate material that makes it appear as though another person is engaged in sexual activitiesin it, insofar as the material is subsequently made accessible to a multitude ofother end-users, through information and communication technologies, without the consent of that person. Such production or manipulation should include the fabrication of ‘deepfakes’, where the material appreciably resembles an existing person, objects, places or other entities or events, depicting sexual activitiesintimate material or material of sexual nature of another person, and would falsely appear to others to be authentic or truthful. In the interest of effectively protecting victims of such conduct, threatening to engage in such conduct should be covered as well, regardless of the motives of the offender. Moreover, since the so-called “cyber-flashing” is a very common method of intimidating and silencing women, the non-consensual sending of intimate material, including images or videos of genitalia, of the sender or what appears to be the sender, to another person in private conversation, by means of information and communication technologies, should be also considered an offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 386 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) Minimum rules concerning the offence of cyber harassment should be laid down to counter initiating an attack with third parties or participating in such an attack directed at another person, by making threatening or insulting material accessible to a multitude ofother end- users. Such broad attacks, including coordinated online mob attacks, may morph into offline assault or cause significant psychological injury and in extreme cases lead to suicide of the victim. They often target prominent (female) politicians, journalists or otherwise well- known persons, but they can also occur in different contexts, for instance on campuses or in schools. Such online violence should be addressed especially where the attacks occur on a wide-scale, for example in the form of pile- on harassment by a significant amount of people. Moreover, repeated sending of threatening and insulting messages in private conversations is a very common form of violence against women, therefore it should also be covered, since such a conduct is still not properly addressed in some Member States. This should help advance the victims the access to justice.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 390 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) The increase in internet and social media usage has led to a sharp rise in public incitement to violence and hatred, including based on sex or gender, over the past years. The easy, fast and broad sharing of hate speech through the digital word is reinforced by the online disinhibition effect, as the presumed anonymity on the internet and sense of impunity reduce people’s inhibition to engage in such speech. Women are often the target of sexist and misogynous hate online, which can escalate into hate crime offlinOftentimes, perpetrators of such incitement online are public figures who, due to a presumed impunity, have the effect of legitimising and emboldening acts of violence offline. Women are often the target of sexist and misogynous hate online, which can escalate into hate crime offline. Children and youth can also be the target of violent cyber violence owing to personal characteristics such as disability, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex characteristics or other grounds which, if left unaddressed, may cause social exclusion, anxiety, inducement to inflict self-harm and, in extreme situations, suicide ideation, suicide attempts or actual suicide. This needs to be intercepted at an early stage. The language used in this type of incitement does not always directly refer to the sex or gender of the targeted person(s), but the biased motivation can be inferred from the overall content or context of the incitement.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 396 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) The offence of cyber incitement to violence or hatred presupposes that the incitement is not expressed in a purely private context, but publicly through the use of information and communication technologies. Therefore, it should require dissemination to the public, which should be understood as entailing the making accessible, through information and communications technologies, of a given item of material inciting to violence or hatred to a potentially unlimited number of persons, namely making the material easily accessible to users in general, without requiring further action by the person who provided the material, irrespective of whether those persons actually access the information in question. Accordingly, where access to the material requires registration or admittance to a group of users, that information should be considered to be disseminated to the public only where users seeking to access the material are automatically registered or admitted without a human decision or selection of whom to grant access. In assessing whether material qualifies as amounting to incitement to hatred or violence, the competent authorities should take into account the fundamental rights to freedom of expression as enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter as well as the criteria of the UN Rabat Plan for Action, especially, the social and political context of the message, status of the speaker, content and form of the speech act, intent, the likelihood of harm, including imminence. The assessment should be carried out on a case-by-case basis.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 400 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) According to an EU-wide FRA survey in 2014, 67% of women did not report partner violence to the police or any other organisation. Victims should be able to report crimes of violence against women or domestic violence easily without being subject to secondary or repeat victimisation, especially those with disabilities and living in institutions, including through the use of Braille and sign language. To this end, Member States should provide the possibility to submit complaints online or through other accessible and secure information and communication technologies for the reporting of such crimes. Victims of cyber violence should be able to upload materials relating to their report, such as screenshots of the alleged violent behaviour. Victims should have access to legal aid and assistance, free of charge and in a language they can understand, when reporting criminal offences and during judicial proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 411 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) In the case of domestic violence and violence against women, especially when committed by close family members or intimate partners, victims may be under such duress by the offender that they fear to reach out to the competent authorities, even if their lives are in danger. Therefore, Member States should ensure their confidentiality rules do not constitute an obstacle for relevant professionals, such as healthcare professionals, to report to the competent authorities, where they have reasonable grounds to believe that the life of the victim is at an imminent risk of serious physical harm. Similarly, instances of domestic violence or violence against women affecting children are often only intercepted by third parties noticing irregular behaviour or physical harm to the child. Children need to be effectively protected from suchall forms of violence and adequate measures promptly taken. Therefore, relevant professionals coming in contact with child victims or potential child victims, including healthcare or education professionals, should equally not be constrained by confidentiality and should act where they have reasonable grounds to believe that serious acts of violence under this Directive have been committed against the child or further serious acts are to be expected. Where professionals report such instances of violence, Member States should ensure that they are not held liable for breach of confidentiality.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 414 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) In order to tackle underreporting in the cases when the victim is a child, safe and child-friendly reporting procedures should be established. This can include questioning by competent authorities in simple and accessible language, paying special attention to child’s vulnerability.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 415 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) Delays in processing complaints of violence against women and domestic violence can bear particular risks to victims thereof, given that they might still be in immediate danger given that offenders might often be close family members or spouses. Therefore, treported offences of violence against women or domestic violence should be processed and transferred without delay to the competent authorities for prosecution and investigation. The competent authorities should have the sufficient specialised staff, expertise and effective investigative tools to investigate and prosecute such crimes without undue delay.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 423 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) Victims of domestic violence and violence against women are typically in need of immediate protection orand specific support, for example in the case of intimate partner violence, where the rate of recidivism tends to be high. Therefore, an individual assessment to identify the victim’s protection needs should be conducted upon the very first contact of competent authorities with the victim or as soon as suspicion arises that the person is a victim of violence against women or domestic violence. This can be done before a victim has formally reported an offence or proactively if a third party reports the offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 426 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) When assessing the victim’s protection and support needs, the primary concern should lie in safeguarding the victim’s safety as well as the safety of other potential victims, such as children and other dependants, and providing tailored support, taking into account, among other matters, the individual circumstances of the victim. Such circumstances requiring special attention could include the victim’s pregnancy or the victim’s dependence on or relationship to the offender, victim´s disability or disability of their dependants.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 430 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) When assessing the victim’s protection and support needs, the primary concern should lie in safeguarding the victim’s safety and providing tailored support, taking into account, among other matters, the individual circumstances of the victim, specific needs and vulnerability. Such circumstances requiring special attention could include the victim’s pregnancy or the victim’s dependence on or relationship to the offender.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 438 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) The individual assessment should be updated at regular intervals, especially in the case of changes in custody or rights of access, to ensure the protection measures relate to the victim’s current situation
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 450 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) Relevant authorities and specialised services should ensure the provision of coordinated protection and support measures.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 451 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32 b (new)
(32b) Ensuring the presence of specialised staff within Member States’ law enforcement authorities, prosecutors and judicial authorities is of great importance. The establishment of specialist courts or chambers and the designation of specialised prosecutors on violence against women and domestic violence should be encouraged as another option for Member States to ensure a holistic approach to combat these offences.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 453 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) Member States should take the necessary measures to ensure the availability of emergency barring, restraining and protection orders as well as the use of arrest and detention to ensure effective protection of victims and their dependants.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 460 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) PRestraining and protection orders may include prohibiting the offender or suspect to access certain localities; to approach the victim or dependant closer than a prescribed distance or to contact them, including through the use of online interfaces and to possess firearms or deadly weapons, where necessary.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 461 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Restraining and protection orders should be adopted whenever the situation of risk to the victim makes it advisable, regardless of whether the victim has filed a complaint. Member States should encourage the use of electronic monitoring to ensure the enforcement of restraining and protection orders.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 465 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) In order to safeguard the effectiveness of emergency barring, restraining and protection orders, breaches of such orders should be subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties. Those penalties can be of a criminal law or other legal nature and may include prison sentences, fines or any other legal penalty that is effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 472 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) Given the complexities and gravity of offences of violence against women and domestic violence and specific support needs of victims, Member States should ensure additional support and prevention of such offences is provided by designated specialised national bodies. Given their expertise in matters of discrimination on grounds of sex, national equality bodies, set up in accordance with Directives 2004/113/EC42 , 2006/54/EC43 and 2010/41/EU44 of the European Parliament and of the Council, arcould be well placed to fulfil these tasks. Such bodiespecialised national bodies or other specialised relevant actors should in addition have legal standing to act on behalf or in support of victims of all forms of violence against women or domestic violence in judicial proceedings, including for the application for compensation and removal of online illegal content, with the victims’ approval. This should include the possibility of acting on behalf or in support of several victims together. To enable these bodiespecialised national bodies or other specialised relevant actors to effectively carry out their tasks, Member States should ensure that they are provided with sufficient human and financial resources. _________________ 42 Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services, (OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37). 43 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), (OJ L204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). 44 Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the applicationof the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC, (OJ L 180, 15.7.2010, p. 1).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 482 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
(39) Certain offences covered by this Directive involve the increased risk of repeated, prolonged or even continuous victimisation. That risk occurs especially in relation to offences involving the making accessible to a multitude ofother end-users, through information and communication technologies, of material, resulting from certain offences of cyber violence, considering the ease and speed with which such material can be distributed on a large scale and the difficulties that often exist when it comes to removing such material. That risk typically remains even after a conviction. Therefore, in order to effectively safeguard the rights of the victims of those offences, Member States should be required to take suitable measures aimed at the removal of the material in question. Considering that removal at the source may not always be feasible, for instance because of legal or practical difficulties relating to the execution or enforcement of an order to remove, Member States should also be allowed to provide for measures to disable access to such material.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 487 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
(42) The provisions of this Directive on orders and other measures for the removal and disabling access to relevant material should leave the relevant rules contained in Regulation XX/YYYY [proposed DSA Regulation]2022/2065 unaffected. In particular, those orders should comply with the prohibition of imposing general obligations of monitoring or active fact- finding and with the specific requirements of that Regulation regarding orders to remove illegal content online.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 489 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 44
(44) In order to avoid secondary victimisation, victims should be able to obtain compensation in the course of criminal proceedings. Compensation from the offender should be full and should not be restricted by a fixed upper limit. It should cover all harm and trauma experienced by victims and costs incurred to manage the damages, including among other things costs for healthcare services, including sexual and reproductive and psychological health services, rehabilitation, therapy costs, impact on the victim’s employment situation, loss of earnings, psychological damages, and moral prejudice due to the violation of dignity. The amount of compensation should reflect that victims of domestic violence may have to uproot their lives in order to seek safety, entailing a possible change of employment or finding new schools for children or even creating a new identityVictims suffering psychological harm and trauma, especially with regards to cyberviolence, should also be able to obtain compensation. Compensation for psychological harm and trauma should be independent and never regarded as an “addition” or conditional on compensation for physical harm. The amount of compensation should reflect that victims of domestic violence may have to uproot their lives in order to seek safety, entailing a possible change of employment or finding new schools for children or even creating a new identity. Member States should ensure that when an offender, for any reason, does not abide by the decision to pay compensation to the victim within the agreed timeframe, the State takes over this obligation and takes all appropriate actions to reclaim it from the offender.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 497 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
(45) Assistance and support to victims of violence against women and domestic violence should be provided before, during and for an appropriate period after the criminal proceedings have endedafter the offence occurs, for example where medical treatment is still needed to address the severe physical or psychological consequences of the violence, or if the victim’s safety is at risk in particular due to the statements made by the victim in those proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 501 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
(46) Specialised support services should provide support, advice and information on any relevant legal and practical matters as well as referrals to medical forensic examinations and comprehensive healthcare services to victims of all forms of violence against women and domestic violence, including sexual violence, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, forced abortion and sterilisation, sexual harassment and of various forms of cyber violence. All services and assistance should be organised and geographically distributed in such a way as to ensure reasonable distances and capacity for victims, with particular attention to rural and remote areas.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 504 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
(46) Specialised support services should provide support to victims of all forms of violence against women and domestic violence, including sexual violence, female genital mutilation, intersex genital mutilation, forced marriage, forced abortion and sterilisation, sexual harassment and of various forms of cyber violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 510 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
(47) Specialist support should offer victims support tailored to their specific needs, free of charge, available round the clock (24/7), and irrespective of any official complaint. Such services could be provided in addition to, or as an integrated part of, general victim support services, which may call on existing entities providing specialist support. In this regard, cooperation, coordination and a comprehensive support framework, including specific and clear referral pathways across all kinds of support as well as medical services are essential. Specialist support may be provided by national authorities, victims’ support organisations, or other non- governmental organisations. They should be granted sufficient, predictable and sustainable human and financial resources and, where the services are provided by non-governmental organisations, Member States should ensure that they receive appropriate funds, with adequately trained and specialised staff.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 525 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 49
(49) Specialist support services, including shelters and, rape crisis centres, helplines and victims’ advice centres should be considered essential during crises and states of emergency, including during health crises. These services should continue to be offered in these situations, where instances of domestic violence and violence against women tend to surge. Taking stock of the lessons learned of the COVID-19 pandemic, when gender-based violence was considered the “shadow pandemic”, Member States should work towards a specific EU protocol on violence against women in times of crisis and emergency.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 532 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
(50) The traumatic nature of sexual violence, including rape, requires a particularly sensitive response by trained and specialised staff. Victims of this type of violence need immediate medical care, comprehensive and long-lasting medical care, including sexual and reproductive healthcare as part of the clinical management of rape, emergency contraception, post-exposure prophylaxis, access to safe and legal abortion, and trauma support combined with immediate forensic examinations to collect the evidence needed for prosecution. Rape crisis centres or sexual violence referral centres should be available in sufficient numbers and adequately spread over the territory of each Member State. Similarly, victims of female genital mutilaWhere a Member State's national law allows a competent health professional, or on some occasions entire medical institutions, whto are often girls, typically are in need of targeted support. Therefore, Member States should ensure they provide dedicated support tailored to these victimfuse to provide sexual and reproductive healthcare on the basis of the so-called conscience clause, which leads to the denial of abortion care on grounds of religion or conscience, Member States should ensure that the ‘conscience’ clause does not put women’s timely access to SRH care at risk, by providing viable, effective and accessible alternative abortion services.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 537 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
(50) The traumatic nature of sexual violence, including rape, requires a particularly sensitive response by trained and specialised staff. Victims of this type of violence need immediate medical care and trauma support combined with immediate forensic examinations to collect the evidence needed for prosecution. Rape crisis centres or sexual violence referral centres should be available in sufficient numbers and adequately spread over the territory of each Member State. Similarly, victims of female genital mutilation, who are often girls, and of intersex genital mutilation, typically are in need of targeted support. Therefore, Member States should ensure they provide dedicated support tailored to these victims.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 539 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 50 a (new)
(50a) Similarly, victims of female genital mutilation, who are often girls, as well as victims of forced sterilisation typically are in need of targeted support. Therefore, Member States should ensure they provide dedicated support tailored to these victims and that those specialist support services are carried out with the highest standards of privacy, intimacy and confidentiality.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 540 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 50 b (new)
(50b) Specialist support services for victims of cyberviolence should be appropriately equipped and easily accessible to offer psychological support, legal counselling and assistance for obtaining judicial orders for removal or disabling access to certain online material, assisting in the communication with relevant online intermediary service providers, including using notice and action mechanisms, and where relevant, assisting in the preservation and documentation of evidence. Cyber- violence is believe to be a more significant problem than what data currently suggest due to underreporting and its normalisation, therefore, it is of the highest importance for Member States to be equipped to be able to offer adequate support services to victims and counter this trend.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 547 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
(52) Member States should ensure that national helplines are operated under the EU-harmonised number [116016] and this number is widely advertised as a public numberavailable for the victims of violence against women and domestic violence, free of charge and available round-the-clock. The support provided should include crisis counselling and should be able to refer to face-to-face services, such as shelters, counselling centres or the police. Member States should continue supporting existing specialised helplines on violence against women and domestic violence, run by non-governmental organisations or specialist support services, already playing a key role in counselling as well as supporting, advising and informing victims. Member States should ensure that their national helpline or helplines are connected to the EU harmonised number 116016 and that the end-users are adequately informed of the existence and use of such number. Member States may choose to keep their national helpline number or numbers and link it with the EU harmonised number. Member States shall ensure that national helplines are equipped to provide support also to persons not speaking the national language or languages, including through the option of telephone interpretation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 558 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
(53) Shelters play a vital role in protecting victims from acts of violence. Beyond providing a safe place to stay, shelters should provide the necessary support concerning interlocking problems related to victims’ health, financial situation and the well-being of their children, ultimately preparing victims for an autonomous life. Member States should ensure the availability of sufficient dedicated domestic violence shelters, with an adequate geographical distribution. A variety of different models should be made available, including single-gender shelters, thereby ensuring maximum flexibility for victims. Shelters should always be available free of charge for the victim.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 560 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
(53) Shelters play a vital role in protecting victims from acts of violence. Beyond providing a safe place to stay, shelters should provide the necessary support concerning interlocking problems related to victims’ health, financial situationincluding psychological health, financial situation, support in court proceedings and the well- being of their children, ultimately preparing victims for an autonomous life. Member States should ensure availability of women-only shelters, guaranteeing their sufficient geographical distribution and capacity. Shelters should also be adequately equipped to provide accommodation for victims with children.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 569 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 54 a (new)
(54a) Member States should ensure that in the legal process determining custody and rights of access, the relevant competent authorities take into account all incidents of violence against women or domestic violence, including when the child is a witness, as well as any restraining or protection orders issued. Criminal proceedings arising from a complaint about violence against women or domestic violence should be dealt in coordination with separation and custody proceedings to avoid situations where shared custody of the children is ordered and/or visitation rights imposed, endangering the rights and safety of both victims and their children. Risk assessments should also be carried out in the process of determining custody and rights of access of children, including for avoiding cases of vicarious violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 570 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 54 b (new)
(54b) During legal proceedings in relation to custody or access rights of children of victims of violence against women and domestic violence, courts and professionals should not use the ‘parental alienation syndrome’ or other similar concepts to deny child custody to the mother and grant it to a father accused of domestic violence, disregarding the possible risks for the child. GREVIO has noted that, for example, non-specialist courts have less understanding of the traumatic consequences for children of witnessing violence, often wrongfully attributing the children’s trauma response to ‘parental alienation syndrome’1a. _________________ 1a https://rm.coe.int/prems-055022-gbr- 2574-rapportmultiannuelgrevio-texte- web-16x24/1680a6e183
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 576 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 55
(55) In order to ensure the safety of children during possible visits with an offender or suspect who is a holder of parental responsibility with rights of access, Member States should ensure that supervised neutral places, including child protection or welfare offices, are made available so that such visits can take place there in the best interests of the child. If needed, tThe visits should take place in the presence of child protection or welfare officials. Where it is necessary to provide for interim accommodation, children should as a priority be accommodated together with the holder of parental responsibility who is not the offender or suspect, such as the child’s mother. The best interest of the child should be always taken into accouprevail over a request of shared custody or rights of access of the violent parent.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 579 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 55 a (new)
(55a) To adequately address long term negative consequences for child victims, Member States should adopt legislation aiming at simplifying procedures to change their family name. Any victim upon reaching the age of majority should be able to change his or her name once in their lifetime, to add to or substitute the name of the parent that was not passed down to them at birth, through a simplified administrative procedure. Where a family court withdraws parental authority from one of the parents, it may rule on the change of the child's name if it is requested by the other parent, with the consent of the child where demanded.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 587 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 56
(56) Victims with specific needs and groups at risk of violence against women or domestic violence, such as women with disabilities, women with dependant residence status or permit, undocumented migrant women, women applicants for international protection, women fleeing armed conflict, women affected by homelessness, with a minority racial or ethnic background, living in rural areas, women sex workers, detainees, or older women, children, victims of so-called "honour crimes" or LBTIQ women and other LGBTIQ people subject to gender- based violence, should receive specific protection and support.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 589 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 56
(56) Victims with specific needs and groups at risk of violence against women or domestic violence, such as women with disabilities, women with dependant residence status or permit, undocumented migrant women, women applicants for international protection, women fleeing armed conflict, women affected by homelessness, with no or low income, with a minority racial or ethnic background, living in rural areas, women sex workers, sexual or gender-identity minorities, detainees, or older women, should receive specific protection and support.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 600 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 58
(58) Member States should ensure that preventive measures, such as awareness- raising campaigns, are taken to counter violence against women and domestic violence. P are based on a three- pronged approach including primary, secondary as well as tertiary prevention, and ensure their adequate coordination. Primary preventive measures should aim to prevent violence from ever occurring, including through awareness-raising campaigns. Primary prevention should also take place in both in and outside formal education, in particular, through strengthening sexage-appropriate comprehensive sexuality and relationship education, equality education and socio- emotional competencies, empathy and developing healthy and respectful relationships. Secondary preventive measures shall be aimed at early detection of violence and prevention of its progression or escalation while tertiary prevention shall be focused on prevention of reoffending and revictimisation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 601 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 58
(58) Member States should ensure that preventive measures, such as awareness- raising campaigns, are taken to counter violence against women and domestic violence. Prevention should also take place in formal education, in particular, through strengthening sexuality education and socio-emotional competencies, empathy and developing healthy and respectful relationships. Universal access to comprehensive, non-discriminatory, age- appropriate and evidence-based sexuality education and information for all primary and secondary school children should be ensured and mandatory courses should be implemented in the EU Member States in line with international standards. Targeted measures should be addressed to vulnerable people exposed to the risk of discrimination, stigmatization, social or economic exclusion.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 603 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 58
(58) Member States should ensure that preventive measures, such as awareness- raising campaigns, are taken to counter violence against women and domestic violence. Special attention must be paid in awareness-raising campaignst to women andexperiencing discrimination and violence on the basis of the combination of their sex or gender and other grounds, and by victims at an increased risk of domestic violence. Prevention should also take place in formal education, in particular, through strengthening sexualityinclusive sexuality and relationships education and socio- emotional competencies, empathy and developing healthy and respectful relationshipssuch as empathy.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 621 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 60
(60) In order to ensure victims of violence against women and domestic violence are identified and receive appropriate support, Member States should ensure that professionals likely to come into contact with victims receive adequate and tailored training and targeted information. Trainings should cover the risk and prevention of intimidation, repeat and secondary victimisation and the availability of protection and support measures for victims. Specific attention should be given to specialised training of competent authorities entering in contact with the victims, especially with the aim of facilitating the reporting of such offences and enabling swift and appropriate follow-up actions. Trainings should also cover elements on gender equality and discrimination, including intersectional discrimination, as well as prevention and identification of sexual harassment of the most marginalised groups, who are often the less believed when reporting, such as women with disabilities. To prevent and appropriately address instances of sexual harassment at work, persons with supervisory functions should also receive training. These trainings should also cover assessments regarding sexual harassment at work and associated psychosocial safety and health risks as referred to under Directive 89/391/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council45 . Training activities should also cover the risk of third party violence. Third party violence refers to violence which staff may suffer at the workplace, not at the hands of a co-worker, and includes cases, such as nurses sexually harassed by a patient. Training materials and activities should be regularly reviewed in consultation with victims, specialist services and other relevant actors. _________________ 45 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 622 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 60
(60) In order to ensure victims of violence against women and domesticgender-based violence, domestic violence and cyber violence are identified and receive appropriate support, Member States should ensure that professionals likely to come into contact with victims receive, including law enforcement authorities, receive mandatory training and targeted information. Trainings should cover the dynamics and impact of sexual assault victimization, the risk and prevention of intimidation, repeat and secondary victimisation and the availability of protection and support measures for victims and how to assess the risk of their situation. Trainings should also cover how to properly interview and assist a victim who wishes to lodge a complaint. To prevent and appropriately address instances of sexual harassment at work, persons with supervisory functions should also receive training. These trainings should also cover assessments regarding sexual harassment at work and associated psychosocial safety and health risks as referred to under Directive 89/391/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council45 . Training activities should also cover the risk of third party violence. Third party violence refers to violence which staff may suffer at the workplace, not at the hands of a co-worker, and includes cases, such as nurses sexually harassed by a patient. _________________ 45 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 626 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 61
(61) In order to counteract underreporting, Member States should also liaise with law enforcement authorities in the development of trainings in particular regarding harmful gender stereotypes, but also in the prevention of offences, given their typical close contact with groups at risk of violence and victims. Mandatory trainings of law enforcement authorities on how to receive a victim of gender- based violence, domestic violence or cyberviolence is essential to properly assist the filing of a complaint by the victim and to properly assess the risk of her situation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 629 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 61
(61) In order to counteract underreporting, Member States should also liaise with law enforcement and judicial authorities in the development of trainings in particular regarding harmful gender stereotypes, but also in the prevention of offences, given their typical close contact with groups at risk of violence and victims. Specific guidelines for law enforcement and judicial authorities concerning the proceedings in cases of violence against women and domestic violence should also be developed by Member States.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 632 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 61
(61) In order to counteract underreporting, Member States should also liaise with law enforcement authorities in the development of trainings in particular regarding harmful gender stereotypes and prejudices, including multiple discrimination grounds, but also in the prevention of offences, given their typical close contact with groups at risk of violence and victims.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 636 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 61 a (new)
(61a) Member States should recognise women's civil society organisations, including organisations working with women at a heightened risk of experiencing gender-based violence, as partners in policy development and implementation and should, where relevant, include them in the work of government bodies and committees working to combat violence against women and domestic violence. In addition, other relevant stakeholders should be consulted on relevant issues, such as social partners in relation to sexual harassment at the workplace.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 640 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
(62) Intervention programmes should be set up, with trained and skilled professionals, in close cooperation with specialist support services for victims, to prevent and minimise the risk of (repeated) offences of violence against women or domestic violence. The programmes should specifically aim at teaching offenders or those at risk of offending how to adopt non-violent behaviour in interpersonal relationships and how to counter violent behavioural patterns. Programmes should encourage offenders to take responsibility for their actions and examine their attitudes and beliefs towards women.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 642 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62 a (new)
(62a) The commitment of Member States in preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence should be shown by the development of national strategies in this regard. All Member States should have national strategies on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence. These strategies should lay down their priorities, roles and coordination between competent authorities, specialist support services and civil society, coordination between criminal and civil proceedings in this area, among other topics. National strategies should be reviewed and updated regularly.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 643 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62 b (new)
(62b) All measures included in this Directive need to be accompanied by sufficient, predictable and sustainable funding. This is especially important to ensure that national authorities and specialised support service providers, including non-governmental women´s specialist services, have sufficient funding and human, technical and technological resources for the effective and comprehensive implementation of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 653 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
(65) Member States should ensure that the data collected are limited to what is strictly necessary in relation to supporting the monitoring of the prevalence and trends of violence against women and domestic violence and design new policy strategies in this field. Data collected should include the context in which the offence took place, such as at home, at the workplace or online, as well as information about whether a victim is at a heightened risk of experiencing gender-based violence, as this will inform future targeted policy actions. It should also include whether violence was committed against victims affected by intersectional discrimination as defined in recital 11. When sharing the data collected, no personal data should be included.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 655 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
(65) Member States should ensure that the data collected are limited to what is strictly necessary in relation to supporting thefor monitoring of the prevalence and trends of violence against women and domestic violence, as well as the adequacy of responses and efficiency of law enforcement processes in this regard, and design new policy strategies in this field. When sharing the data collected, no personal data should be included. Publishing on a regular basis and making available in an accessible manner national data in relation to violence against women and domestic violence is of outmost importance.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 662 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Directive lays down rules to prevent and combat gender-based violence against women and, domestic violence and cyberviolence. It establishes minimum rules concerning:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 666 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the rights of victims of all forms of violence against women or domestic gender-based violence, domestic violence or cyberviolence before, during or after criminal proceedings;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 669 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the rights of victims of all forms of violence against women or domestic violence before, during or after criminal proceedingthe offence occurs;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 673 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) victims’ protection and, victims’ support. and prevention and early intervention;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 685 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. When implementing the measures under this Directive, Member States shall take into consideration the increased risk of violence faced by victims experiencing discrimination based on a combination of sex or gender and other grounds, as well as to victims at an increased risk of domestic violence, so as to cater to their enhanced protection and support needs, as set out in Article 18(4), Article 27(5), Article 35(1) and Article 37(7).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 686 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. When implementing the measures under this Directive, Member States shall take into consideration the increased risk of violence faced by victims experiencing discrimination based on a combination of sex and other grounds, such as those referred to in Article 35(1), so as to cater to their enhanced protection and support needs, as set out in Article 18(4), Article 27(5) and Article 37(7).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 698 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) “violence against women” is understood as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women and means gender-based violence, that is directed against a woman or a girl because she is a woman or a girl or that affects women or girls disproportionately, including all acts of such violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 714 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) “domestic violence” means all acts of violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering,violence that occur within the family or domestic unit, irrespective of biological or legal family ties, or between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the offender shares or has shared a residence with the victim;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 734 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) “providers of intermediary services” means providers of the intermediary services as defined in Article 23 point (fg) of Regulation (EU) YYYY/XXX2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council51 [Regulation on a Single Market for Digital Services]; _________________ 51 Regulation (EU) YYYY/XXX of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market for Digital Services (OJ L …).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 759 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) engaging with a woman in any non- consensual act of vaginal, anal or oral penetration of a sexual nature, with any bodily part or object;, or engaging in any other non-consensual act of a sexual nature that is, in view of the gravity of the act, comparable to penetration.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 763 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) causing a woman to engage with another person in any non-consensual act of vaginal, anal or oral penetration of a sexual nature, with any bodily part or object, or engaging in any other non- consensual act of a sexual nature that is, in view of the gravity of the act, comparable to penetration.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 772 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that a non-consensual act is understood as an act which is performed without the woman’s explicit consent given voluntarily or where the woman is unable to form and express a free will due to her physical or mental condition, thereby exploiting her incapacity to form and express a free will, such as in a state of unconsciousness, intoxication, sleep, illness, bodily injury or disability.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 777 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Consent can be withdrawn at any moment during the act. The absence of consent cannot be refuted exclusively by the woman’s silence, verbal or physical non-resistance or past sexual conduct, or existing or past relationship with the offender, including marital or any other partnership status. Consent shall be given for each separate act.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 784 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Consent can be withdrawn at any moment during the act. The absence of consent cannot be refuted exclusively by the woman’s silence, verbal or physical non-resistance or past sexual conduct.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 802 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Forced sterilisation 1. Member States shall ensure that the following intentional conduct is punishable as a criminal offence: (a) performing surgery which has the purpose or effect of terminating a woman’s or girl´s capacity to naturally reproduce without her prior and informed consent or understanding of the procedure; (b) coercing or procuring a woman or a girl to undergo the acts referred to in point (a). 2. Member States shall ensure that the prior and informed consent of the woman to undergo the procedure referred to in point (a) cannot be substituted by the consent of a legal guardian.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 811 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 b (new)
Article 6 b Forced prostitution Member States shall ensure that the following conduct is punishable as a criminal offence: a) causing a woman to involuntarily offer and/ or provide sexual services against any form of remuneration for the profit of a third party.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 813 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 c (new)
Article 6 c Denial of safe and legal abortion Member States shall ensure that the following conduct is punishable as a criminal offence: a) denial by health institutions to provide health services related to sexual and reproductive health of patients, including safe and legal abortion and/or post- abortion care, putting the patient´s physical integrity, reproductive health or life at risk.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 824 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) making intimate images, or videos or other material depicting sexual activitiesterial or material of sexual nature, of another person without that person’s consent accessible to a multitude ofother end-users by means of information and communication technologies;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 836 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) producing or manipulating and subsequently making accessible to a multitude ofother end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, images, videos or other materialntimate material or material of sexual nature, making it appear as though another person is engaged in sexual activitiesin it, without that person’s consent;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 842 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) threatening to engage in the conduct referred to in points (a) and (b) in order to coerce another person to do, acquiesce or refrain from a certain act or to cause direct harm or distress.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 844 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) non-consensual sending of intimate material to another person by means of information and communication technologies.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 854 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) making material containing the personal data of another person, without that person’s consent, accessible to a multitude of end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, for the purpose of inciting those end-users to cause physical or significant psychological harm to the person.deleted
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 862 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a Doxing Member States shall ensure that making personal data or material containing personal data of another person, without that person’s consent, accessible to other end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, for the purpose of inciting those end-users to cause physical, psychological harm to the person is punishable as a criminal offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 871 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) initiating an attack with third parties directed at another person, by making threatening or insulting material accessible to a multitude ofother end- users, by means of information and communication technologies, with the effect of causing significant psychological harm to the attacked person;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 876 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) participating with third parties in attacks referred to in point (a).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 877 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) repeatedly sending threatening or insulting material or messages to another person in private communications, with the effect of causing psychological harm to the attacked person;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 883 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the intentional conduct of inciting to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to sex or, gender or sexual orientation, by disseminating to the public material containing such incitement by means of information and communication technologies is punishable as a criminal offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 888 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In order to assess whether a conduct referred to in paragraph 1 qualifies as incitement to violence or hatred, Member States shall encourage the use of the following criteria: the social and political context of the message, status of the speaker, content and form of the speech act as well as the likelihood of harm, including imminence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 893 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that inciting and aiding and abetting the commission of any of the criminal offences referred to in Articles 5 to 910 are punishable as criminal offences.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 896 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that an attempt to commit any of the criminal offences referred to in Articles 5 and 6, 6a and 6b is punishable as a criminal offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 901 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offence referred to in Article 5 is punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 810 years of imprisonment and at least 105 years of imprisonment if the offence was committed under aggravating circumstances referred to in Article 13.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 903 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that an offender of the criminal offence referred to in Article 5, who has previously been convicted of offences of the same nature,s under the scope of this directive mandatorily participates in an intervention programme referred to in Article 38.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 912 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offences referred to in Articles 6 isand 6a are punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 5 years of imprisonment and at least 7 years of imprisonment if the offence was committed under aggravating circumstances referred to in Article 13.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 913 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offence referred to in Article 6 and 6a is punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 5 years of imprisonment and at least 710 years of imprisonment if the offence was committed under aggravating circumstances referred to in Article 13.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 915 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offence referred to in Article 6b is punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 6 years of imprisonment and at least 8 years of imprisonment if the offence was committed under aggravating circumstances referred to in Article 13.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 916 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offence referred to in Article 6c is punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 6 years of imprisonment and at least 10 years of imprisonment if the offence was committed under aggravating circumstances referred to in Article 13.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 918 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offences referred to in Articles 87, 8, 8a, 9 and 10 are punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 2 years of imprisonment.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 920 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offences referred to in Articles 7 and 9 are punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 1 year of imprisonment.deleted
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 928 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the offence was committed against a person made vulnerable by particular circumstances, such as a situation of dependence, including with reference to residence status, or a state of physical, mental, intellectual or sensory disability, or living in institutional care facilities, including retirement homes, children´s homes, reception centres for migrants or asylum seekers and detention facilities;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 936 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) the offence was committed with the use or threat of using a weapon; against the victim or their relatives or persons in close relationship with the victim;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 938 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the offence was committed with the use of force or threats to use force, including against the victim´s relatives or persons in close relationship with the victim, or coercion;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 945 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) the offence was committed against a former or current spouse or partnerintimate partner or cohabitant;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 972 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide for a limitation period for criminal offences referred to in Article 6, 6a, 6b and 6c of at least 10 years from the time when the offence was committed.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 976 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide for a limitation period for criminal offences referred to in Articles 7, 8, 8a, 9 and 910 of at least 57 years after the criminal offence has ceased or the victim has become aware of it.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 977 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide for a limitation period for the criminal offences referred to in Articles 8 and 10, of at least 7 years after the criminal offence has ceased or the victim has become aware of it.deleted
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 987 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the rights of victims when making a complaint under Article 5 of Directive 2012/29/EU, Member States shall ensure that all victims, including those referred to in Article 35(1), can report criminal offences of violence against women or domestic violence to the competent authorities in an easy, safe and accessible manner. This shall include the possibility of reporting criminal offences online or through other accessible and secure information and communication technologies, including the possibility to submit evidence, in particular concerning reporting of criminal offences of cyber violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1006 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the confidentiality rules imposed by national law on relevant professionals, such as healthcare and education professionals, do not constitute an obstacle to their reporting to the competent authorities if they have reasonable grounds to believe that there is an imminent risk that serious physical harm will be inflicted on a person due to their being subject to any of the offences covered under this Directive. If the victim is a child, the relevant professionals shall be able to report to the competent authorities if they have reasonable grounds to believe that a seriousn act of violence covered under this Directive has been committed or further serious acts of violence are to be expected.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1009 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States shall ensure that an adequate individual assessment of the victim´s risk and protection and support needs is carried out to ensure the safety of the victim and their dependants.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1018 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities coming in contact with a victim reporting offences of violence against women or domestic violence are prohibited from transferring personal data pertaining to the residence status of the victim to competent migration authorities, at least until completion of the first individual assessment referred to in Article 18.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1026 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that persons, units or services investigating and prosecuting violence against women or domestic violence have sufficient resources, expertise and effective investigative tools to effectively investigate and prosecute such crimes, especially to gather, analyse and secure electronic evidence in cases of cyber violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1029 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that reported offences of violence against women or domestic violence are processed and transferred without delay to the competent authorities for the adoption of prostecution and investigameasures for the victim, investigation and prosecution.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1031 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. The competent authorities shall promptly and effectively record and investigate allegations of violence against women or domestic violence and ensure that an official complaint is filed in all casesinternal system in all cases, even when the victim does not wish to bring criminal charges at that point in time.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1039 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authorities shall promptly refer victims to relevant health care professionals or specialist support services referred to in Articles 27, 28, 29 and 29a to assist in securing evidence, in particular in cases of sexual violence, w. Where the victim does not wishes to bring charges and make use of such services. immediately, they shall be provided with all relevant information on the options of securing and storing evidence for an eventual future criminal proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1042 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authorities shall promptly refer victims to relevant health care professionals or specialised support services referred to in Articles 27, 28 and 29 to assist in securing evidence, in particular in cases of sexual violence, where the victim wishes to bring charges and make use of such services.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1046 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. Investigations into or prosecution of offences referred to in Articles 5 to 10 shall not be dependent on reporting or accusation by a victim or by their representative, and c. Criminal proceedings related to offences referred to in Articles 5, 6, 6a shall continue even if the report or accusation has been withdrawn.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1048 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Member State shall take all necessary legal and other measures to ensure that victims may testify in the courtroom without being present or at least without the presence of the alleged offender, notably through the use of appropriate communication technologies.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1050 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Member States shall designate, train and provide resources for a sufficient number of specialised staff within its law enforcement authorities, prosecutors, and judicial authorities. Member States shall consider establishing dedicated units within law enforcement authorities, designating specialised prosecutors as well as creating specialist courts or chambers on violence against women and domestic violence, with jurisdiction over both civil and criminal procedures to allow a holistic approach to combat such offences.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1051 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Member States shall ensure that the investigation of the offences referred to in Articles 7 to 10 is carried out diligently in order to prevent inadequate investigation from effectively prosecuting such offences and increasing impunity.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1052 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a Prohibition of mandatory alternative dispute resolution Member States shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to prohibit mandatory alternative dispute resolution processes in relation to all forms of violence against women and domestic violence covered by the scope of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1059 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. This individual assessment shall be initiated immediately upon the first contact of the victim with the competent authorities. The competent judicial authorities shall verify at the latest at the initiation of criminal proceedings whether an assessment has been conducted. If this has not been the case, they shall promptly remedy the situation by undertaking an assessment as soon as possibleimmediately.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1062 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The individual assessment shall focus on the risk emanating from the offender or suspect, including the risk of repeated violence, lethality risk, the risk of bodily or psychological harm, the use of weapons, the offender or suspect living with the victim, an offender or suspect’s drug or alcohol misuse, child abuse, mental health issues or behaviour of stalking, or the withdrawal of complaints, the resumption of cohabitation and the victim's resignation on the protection measures granted.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1064 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The individual assessment shall focus on the risk emanating from the offender or suspect, including the risk of repeated violence, the risk of bodily harm, the use of weapons, the offender or suspect living with the victim, an offender or suspect’s drug or alcohol misuse, child abuse, mental health issues or behaviour of stalking and cyberstalking.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1065 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The assessment shall take into account the victim’s individual circumstances, including whether they experience discrimination based on a combination of sex and other grounds and therefor whether they have specific needs ore face a heightened risk of violence, such as the cases referred to in Article 35(1), as well as the victim’s own account and assessment of the situation. It shall be conducted in the best interest of the victim, as well as their dependants, and paying special attention to the need to avoid secondary or repeated victimisation. The individual assesment shall also take into consideration the financial, legal, emotional, social, physical and psychological impact on the victim.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1070 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The assessment shall take into account the victim’s individual circumstances, including whether they experience discrimination based on a combination of sex or gender and other grounds and therefore face a heightened risk of violence, as well as the victim’s own account and assessment of the situation. It shall be conducted in the best interest of the victim, paying special attention to the need to avoid secondary or repeated victimisation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1073 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the granting of emergency barring and restraining or protection orders and the use of arrest and detention pursuant to Article 21 of this Directive;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1087 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 7
7. Competent authorities shall update the individual assessment at regular intervals, especially in the case of changes in custody or rights of access, to ensure the protection measures relate to the victim’s current situation. This shall include an assessment of whether protection measures, in particular under Article 21, need to be adapted or taken.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1092 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Relevant authorities and specialised services shall ensure the provision of coordinated protection and support measures.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1094 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, taking into account the individual assessment referred to in Article 18, the competent authorities together with specialist support services, including women’s specialist services, assess the victim’s and their dependant’s individual needs for support at regular intervals as provided for under Chapter 4.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1096 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Article 18(4), (6) and (7) shall apply to the individual assessment of support needs under paragraph 1 of this Article.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1103 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. If the assessments referred to in Articles 18 and 19 have identified specific support or protection needs or if the victim requests support, Member States shall ensure that specialist support services contact victims to offer support immediately, with the victim´s knowledge and considering the risks identified in the individual assessment.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1107 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. If the assessments referred to in Articles 18 and 19 have identified specific support or protection needs or if the victim requests support, Member States shall ensure that specialised support services contact victims to offer support.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1116 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Where needed, they shall be able to refer child victims, including witnesses, to specialist support services without the prior consent of the violent holder of parental responsibility. In this case, the protection and support needs of the non-violent parent and their dependants shall be assessed and ensured in parallel.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1123 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1130 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities can issue restraining or protection orders to provide long-term protection for victims or their dependants against any acts of violence covered by this Directive, including by prohibiting or restraining certain dangerous behaviour of the offender or suspect. Restraining and protection orders shall be adopted whenever the situation of risk to the victim makes it advisable, regardless of whether the victim has filed a complaint.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1136 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall encourage the use of electronic monitoring to ensure the enforcement of measures referred to in paragraph 1 and 2, including during pre-trial periods.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1137 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities use arrest and detention of the offender or suspect without delay in situations of immediate danger for the victim or their dependants, for the purposes of preserving evidence or considering the results of the risk assessment.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1140 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Member States shall ensure that the shared custody or the rights of access of the suspect violent parent are suspended during the duration of protection measures referred to in this Article.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1143 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities inform victims of the possibility to apply for emergency barring and restraining or protection orders, as well as the possibility to seek cross-border recognition of protection orders pursuant to Directive 2011/99/EU or Regulation (EU) No 606/2013. Member States shall ensure the effective cross-border recognition of protection orders in a consistent manner.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1153 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1162 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1164 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) how to ensure an efficient and proper assessment and application of the emergency barring, restraining and protection orders referred to in Article 21;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1176 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) how to cater to the enhanced protection and support needs of victims experiencing discrimination based on a combination of sex or gender and other grounds;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1184 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) how to refer victims to specialist support services, to ensure the appropriate treatment of victims and handling of cases of violence against women or domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1186 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) how to swiftly coordinate different legal proceedings linked to the case of violence against women or domestic violence, especially with regards to the proceedings on custody and rights of access of children.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1191 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The guidelines shall be elaborated and reviewed and, where necessary updated, on a regular basis, in light of their practical application, in consultation and cooperation with women´s specialist services, victim protection centres, healthcare professionals and other relevant actors.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1194 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States shall ensure that all competent authorities acting in criminal proceedings, including prosecutorial and judicial authorities, are properly and regularly trained in line with the guidelines referred to in paragraph 1, in cooperation with women´s specialist services, victim protection centres, healthcare professionals and other relevant actors.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1195 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1197 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall designate and make the necessary arrangement for a body or bodies or other specialised relevant actors to carry out the following tasks:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1201 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) provide support with data collection and exchange available information with corresponding European bodies such as the European Institute for Gender Equality.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1202 #

2022/0066(COD)

(c) exchange available information with corresponding European bodies such as the European Institute for Gender Equality and Europol Cybercrime Center.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1204 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) provide training to relevant competent authorities;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1205 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) monitoring of the transposition of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1207 #

2022/0066(COD)

2. Member States shall ensure that the bodies or other specialised relevant actors referred to in paragraph 1 can act on behalf or in support of one or several victims of violence against women or domestic violence in judicial proceedings, including for the application for compensation referred to in Article 26 and removal of online content referred to in Article 25, with the victims’ approval.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1212 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the prompt removal of material referred to in Article 7, points (a) and (b), Article 8a, Articles 9, points (c),a) and Articles 9(b) and 10. Those measures shall include the possibility for their competent judicial authorities to issue, upon application by the victim, binding legal orders to remove or disable access to such material addressed to relevant providers of intermediary services.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1213 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that orders referred to in paragraph 1 can be issued in interim proceedings, even prior to the termination of any criminal proceedings regarding the offences referred to in Article 7, points (a) and (b), Article 8, point (c), Article 9a, Article 9, point (a) and (b) or Article 10 where the judicial authority seized considers that:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1214 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it has been presented with sufficient evidence to justify the conclusion that the conduct referred to in Article 7, points (a) and (b), Article 8, point (c), Article 9a, Article 9, point (a) and (b) or Article 10 likely took place in respect of the applicant and that the material that is the object of the application constitutes material as referred to in those articles;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1217 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that orders referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 are valid for an appropriate time period not exceeding one year, subject to renewal for an additional appropriate time period, upon application by the victim, where the judicial authority seized considers that the conditions of paragraph 2 continue to be met. Member States shall ensure that, where criminal proceedings regarding the offences referred to in Article 7, point (a), (b), Article 8a, Article 9, point (a) and (b) or Article 10 conclude with a finding that such an offence has been committed, the orders referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 become permanent. However, Member States shall ensure that, where criminal proceedings regarding the offences referred to in Article 7, point (a) and (b), Article 8, point (c), Article 9a, Article 9, point (a) and (b) or Article 10 are terminated without leading to the finding of such an offence having been committed, the orders are invalidated and the provider of intermediary services concerned is informed thereof.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1221 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the end-users of the relevant services are who made the material subject to judicial order available online is informed, where appropriate by the intermediary service providers concerned, of the reasons for the removal of or disabling access to the material pursuant to the orders or other measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 and that those end- users haves access to judicial redress.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1223 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that evidence is obtained and secured without undue delay after the offence is reported. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the removal of or disabling access to the material pursuant to the orders or other measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 does not prevent the competent authorities from obtaining or securing the evidence necessary for the investigation and prosecution of the offences referred to in Article7, points (a) and (b), Article 8, point (c), Article 9a, Article 9, point (a) and (b) or Article 10.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1228 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all victims have the right to claim full compensation from offenders for damages resulting from all forms of violence against women or domestic violence. Member States shall ensure that when an offender, for any reason, does not abide by the decision to pay compensation to the victim within the agreed timeframe, the State takes over this obligation and takes all appropriate actions to reclaim it from the offender.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1234 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. The damage shall include costs for healthcare services, including sexual and reproductive and psychological health services, support services, rehabilitation, loss of income and other reasonable costs that have arisen as a result of the offence or to manage its consequences. The amount of the damages awarded shall also compensate for physical and/or psychological harm, social harm and moral prejudice.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1237 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The limitation periods for bringing a claim for compensation shall be no less than 5 years from the time the offence has taken placethose for enabling the investigation, prosecution, trial and judicial decision for the respective offences, as referred to in Article 15.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1239 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In cases of sexual violence, the limitation period shall be no less than 10 years.deleted
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1241 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The limitation period for bringing a claim for compensation of criminal offences referred to in Article 7, 8, 8a, 9 and 10 shall commence with the victim’s knowledge of the offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1246 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that specialist support services referred to in Article 9(3) of Directive 2012/29/EU are available for all victims of acts of violence covered by this Directive. The specialist support services shall provide, inter alia:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1251 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) advice and, information and support on any relevant legal and/or practical matters arising as a result of the crime, including on access to housing, education, training and assistance to remain in or find employmentsuch as legal and psychological counselling, consultation on safety of the victim as well as their dependants, access to appropriate and accessible housing, healthcare, education, training and assistance to remain in or find employment, options for childcare as well as financial assistance and benefits;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1258 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) immediate gender-sensitive support based on the victim´s needs, including safe shelters or first-hand medical care;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1263 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) referrals to medical forensic examinations and comprehensive healthcare services;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1264 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) where relevant, referrals to relevant specialist support services, such as specialist support services for victims of sexual violence, victims of female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation, victims of sexual harassment at work, victims of cyber violence, shelters, support centres, including for children, and primary prevention services;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1276 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that all of the specialist support services referred to in paragraph 1 are available within their territory and organised and geographically distributed in such a way as to ensure reasonable distances and capacity for victims. Particular attention shall be given to making the services accessible to women in rural and remote areas.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1280 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Specialist support referred to in paragraph 1 shall be offered in-person and shall be easily accessible, including online or through other adequate means, such as information and communication technologies, tailored to the needs of victims of violence against women and domestic violence, including those with disabilities and living in institutional care facilities.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1281 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The provision of specialist support services as referred to in Chapter 4 of this Directive shall not be conditional on the victim´s willingness to file a complaint against the offender, shall be free of charge and available round the clock (24/7).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1283 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure sufficient human andthat all specialist support services have sufficient human resources, with adequately trained and specialised staff as well as sufficient, predictable, and sustainable financial resources to provide the services referred to in paragraph 1, especially those referred to in point (c) of that paragraph, including where such services are provided by non- governmental organisations.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1287 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall provide the protection and specialist support services necessary to comprehensively address the multiple needs of victims at the same premises, or have such services coordinated through a central contact point, or through one-stop online access to such services, and that clear referral pathways are established across all kinds of support as well as medical services. Such combined offering of services shall include at least first hand medical care and social services, psychosocial support, legal, and police services. When planning the organisation of specialist support services, Member States shall take into account the structures and combinations of the existing specialised support services provided by non-governmental organisations and types of specialised support services offered by them.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1292 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall issue guidelines and protocols for healthcare and socialall relevant professionals, including healthcare, social services, and child protection or welfare services professionals on identifying and providing appropriate gender-sensitive support to victims of all forms of violence against women and domestic violence, including on referring victims to the relevant support services and avoiding secondary victimisation. Such guidelines and protocols shall also indicate how to address the specific needs of victims who are at an increased risk of such violence as a result of their experiencing discrimination based on a combination of sex and other grounds of discrimination. Such guidelines shall be elaborated and reviewed and, where necessary updated, on a regular basis, in light of their practical application, in consultation and cooperation with women´s specialist services, victim protection centres, healthcare professionals and other relevant actors, based on evidence, their expertise and best practices and taking into consideration the process and content of the individual assessment of protection and support needs, as referred to in Article 18 and 19.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1294 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall issue guidelines and protocols for healthcare and social service professionals on identifying and providing appropriate support to victims of all forms of violence against women and domestic violence, including on referring victims to the relevant support services. Such guidelines and protocols shall also indicate how to address the specific needs of victims who are at an increased risk of such violence as a result of their experiencing discrimination based on a combination of sex or gender and other grounds of discrimination.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1296 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that specialist support services remain fully operational for victims of violence against women and domestic violence in times of crisis, such as health crises or other states of emergency. Member State shall work towards a specific EU protocol on violence against women in times of crisis and emergency, taking into account the lessons learnt during previous crisis situations or emergencies.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1304 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that specialist support services are available to victims before, during and for an appropriafter time after criminal proceedinghe offence occurs.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1312 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide for appropriately equipped, resourced and easily accessible rape crisis centres or sexual violence referral centres to ensure effective support to victims of sexual violence, including assisting in the preservation and documentation of evidence. These centres shall provide for: a) medical care and forensic examinations, trauma support and psychological counsellwhile ensuring the victim's free and informed consent to any medical treatment, b) sexual and reproductive healthcare, including, after the offence has been perpetrated and for as longccess to emergency contraception, screening and post- exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections and diseases as well as neaccessary thereafter. Where the victim is a child, such services shall be to safe and legal abortion. c) intersectional trauma support and psychological counselling, as well as d) accompaniment throughout judicial providceed in a child-friendly manner.gs, where the victim decides to bring charges,
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1314 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide for appropriately equipped, easily accessible rape crisis or sexual violence referral centres to ensure effective support to victims of sexual violence, including assisting in the preservation and documentation of evidence, which should clarify whether the motives were related to the sex or gender and other personal characteristics of the victim. These centres shall provide for medical and forensic examinations, trauma support and psychological counselling, after the offence has been perpetrated and for as long as necessary thereafter. Where the victim is a child, such services shall be provided in a child-friendly manner.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1321 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. The services referred to in paragraph 1 shall be available after the offence has been perpetrated and for as long as necessary thereafter, free of charge and accessible round-the-clock (24/7) every day of the week. They may be part of the services referred to in Article 27. Where the victim is a child, such services shall be provided in a child- friendly manner and be provided together with specialist support services for children.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1323 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where a Member State's national law allows a competent health professional, or on some occasions entire medical institutions, to refuse to provide sexual and reproductive healthcare on the basis of the so-called conscience clause, which leads to the denial of abortion care on grounds of religion or conscience, Member States should ensure that the conscience clause does not put women’s timely access to SRH care at risk, by providing other viable, effective and accessible abortion services.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1330 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1332 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure effective, accessible, age-appropriate support to victims of female genital mutilation and forced sterilisation, including by providing, gynaecological and obstetric, sexological, psychological and intersectional trauma care and counselling tailored to the specific needs of such victims, after the offence has been perpetrated and for as long as necessary thereafter. TIn cases of female genital mutilation, this shall also include the provision of information on units in public hospitals that perform genital and clitoral reconstructive surgery. Such support may be provided by the referral centres referred to in Article 28 or any dedicated health centre. Such specialist support shall be carried out with the highest standards of privacy, intimacy and confidentiality.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1337 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Article 27(3) and (6) and Article 28(2) shall be applicable to the provision of support for victims of female genital mutilation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1338 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a Specialist support for victims of cyberviolence 1. Member States shall provide for appropriately equipped, easily accessible cyber violence centres to ensure effective support to victims of cyber violence, including psychological support, legal counselling and assistance for obtaining judicial orders for removal or disabling access to certain online material as referred to in Article 25, assisting in the communication with relevant online intermediary service providers, including using notice and action mechanisms, and where relevant, assisting in the preservation and documentation of evidence. Such support may be part of services referred to in Article 27. 2. Article 27 shall be applicable to the provision of support for victims of female genital mutilation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1339 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a Specialist support for victims of intersex genital mutilation 1. Member States shall ensure that victims of intersex genital mutilation are provided with effective support, including gynaecological, psycho-social, psychological and trauma care and counselling tailored to the specific needs of such victims, after the offence has been committed and for as long as necessary thereafter. This shall also include access to treatment and medications needed as a consequence of intersex genital mutilation. 2. Article 27(3) and (6) and Article 28(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the provision of support to victims of intersex genital mutilation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1343 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1349 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that safe, confidential and effective complaint and investigation mechanisms are available for victims and that external counselling services are available for victims and employers in cases of sexual harassment atin the world of work. These services shall include advice on adequately preventing and addressing such instances atin the workplaceld of work, on legal remedies available to the employer to remove the offender from the workplace and providing the possibility of early conciliation, if the victim so wishes.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1352 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member states shall ensure that counselling services and employers treat cases of sexual harassment at work confidentially.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1360 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set up state- wide round-the-clock (24/7) telephone helplines, free of charge, to provide advicespecialist advice, information and counselling for victims of all forms of violence against women and domestic violence by trained professionals. Advice shall be provided confidentially or with due regard for their anonymity. Member States shall ensure the provision of such service also through other secure and accessible information and communication technologies, including online applications, in order to ensure a wide variety of contact options for the victims, including victims with disabilities.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1363 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Provisions in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to other existing helplines specialised on violence against women or domestic violence within a Member State, including those run by non-governmental organisations, and shall not lead to withdrawal of their support by Member States.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1365 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall ensure that national helplines are equipped to provide support also to persons not speaking the national language or languages.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1373 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. The shelters and other appropriate interim accommodations as provided for in Article 9(3), point (a), of Directive 2012/29/EU shall address the specific needs of women victims of domestic violence and sexual violenceviolence against women and domestic violence. Member States shall ensure the availability of women-only shelters and other interim accommodations. Such shelters shall be adequately equipped to provide accommodation for victims with children. They shall assist them in their recovery, providing safe, adequate and appropriate living conditions with a view on a return to independent living.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1381 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The shelters and other appropriate interim accommodations shall be equipped to accommodate the specific needs ofrights and needs of persons with disabilities as well as children, including child victims.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1386 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. The shelters and other appropriate interim accommodations shall be available to all victims regardless of their nationality, citizenship, place of residence or residence status.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1389 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 4
4. Article 27 (1), (2), (3) and (6) shall apply to shelters and other appropriate interim accommodations.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1400 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. Child victims shall be provided with age-appropriate medical care, emotional, psychosocial, psychological and educational support, as well as any other appropriate support tailored in particular to situations of domestic violence, and in all stages of investigations and judicial proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1406 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States should adequately address long-term negative consequences for child victims implementing simplified administrative procedures that provide them with the possibility to change their family name, upon reaching the age of majority or where a family court withdraws parental authority.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1408 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33a Support for children orphans due to violence against women and domestic violence 1. Member States shall give the children of fatal victims of violence against women and domestic violence (and, consequently, orphans) the status of victims. 2. Member States shall ensure that orphans of victims of violence against women and domestic violence and their relatives are provided with specific adequate support during relevant criminal and civil proceedings, including inheritance proceedings, guardianship and custody. 3. Article 33(3) shall apply to children orphans as a consequence of violence against women and domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1413 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Member States shall establish and maintain safe places which allow a safe contact between a child and a holder of parental responsibilities who is an offender or suspect of violence against women or domestic violence, to the extent that the latter has rights of access. Member States shall ensure supervision by trained professionals, as appropriate, and in the best interests of the child, at the same time allowing for avoidance of contact between the offender or suspect and the non-violent parent or their relatives when accompanying the child to the meeting.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1418 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, in parallel with the proceedings against the offender or suspect of violence against women or domestic violence who is a holder of parental responsibilities, child protection or welfare authorities take action ex officio with the aim to examine the custody and rights of access of the violent parent, in the best interest of the child, including in cases where the child is a witness of violence against women or domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1421 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall take the necessary legislative and other measures to ensure that in the process of determining custody and rights of access, the relevant competent authorities take into account all incidents of violence against women or domestic violence, including where the child is a witness, as well as any restraining or protection orders issued.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1423 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States shall ensure that when establishing the arrangements for custody allocation and access rights, the protection of women and children from violence and the best interests of the child are the primary concern and take precedence over other criteria. The best interest of the child shall prevail over a request of shared custody or rights of access with the violent parent.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1425 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 c (new)
The competent authorities, child protection or welfare services and other relevant specialised services shall conduct risk assessments in the process of determining custody and the rights of access in cases of violence against women and domestic violence, especially regarding vicarious violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1426 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 d (new)
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that non-scientific theories and concepts, including parental alienation syndrome or any other related concept, when determining custody and rights of access in cases involving violence against women and domestic violence are not recognised in their judicial practice and law.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1431 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure the provision of specific support to victims at an increased risk of violence against women or domestic violence, such as women with disabilities, women living in rural areas, women with dependant residence status or permit, undocumented migrant women, women applying for international protection, women fleeing from armed conflict, women affected by homelessness, women with a minority racial or ethnic background, women sex workers, women detainees, or older women, victims of so-called "honour crimes" or LBTIQ women and other LGBTIQ people subject to gender-based violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1432 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure the provision of specific support to victims at an increased risk of violence against women or domestic violence, such as women with disabilities, women living in rural areas, women with dependant residence status or permit, undocumented migrant women, women applying for international protection, women fleeing from armed conflict, women affected by homelessness, women with no or low income, women with a minority racial or ethnic background, or women from sexual or gender-identity minorities, women sex workers, women detainees, or older women.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1438 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. The support services under Articles 27 to 32 shall be sufficiently, predictably and sustainably funded to have sufficient capacities to accommodate and assist victims with disabilities, taking into consideration their specific needs, including personal assistance.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1445 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that persons can report occurrences of violence against women or domestic violence in reception and detention centres as well as in institutional care facilities to the relevant staff and that protocols are in place to adequately and swiftly address such reports in accordance with the requirements in Article 18, 19 and 20.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1452 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take all appropriate and targeted actions to prevent violence against women and domestic violence, based on a three-pronged approach including primary, secondary as well as tertiary prevention, and ensure their adequate coordination. All these measures shall be developed in cooperation with relevant professionals, civil society organisations, women´s specialist services, social partners, impacted communities and other relevant stakeholders, be evidence-based and implemented in a gender- and trauma- sensitive manner.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1456 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. Primary preventive measures shall be aimed at preventing violence from ever occurring and shall include awareness- raising campaigns, to increasearch and education programmes, where appropriate developed in cooperation with relevant civil society organisations, social partners, impacted communities and other stakeholder understanding among the general public of the different manifestations of all forms of violence and their consequences, and social protection policies, research on risk and protective factors of violence against women and domestic violence, and education programmes throughout life cycle adapted to the capacity of learners, especially age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality and relationship education and equality education both in and outside of formal education as well as programmes on prevention-relevant skills.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1464 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Secondary preventive measures shall be aimed at early detection of violence and prevention of its progression or escalation while tertiary prevention shall be focused on prevention of reoffending and revictimisation, as well as at proper management of consequences of the violence. These measures shall include, among others, promotion of bystander intervention, early intervention centres as well as intervention programmes as referred to in Article 38.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1468 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall make information on preventive measures, the rights of victims, access to justice and to a lawyer, and the available protection and support measures available to the general publicand easily accessible to the general public, via various medias, in relevant languages and in different formats, including in formats accessible to persons with disabilities.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1475 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 4
4. Targeted action shall be addressed to groups at risk,with specific needs and groups at risk, such as those referred to in Article 35 (1) and including children, according to their age and maturity, and persons with disabilities, taking into consideration language barriers and different levels of literacy and abilities. Information for children shall be formulated in a child- friendly way.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1481 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 5
5. Preventive measures shall in particular aim at challenging harmful gender stereotypes, capacitating society with the knowledge to understand consent and identify and address instances of violence, promoting equality between women and men, encouraging all, including men and boys, to act as positive role models to support corresponding behaviour changes across society as a whole in line with the objectives of this directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1482 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 5
5. PAll preventive measures shall in particular aim at challenging harmful gender stereotypes, educating on the concept of consent, promoting equality between women and men, encouraging all, including men and boys, to act as positive role models to support corresponding behaviour changes across society as a whole in line with the objectives of this directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1486 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure universal access to comprehensive, non- discriminatory, age-appropriate and evidence-based sexuality education and information for all primary and secondary school children, through mandatory courses in line with international standards. Targeted measures should be addressed to vulnerable people exposed to the risk of discrimination, stigmatization, social or economic exclusion.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1490 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 6
6. Preventive measures shall develop and/or increase sensitivity about the harmful practice of female genital mutilation and forced sterilisation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1491 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 6
6. Preventive measures shall develop and/or increase sensitivity about the harmful practice of female genital mutilation, intersex mutilation and other harmful practices.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1496 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 7
7. Preventive measures shall also specifically address cyber violence. In particular, Member States shall ensure that education measures include the development of digital literacy skills, including critical engagement with the digital world and critical thinking, to enable users to identify and address cases of cyber violence as well as to recognise its different forms, seek support and prevent its perpetration. Member States shall foster multidisciplinary and stakeholder cooperation, including intermediary services and competent authorities to develop and implement measures to tackle cyber violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1510 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that professionals likely to come into contact with victims, including law enforcement authorities, court staff, judges and prosecutors, lawyers, prevention workers, providers of victim support and restorative justice services, healthcare professionals, social services, educational and other relevant staff, receive both general and specialist training and targeted information to a level appropriate to their contacts with victims, to enable them to identify, prevent and address instances of violence against women or domestic violence, avoid further violence or revictimisationd to treat victims in a trauma- , gender-, disability- and child- sensitive manner and to inform the victims of their rights.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1515 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The appropriate training for law enforcement authorities handling victim's judicial complaint is especially crucial in the context of the fight against gender- based violence, domestic violence and cyberviolence, considering they may be the first authorities to whom the victim is reaching out in the judicial proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1516 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that the authorities competent for receiving reports of offences from victims are appropriately trained to facilitate and assist in the reporting of such crimes.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1517 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall ensure that competent authorities in charge of carrying out individual assessment of victim´s protection needs, as referred to in Article 18, receive specialised training both on physical and non-physical forms of violence, such as psychological violence or controlling or coercive behaviour, as well as on harmful gender stereotypes, in order to enable swift and appropriate follow-up actions.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1521 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Relevant health professionals, including paediatricians and midwives, shall receive targeted training to identify and address, in a cultural-sensitive manner, the physical, psychological and sexual consequences of female genital mutilation, intersex genital mutilation and other harmful practices.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1522 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Relevant health professionals, including paediatricians , gynaecologists, obstetriciand, midwives, and sexologists shall receive targeted training to identify and address, in a cultural-sensitive manner, the physical, psychological and sexual consequences of female genital mutilation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1526 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Healthcare professionals shall also receive regular trainings aimed at preventing occurrence of violence in healthcare settings, including training on patient´s informed consent and on treating patients in a non-discriminatory, respectful and dignified manner.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1530 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. Persons with supervisory functions in the workplace, in both the public and private sectors, shall receive adequate training on how to recognise, prevent and address sexual harassment at work, including on risk assessments concerning occupational safety and health risks, to provide support to victims affected thereby and respond in an adequate manner. Those persons and employers shall receive information, training and guidance about the effects of violence against women and domestic violence on workers and the risk of third party violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1533 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 4
4. The training activities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2a, 1b, and 2a of this Article shall include training on co-ordinated multi-agency and multi-disciplinary co- operation to allow for a comprehensive and appropriate handling of referrals in cases of violence against women or domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1536 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 5
5. Without affecting media freedom and pluralism, Member States shall encourage and support the setting up of media training activities by media professionals’ organisations, media self- regulatory bodies and industry representatives or other relevant independent organisations, to combat stereotypical portrayals of women and men, sexist images of women, and victim- blaming in the media, aimed at reducing the risk of all forms of violence against women or domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1538 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that the authorities competent for receiving reports of offences from victims are appropriately trained to facilitate and assist in the reporting of such crimes.deleted
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1545 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 7
7. Training activities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2a, 1b, 2 and 2a of this Article shall be regular and mandatory, including on cyber violence, and built on the specificities of violence against women and domestic violence. Such training activities shall include training on how to identify and address the specific protection and support needs of victims who face a heightened risk of violence due to their experiencing discrimination based on a combination of sex and other grounds. Such training shall be provided by qualified trainers adhering to strict quality standards in terms of training duration, frequency, methods and outcomes in line with objectives of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1547 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Training materials and activities shall be elaborated and reviewed and, where necessary updated, on a regular basis, in light of their practical application, in consultation and cooperation with victims, women´s specialist services, victim protection centres, healthcare professionals and other relevant actors, based on evidence, their expertise and best practices, and taking into account the need for multi- disciplinary and multi-agency cooperation and coordination. Particular importance shall be given to establishing solid referral pathways to specialist support services, as well as to safe and confidential processing of victim´s personal data.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1553 #

2022/0066(COD)

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that targeted and effective intervention programmes are established to prevent and minimise the risk of committing offences of violence against women or domestic violence, or reoffending, with trained and skilled professionals, in close cooperation with specialist support services for victims, to prevent and minimise the risk of committing offences of violence against women or domestic violence, and reoffending. These programmes shall seek to help offenders understand and recognise their responsibility, change their harmful attitudes and behaviours as well as to adopt non-violent behaviour in interpersonal relationships.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1560 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. The intervention programmes shall be made available for participation including to persons who fear they might commit any offence of violence against women or domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1562 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 38 a (new)
Article 38a National strategies on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence 1. Within two years after the entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall establish, publish and implement a national strategy on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, which as a minimum shall address the following: (a) the objectives and priorities of national policy in this area; (b) the roles and responsibilities of all the competent authorities involved in preventing and countering offences of violence against women and domestic violence; (c) the modes of coordination and cooperation between the competent authorities, as well as with specialist support services and civil society; (d) the cooperation and coordination between criminal and civil proceedings related to the offences of violence against women and domestic violence; (e) the resources needed and how specialisation of enforcement professionals will be supported; (f) the procedures and mechanisms for regular monitoring and evaluation of the results achieved; (g) assistance of European networks working on matters directly relevant to combating violence against women and domestic violence; 2. Member States shall ensure that the strategy is reviewed and updated at regular intervals.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1570 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 39 – paragraph 4
4. It shall be responsible for coordinating policies at the central, regional and local levels and liaising with relevant European agencies and bodies.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1572 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1575 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place appropriate mechanisms to ensure effective coordination and cooperation, at the national level, of relevant authorities, agencies and bodies, including local and regional authorities, law enforcement agencies, the judiciary, public prosecutors, support service providers as well as non- governmental organisations, in particular women´s specialist services, social services, including child protection or welfare authorities, education and healthcare providers, social partners, without prejudice to their autonomy, and other relevant organisations and entities.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1576 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. Such mechanisms shall pertain to all stages, areas and aspects of violence against women and domestic violence, and in particular pertain to the individual assessments under Articles 18 and 19, and the provision of protection and support measures under Article 21 and entire Chapter 4, the guidelines for law enforcement and judicial authorities under Article 23, and in the trainings for professionals as referred to in Article 37.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1578 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Member States shall closely cooperate with and consult in a consistent and structured manner with relevant civil society organisations, includingespecially non-governmental organisations working with victims of violence against women or domestic violence, in particular in providing support to victims, concerning policymaking initiatives, inform and women´s specialist services, and recognise them as equal partners, in order to enhance their meaningful participation in the whole process of policymaking as well as implementation, monitoring, evaluationg and awareness-raising campaigns, research and education programmes and in training, as well as in monitoring and evaluating the impact of measures to support and protect victims. review of impact of policies, initiatives and measures on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence, as referred to in this Directive, in particular in providing support to victims, information and awareness-raising campaigns, research and education programmes and in training.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1579 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Member States shall cooperate with and consult civil society organisations, including non-governmental organisations working with victims of violence against women or domestic, domestic violence, or specialised non-governmental organisations working with vulnerable women and victims at a heightened risk of violence, in particular in providing support to victims, concerning policymaking initiatives, information and awareness-raising campaigns, research and education programmes and in training, as well as in monitoring and evaluating the impact of measures to support and protect victims.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1590 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall take appropriate action to facilitate cooperation between each other as well as with the EU institutions, agencies and bodies to improve the implementation of this Directive. Such cooperation shall aim at least at:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1592 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) exchanging best practices and consulting each other in individual cases, including through Eurojust and the European Judicial Network in criminal matters, in particular in, but not limited to, cross-border cases;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1593 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) exchanging information and best practices with relevant Union agencies, in particular with the European Institute for Gender Equality and Europol cybercrime center to provide help Member States;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1594 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) exchanging information and best practices with relevant Union agencies and cooperating with them on the establishment of common standards and guidelines;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1602 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall have a system in place for theregular collection, development, production and dissemination of statistics on violence against women orand domestic violence, including the forms of violence referred to in Articles 5 to 10.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1606 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The statistics shall be published at least annually and shall include the following data disaggregated by sex, age of the victim and of the offender, disability, relationship between the victim and the offender and type of, type of offence, and place of the offence:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1613 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the number of victims who experienced violence against women orand domestic violence during the last 12 months, last five years and lifetime;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1622 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the annual number of such victims, of reported offences, of persons prosecuted for and convicted of such forms of violence, obtained from national administrative sources.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1623 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) c) annual and monthly number of fatal victims and orphan children; d) information on the existence of an official claim filed by the fatal victim; e) the number of cases reported to the law enforcement authorities; offences, f) the number of cases reported to specialist support services as referred to in Articles 27 to 32; g) the numbers of emergency barring, restraining and protection orders issued; h) the numbers of cases investigated, prosecuted and adjudicated; i) the number of convictions for the offences; j) the types and levels of sanctions imposed on offenders for violence against women and domestic violence, including per categories of offences as referred to in Articles 5 to 10; k) the average length of investigations and of criminal proceedings; l) number of calls to national helplines.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1626 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the number of victims who experienced violence, disaggregated by the ground or multiple grounds which motivated the offense.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1633 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 4
4. In order to ensure administrative data comparability across the Union, Member States shall collect administrative datadata referred to in paragraph 2 on the basis of common disaggregations developed in cooperation with and according to the methodology developed by the European Institute for Gender Equality in accordance with paragraph 5. They shall transmit this data to the European Institute for Gender Equality on a yearly basis. The European Institute for Gender Equality shall regularly publish a report based on the statistical data transmitted by the Member States. The transmitted data shall not contain personal data.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1638 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 5
5. The European Institute for Gender Equality shall support Member States in the data gathering referred to in paragraph 2, point (b), including by establishing common standards on counting units, counting rules, common disaggregations, reporting formats, and on the classification of criminal offences. Civil society organisations working on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence, in particular women´s specialist services, shall be involved in the development of the methodologies for surveys and data collection.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1642 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 6
6. The Member States shall make the collected statistics available to the public in easily accessible and understandable manner. The statistics shall not contain personal data.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1645 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 7
7. The Member States shall support research on root causes, effects, incidences and conviction rates of the forms of violence covered by this Directive, in close cooperation with relevant competent authorities and specialist support services.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1647 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 a (new)
Article 44a Resources 1. Member States shall ensure that national authorities that detect, investigate, prosecute and adjudicate offences within the scope of this Directive have a sufficient number of adequately trained specialised staff, including through the establishment of dedicated specialised units or chambers, and ensure that these national authorities have sufficient financial, technical and technological resources necessary for the effective performance of their functions related to the implementation of this Directive. 2. Member States shall ensure that all specialised support service providers, including non-governmental women´s specialist services, as well as other relevant actors are provided with sufficient, predictable, and sustainable funding and human, technical and technological resources necessary to ensure effective performance of their functions related to the implementation of this Directive. 3. Member States shall ensure sufficient, predictable and sustainable funding for all types of measures laid out in this Directive, including prevention, protection, access to justice, victim support as well as coordination and cooperation measures.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1649 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 b (new)
Article 44b The relevant agencies, in particular the European Institute for Gender Equality and Europol, shall be provided with the necessary human and financial resources to fulfil the objectives, tasks and responsibilities assigned to it under this directive financed by a contribution from the general budget of the Union, with the necessary appropriations drawn exclusively from unallocated margins under the relevant heading of the multiannual financial framework and/or through the mobilisation of the relevant special instruments, meaning that their support should not come at the expense of existing budget lines and Union programmes.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1650 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 c (new)
Article 44c Member States shall ensure that sufficient public funding is provided for the measures adopted in order for them to be effectively implemented.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1651 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Directive 2011/93/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that the following intentional conduct shall be punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 125 years:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1652 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Directive 2011/93/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 8
8. Where the child is above the age of sexual consent and does not consent to the act, Member States shall ensure that the conduct set out in paragraph 7 is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 102 years.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1653 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Directive 2011/93/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 9
For the purpose of paragraph 8, Member States shall ensure that a non-consensual act is understood as an act which is performed without the child’s explicit consent given voluntarily, or where the child is unable to form and express a free will due to the presence of circumstances referred to in paragraph 5, including the child’s physical or mental condition such as a state of unconsciousness, intoxication, sleep, illness or bodily injury.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1654 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Directive 2011/93/EU
Article 3 – Paragraph 9
Consent can be withdrawn at any moment during the act. The absence of consent cannot be refuted exclusively by the child’s silence, verbal or physical non-resistance or past sexual conduct or existing or past relationship with the offender, including marital status. Consent shall be given for each separate act.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1658 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. By [sevenfour years after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest, and every two years thereafter, Member States shall communicate to the Commission all relevant information concerning the application of this Directive necessary for the Commission to draw up a report on the application of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1659 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall regularly and in line with the reporting obligations of Member States submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report in which it reviews the application of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 3 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative, which is intended to round offgive the European Green Deal a strong creative and cultural dimension and complement strategies for territorial, social and economic cohesion with its values of beautiful, sustainable and inclusive solutions, thereby improving quality of life for people in the EU;
2022/04/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that opportunities to participate in the NEB must be fully inclusive and accessible to all EU citizens and all regions and territories, including peripheral urban areas and less populated, rural and mountain areas and islands; emphasises that, islands and outermost regions; emphasises that stakeholders such as local and regional authorities and stakeholder, SMEs and above all residents must be the drivers of NEB projects; in this regard, in order to ensure their implementation as close to the territorial needs as possible, notes the need to foster the funding of NEB projects through the European regional and cohesion funds, especially the ERDF, which should be one of the main funding instrument of the NEB, according to its Policy objective 2 (PO 2);
2022/04/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the NEB encompasses many dimensions and policy areas, which may make it difficult for regional and local authorities to fully understand how to make the most of its opportunities; underlines the crucial role of local and regional authorities in implementing the NEB, as decentralised management allows for a better territorial approach; calls on the Commission, therefore, to provide specific and targeted information on projects, funding, technological and capacity- building opportunities as well as clear definitions of award criteria;
2022/04/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines that the NEB, in order to be really impactful, visible and successful in the long term, requires fresh financial resources;
2022/04/28
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas women are more likely than men to work in the informal economy and whereas their importance for the rural economy is not acknowledged; historically undervalued because of traditional gender stereotypes, such as the expectation that woman acts as the primary carer of children and adult dependants; whereas the gap between male and female employment is 3 percentage points higher in rural areas than in urban areas and many women have precarious contracts or play an ‘invisible role’ in rural societies, which may leave them exposed to vulnerable situations, such as no access to social protection or maternity benefits; whereas women in rural areas are more vulnerable to poverty and financial dependence on their partner, which represent strong barriers to their empowerment; whereas preliminary studies suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities between men and women, especially in terms of an increase in unpaid care work and work-life imbalance;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 2 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s presentation of its long-term vision for rural areas; emphasises that the development of rural areas must be kept high on the EU agenda, as rural areas are active actors in the EU’s green and digital transition;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas rural areas are affected by a reduction of population and young women are more likely to leave rural regions than young men; whereas this demographic trend, when coupled with a lack of connectivity, infrastructure and productivity challenges and low access to public services including education and care depriving women from numerous opportunities, can contribute to the lower attractiveness of rural areas as places to live and work;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas women perform more than one function; whereas women are enablers of therepresent a significant driving force for prosperity and social inclusion in rural areas, notably through entrepreneurship; whereas emerging opportunities of the green and digital transition, together with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the diffusion of teleworking, have brought renewed attention to rural areas and opened up new possibilities for women; whereas the consequences of the pandemic will further widen gender inequalities unless the economic recovery response and the Europe’s green and digital transformation are gender sensitive; whereas women are enablers of the transition to a greener society and economy;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the multidimensional nature of rural development, which goes beyond agriculture, and insists on the need to implement a rural proofing mechanism to assess the impact of EU legislative initiatives on rural areas;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 23 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Highlights the importance to strengthen the bottom-up approach to rural and local development, which is a vehicle for social innovation and capacity building, empowering rural citizens to take ownership of their area's development through the design and implementation of strategy and projects;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas only 30 % of farms across the EU are managed by womenthe number of women in farming has been slowly increasing in the recent years; whereas only 30 % of farms across the EU are managed by women; whereas this number hides significant differences in the representation of women in farming among Member States; whereas SMEs are predominant in rural regions;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women living in rural areas experience barriers to access healthcare, especially sexual and reproductive health services, and to receive support when victims of gender- based violence; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has a disproportionate impact on women and girls, especially those living in rural areas, resulting in an increase in domestic violence and discontinuation of services related to sexual and reproductive health;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the importance of synergies between different funding tools, such as EARDF, ERDF, ESF+ and EMFAF, to channel an adequate level of funding towards rural areas through a multi-fund approach; underlines the crucial role played by the Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) approach and regrets that, during the 2014-2020 programming period, only a quarter of local development projects carried out by local actors integrated more than a funding tool;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 35 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas different levels of access to water services and sanitation still persist between the Member States; whereas in 2019 most countries reported that less than 1% of their population were still living in households without a bath, shower or a flushing toilet, while this share remains comparatively high in some Member States - 22.4 % of the population not having access to basic sanitary facilities in Romania in 2019 and values between 7.5 % and 8.7 % in Bulgaria, Latvia and Lithuania, in the same year;1a _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=SDG_6_- _Clean_water_and_sanitation#Sanitation
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Highlights the valuable contribution to rural development delivered by actions under the Leader programme, co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, which aims to engage local actors in the design and delivery of strategies, decision-making and resource allocation for the development of their rural areas; calls on the Commission and the Member States to reinforce the Leader programme by guaranteeing a high level of autonomy of the Local Action Groups regarding their constitution (no top-down design of areas and villages to be regrouped in a LAG but complete autonomy to the villages to gather and join forces in a LAG) and their decision making, reducing the administrative burden on local authorities and simplifying the access, promoting the local ownership of community-led development projects, and encouraging participation in local action groups;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas connectivity within rural areas is not enough developed making movement of people and especially women in these areas difficult; whereas women in rural areas are less likely to own a driving license or have access to a car than men but also travel more than men due to the role of caregivers that they often carry1a; whereas women are more likely to use public transportation than men; whereas women are more concerned with sexual harassment in public transports and that such cases are often underreported; _________________ 1a “Women and transport” – European Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Policy Department for Citizen’s Rights and Constitutional Affairs, December 2021
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 43 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas gender equality is a basic value of the EU, recognised in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and should be an integral part of the preparation, implementation and evaluation of CAP interventions as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/21153, and in the preparation, implementation, monitoring reporting and evaluation of programmes of the cohesion policy as laid down in Regulation (EU) 1303/2013 and Regulation (EU)2021/1060;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the fact that the main objective of the long-term vision should be to fight depopulation, ageing and rural abandonment, including through investment in infrastructure, ensuring efficient connectivity, including broadband connections, and the provision of services, including digital, as well as economic diversification, job creation and innovative mobility solutions; underlines the role of SMEs in achieving these objectives;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas in rural areas, the share of women in self-employment accounts for 38% and women are overrepresented in vulnerable self-employment2a; whereas women entrepreneurs and self-employed women are an under-utilised source of economic growth, job creation and innovation potential and its promotion is an important tool in fostering women’s economic empowerment and independence; whereas women do not have sufficient access to public and private funds to develop their businesses; _________________ 2a “The professional status of rural women in the EU” – European Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Policy Department for Citizen’s Rights and Constitutional Affairs, May 2019
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 48 #

2021/2254(INI)

Ab. whereas there has been significant improvement of the level of internet connectivity in the rural areas in the last decade; whereas significant differences among the Member States still persist; whereas in some Member States up to 25 % of the households located in the rural areas still do not have access to the internet 2a. _________________ 2a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/ISOC_CI_IN_H__custom_2784346/ default/table?lang=en
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas the standard of living is generally lower in rural than in urban areas, affecting in a disproportional way the most vulnerable groups such as migrant women, women from minority groups and women with disabilities, which continue to face an intersectional discrimination in key areas such as education, employment and health; whereas the number of migrant women moving into rural areas will highly increase in the next months due to the Ukraine’s invasion by Russia;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 50 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas women in rural areas are often under-represented in decision making bodies such as agricultural cooperatives, trade unions and municipal governments; whereas increasing women’s representation in such bodies is highly important.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas access to water services, sanitation, road connectivity, healthcare, education, broadband internet and other basic services is essential for the development of the rural areas; whereas households in some rural areas still do not have access to essential basic services.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas women in rural areas are often under-represented indecision- making bodies such as agricultural cooperatives, trade unions and municipal governments; whereas increasing women’s representation in such bodies is highly important;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 56 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas equality between women and men is a core principle of the European Union and its Member States, and its promotion one of its principal objectives; whereas gender equality is a basic value of the EU recognised in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas gender equality should be an integral part of the preparation, implementation and evaluation of CAP interventions as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/21153a; whereas gender mainstreaming and the integration of gender perspective should be taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation, implementation, monitoring reporting and evaluation of programmes of the cohesion policy as laid down in Regulation (EU) 1303/20134a and Regulation (EU)2021/10605a; _________________ 3a Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and(EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1–186) 4a Regulation (EU) 1303/2013of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation(EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p.320–469) 5a Regulation (EU)2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L231,30.6.2021, p. 159–706)
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 59 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C g (new)
Cg. whereas achieving gender equality is key to reducing local and regional, and economic and social disparities, as well as for ensuring the long-term competitiveness and fair, inclusive and sustainable development of the EU’s rural areas;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 60 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in rural development policy; calls for the exchange of best practices between Member States, in particular as regards the professional status of assisting spouses and partners in agriculture; calls for the work of women in farming activities, especially the work of assisting spouses and partners in agriculture, to be fully recognised by granting them legal recognition; stresses the need for women working in farms to have access to social security rights such as maternity leave and pension rights;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the crucial role of cultural initiatives in rural areas in terms of social cohesion, territorial attractiveness and economic dynamism; regrets the lack of specific support for these initiatives in the various regional funds; calls for these cultural projects to be supported, in particular via the EAFRD, the ERDF and specific calls for projects, in co- construction with rural actors;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 70 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the diversity of rural areas across the EU; recalls that rural areas close to urban centres, in remote areas or mountainous zoneareas, and in outermost regions face different challenges requiring targeted solutions, adapted to their specific circumstances, constraints and opportunities;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the opportunities that the green transition and green economy can provide in increasing rural resilience to natural disasters, climate change and economic crises; stresses the importance of rural areas in ensuring food and energy self-sufficiency and renewable raw materials in Europe; points to the potential of the bio- and circular economy and nature services brought by rural areas;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 72 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the diversity of rural areas across the EU; recalls that rural areas close to urban centres, in remote areas or mountainous zones, and in outermost regions and in sparsely populated areas face different challenges requiring targeted solutions;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the opportunities that the green transition and green economy can provide in terms of job opportunities, in increasing rural resilience to natural disasters, climate change and economic crises and in bringing renewed attention to rural areas;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that policies and actions at EU level combined with national and regional ones are key to securing the prosperity and well-being of rural European citizens, as well as tackling the challenges they face, namely population decline and ageing, fewer quality job opportunities, a lack of access to high- quality services of general interest, climate and environmental pressures, lower connectivity and limited access to innovhigher risk of poverty and social exclusion, fewer quality job opportunities, climate and environmental pressures, lower connectivity, limited access to innovation and in many cases a lack of access to basic infrastructure and services covering health, education or transport; stresses the importance of urgent measures at both EU and national level to tackle these challenges, provide more opportunities especially for youth, increase the attractiveness of rural areas and reverse the downward spiral of demographic decline and workforce migration; .
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that policies and actions at EU level combined with national and, regional and local ones are key to securing the prosperity and well-being of rural European citizens, as well as tackling the challenges they face, namely population decline and ageing, fewer quality job opportunities, a lack of access to high- quality services of general interest such as access to water services, sanitation, road connectivity, healthcare, education, broadband internet and other basic services, climate and environmental pressures, lower connectivity and limited access to innovation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights, furthermore, the potential of the ecological transition and the green economy to create a link between the economy and ecology by creating new jobs in rural areas particularly affected by unemployment, especially in the outermost regions;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 83 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the needs of women in rural areas to be addressed through appropriate – and where necessary peripatetic – healthcare, including itinerant medicine solutions, such as equipped buses offering women living in rural areas the possibility to undergo preventive screening test or consultation with gynaecologists; stresses the need to strongly improve the access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and maternity care by deploying telemedicine, developing local perinatal centres and ensuring access to information; calls for the needs of women in rural areas to be addressed through appropriate childcare and care for the elderly, thereby promoting women’s social security rights, including maternity leave or pension rights, and women’s access to available EU funds;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that policies and actions at EU level combined with local, national and regional ones are key to securing the prosperity and well-being of rural European citizens, as well as tackling the challenges they face, namely population decline and ageing, fewer quality job opportunities, a lack of access to high- quality services of general interest, climate and environmental pressures, lower connectivity and limited access to innovationopportunities for innovation and access to technological developments;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that connections between rural and urban areas must be addressed in a complementary manner in order to implement rural strategies and action plans accordingly; underlines the importance of partnerships across rural areas and remote areas in particular as well as cooperation between rural areas across national borders; emphasises the importance of fighting the digital divide between urban and rural areas, especially as regards high- speed broadband connectivity and the promotion of digital skills;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 87 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that demographic evolution within rural areas is crippled by population decline; notes that ageing population and youth rural exodus are examples of issues which need to be addressed while carrying out actions for rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on Member States to develop prevention and awareness-raising actions to combat gender-based violence, including in schools, ensure access to information on facilities for helping the victims, develop shelters for victims and preventive intervention and treatment programmes for perpetrators; stresses the need to reinforce vocational training of agents working in law enforcement and public administration and taking care of victims of gender-based violence; urges to promote economic and financial empowerment of women victims of violence through the integration in the labour market and social assistance;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 90 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Underlines the importance of quality, affordable and safe public transports connecting rural areas; stresses the need for EU cohesion funds to support the improvement of connectivity and mobility solutions in rural areas;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 93 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of entrepreneurship, social economy and social innovation including the silver economy, especially when it comes to implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights in rural areas; calls on Member States and the Commission to boost awareness and to facilitate easier access to finance for entrepreneurs and self- employed in rural areas; encourages Member States and regional and local authorities to make use of the existing European Structural Funds to especially target and promote women entrepreneurs and self-employed women;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 94 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights the potential of rural areas as spaces to foster inclusion and integration of the most vulnerable groups of women with specific needs, such as women with disabilities, migrant women, including seasonal migrants, refugees and minorities, victims of gender-based violence, women with little or no training and single mothers, etc.; encourages Members States to design and implement specific measures to promote their training and employment and safeguard their fundamental rights; stresses the important role of local and national authorities in ensuring the inclusion and integration of these women; insists especially on the necessity to prepare an immediate response to the arrival of Ukrainian women with children in order to ensure their quick and easy integration;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 96 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines the need to strongly improve access to healthcare in rural areas through appropriate and, where necessary, itinerant medicine solutions and services, such as equipped buses offering citizens living in rural areas the possibility to undergo preventive screening tests or consultations;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 97 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Highlights the potential of rural areas as spaces to foster inclusion and integration of the most vulnerable groups with specific needs, such as persons with disabilities, migrants, including seasonal migrants, refugees and minorities; encourages Members States to design and implement specific measures to promote their training and employment and safeguard their fundamental rights; insists especially on the necessity to prepare an immediate response to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees in rural areas in order to ensure their quick and easy integration;
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 100 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the diversity of rural areas and the crucial importance of tailor- made territorial approaches in implementing the long-term vision, primarily in less developed, remote, sparsely populated areas and outermost regions.
2022/04/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 104 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote digital and hybrid education, reskilling and upskilling of women in rural areas and to further develop access to specific education programmes and quality jobs in order to enhance their potential and to counteract the moving out of high-qualified women from rural areas; calls on the Commission to continue supporting Member States’ work on improving the availability, accessibility and affordability of quality education through investments from the European Social Fund Plus, the European Regional Development Fund, the InvestEU programme and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, paying special attention to people in vulnerable situations;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 110 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to find adequate responses to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by the current transition to the more digital and greener Europe, especially in term of job opportunities; stresses that Member States should engage a reflection on new skills development and digital inclusion of women, encouraging the remote working possibilities in order to permit the access more easily to high quality jobs while living in rural areas;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 112 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the growing discontent among rural populations who feel their needs are insufficiently considered in political decision-making and who feel underrepresented, which creates fertile ground for civic and political disengagement and could lead to the development of various forms of extremisms; believes that in some Member States, elections in recent years have showcased that the rural urban divide is growing larger and it should compel public officials to address this feeling of economic and social detachment;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that rural areas are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of crisis, such as the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine but are also capable of offering new opportunities in response to such crisis; notes that, by virtue of their inherent characteristics and highly valuable resources, rural areas convey solutions to those crises;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Members States in coordination with local and regional authorities to better implement gender mainstreaming in their transport policies; underlines the importance of quality, affordable and safe public transports; stresses the need for EU cohesion funds to support the improvement of connectivity and mobility solutions in rural areas;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 123 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on Member States and the Commission to boost awareness and to facilitate easier access to finance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed in rural areas including alternative forms of financing making sure finance is available and reach the women entrepreneurs and self-employed; encourages Member States and regional and local authorities to make use of the existing European Structural Funds to target and promote women entrepreneurs and self-employed women; stresses the need for awareness-raising and information campaigns regarding existing and future EU funding possibilities for women entrepreneurs;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 130 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to systematically collect gender-disaggregated data and take the gender dimension into account when designing, implementing and evaluating policies and programmes in the field of rural development and highlights the importance of gender impact assessments for the design of such proposals in order to better achieve the goals of gender mainstreaming in rural areas;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 130 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Acknowledges that one of the main challenges that SMEs face, particularly these operating in rural and remote areas, is the lack of skilled workers; notes that the accelerating evolution of the labour market is exacerbating long-standing skills shortages; calls on the Member States to strengthen their up-skilling and re-skilling initiatives and programmes in order to prepare citizens to respond to the labour market needs and address the shortages that the SMEs are facing and that hinder their competitiveness.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Highlights the valuable contribution to the promotion of gender equality in rural areas delivered by actions under the Leader programme, co- financed from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, which aims to engage local actors in the design and delivery of strategies, decision-making and resource allocation for the development of their rural areas; calls on the Commission and the Member States to reinforce the Leader programme by reducing the administrative burden on local authorities and simplifying the access, promoting the local ownership of community-led development projects, and encouraging women’s participation in local action groups;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 135 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that rural areas can be the scene of significant population variations such as seasonal ones related to tourism;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 138 #

2021/2254(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Insists on the need to improve the participation of women in decision- making in rural areas by means of training activities designed to encourage their presence in areas and sectors in which they are under-represented, and by awareness-raising campaigns on the importance of the active involvement of women in management positions; calls on Member States to promote gender equality in the various management and representation bodies to foster equal participation in all types of agricultural organisations, associations and public institutions;
2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 138 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to systematically collect gender-disaggregated data and take the gender dimension into account when designing, implementing and evaluating policies, such as the Common Agricultural Policy, in order to better achieve the goals of gender mainstreaming in rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are essential for achieving economic growth as they are a major source for generating employment, creating wealth and alleviating poverty, particularly in rural and remote areas; a stronger support to SMEs is also a means to maintain and attract skilled workers in rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Insists on the need to improve the participation of women in decision making in rural areas by means of training activities designed to encourage their presence in areas and sectors in which they are under-represented, and by awareness-raising campaigns on the importance of the active involvement of women in management positions; therefore calls on Member States to promote gender equality in the various management and representation bodies to foster equal participation in all types of agricultural organisations, associations and public institutions, and asks for the work of women in farming activities, especially the work of assisting spouses and partners in agriculture, to be fully recognised by granting them legal recognition and full access to social security rights.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Is deeply concerned that in some rural areas, people with disabilities still tend to face more challenges than their counterparts in urban areas; calls on the Commission and on the Member States that have not already done so to dedicate special attention to the vulnerable groups, living in the rural areas, such as people with disabilities and ensure that their special needs are being addressed; calls on the Commission to further harmonise practices between Member States in terms of inclusion of people with disabilities;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 143 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Recalls that different levels of access to water services and sanitation persist between Member States; recalls that in 2019 most countries reported that less than 1% of their population were still living in households without a bath, a shower or a flushing toilet while in some countries this share remains comparatively high1a; _________________ 1a Eurostat data
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 144 #

2021/2254(INI)

5e. Underlines that rural areas are affected by territorial inequalities compared to urban areas; underlines that those inequalities can take the shape of weaker access to quality housing and an efficient transport network; underlines the importance of favouring quality housing for rural area populations by rendering it more independent and resilient and thereby improving their standards of living, for instance, by means of enhanced energy efficiency; underlines the importance of supporting and developing an integrated transportation system which would improve the synchronisation between multiple modes of transportation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Agrees on the need for a common, EU-wide, functional definition of rural areas, and urges the Commission to quickly develop and operationalise such a definition while taking into consideration their diversity; invites, in that sense, the Commission to propose common indicators for all Member States while leaving them in charge of setting relevant thresholds to identify those functional rural areas; notes that this definition could be used to compare and inform the evolutions of European rural areas, or allow a more targeted implementation of policies and measures among those territories;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 163 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Agrees on the need for a common, EU-wide, functional definition of functional rural areas, and urges the Commission to quickly develop and operationalise such a definition, while taking into account the diversity of rural areas and the research done so far in this respect;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 172 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the development of a Rural Pact; considers that it needs concrete objectives, deliverables, governance and monitoring systems, and institutional responsibilities; this Rural Pact should serve the Commission as an opportunity to facilitate the sharing of good practices between rural areas and help them employ the tools at their disposal;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the development of a Rural Pact; considers that it needs concrete objectives, deliverables, governance and monitoring systems, and clear institutional responsibilities;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 186 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on Member States to adopt national rural agendas; calls on Member States to use those national rural agendas to define the method, the calendar and the means to address the issues faced by rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights that many rural areas still lack access to basic infrastructure and services such as health, education or internet, which generates further poverty and social exclusion and hampers their development. Calls on the Commission and Member States to increase efforts to improve and develop infrastructure and services in rural areas.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 198 #

2021/2254(INI)

12. Insists that rural citizens must benefit, like any other citizen, from equitable conditions for achieving their professional, social and personal goals, with a particular focus on more vulnerable groups, thereby effectively upholding the European Pillar of Social Rights; stresses that targeted interventions fostering effective generational renewal are essential; importance must be given to the gender dimension in rural areas, to boost women's involvement and innovative spirit in addressing rural community challenges, therefore ensuring the implementation of the European Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 200 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that rural citizenthe population living in the rural areas must benefit, like any other citizen, from equitable conditions for achieving their professional, social and personal goals, with a particular focus on more vulnerable groups, thereby effectively upholding; Insists that the European Pillar of Social Rights must be effectively upheld; stresses that targeted interventions fostering effective generational renewal are essential;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the European Green Deal and the Digital transformation can open up new opportunities in rural areas and a new dynamic for a more resilient future, while ensuring a just and inclusive transition and numerous possibilities for sustainable jobs;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 246 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. underlines that it is important not to set the preservation of biodiversity against the management of large carnivores; invites the Commission to advance on this topic which is too often left aside and minimized, which is detrimental to the social link; calls on the Commission to ensure a common management of large carnivores while concerting all the concerned actors;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 248 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights that farmers in remote and rural areas, particularly small farmers, still do not have sufficient access to technologies due to different reasons, such as not fully developed infrastructure and connectivity, limited access to funding, not being equipped with the necessary digital skills; points out that these issues should be addresses at the relevant level.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 254 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. invites the Commission to encourage a discussion on large carnivores with rural actors, to promote knowledge sharing especially in regions in which large carnivores have previously been absent for centuries and to inform stakeholders and farmers of financing possibilities for preventive measures against attacks on livestock; calls on the Commission to ensure a cross border and cross regional monitoring of large carnivores to promote coordinated approaches across Member States;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 262 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Stresses that digital technologies have the potential to increase the attractiveness of the agricultural sector for young farmers, to increase its productivity, to make the sector more efficient, sustainable, and competitive; underlines, in this regard, the importance of furthering the adoption of new technologies and bridge the existing digital divide;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 273 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that diversification of and innovation in the rural economy based on local potential and specificities are crucial to drawing opportunities from the digital and green transition; calls on the Member States to put in place measures to support the fair transition and diversification of the rural economy;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 309 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the central role of rural areas in the transition to a low-carbon economy; stresses that initiatives in rural areas, such as renewable energy infrastructure, sustainable agriculture, slow tourism or environmental services must contribute effectively to the economic and social vitality of such areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 313 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the central role of rural areas in the transition to a low-carbon circular economy; stresses that initiatives in rural areas, such as renewable energy infrastructure, must contribute effectively to the economic and social vitality of such areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 318 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Highlights that the production of renewable energy can significantly contribute to the development of rural areas and improve their climate, environmental and economic perspectives;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 324 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Stresses that sustainable, profitable, clean and efficient farms and enterprises could significantly benefit from renewable energy sources and sustainably produced biofuels; calls on the Commission and on the Member States to enhance the production and use of renewable energy for enterprises located in rural areas, also by means of identifying the main practical barriers and the new and best practices and tools that are already applied; stresses that it has the potential to improve the energy independence of the enterprises and local public authorities located in rural areas, reduce their energy bills and further diversify and increase their income; brings forward the REPOWER EU communication, that focuses on increasing the share of biomethane production in EU to 35 bcm by 2030, stresses that this increase will not be possible without intense investment in the infrastructure but highlights that it can bring many opportunities to rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 349 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the digital transition brings about new opportunities for rural areas, which are only accessible if there is adequate, stable and accessible broadband coverage; underlines that many households, living in the rural areas across the EU, still do not have internet access; warns of the risks of the widening of the rural digital gap as a result of the lack of 5G coverage, and calls on Member States to mobilise all available instruments to prevent it;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 351 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the digital transition brings about new opportunities for rural areas, which are only accessible if there is adequate, stable and accessible broadband coverage; warns of the risks of the widening of the rural digital gap as a result of the lack of Internet access including 5G coverage, and calls on Member States to mobilise all available instruments to prevent it;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 357 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Draws attention to the fact that the comparative lack of digital skills in rural areas can preclude rural communities from benefiting from the opportunities of digitalisation; calls for measures that ensure and hinder the development of SMEs; calls for measures that ensure opportunities for the development of appropriate digital skills, digital inclusion and support an enabling environment for rural digital innovation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 368 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and local authorities to promote interactions between urban and rural areas; underlines that urban and rural areas would benefit from an improved cooperation; underlines that it would be opportune to develop town-twinning and alliance mechanisms between urban and rural areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 369 #

2021/2254(INI)

20a. Notes that the silver economy is expected to contribute more than €5.7trn to Europe’s economy by 2025, offering abundance of opportunities for the rural areas, their population and economy; calls on the EC and the Member States to develop strategies to effectively harness the benefits that the silver economy will offer.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 389 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Highlights that Smart City technologies are increasingly present in the population daily living; Stresses that Smart City technologies provide efficient city services, as a central instrument of receiving various services for residents (healthcare, energy and water supply, urban infrastructure, public services transportation etc.); calls on the Commission and on the Member States to dedicate sufficient financial resources for the development of Smart City technologies, taking into account their significant added value for the development of the rural areas, improving citizens' standard of living and the business environment for the SMEs.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 397 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Urges Member States to address the specific challenges of rural areas, their communities and the SMEs operating there, during the implementation of the current multiannual financial framework programmes and to provide the investments needed for social inclusion and, job creation, and innovation in order to foster competitiveness and enable a just digital and green transition and revive these areas;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 408 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets the persistent obstacles to the multi-fund approach, which hamper the deployment of integrative approaches in rural areas; calls on the Commission to improve synergies and coordination between EU funding instruments such as the Common Agricultural Policy, the Cohesion Policy and other relevant sources, and with national instruments, and to pursue simplification, in particular for smaller projects and micro-financing, which are key for rural areas; highlights the importance of using rural development programmes in synergy with the programmes of other sectors, such as tourism, environmental protection and culture.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 422 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the role that all EU policies and funds, both shared and those under direct management, must play in supporting rural areas and highlights that the absence of an integrated approach to funding mechanisms can make it more difficult to achieve the synergies needed for a successful rural development in the EU;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 424 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Member States to effectively use the various funding opportunities to improve the prospects of rural areas, the community living there and the SMEs, also through the opportunities offered by the Next Generation EU, the RRF and the measures and tools foreseen to cushion the negative impact of Russia's invasion in Ukraine has on the rural sectors; calls on the Commission to monitor and assess whether the support reaches rural areas and benefits its community;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 436 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Invites the Commission to adapt the state aid Framework to give Member States the opportunity to help very specific rural areas where population density is very low based on precedents that already exist in some regions;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 439 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. underlines the success of payments for areas with natural constraints provided by the CAP in terms of economic dynamics and preservation of sustainable activities in those areas; stresses the importance to maintain those payments in the future too;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 447 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses the importance of short supply chains and organic agriculture for the development of rural areas and strengthening their economic and social development; encourages the Commission and Member States to promote these agricultural models alongside other sustainable models;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 450 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for more community-based policyand less centralized policy and support measures design, involving local actors, authorities and civil society, and insists therefore that they must play an active role from decision-making to policy implementation and evaluation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 454 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for more community-based policy design, involving local actors, authorities and civil society, and insists therefore that they must play an active role from developing policies, decision-making to policy implementation and evaluation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 459 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses the importance of strengthening the bottom-up approach to rural and local development and the valuable contribution to rural development made by Leader actions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure a high level of autonomy for local action groups in terms of their constitution (no top-down design of areas and villages to be regrouped into a local action group, but full autonomy) and decision-making, reducing the administrative burden on local authorities and simplifying access, promoting local ownership of community-led development projects and encouraging participation in local action groups.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 464 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Recalls that some projects for the benefit of rural areas are not implemented because of a lack of dedicated skills or human resources in those areas; invites the Commission to support capacity building in rural areas which lack capabilities and dedicated skills to implement relevant projects; stresses that, going beyond project design for rural areas, a particular effort should be placed into their implementation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 478 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Recalls that the future of rural areasrural areas and their prosperity is of paramount importance for Europe’s food security and food autonomy, as the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have clearly demonstrated; stresses that they will be even more important in future, taking into account the general decline of the number of farmers and the aging of the population;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 483 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Underlines the importance of generational renewal and the facilitation of access to land for the sustainability and prosperity of the sector; highlights the important role that young farmers play in modernizing EU agriculture and creating more opportunities in rural areas; calls on the Commission and on Member States to develop targeted policies to encourage generational renewal and remove all existing barriers for access to land and funding, as well as to remove the administrative burdens facilitating further development of the sector; stresses that, given the general decline of the number of farmers and the aging of the population, young farmers will play an even more important role in the future;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2021/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas hate speech and hate crime against persons of Asian origin, particularly members of Chinese communities, or those perceived to be of Asian origin, has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, including racist attacks and beatings, violent bullying, threats and, racist abuse and cyber violence;
2022/04/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 285 #

2021/2243(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental human rights to which all people, in their diversity, should have safe and legal access;
2022/04/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Regulation (EU) 2018/848 on organic production and labelling of organic products obliges farmers to comply with a conversion period during which they have to apply all rules on organic production; whereas this period may last up to 3 years; whereas farmers during this period have to bear higher costs of production without benefiting from higher market prices for organic products;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas it is essential to ensure that consumers and food services are in a position to make informed choices when purchasing food;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas organic farming has a potential to contribute to environmental protection and biodiversity and at the same time revitalise rural areas, creating employment, supporting the sustainability of small farms, bringing consumers and producers closer, enhancing the connections with the local economy and stimulating positive economic multipliers;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the development and growth of the organic sector must be accompanied by market-driven and accompanied by holistic supply chain developments as well as measures to stimulate further the demand for organic food and ensure consumer trust, in order to safeguard the future profitability of the organic market and organic farming in the EU;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that stimulating agricultural sustainability and resilience of the EU foodsystem should be a priority; underlines that co-existence of different farming systems is important as diversity is key to food system security and resilience and benefits sustainable development; points out that there is no single farming model that fits all countries and regions and stresses that the benefits of the different sustainable farming models should be recognised;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that for an EU action plan to succeed, it must stimulate and mobilise the Member States; expresses the view, therefore,, taking into account their specificities and different starting points; stresses that Member States should be encouraged to develop their own national OAPs with concrete, time-bound actions; highlights that the national OAPs should create predictability and clarity for farmers and industry, thus encouraging the conversion to organic farming and the commercialisation of organic products;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that the new regulation on organic farming risks creating some major hurdles to its implementation by EU producers, especially small farmers, and at the same time lowers existing standards, particularly as regards plant protection products, which could lead to consumer distrust; therefore calls on the European Commission to carry out an impact assessment of the new regulation three years after its implementation, with a view to make the necessary adjustments;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the extension of the scope of the organic farming regulation to certain products closely linked to agriculture which are not listed in Annex I of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, such as salt; however, expresses its concern about the report on organic salt published on 6 August 2021 by EGTOP, as it is in favour of extending the EU organic label to production methods that not comply with the principles of the EU regulation 2018/848; therefore calls on the European Commission not to follow the advice of EGTOP;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that Member States should engage all stakeholders, especially organic farmers and associations, local and regional authorities, consumer and private sector representatives and the hospitality industry, in a consultative process when adopdesigning, adopting and implementing their national OAPs to achieve the best possible synergies;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that Member States should engage all stakeholders, especially organic farmers and associations, local and regional authorities, consumer and private sector representatives and, the hospitality and food industryies, in a consultative process when adopting their national OAPs to achieve the best possible synergies;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises the importance of speeding up the development of organic aquaculture and wild organic picking areas in the EU;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is of the opinion that legislation and OAPs must provide sufficient room for flexibility for Member States' different organic practices and prerequisites, such as climate zones and length of growing seasons;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the need for modern and innovative methods when developing new organic seeds and agriculture practices, maintaining high level of protection of human health and the environment;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6a. Expresses its concern about misleading labels, packaging and advertising that makes it difficult for consumers to distinguish conventional products from organic products; emphasizes that the terms 'locally produced' or 'regionally produced' should only be used if the main ingredients of the food product concerned are actually from that region, and that the terms 'authentic' or 'natural' should never be allowed for industrially processed foods;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers, however, that increased support for the promotion of organic products should not be at the expense of other sustainable products, such as geographical indications, which strongly contribute to the economic growth in many rural areas and are the flagship of European agriculture;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Welcomes the launch of an annual EU organic day; believes that it represents an opportunity to improve the visibility and the recognition for organic farming and raise awareness of the benefits of organic production;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Supports promoting the consumption of organic food in European schools as it can be an important driver for the development of the organic sector;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 146 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Reminds that demands from professional kitchens differ from those of the households; stresses the importance to create added value for the supply chain and increase the processing level of organic products to respond for the needs of professional kitchens;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that local and regional authorities play an important role in supporting the structuring of the organic sector in terms of production, logistics and trade, facilitating the creation of organised cooperation between producers, food services and consumers, as well as raising public awareness at local levelbout the differences between various sustainable farming methods and developing educational programmes for preschools and schools;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that it is essential for the Commission, the Member States and stakeholders to engage actively in identifying ways in which the existing certification and control mechanisms can be made more robust to prevent fraud in organic production and trade, both in the EU and in non-EU countries, as well as to prevent additional administrative burdens and costs for farmers, including by using IT solutions;; stresses that the certification process in the conversion to organic farming continues to be cumbersome and difficult to implement, especially for small farmers; thus, underlines the need for simplification, reduction of administrative burdens and costs.
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that an adequate common agricultural policy (CAP) budget should be provided to create incentives for farmers to convert to and maintainfurther develop organic farming practices at national level, through rural development measures or newly introduced eco-schemes, or a combination of the two; calls on the Member States to support generational renewal in organic farming;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 207 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the availability of eco- schemes under the new CAP to support conversion; reiterates that the uptake and growth of the organic sector must be accompanied by market-driven and supply chain developments1a; welcomes, in this regard, voluntary initiatives by retailers to buy conversion products at a higher price and believes such initiatives should be promoted; takes due note of the difficulties they are facing in marketing these conversion products to consumers due to the lack of harmonised rules and calls on the Commission to assess measures to facilitate their marketing, such as through harmonised labelling; _________________ 1a European Parliament resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system (2020/2260(INI))
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recognise the potential of a common European agriculture data space to increase the consumer knowledge and trust as well as to make the organic supply chain traceable;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 264 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for research and innovation to overcome restrictions in organic agriculture, such as the availability of organic protein feed, vitamins, plant protection products, fertilisers and genetic resources and to encourage meeting societal expectations on animal welfare and efficient resource use; reminds the importance of livestock manure as an organic fertilizer and encourages its sustainable use in the cultivation cycle; welcomes the Commission’s intention to earmark Horizon Europe funding in this respect; calls on the Commission to stimulate and foster cooperation between research communities working on organic and conventional food and farming;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 275 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines that bio-fertilizers and bio-based soil improvers are important components of organic farming practices; stresses therefore the need to incentivise innovation with regard to the production of bio-fertilizers and bio-based soil improvers from various types of biomass waste such as animal manure and food waste;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 282 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses the need to support the development of safe, effective and affordable alternative to plant protection products as an important element of the development of organic production;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #

2021/2239(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the importance of sufficiently available, high-quality organic seeds, heterogeneous material and high- yielding plant varieties, also varieties that are locally adopted; points out their potential in strengthening resilience against plant diseases and the impact of climate change; encourages the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts to improve the functioning of the organic seed market and believes that transitional periods would be helpful in achieving this;
2022/01/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that a policy on ensuring food security in developing countries must mirror the founding principles of the common agricultural policy, in that its primary goal must be to provide affordable safe food for its citizens while affordguaranteeing a fair standard of living for and the social and economic well-being of its farmers;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes any initiative to implement or strengthen agricultural policies at national or regional level, which aim to ensure greater food self- sufficiency and sustainability for agricultural production;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that agriculture and food security are the foundation blocks for broader economic development, and insists that agricultural development must supp; therefore encourages the transition of developing countries towards morte self-sufficient agricultural production systems and food sovereignty in developing countriecy; notes that this transition should follow sustainable development criteria; highlights that agricultural production area should not be increased at the expense of environment protection and conservation of biodiversity-rich habitats;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to recognize the leading role of farmers, producer organizations and their representatives in any strategy to enhance food security;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of systematically assessing the effects of new policies and strategies on developing countries and taking action in order to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the fFarm to fFork sStrategy is the EU’s most ambitious policy frameworkstrategy to promote a more sustainable and resilient EU agrifood system and support a global transition to sustainable agrifood systems, which benefit people, nature and economic growth;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the necessity to reinforce research and, share innovations and encourage knowledge exchange between the EU and developing countries to increase agrifood system resilience, especially in the context of climate change;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers exports to third countries of pesticides banned in the European Union to be unacceptable and stresses that poor countries are the recipients of the vast majority of these exports; welcomes, therefore, the Commission's intention to present a proposal to end this practice in the framework of the EU Strategy on Chemicals for Sustainability; urges, however, the Commission to promote the search for alternatives to the use of these pesticides in order to avoid serious disruptions to food security in developing countries, thus aggravating hunger among the most vulnerable populations;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages increased consistency between EUand complementarity between EU external, development and trade policies to support the global transition to sustainable agrifood systems;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Supports the development of trade opportunities between the EU and developing countries, which have the potential to boost local agriculture and enable regions to enhance and extend their production potential; underlines in this regard that trade agreements need to uphold the principle of fair trade and this for both trading partners;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that while, throughout the history of the common agricultural policy, lifting export subsidies and decoupling direct payments has significantly reduced the risk of dumping practices, some areas of concern persist and should be closely monitored, in particular agricultural sectors still tied to coupled income support in many EU Member States.;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Deplores the fact that land- grabbing is rife in many developing countries; points out that it is a brutal practice that undermines food security and endangers rural communities;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2021/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses the essential contribution of young girls and women to agricultural and rural economies in developing countries; however regrets that many women do not have the same rights as men, have more limited access to land and face many constraints that reduce their agricultural productivity; considers it therefore of crucial importance to support and enhance the empowerment of young girls and women in developing countries;
2021/12/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
— Having regard to the Council Recommendations (EU)2021/1004 of 14 June Establishing a European Child Guarantee9a _________________ 9a OJ L 223, 22.6.2021, p. 14.
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) and its first five surveys carried out between 2007 and 2020,
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas it is hugely important to raise awareness and educate children on matters such as healthy diets supported by scientific research, local food chains, organic farming, seasonality, sustainability in food production and food waste;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas poorer diets and underlying health issues, such as obesity, are more prevalent among children from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the fact that in many cases, the amount of EU funding that the Member States receive is insufficient to reach all target groups and generate the desired impact at national level; in order to guarantee the continuation of well functioning programs the current distribution of aid should be taken as a minimal basis for distribution also in the future;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that some Member States are not making full use of the budget availableCalls the Commission and the Member States to cooperate in view of the next School Scheme revision, to assess national performances, in order to produce sound analysis of the causes behind Member States displaying different absorption rates of the budget available, and provide more guidance built on best practices from Member States;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to increase the total budget envelope for the school scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products and to consider a redistribution among the participants of the scheme, in case there has been an underuse of the amount allocated to a Member State; emphasises that increasing the budget for the scheme would make it possible to increase the frequency of distribution every week and the duration of distribution throughout the school year;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to take steps to ensure that the Member States guarantee a certain level of qualitya minimum quality standard for the products covered by the scheme, which could also be factored into the take-up of the budget and the achievement of national participation targets; recalls that the provision of poor quality products has a negative impact on the implementation of the scheme, leading to a lack of interest in consumption and contributing to food waste;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of synergies between the EU School Scheme and other sources of EU funding, and allow top-ups from other relevant funds, in cases when Member States have already used the existing budget allocated to the School Scheme;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the importance of educational measures in the context of achieving the scheme’s objectives; points out that farm visits are a critical tool to enable children and adolescents to reconnect with agriculture and to get to know and experience at first hand the vital role played by farmers in ensuring access to safe, nutritious and sustainable food;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase the uptake of digital tools and digital learning materials, building on the learnings following the COVID-19 pandemic;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 110 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to provide more guidance on the content of the educational measures, drawing on best practices from Member States, such as a focus on healthy eating habits, agriculture in general and sustainable agriculture in particular, including organic farming and actions to counteract food waste;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure appropriate involvement of national authorities responsible for health and nutrition, environment, agriculture and education in drawing up appropriate accompanying measures suitable for the age group and local specificities in terms of diet, cultural habits or farming practices;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the need to increase the participation of other stakeholders in the educational measures, including greater involvement of parents and teacher, teachers, school staff, local producers, as well as relevant civil society organisations;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the products for distribution should be unprocessed, organic and originate in the EU, in exceptional cases, minimally processed, locally produced where available, and originate in the EU; calls on the Commission to introduce a requirement for at least 25% of the products distributed by each Member State to be organic, in line with the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Organic Action Plan; calls on the Commission to introduce requirements to ensure that the products comply with objective criteria, including health, environmental, quality and ethical considerations, seasonality, variety, the availability of local produce, and giving priority to short supply chains; stresses that in the case of bananas, fair- trade products from third countries may only be given priority when equivalent products originating in the EU are not available; emphasises that products should reflect local eating habits and crop types as far as possible;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 151 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that products containing added sugars, fats, salt or sweeteners should not be permitted within the scheme; urgescalls on the Commission to remov, in cooperation with Member States and health and nutrition authorities, to closely analyse the exceptions that allow for the distribution of certain types of products with limited sugar and fat content, in view of their strict limitation or removal, in order to ensure that the scheme remains aligned with its objectives and wider EU policy goals; calls on Member States to enable close and effective cooperation between health and nutrition, agriculture, environment and education authorities in drawing the list of eligible products and educational activities, in full respect of the objectives of the School Scheme;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 156 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to carry out an evaluation of the quantities of food waste generated by the School Scheme, identify potential causes and provide guidance on curbing food waste associated with the Scheme, in line with Farm to Fork Strategy, while avoiding administrative burdens for Member States, schools or suppliers.
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls that access to healthy and sustainable food and to proper nutritional education is influenced by socio-economic environment and invites the Commission to explore a review of the target groups, in order to ensure that children at risk of poverty or social exclusion have priority access to healthy and nutritional food and educational measures, in line with the Farm to Fork Strategy and the European Child Guarantee objectives; calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for flexible formulas between products and educational measures, based on the actual needs of the target groups;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 172 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of synergies with other breakfast initiatives or the distribution of regular school meals, with a view to reach a higher number of children and ensure coordination between initiatives at national, regional, local level or those carried out by NGOs or private entities.
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 177 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that procurement procedures, even simplified ones, should comply with the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criteria for award; insists that large suppliers must not have a predominant positionprocurement procedures shall ensure that equal access and fair competition is in place, so that large suppliers are not unfairly advantaged to the detriment of small farmers participating in the scheme;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to explore the option for schools to have longer- lasting contracts, with the possibility to renegotiate prices, as this would reduce the need for such extensive documentation; highlights that this could be an incentive for smaller producers to participate in the scheme;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 190 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the EU to encourage the Member States to reduce and simplify the level of documentation required of the beneficiaries of the scheme in order to alleviate the administrative burden they face and calls on the Commission and Member States to increase the uptake of digital tools in the management of documentation;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Proposes establishing a forum to encourage the Member States to share best practices in order to identify successful ways of streamlining the implementation of the scheme; recalls the existence of the Civil Dialogue Group meetings, held by the European Commission, which already include regular discussions on the EU School Scheme and recommends building up on this forum;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 195 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to explore the possibility for the candidate countries to participate as observers in the forum dedicated to the School Scheme, in order to foster international cooperation, as it is already the case for research, monitoring and data sharing on child obesity and policies to counteract it, under the WHO COSI platform.
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 196 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)
Calls on the European Commission to explore the possibility of launching a School Scheme for candidate countries, financed through existing instruments such as the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance and the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recalls that the European Commission does not evaluate the Member States' strategies or the monitoring and evaluation reports for the EU School Scheme; invites the Commission to play a more active role and provide feedback and guidance to the Member States, building on existing best practices, in order to better assist them in the implementation and the monitoring of the scheme.
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #

2021/2205(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to develop an enhanced communication strategy in order to boost the take-up of the scheme by schools in Member States with low participation rates and to improve the recognisability of the EU Scheme and its financial contribution; stresses that EU materialcommunication kits could also be used as a means of further encouraging schools to take part; calls on the Commission to analyse the possibility of drawing, together with nutrition experts, an accessible and easy to read Healthy Food and Nutrition Guide to be distributed to all children and adolescents participating in the Scheme;
2022/10/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the three thematic publications of the European Commission and of the Association of European Border Regions “More and better cross-border public services”10a ; “vibrant cross-border labour markets”10b; “border regions for the European Green Deal”10c, _________________ 10a https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2776/912236 10b https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2776/094950 10c https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2776/475773
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
— having regard to the report of the European Commission and of the Association of European Border Regions “b-solutions: solving border obstacles. A Compendium 2020-2021"11a, _________________ 11a https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2776/625110
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas border regions, especially those with a low population density, tend to experience more unless favourable development conditions and are generally less economically successful than other regions within Member States, and whereas their economic potential is not being fully tapped;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how fragile and interdependent Europe’s cross-border regions are and paralysed manyunveiled cross-border regions’ exposure to detrimental disruptions of the Single Market and to the paralysis of public services, especially in healthcare settings, and whereas the pandemic has also disrupted the free movement of goods and essential medical equipment following the closure of national borders;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas border regions would benefit from a supranational legal instrument capable of circumventing negative externalities that might arise from the deliberate actions of Member States to fragment the Single Market;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 23 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the conclusion of Partnership Agreements in the context of the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy is lagging behind, undermining the allocation of vital resources in the territories in need ;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the EU also has maritime cross-border regions in the shape of islands in the Mediterranean and outermost regions in the Atlantic and Indian oceans; whereas the geographic remoteness of some European islands, coupled with their condition as border regions, exposes them to a combination of constraints in the labour market, in the field of transportation and healthcare which severely hampers their growth potential;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 42 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the progress the Commission has made thus far in implementing its 2017 action plan, in particular via the ‘b-solutions’ initiative – which has made it possible to provide legal and administrative support to authorities in border authoritieregions and to resolve 90 cases involving barriers to interaction – and via the support provided to improve access to employment, promote multilingualism in border areas and pool healthcare facilities;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the EU institutions and on Member States to raise awareness among cross-border regions about the possibility to receive support from the European Commission under the b- solutions initiative; underlines that sharing knowledge about successful b- solutions might contribute to solve and prevent the emergence of new administrative and legal barriers;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 45 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Underlines, however, that b- solutions alone cannot represent an appropriate and effective response to the legal and administrative barriers affecting border regions;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the important role that macro-regions and Euroregions play in promoting collective interests and in cross- border cooperation; calls on the Commission to initiate an in-depth assessment of Macro-regional strategies, with the purpose of evaluating their coherence with the renewed environmental and digital priorities of the European Union;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 51 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that in 2018 the European Commission issued a proposal for a Regulation on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context15a , better known as European Cross-Border Mechanism (ECBM); _________________ 15ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2018%3 A373%3AFIN
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 54 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Recalls that this mechanism aims to facilitate cooperation between cross- border regions on joint projects of a different nature (infrastructure, healthcare, labour, etc.) by allowing one of them to apply the legal provisions of the neighbouring Member State if the application of its own laws presents legal obstacles;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 55 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that the regulation on a European cross-border mechanism (ECBM)ECBM, as proposed by the Commission, would have contributed to removed more than 50 % of the barriers concerned, including those resulting from the lack of cross-border public transport, and limited access to employment, education, cultural and leisure services; with that in mind, deeply regrets the fact that the legislative procedure relating to the ECBM has been blocked by the Council;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 56 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls that the ECBM proposal was supported by a wide majority in Parliament, as shown by the 2019 Parliament’s first reading vote15b, and by the Plenary debate following the oral question to the Council in October 2021; _________________ 15b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2019-0118_EN.html
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 59 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to amend the current proposal, taking into account the conclusions of the Council’s Legal Service and lookingand Parliament's Legal Services, with a view to strike a balance between the co- legislators’ respective positions;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 63 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that alongside the damage caused by COVID-19, border regions are also having to dealconfronted with the consequences of Brexit, which are creating new barriers to free trade and causing serious disruption to cross-border trade between the EU and the UK, making life more difficult for businesses and citizens in border regions; welcomes, in that regard, the agreement reached on the Brexit Adjustment Reserve to provide financial and legal support to Member States and regions affected by Brexit;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 66 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with interest that the public consultation on overcoming border obstacles conducted by the Commission in 2020 showed that the main problem experienced by people living in border areas wasere, among others, the lack of reliable cross-border public transport services, the lack of digital services and their limited cross-border interoperability, obstacles directly due to language differences, obstacles related to the legislative processes, and to economic disparities;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 74 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an in-depth analysis, gathering specific assessments and comparative statistics, on the socio-economic circumstances of cross-border SMEs;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 75 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Points out that, according to the 8th Cohesion Report, Interreg indicators show that only 68% of the 2023 targets for cross-border labour mobility had been met by the end of 2020, while in other areas the targets had been reached up to 495%; encourages the Member States to continue on this path in order to achieve the 2023 targets;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 87 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Notes that most barriers hindering cross-border employment are legal in nature, arising from diverging national laws or general EU laws; urges the three institutions to agree as soon as possible on a EU framework allowing border regions to overcome such legal obstacles;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 93 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Recalls that natural catastrophes occurred in 2021 affected several border regions in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Germany; notes that an enhanced cross-border cooperation in information sharing, exchange of best practices, and joint civil protection operations could ensure a more effective and prompt reaction;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 98 #

2021/2202(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Underlines that the development of new public transport infrastructure should comply with sustainability and cost-efficiency requirements; calls therefore for the timely allocation of the Just Transition Fund to ensure an active role of border regions in the achievement of the goals of the Green Deal;
2022/05/05
Committee: REGI
Amendment 10 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Whereas recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic must strive to address long-standing vulnerabilities of our regions and go beyond addressing the health impacts of COVID-19 to tackle the persistent inequalities; Stresses therefore, that the development of the social economy must harness the full potential of social economy enterprises and organisations to ensure a strong economic recovery, support entrepreneurship and to create high-quality jobs in all EU regions;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note ofWelcomes the Commission’s action plan for the social economy and supports the proposals to improve social economy framework conditions, in particular regarding taxation, public procurement, State aid and access to EU programmes, as well as any kind of public funding, notably to the European Structural and Investment Funds;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes in particular the key role of European Structural and Investments Funds, including the ESF+ and the ERDF-CF, in financing social economy projects; recalls the specific objectives of the ESF+ in improving access to employment for all jobseekers, in particular young people, as well as through the promotion of self- employment and the social economy; further notes the specific objective PO 4 of the ERDF-CF of supporting a more social and inclusive Europe by enhancing the effectiveness and inclusiveness of labour markets and access to quality employment through developing social infrastructure and promoting social economy;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights the importance of the social economy for rural development, and for regions which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps such as islands, outermost, cross-border and mountain regions, as a catalyst for the development of local resources and in countering depopulation, taking into account the importance of these actors in developing the social economy in rural areas and their links with urban areas, helping to maintain the population and to create greater social cohesion;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 30 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Reminds that the social economy is a way to solve urban challenges, including the risk of discrimination, poverty, inequality and social exclusion with a bottom-up approach, calls for funding needs to be directed at a local level, including those of urban areas;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that full gender equality is mainstreamed throughout the action plan for the social economy and that specific attention is given to fostering and supporting female- led social economy organisations, especially when it comes to access to funding;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 32 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Recalls that the gender pay gap in the EU stands at 14.1%, and around 24% of it is related to the overrepresentation of women in relatively low-paying sectors, such as care, health and education; points out the impact of unpaid care work on the gender pay gap, notes that while women often undertake both work and care responsibilities, 80 % of all care provided across the EU is provided by (unpaid) informal carers, 75 % of whom are women; believes that with access to EU funding, social economy organisations can have a leading role in tackling gender equality; asks the Commission to identify a clear role for social economy in the upcoming European care strategy;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Notes the importance of promoting education and training in entrepreneurship through different forms of social economy at all educational levels, from primary to higher education (including both university education and vocational training) as a key driver of economic and social development in Europe;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 34 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the action plan should be accompanied by impact assessment tools and m, therefore calls on the Commissioni toring mechanisms and that the strengthen its mechanisms for monitoring and supporting social economy policies, including the collection of sex-disaggregated statistical data; notes that Member States shouldall set targets and objectives and organise a consultation process with relevant social economy actors and local and regional authorities, in accordance with the partnership principle;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 38 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to set up a new single EU Social Economy Gateway, urges the Commission to launch a call for proposals for the creation of European social economy contact points at the same time, facilitating access to EU funding for social enterprises, promoting the importance of capacity building and interregional cooperation, as well as enhancing the visibility of projects supported under the Cohesions fund;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Member States to encourage the development of regional strategies for the social economy, and allocate financial resources according to locally defined priorities; Urges the Commission to publish detailed guidelines reflecting the diversity of legal forms of the social economy in Europe, that local and regional authorities can follow during the preparation of their strategies;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 42 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Notes that many local and regional authorities already have ambitious strategies and action plans to promote the social economy; calls on the Commission to support the sharing of best practices and existing initiatives among local and regional authorities, in order to promote the development of local and regional social economy ecosystems;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to make a quick and real improvement to the General Block Exemption Regulation in order to increase the de minimis threshold and ease the rules in relation to aid for social enter -prises, access to finance, training and capacity building; defends a real revision of public procurement with the inclusion of social and environmental conditionality.; and calls on the Commission to further promote socially responsible public procurement among European public authorities as a key tool to increase transparency in public procurement, to fight corruption, to foster competition and participation in public procurement by business actors of different sizes, and to promote socially responsible business practices; further highlights that socially responsible public procurement will play an important role in the implementation of National recovery and resilience plans, urges the Member States to enhance the use of social clauses in their tendering procedures;
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #

2021/2179(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recommends the expansion of the scope of the European Social Economy Regions network to reinforce new regional and local partnerships in particular to boost digital and green transitions in territories.
2022/02/25
Committee: REGI
Amendment 15 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that better trade opportunities alone will not guarantee food security in developing countries; notes that LDCs often have difficulties in profiting from preferential access to EU markets due to poor price transmission between international and domestic markets, as well as a lack of infrastructure and recurring economic instability;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for sustainable and innovative policies that enable African states to ‘leapfrog’ older and more polluting technologies and agricultural practices with the goal of an ecological and social transition to sustainable agri-food practices;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the new EU trade strategy, which will promote sustainable trade and investment links both between the continents and within Africa itself, including in the field of agriculture;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Believes that the EU should increase its support for the development of environmentally and economically sustainable agriculture in African countries, with particular emphasis on the preservation of family farms and diversification of production; is concerned about the increasing expansion of highly industrialised farms based on monocultures, which contribute to deepen social inequalities and soil erosion;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses the need to help African countries to reduce the use of pesticides banned in the European Union through the development of alternative systems for pest control; highlights the inconsistency of the European Union in allowing exports to African and other third countries of pesticides that are not permitted in the EU internal market; calls for the swift ending of this inconsistency, as it is in complete contradiction to the spirit of the Green Deal;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the EU-Africa relationship must move beyond the donor- recipient relationship; believes that the EU and Africa should cooperate as equals building a genuine partnership, empowering African nations to attain the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that only 17% of African trade flows take place between African countries and stresses the importance of further developing EPAs as building blocks for regional economic integration and increasing intra-regional trade flows in agriculture as a means of strengthening resilience and developing the potential of local and regional value chains;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Notes that in order to make the EPAs more attractive, additional elements need to be covered by the agreements, such as capacity building, encouraging women to participate in the economy, including in agriculture, and investing in the opportunities for youth in the African countries;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Advocates for stronger policy coherence at EU level in the context of agri-food trade, given the global implications of the common agricultural policy and agricultural trade on the SGDs;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2021/2178(INI)

8 a. Highlights that in order to ensure that agricultural production competes equally on the European market through a level playing field, technical support and training should be offered to ensure that African actors have the opportunity and know-how to meet EU standards;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Notes that in EU-Africa trade relations in relation to agriculture, specific attention needs to be given to small- and medium-sized stakeholders on both sides. These actors can be a driver for growth. With tailored programmes for cooperation between European and African farmers and SMEs, knowledge and technology can be exchanged. Furthermore, African SMEs should be offered concrete technical support so as to enable their export of products and services directly to the EU;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Considers that the European Union should contribute to the realisation of the Great Green Wall in the Sahel region, which will significantly contribute to putting a halt to further desertification and thereby safeguarding incomes from agriculture;
2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. Having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’ (COM(2020)0381),
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
B b. Having regard to the Commission communication of 18 February entitled “ Trade Policy Review - An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy” (COM(2021) 66 final),
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
B c. Having regard to the WTO’s condemnation of India’s sugar subsidies in its recent panel report “India – Measures Concerning Sugar and Sugarcane”,
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
B d. Having regard to the EU regulation 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and food stuffs, EU regulation 664/2014 on the logos to be used for PDOs, PGIs and TSGs, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) on how regulation (EU) No1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs should be applied, EU implementing regulation 2019/34 regarding applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector, EU delegated regulation 2019/33 supplementing regulation 1308/2013 regarding applications for protection of designations of origin, geographical indications and traditional terms in the wine sector, EU regulation 1308/2013 on establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, EU regulation 1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy, EU regulation 606/2009 on rules governing categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and applicable restrictions, EU regulation 555/2008 on the implementation of EU regulation 479/2008 on the common organisation of the market in wine for support programmes, trade with third countries, production potential and controls in the wine sector, EU regulation 2018/273 on vine plantings, the vineyard register, accompanying documents and certification, the inward and outward register and compulsory declarations, EU Regulation 2019/787 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, EU Regulation 2021/1235 supplementing EU Regulation 2019/787 concerning applications for registration of geographical indications of spirit drinks, amendments to product specifications,cancellation of the registration and the register, EU Regulation 2021/1236 implementing EU Regulation 2019/787 on applications for registration of geographical indications of spirit drinks, the opposition procedure, amendments to product specifications, cancellation of the registration, EU regulation 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products,
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 72 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls, in accordance with the Farm to fork strategy, that any future trade agreement between India and the European Union should include a dedicated framework on sustainable agri- food systems and products;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that India continues in protectionist policies regulating exports and constantly imposing import restrictions and technical barriers to trade;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Notes that, as a result of the above circumstances, the EU-India agricultural and food trade balance last year reached a deficit of EUR 1.8 billion;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Insists that any new trade agreement must be built in a way that respects the food security of both India and the European Union;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Calls on the Commission to resume negotiations on a balanced, ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement with the aim to secure improved market access with a significant reduction in barriers to trade taking into account sensitive EU products along with ambitious commitments under trade and sustainable development chapter; Calls for the introduction of mirror measures that would ensure that imported products from India conform with EU internal market, health, environmental and animal welfare standards and that the same protection for consumers regardless of the origin of the products is ensured;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9 d. Calls on the Commission to suspend India’s CXL quota for sugar and requests that the upcoming EU-India trade negotiations make sure that WTO- incompatible sugar subsidies are removed;
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2021/2177(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9 e. Calls on the Commission to ensure that in the EU-India free trade agreement the protection of the EU quality schemes for agricultural products, foodstuffs, wine, spirit drinks and aromatised wines is being upheld.
2022/01/13
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the International Labour Organization Convention No. 190 on eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work,
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan,
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 10 February 2021 on reducing inequalities with a special focus on in- work poverty1a _________________ 1a OJ C 465, 17.11.2021, p. 62.
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic women have been disproportionately affected in the socio- economic sphere, the employment rate of women has even fallen more sharply than it did during the 2008 recession and has also resulted in a lower labour intensity, leading to significant increases in women’s poverty; whereas according to estimates for 2019 in the EU-27, women are particularly affected by the risk of poverty (AROP), with the poverty rate standing at 2517.1 % beforeafter social transfers and 17.1 % after such transfe; whereas the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not yet fully comprehended and the socio- economic impact will continue to be experienced in the coming years;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 43 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas poverty in general, and thus also women’s poverty, is multidimensional, and therefore includes not only material deprivation, but also a lack of access to many different resources and even an inability to fully exercise the rights of citizenship; services; whereas it is directly influenced by the lack of fair valuation of work typically carried out by women, career breaks due to maternity leave or care responsibilities, unequal sharing of unpaid caring responsibilities and domestic work and segregation in education and subsequently in the labour market;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 72 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas according to Eurostat’s definition, individuals are at risk of in- work poverty when they work for over half the year and when their yearly equivalised disposable income is below 60 % of the national household median income level (after social transfers); whereas women are more at risk of in-work poverty as they are more likely to be in temporary, part- time and precarious employment than men;2a _________________ 2a EIGE Research note, Gender equality and the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, p14.
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 78 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas investment in universal services, including care services, has a positive impact on women’s fundamental rightseconomic independence and their ability to participate in the labour market;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 80 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas poverty also makes women more vulnerable to gender-based violence; whereas this includes the inability to leave an abusive partner and disproportionate vulnerability to trafficking and sexual exploitation; whereas gender-based violence contributes to poverty as it leads to social isolation of women subject to violence;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 91 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas women have a lower employment rate and are disproportionally highly represented in low-paid, and precarious and dead-end job sectorjobs; whereas the gender pay gap stands at 14.1 %; in 2019 although this varies significantly between Member States;3a _________________ 3a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Gender_pay_g ap_statistics
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 95 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas harassment at the workplace, including sexual and psychological harassment, of which women are the majority of victims, has a deterrent effect on women including increased absenteeism, reduced productivity and consequently loss of income and contributes to driving them out of the labour market, which has a negative impact on an individual’s career and economic independence; whereas reporting harassment at the workplace can lead to dismissal or isolation of the victim;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 102 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the pgension entitlementsder pension gap averages at almost 30 %29.4 % in 20194a as a result of the imbalances created by persistent lifelong inequalities; whereas this pension gap means that women are more likely to fall below the poverty line as they get older; _________________ 4a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20210203-1
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 120 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas the discussions on the review of the current EU model of socio- economic governance is harmfshould toake into consideration the EU's commitment to reduce inequalities and eradicate poverty, in particular women' s poverty resulting from a lifetime of discrimination;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 131 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to develop an ambitious 2030 European anti- poverty strategy, with concrete targets for reducing poverty and a focus on ending women’s poverty and the risk ofbreaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty risks;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 136 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to promote equal participation and opportunities for women and men in the labour market and to introduce initiatives to promote women’s access to finance, female entrepreneurship and women’s economic independence;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 149 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to put forward a ‘care deal for Europe’, which should take a holistic, gender-sensitive and lifelong approach to care while envisaging legislative measures and investment at EU level; Believes that this 'care deal' should promote fair working conditions and adequate wages in order to maintain the attractiveness of the care sector;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 154 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that an increase in women's poverty has a greater impact on wider society as women tend to be mainly responsible for the purchase of basic goods and are key for the sustenance of the household; expresses concern about the impact this will have in terms of child poverty; welcomes, in this regard, the adoption of the Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 of 14 June 2021 establishing a European Child Guarantee;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 168 #

2021/2170(INI)

5. Highlights that in order to tackle the multidimensionality of women’s poverty, it is necessary to overcome the segregation of unpaid domestic care workwork and care responsibilities mainly performed by women and to introduce flexitimestrengthen the fight against stereotypes, as well as to introduce family- friendly working arrangements, such as adaptable working hours and the possibility of teleworking, in order to allow women and men to better reconcile their professional life with their private life (time use policy);
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 179 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Member States to swiftly and fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive so as to ensure a fair division of work and family life, and invites them to go beyond the Directive’s minimum standards;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 182 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Member States to implement active and effective policies to prevent and combat harassment in the workplace, including sexual and psychological harassment; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure proper and adequate funding mechanisms for programmes and actions to combat harassment in the workplace, including mechanisms to support women in reporting cases of harassment; calls on the Member States and the EU to ratify International Labour Organization Convention No 190 on eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 190 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the crucial role of high- quality publicand affordable universal services in combatting women’s poverty, in particular services for early childhood education and care, or care for other dependent persons such as elderly people and people with disabilities;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 241 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to design a special programmeuse existing programmes and funding to fight against women’s digital poverty in order to equip women with the necessary skills to operate safely in the digital environment;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 243 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote women’s empowerment through education, vocational training and lifelong learning, as well as female entrepreneurship and women’s representation in future-oriented sectors; calls, in particular, for greater promotion of STEM subjects, digital education, artificial intelligence and financial literacy in order to combat prevailing stereotypes and ensure that more women enter these sectors and contribute to their development;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 245 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that in-work poverty can be addressed at some of its root causes and components, such as education, training and care services, which are determinant and must therefore be considered in policy-making;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 277 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recognises the crucial role of all European funds and programmes in the social area, particularly the European Social Fund Plus; Calls on the Member States to make full use of these funds with a gender perspective;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 286 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that the EU’s fiscal capacity urgently requires thea revisionew of the current economic and social governance so that itregarding its ability to contributes to reaching gender equalities and ending female poverty and does not just include austerity measures;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 290 #

2021/2170(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Council to establish a dedicated configuration on gender equality in order to deliver common and concrete measures to address the challenges in the field of women’s rights and gender equality and ensure that gender equality issues are discussed at the highest political level;
2022/01/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, as indicated in the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2020, the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ decreased from 4,4% in 2019 to 3,5% in 2020; welcomes the continuous improvement, but is disappointed that it has not proven possible to decrease the error rate below 2% and the effects of error are therefore material and pervasive; notes that the main reasons for this error rate are ineligibility of projects and costs, infringement of internal market rules mainly related to state aid and public procurement, and absence of essential supporting documents;
2021/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that high-risk expenditures are often subject to complex rules and eligibility conditions, leading to an increased risk of errors; notes that the estimated level of error decreased from 4,9% in 2019 to 4,0% in 2020 and that six possible fraud cases were reported to OLAF in comparison to 2019’s nine; recalls that the way funds are disbursed has an impact on the risk of errors and welcomes efforts to simplify requirements for project managers and management authorities under the 2021-2027 programming period; encourages wider use of the simplified cost options that have the potential to reduce beneficiaries’ administrative burden and are considered less prone to error, while at the same time ensuring that the scheme does not result in excessive imbalances in favour of Member States;
2021/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that six possible fraud cases were reported to the EU’s Anti Fraud Office (OLAF) in comparison to 2019’s nine and highlights the role of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in investigation and prosecution of fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/13711a; _________________ 1a Directive(EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29)
2021/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the work of audit authorities in the Member States plays a critical role in limiting residual error rates and is worried about the weaknesses found in the work of several audit authorities which continue to limit the reliance that can be placed in their work; urges the Commission to offer support and technical assistance to audit authorities in order to eliminate inefficiencies and disseminate good practices; welcomes that, in 2020, the Commission increased the number of its compliance audits and recognises the Commission’s capacity to detect errors and its commitment to correct them in due time, which reduced the estimated level of error by 0,7%;
2021/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the absorption rate of European Structural and Investment Funds , which increased from 12% in 2019 to 15% in 2020 , is slower than expected with 45 % (EUR 209 billion) remaining to be absorbed and presents considerable disparities between Member States; acknowledges that the relaxation of the eligibility rules introduced for Covid-19 related expenditure resulted in a significant progress made in implementing financial instruments (FIs) supported by European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in the 2014- 2020; welcomes that this accelerated implementation allows the EU to achieve the target set out in the Investment Plan for Europe to double the use of ESIF FIs in the programming period 2014-2020;
2021/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Regrets that, as indicated in the special report 10/2021 of the European Court of Auditors “Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget: time to turn words into action”, the significant potential of European structural and investment funds to contribute to gender equality is unexploited; calls on Member States to take into account and promote gender equality throughout the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all programmes as laid down in Regulation (EU) 1303/20132a and Regulation (EU) 2021/10603a; _________________ 2a Regulation (EU) 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund,the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fundand the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation(EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p.320–469 3a Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231,30.6.2021, p. 159–706)
2021/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Acknowledges that, in order to react to the Covid-19 pandemic, the EU co-legislators introduced the relaxation of applicable rules to facilitate the use of ESI funds to provide liquidity, flexibility and simplification; welcomes the timely adoption of such measures allowing managing authorities to accelerate the deployment of Financial Instruments to support 365.000 SMEs across Europe during 2020; calls on the Commission to provide support to the Member States to minimise the risk that these exceptional measures could weaken the control systems and increase the risk of errors and irregularities;
2021/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note that the EU will be able to spend significantly more than in the previous programming period, with an overall allocation of EUR 1 824 billion from NextGenerationEU and the MFF; urges the Commission to limit the risk of delayed start to the implementation of shared managed funds and ensure the sound financial management in the use of funds, including the respect for the rule of law and the fundamental rights. due to late adoption of the legislation and the overlapping of the programming periods, provide support to Member States to avoid the risk of double funding due to the overlapping of the RRF's scope and objectives with the cohesion policy, and ensure the sound financial management in the use of funds, including the respect for the rule of law and the fundamental rights as essential precondition for sound financial management and effective funding; calls on the Commission, in accordance with the Financial Regulation, Council Regulation (EU) 2017/19394a, Regulation (EU) 2021/10605a and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/20926a, to protect the financial interests of the Union through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. _________________ 4a Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1) 5a Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159–706) 6a Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (OJ L 433I , 22.12.2020, p. 1–10)
2021/12/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the right to access quality healthcare, including preventative care is part of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas cross-border healthcare- related cooperation requires the support and involvement of a wide range of partners, medico-social institutions, health insurance entities and public authorities;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 50 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas cross border healthcare is one of the policy areas and fields of intervention that are most concerned by legal and non-legal obstacles due to major differences between national systems;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 51 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas a European Health Union should contribute to and foster closer cooperation, coordination and knowledge sharing on health between Member States and relevant stakeholders and increase the EU's capacity to combat cross-border health threats;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 53 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that instruments such as those provided by the cohesion policy should be used in order to provide equal access to minimum quality standards of medical services across the European Union; calls on the Commission and Member States to work better together and pool their resources to achieve this goal;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 58 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that asymmetric information, different taxation and social security systems, and obstacles in the recognition of qualifications for healthcare staff and institutions are serious impediments to a well functioning cross border healthcare system;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 59 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Believes that the EU should develop a strategic and integrated approach when it comes to major diseases, by bringing together diverse resources from several funds, including cohesion funds; emphasises the need to replicate the model of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan for tackling other health problems such as mental health and cardiovascular diseases;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 60 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Underlines the rise of mental illnesses and disorders, especially in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to propose a new European Action Plan for Mental Health as soon as possible, using all the instruments available, including cohesion policy, in the form of a comprehensive plan with measures and targets to leave no one behind, on the model of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 61 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Believes that the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is an opportunity to build stronger and more resilient health systems by using the instruments of the cohesion policy; supports the Commission in the creation of a well functioning European Health Union and to unlock the huge potential of health cooperation;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 84 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to make full use of its competence in health policy and support national and regional authorities in strengthening health systems, promoting upward convergence of healthcare standards with the aim of reducing health inequalities within and between Member States, and in facilitating the exchange of best practices among Member States, especially with regard to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), including through using, where appropriate, the EU4Health Programme and the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+);
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 97 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that citizens in rural and remote areas and the outermost regions often encounter barriers to equality of access to healthcare that limit their ability to obtain the care they need, especially in the form of basic health infrastructure and access to vital drugs; stresses that, in order for them to acquire sufficient access, as well as the appropriate healthcare which they need, services must be available and obtainable in a timely manner;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 108 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that, in order to overcome the major obstacles that exist in terms of equality of access to healthcare in rural areas, wide use should be made of advanced technologies, such as e-Health, robotic surgery or 3D printing, as an integral part of the ‘smart villages’ concept11 , with the goal of improving access to healthcare and increasing efficiency and quality; _________________ 11 https://enrd.ec.europa.eu/enrd-thematic- work/smart-and-competitive-rural- areas/smart-villages_en
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 109 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines the merits of a European approach in tackling the Covid- 19 pandemic, through joint acquisitions, stockpiles and other measures; calls for the continuation and development of this approach, using the instruments of the cohesion policy, for other joint EU acquisitions of medical equipment and treatments such as cancer-preventing vaccines like HPV, hepatitis B vaccines, emergency equipment, to improve affordability and access to treatments;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 120 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that sustainable long- term investment in the healthcare workforce is more urgent than ever before, given the economic and health impact of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular investment in higher education from the ESF+, funding specialisations and sub- specialisations of the health workforce in the countries and regions which are facing a brain drain; calls on Member States which are confronted with a brain drain in the healthcare sector to prioritize the investments from the cohesion policy towards improving the working conditions of medical personnel;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 134 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Encourages the use of NextGenerationEU funds and cohesion funds to radically upgrade the digital capabilities of healthcare systems; emphasizes the need for enhanced interoperability of IT systems, as this is the main pillar for facilitating cross- border provision of eHealth services and especially of telemedicine services;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 135 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the cohesion policy instruments in order to promote the digitalization of medication in European hospitals, including traceability systems, to reduce medication errors, to improve communication between care units and to simplify bureaucracy; calls for the implementation and development of the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (eHDSI), including a single European digital patient file, which ensures that citizens have rapid access to adequate medical services everywhere in the European Union;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 136 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission to establish a European lists of essential medicines and to ensure their availability and affordability through permanent stocks, joint price negotiations and joint procurement, using EU instruments, including those provided by the cohesion policy;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 147 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Believes the financial resources available under the European Territorial Cooperation Goal should be employed to create functional cross-border public health services, and not be used single- handedly as an instrument to create disconnected health facilities; stresses, furthermore, that projects under Interreg should have a clear cross-border functionality component; calls on the Commission and Member States to foster the creation of comprehensive joint territorial planning for border areas in terms of healthcare services;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 158 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that in order to have successful cross-border public healthcare services, the Commission and Member States should gather substantial data on the nature of legal and non-legal obstacles per each border region and support policy-specific analysis on how they can be overcome;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 160 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the existing coordinating bodies will facilitate cross-border treatments based on Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) and to ensure that patients across Europe enjoy equitable access to innovative therapies; calls on Member States to authorize these innovative treatments abroad in an effective and timely manner and to accelerate the reimbursement processes for patients;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 168 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to encourage better management of cross- border healthcare, as EU patients still face challenges in accessing healthcare in other Member States and only a minority of potential patients are aware of their rights to seek cross-border healthcare; calls on the Commission and Member States to better disseminate information about the access to cross-border healthcare;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 172 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive study on the cooperation framework between insurance systems in the EU, looking at potential bottlenecks and shortcomings that patients looking for medical services in the territory of another Member State encounter, as well as administrative barriers that prevent citizens to benefit from cross-border healthcare, and to highlight how the cohesion policy instruments could be used to solve these potential problems;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 186 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, to support, jointly through cohesion policy and the EU4Health Programme, the development of response strategies, protocols and procedures at national and European levels to enable better cooperation in case of future public health emergencies;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 188 #

2021/2100(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Considers that cross-border health cooperation under cohesion policy would not be fully possible without the recognition of diplomas and qualifications in the field of medical services across all Member States; calls on the Commission to propose a framework which allows for the automatic recognition of the level of higher education diplomas at European level building on the decision signed in 2015 by the Benelux States;
2021/10/29
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
— having regard to Article 231 (1), 23 and 33 (2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2021/2080(INI)

— having regard to the study entitled `The Professional Status of Rural Women in the EU´ published by the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs in its Directorate- General for Internal Policies in May 2019,
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 10 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
— having regard to the study entitled `Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship and Business Leadership in OECD Countries´ published by the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs in 2014,
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
— having regard to the study entitled `International Survey of Adult Financial Literacy´ published by the OECD in 2020,
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 d (new)
— having regard to Chapter 2 of the study entitled `The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019: Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship´ published by the OECD in December 2019,
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas women are the largest untapped entrepreneurial and leadership potential in Europe; whereas female entrepreneurs and self-employed are an under-utilised source of economic growth and, job creation and innovation potential; whereas supporting this group canwould strengthen EU competitiveness;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 40 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas women face more difficulties in pursuing entrepreneurship than men; whereas barriers include a lack of specific training, a lower level of self- confidence, less access to social and business networks and difficulties in reconciling work and family life and an increase in unpaid care work;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 54 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas data shows that women entreprespite receiving lower financial backing women-led businesses outperform in capital productivity by 96%8a; _________________ 8a Women in VC, Experior Veneturs generate more revenue despite receiving lower financial backing; e Fund and Unvconventional, 2021. Funding in the CEE Region Through the Lens of Gender Diversity and Positive Impact.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 58 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas only 10 % of business angels in Europe are women9 and only 10 % all senior positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally10 are occupied by women; whereas several studies show that investment managers tend to provide capital toand to hire those who are similar to themselves; whereas developing the ecosystem is key to improvinga gender-balanced financial ecosystem is fundamental to create both the necessary funding conditions sustainably for women-led companies and creating a reliable network of female investorsand the essential network of female investors for women-led companies to thrive; _________________ 9 EBAN, Statistics Compendium – European Early Stage Market Statistics, EBAN, Brussels, 2019. 10 International Finance Corporation, Moving Towards Gender Balance in Private Equity and Venture Capital, International Finance Corporation, Washington DC, 2019.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 61 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas venture capital firms with women partners are twice to three times more likely to invest in female-led businesses following the classic theories of in-group favouritism in employment11a; _________________ 11a Women in VC, Experior Venture Fund and Unvconventional, 2021. Funding in the CEE Region Through the Lens of Gender Diversity and Positive Impact. Online.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 63 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the lack of women in decision-making roles at VC firms have been found to be one of the primary sources of the persistent funding gap for women-driven enterprises in the EU12a; _________________ 12a European Commission, 2020. Gender Smart Financing. Investing In and With Women: Opportunities for Europe. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 64 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
H c. whereas one of the main causes for the persistent funding gap for women- driven enterprises in the EU is that women are less likely than men to seek external funding such as bank loans, venture capital or funding from state programmes, and instead resort to self- funding through personal savings or funding from family members13a; _________________ 13a OECD, 2021. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 65 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas six Member States have created 11 private funds to fill the gap in funding for female entrepreneurs and these funds use gender considerations in their investment criteria; whereas some of these funds have received national or EU support, which shows the important role of public policies in promoting entrepreneurship11 ; _________________ 11 Eurofound, Female entrepreneurship: Public and private funding, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas the European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors so far has organised more than 650 national meetings, reached over 61,000 would-be women entrepreneurs; whereas its ambassadors have supported the creation of more than 250 new women-led enterprises as well as several more networking and business support clubs for women 13a; _________________ 13a https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/supporti ng-entrepreneurship/women- entrepreneurs/support-tools-and- networks-women_en
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 78 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas in the 2014-2018 period the median annual income for full-time entrepreneurs was equal for men and women13a; _________________ 13a OECD, 2019. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 79 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
K b. whereas from 2014 to 2018 only 34.5% of women in the EU and 37.7% of women in the OECD felt like they had the necessary skills and knowledge to start their own business; whereas women are nearly 10% more likely to report a fear of failure than men14a; _________________ 14a OECD, 2019. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 80 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
K c. whereas women are more likely than men to report flexible working hours as their motivation to engage in entrepreneurship and self-employment14a; whereas female entrepreneurship and self-employment can be a valuable instrument to reconcile work and personal life; _________________ 14a OECD, 2019. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)
K d. whereas from 2014-2018 women across the OECD were twice as likely to start their own businesses than those in the EU15a; _________________ 15a OECD, 2019. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 82 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K e (new)
K e. whereas women in rural and disadvantaged regions are more likely to engage in entrepreneurship and self- employment than those in urban and economically prosperous regions;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K f (new)
K f. whereas women considerably and consistently underperform in terms of financial literacy in comparison to men; whereas this gender-gap in financial literacy acts as a barrier for women when accessing funding and overall impedes them from participating confidently in economic and financial activities16a; _________________ 16a OECD, 2020. OECD/INFE 2020 International Survey of Adult Financial Literacy. Paris: OECD Publishing.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 84 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K g (new)
K g. whereas between 2014 and 2018 female-led start-ups were as likely to offer new products and services than those led by men in the EU17a; _________________ 17a OECD, 2019. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 85 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K h (new)
K h. whereas only 34% of managerial positions in the EU are held by women18a; whereas previous experience in management positions provides individuals with the necessary skills and confidence to engage in business ownership19a; _________________ 18a Eurostat, 2020. Women in Management. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 19a Foss, L., Henry, C., Ahl, H. and Mikalsen, G., 2019. Women’s entrepreneurship policy research: a 30- year review of the evidence. Small Business Economics, 53(2), pp.409-429.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 86 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K i (new)
K i. whereas the employment opportunities of women in rural areas are worse than those of men in rural areas and of women in urban areas in the EU; whereas the share of self-employed women in rural areas is slightly higher than that in total areas; whereas 30% of farms in the EU are run by women20a; _________________ 20a European Parliament, 2019. The professional status of rural women in the EU. Brussels: Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs.
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 128 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Encourages Member States and regional and local authorities to invest in reskilling and upskilling programmes targeted at self-employed women and female entrepreneurs with a specific focus on financial literacy re-skilling;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 131 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on Member States and the Commission to further increase awareness of support policies among women entrepreneurs and to decrease bureaucratic difficulty in accessing programs aimed at fostering entrepreneurship;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 138 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the need to recognise women entrepreneurship and self- employment as potentially profitable investment cases and as potential sources of economic growth and job creation;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 139 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Encourages Member States and regional and local authorities to make use of the existing European Structural Funds to target and promote female entrepreneurs and self-employed women;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 181 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare and opportunities for parental leave, that are essential to encouraging and enabling more women to take part in entrepreneurship; emphasises that further enabling and improving women’s possibilities to enter into entrepreneurship can play a vital role in closing the gender pay gap for Member States; welcomes actions already taken by Member States on this matter; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 182 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; recognises that female entrepreneurship and self-employment provides the flexibility to achieve a better work-life balance; calls on the Member States to support social frameworks, such asand on regional and local authorities to support social frameworks, such as an increase in childcare provision and the supply of more flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging more women to take part in entrepreneurship; welcomes actions already taken by Member States on this matter; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 190 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Highlights that working hours and working patterns in rural areas differ considerably from those in urban areas; calls on the Member States and on regional and local authorities to offer childcare that is adapted to the specific needs of women in rural areas;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 192 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Urges the Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and calls on the Commission to monitor it effectively;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 193 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Regrets that women bear a disproportionately heavier load than men in balancing work and family due to, amongst others, the unequal sharing of the burden of childcare and housekeeping responsibilities; recognises the importance of parental leave in achieving the work-life balance necessary for women to engage in entrepreneurship and self-employment; calls on the Commission and on the Member States to guarantee a better work-life balance through better maternity and paternity leaves, flexible working hours, on-site childcare facilities and by promoting telework;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 195 #

2021/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13 d. Regrets the fact that women are under-represented in leadership positions, and highlights the urgent need to promote equality between men and women at all levels of decision-making in business and management; recognises the importance of establishing temporary binding quotas for women on boards and other decision- making bodies; calls on the Council to unblock the Women in Boards Directive;
2021/12/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas agriculture on islands is hampered by their remote location, small holdings, limited diversity in production, dependence on local markets, strong competition from third countries, the climate crisis, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss and a lack of energy, fresh water and digital infrastructure;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. Whereas islands, especially outermost regions, are very vulnerable to economic crises and, following the Covid- 19 epidemic, they have suffered more severe supply difficulties than mainland areas.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas these regions are at a strong disadvantage due to competition from third countries, which do not respect the same environmental and food safety production standards, and have much lower labour costs, making it very difficult to afford new investments intended to improve their competitiveness and to adapt to new EU legal requirements.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
B c. Whereas the impact of the Farm- to-Fork strategy on EU agricultural production may have severe consequences in these regions due to their weak competitiveness vis-à-vis imports from third countries and the challenges they face in the diversification of their productions.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
B d. Whereas services of general interest are not fully developed in all islands, mainly due to insufficient investments in basic infrastructures, such as roads, water supply or waste management facilities, which further hinders the development of viable agricultural production.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to maintainpromote appropriate funding, including through the programmes for the outermost regions and smaller Aegean islands, to enhance agricultural competitiveness, ensure sustainable management of natural resources and support balanced territorial development on EU islands;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the maintenance of the POSEI funds in the current EU financial framework, and stresses the role played by this program in supporting agricultural production and supply in outermost regions through specific tools; nevertheless, asks the Commission to make an in-depth evaluation of the financial needs of those regions to help them achieve the ecological transition and to improve their economic resilience.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen support from cohesion funds for the improvement of basic infrastructure on islands, in order to reduce the exodus to other regions and to ensure better conditions for the development of the agricultural activity.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the European Commission to analyse the situation faced by the islands, especially the outermost regions, in the event of food supply difficulties such as those that occurred following the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, and to propose appropriate measures adapted to the remoteness of these regions in the new food security and food safety contingency plan that it intends to present as part of the Farm-to- Fork strategy.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the European Commission to establish a separate chapter dedicated to the outermost regions in its impact assessments of the Farm-to- Fork and Biodiversity strategies, and to take into account the outcome of these assessments in order to adapt, if necessary, the legislative actions to the natural and economic difficulties of these regions and to the strong competition from third countries.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2021/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Considers it necessary to strengthen EU support to the modernisation of the agricultural activity in the islands, including through the promotion of precision farming, to help those regions meet the Green Deal objectives.
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas long standing inequalities have been deepened by the pandemic; whereas vulnerable groups such as homeless, elderly, Roma, people with disabilities, victims of gender-based violence, migrants and refugees, have become even more vulnerable; whereas cities face challenges such as social exclusion and a lack of accessibility as well as environmental issues;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas cities, towns and functional urban areas, such as metropolitan areas, are key economic pillars to boost growth, create jobs and enhance the Union’s competitiveness in a globalised economy; whereas functional urban areas and mid-sized cities play a key role in providing social services and economic opportunities for rural and depopulated areas, while offering alternative urban solutions to big cities;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas many European cities are facing a record-breaking surge in energy prices that threatens to affect the post- pandemic economic recovery;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 54 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas multi-level governance including the active involvement of urban authorities, based on coordinated action by the EU, the Member States and regional and local authorities, and in accordance with the partnership principle as laid down in the Common Provisions Regulation, are essential elements for the design and implementation of all EU policierograms;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 56 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the global urban population is expected to increase by up to three billion people by 2050, and as a result cities will require extensive urban construction that must also mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 58 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas the pandemic has gendered impacts that cities will need to take into account, whereas quarantines and social distancing requirements have put women at increased risk of gender- based violence, while at the same time, women’s access to support networks, social services and sexual and reproductive health facilities has diminished;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 59 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas job losses are estimated to be higher in large cities than elsewhere, hitting low-skilled, self-employed, and migrant workers, as well as those with precarious contracts and people working in the informal economy particularly hard; whereas the risk of unemployment is highest among young people, whose education and training pathways have been disrupted, many not finding the internships or apprenticeships required in order to complete their studies;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 60 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the social, economic, territorial, cultural and historical diversity of urban areas across the Union, draws attention to challenges such as segregation and poverty;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 69 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that overconcentration of the population in certain urban areas has already led to repercussions such as congestion, the growing challenge of affordable housing, pollution, a deterioration in quality of life, urban sprawl, and a significantwhile the density of cities has many advantages in terms of sustainable living, high concentration of the population in certain urban areas may also have repercussions on the affordability of housing, the level of pollution, the quality of life, the risk of poverty and social exclusion for certain segments of the population;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 74 #

2021/2075(INI)

2 a. Notes that economic migration has a direct impact on the inclusiveness of cities, requiring tailored policy responses; points to the potential of the EU Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021- 2027 in building inclusive and cohesive societies; notes also that community-led local development strategies are an essential tool to create jobs and increase accessibility to services at urban level;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 79 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to promote the inclusion of marginalised communities such as people with disabilities, more isolated older people, homeless people and ethnic minorities such as Roma; calls for funding needs to be addressed at a local level, including those of urban areas, in order to support these marginalised communities sustainably; recalls that sufficient national resources are key to the successful implementation of policy measures put forward by the EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation; stresses the role of urban authorities in ensuring that these measures reflect the actual needs of Roma Communities;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 91 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to develop a new EU anti-poverty framework to support integrated city strategies on poverty reduction; highlights the role of urban authorities in coordinating the process to design, implement and monitor strategies, as well as in targeting programmes to the most deprived neighbourhoods;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 92 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Reminds that in deprived urban areas, children often experience multiple risk factors, such as poor housing, risk of discrimination, violence and unequal access to services such as childcare, healthcare and education; calls on Member States to support local Child Guarantee schemes to address the specific urban challenges of child poverty;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 93 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Emphasises the need for an EU framework to support local and national strategies to fight homelessness by promoting an integrated approach combining housing support with social care and health services, and active inclusion;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 95 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the role played by cities towards gender equality and recalls that all actions implemented under cohesion policy should take into account gender equality as a horizontal principle throughout their preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; underlines that action aimed at bridging the gender gap under cohesion policy should employ an intersectional approach that also takes age, race and disabilities into consideration; stresses, moreover, that the beneficiaries of cohesion policy should not adopt any discriminatory policies, least of all against minorities, such as the LGBTI community;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 99 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights that in addition to health risks, women are more vulnerable to the economic risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic; recognizes that in a post-pandemic context, supporting women in the formal and informal sectors is essential for urban economic recovery; strongly recommends that urban governing bodies set up spaces to engage women and girls in COVID-19 response and recovery efforts through women’s organisations and other community partners;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 103 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the widespread gender data gap in the field of cohesion policy and urban planning and calls on the Member States to introduce data collection methods using sex-disaggregated data; stresses that gender blindness in data collection and monitoring can be detrimental to evidence-based policy responses and to cities delivering on the UN Sustainable Development Goals; notes that gender disaggregating data helps understand which groups of women are the most vulnerable and how risks to their health and wellbeing can be mitigated;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 104 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the widespread gender data gap in the field of cohesion policy and urban planning and calls on the Member States to introduce data collection methods using sex-disaggregated data and to carry out ex ante and ex post gender impact assessment when managing cohesion funds;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 107 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to spikes in domestic violence; calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate cohesion policy funding and mobilise urban authorities to address the global increase in gender-based violence; encourages European cities to develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive approaches to prevent and respond to sexual harassment and gender-based violence in public spaces by committing to the principles of the UN Women’s Global Flagship Initiative “Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls”;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 112 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women, asks the Commission to submit a legal act tackling all forms of gender-based violence and take the necessary steps to have violence against women included in the catalogue of EU-recognised crimes;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 113 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recognises the burden placed on women as principal caregivers in formal and informal settings, whereas 80% of all care provided across the EU is provided by (unpaid) informal carers, 75% of whom are women; as well as its social value, especially during the COVID-19 crisis; points at the relevant role of Cohesion Funds in securing investment in care services; welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose a European Care Deal;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 114 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Believes that the beneficiaries of the Cohesion Policy should not adopt any discriminatory policy, in particular against minorities, such as the LGBTI community; encourages the rejection of applications from potential beneficiaries, including from regional or local authorities, which have adopted discriminatory policies against members of the LGBTI community such as the declaration of ‘LGBT-free zones’;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 116 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Draws attention to unemployment and youth unemployment in particular, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Member States to actively involve urban authorities in devising programmes that meet the needs of young people in cities, as well as policies focusing on the mental health and well-being of young people, especially crucial in the post-COVID 19 context;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 140 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Warns that cities and towns are 12. acutely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; is highly concerned that heatwaves, which are already more extreme in cities due to the effects of urban heat islands, are increasing in both intensity and frequency, while extreme precipitation events and storm surges are likely to result in increased flooding such as that witnessed in Europe this summer; calls on the Commission to reinforce its collaboration with local governments through existing structures, such as the EU Covenant of Mayors, the Green City Accord and the Mayors Alliance for the Green Deal, to identify the needs and challenges related to climate change that urban areas face, co-design solutions to make cities greener and channel investments towards local actions;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 141 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Warns that cities and towns are acutely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; is highly concerned that heatwaves, which are already more extreme in cities due to the effects of urban heat islands, are increasing in both intensity and frequency, while extreme precipitation events and storm surges are likely to result in increased flooding such as that witnessed in Europe this summer; urges managing authorities and local and regional authorities to establish climate change adaptation urban strategies that encourage investment to transform cities and adapt them to the potential threats of climate change;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 148 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Highlights that retrofitting buildings to lower energy use, and redesigning cities to increase green spaces and promote walking and biking, will generate savings, create jobs, help fight energy poverty, and yield climate benefits long after the pandemic fades;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 150 #

2021/2075(INI)

13. Stresses that the commitment of urban areas is crucial for the transition to a climate-neutral society; believes, therefore, that morenotes that local governments often lack the know-how, human resources, as well as access to high quality data necessary for launching actions and making progress, believes, therefore, that more capacity building, technical support and funding must be made available for urban areas to achieve the targets of the European Green Deal;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 159 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Believes that COVID-19 crisis has shown the need for new urban planning and mobility solutions in order to make urban areas more resilient and adaptable to mobility demand and it should be an occasion to reduce transport congestion and greenhouse emissions;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 160 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls for investment promoting sustainable urban mobility through environmentally friendly transport systems; highlights the need to promote and develop public transport systems in urban areas, and to adapt public transportation capacity to the growing demand of day-to-day job travel in or out of city centres;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 161 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Calls on Member States to reassess their investment in urban mobility and to give priority to digital infrastructure that will benefit the general experience of all passengers, including people with reduced mobility, and which can be adapted to the post-COVID-19 needs of transport workers;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 162 #

2021/2075(INI)

13 d. Calls for action to improve the urban air quality to minimise the risks for human health and stresses the need to promote energy transition and climate adaptation;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 164 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that among the many inequalities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital divide is a serious one; notes that the pandemic has accelerated digitalisation; recalls that digitalisation and digital connectivity must be a priority for local communities in their recovery; Recalls the importance of having an adequate competition and State Aid framework that enables the deployment of highspeed broadband and 5G infrastructure in all cities regardless of their size;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 165 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that among the many inequalities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital divide is a serious one; notes that the pandemic has accelerated digitalisation, with technology becoming imperative for teleworking, home-schooling, e-commerce, e-health, e- government, digital democracy, and digital entertainment; recalls that digitalisation and digital connectivity must be a priority for local communities in their recovery;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 168 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for actions and policies for a just digital transition, which should be deployed across various levels, from cities to the EU itself; calls for digital inclusion to be recognised as a right for the new generation and for a clear commitment to achieve universal internet connectivity for cities, recommends the launch of pilot projects on the urban level, as cities are best suited to testing policies for digital inclusion;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 172 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for actions and policies for a just digital transition, which should be deployed across various levels, from cities to the EU itself; calls for digital inclusion to be recognised as a right for the newall generations and for a clear commitment to achieve universal internet connectivity for cities;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 174 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Highlights that libraries and cultural centers can support local communities and disadvantaged groups in facilitating digital inclusion, social inclusion, lifelong learning and pathways to employment;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 179 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Stresses that cities must be able to regulate the impact of digital platforms on the urban realities in which they operate, while emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence must adhere to ethical criteria to avoid the repeat of existing social inequalities;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 183 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Considers that existing urban primary health structures need to be strengthened physically and financially; notes that the shift in healthcare delivery shall also propel the arrival of digital innovation and improve the integration of care through up-to-date information channels to deliver more targeted, personalised, effective and efficient healthcare;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 185 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16 c. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States and urban authorities to develop networks to educate citizens in the use of digital healthcare and digital public administration, enabling universal and equitable access, with the highest levels of protection of sensitive data and prevention of cybercrime; highlights the crucial role of Member States in supporting city authorities in their efforts to shape and ensure digital inclusion, by protecting citizens data and empowering people and local business through access to data;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 188 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the need to adapt to the new reality in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic and to reflect on a new model for the EU’s urban areas; believes that the Conference on the Future of Europe is an opportunity to bring cities more prominently into EU decision-making processes, and give them a strong role in building stronger participatory democracy and dialogue with citizens;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 194 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the fact that despite the lack of explicit EU competences on urban development, a broad range of EU initiatives do have an impact on towns, cities and functional urban areas; recognises the need for stronger cooperation on EU programmes and policies relevant for urban areas; is concerned that while various initiatives have grown in recent years to go beyond cohesion policy, coordination remains low with risks for duplication and unsuccessful impacts;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 200 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Urban Agenda for the EU as a new model of multi-level governance; believes that this should not remain a voluntary process, urges the Member States and the Commission to commit to implementing the recommendations received;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 205 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Recognizes the important role that urban areas play in the concrete implementation of programmes and projects derived from EU legislation;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 207 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide proper support to local and regional authorities and their project management teams on EU programmes and funding opportunities;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 210 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates the need for further funding opportunities for cities to implement programmes locally; calls for the European Urban Initiative to be given a greater budget and scope, notes that it shall support the delivery of the Urban Agenda in the next programming period;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 216 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Highlights that economic recovery of cities will be impeded by soaring energy prices; Calls on proper steps to advance the Energy Union and to strengthen the resilience of the European energy market;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 220 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights the importance of EU funding for implementing social inclusion locally; calls for its impact to be strengthened through a common management and reporting framework; as well as through better participation of social services at national and European level;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 223 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Recognises the need to establish a structured dialogue between the Commission and cities on the Recovery and Resilience Facility to monitor the involvement of urban authorities in the implementation of National Recovery and Resilience Plans; calls on the Commission, in its review report on the implementation of the facility, to examine the role of cities and if needed to strengthen their role in order to guarantee an effective implementation of the Facility; highlights that urban authorities must be provided with the necessary support to properly implement NRRPs through capacity building, exchanges and technical assistance;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 234 #

2021/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on the Commission to develop a strategy for functional urban areas and mid-sized cities;
2021/10/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include gender mainstreaming in transport-related legislation, policy, programmes and action, to include a definition of gender criteria in the design of mobility planning, to support cooperation with stakeholders and the exchange of good practices to increase the number of women in transport professions, and to improve the collection and analysis of sex-disaggregategender-sensitive statistics and data on behaviour, needs and concerns in mobility, and to develop open data to support transport innovation;
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is deeply concerned with the underrepresentation of women in the transport sector, considering women occupy only 22% of the total workforce in the transport sector,1a and is among the EU economy’s most male-dominated sectors, in all likelihood due to gender biases, persisting stereotypes and lack of female role models. __________________ 1aBusiness case to increase female employment in transport - Publications Office of the EU (europa.eu), 2019. https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/6f833428-54f9-11e9- a8ed-01aa75ed71a1
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to invest in programmes that reduce the gender gap in smart mobility, to increase the number of women in transport professions and to raise awareness on equality issues, such the Transport Innovation Gender Observatory (TInnGO), the European Observatory for Gender Smart Transport or the “More Women in Transport – Platform for Change” initiative, and to implement their Gender Action Plans and best practices; calls for further funding to be made available to such projects;
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 26 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to further facilitate women’s use of sustainable transport through gender-sensitive design and incentives, as women currently use low- carbon transport more than men1a __________________ 1aCivitas Smart choices for cities Gender equality and mobility: mind the gap!, 2020, p.15 https://civitas.eu/sites/default/files/civ_pol -an2_m_web.pdf
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 28 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Highlights that the under- representation of women who work in STEM related positions within the transport sector, such as artificial intelligence (AI), is a matter of concern, as it can negatively affect the design, development and implementation of these technologies, causing the replication of existing discriminatory practices and stereotypes and the development of ‘gender-biased algorithms’ in new mobility products. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that Artificial Intelligence respects the principles and values of gender equality and non-discrimination as enshrined in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that women tend to use new mobility services like car sharing and service-based transport options such as leasing less often, as their daily travel patterns are very different to and more complex than men’s1a ; stresses that smart and sustainable mobility solutions should be designed fairly to improve mobility and accessibility for all and taking into account the special situation of carers in the transport system; __________________ 1Kawgan-Kagan, I., Popp, M., ‘Sustainability and Gender: a mixed- method analysis of urban women’s mode choice with particular consideration of e- carsharing’, Transportation Research Procedia, Vol 31, 2018, pp. 146-159.
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 42 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that limited access to transport solutions for women can be a barrier to employment and reduce access to education and training, healthcare, as well as leading to social isolation;
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 43 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that mobility is heavily shaped by the gender roles performed by women and men. Highlights that women spend on average, 42% of their total commuting time in a typical week on the mobility of care and account for 80% of people in charge of mobility of care.1a Recalls that most of these caring trips are made by women using sustainable modes of transport, such as walking and using public transport, and tend to involve shorter, local and more frequent trips within a short time span. Urges transport planners to find a balance between the supply of transport systems designed for work- related trips and the unmet mobility needs for care giving purposes; __________________ 1aOECD Transport Innovation for Sustainable Development A Gender Perspective (2021), P.17, https://www.itf- oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/transport- innovation-sustainable-development- gender.pdf
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, local authorities and the relevant stakeholders to provide a transport system that is tailored to women’s needs and their favoured modes of transport by improving accessibility, safety (particularly during the pandemic) and comfort, andwhile prioritising adequate investment accordingly and addressing the intersectional discrimination to cover the specific needs of vulnerable groups, including women in rural areas, women with disabilities, women of colour, migrant, ethnic minority and Roma women, older women, single mothers, LGBTIQ+ people, women with caring responsibilities, and women with socio- economic disadvantages;
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 55 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that women are 47% more likely than males to sustain a serious to fatal injuries in a car collision as a consequence of a data bias,1a whereby cars were designed and tested with ‘male crash dummies and not with ‘female’ dummies. Recalls that female dummies ,added in the early 2000s, represents a 5th-percentile woman — under 152cm tall and 49 kg— and thus doesn't consider the other 95% of women; __________________ 1a J. Forman et al, Automobile injury trends in the contemporary fleet: Belted occupants in frontal collisions (2019) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1 080/15389588.2019.1630825?utm_source =newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_c ampaign=newsletter_axiosautonomousve hicles&stream=autonomous-vehicles
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 59 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges the Commission to approve new standardized safety and dummy systems, to take into account the different muscle strength, fat distribution and bone density of females;
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 61 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers women’s mobility to be more likely impacted by unsafe experiences and concerns for personal safety, as a result, women are exposed to greater levels of “travel burden” than men relating mostly to cost, stress, time poverty, lack of accessibility and above all, safety. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take initiatives to make public spaces in European cities safe and free of harassment by sharing best practices and improving legislation, developing gender based metrics and indicators, management, policies, infrastructure and security technology;
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2021/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to issue recommendations to increase women’s participation in mobility-related consultation, planning and decision- making processes and to encourage companies to improve equal opportunities for women and to tackle the underrepresentation of women in mobility-related jobs, with a particular focus on innovation in transport, the shift towards sustainable mobility, attracting and retaining talent, and improving working conditions.
2021/06/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
— having regard to the study "Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament: State of play" prepared by European Parliamentary Research Service of the European Parliament,
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 34 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas gender mainstreaming is a widely recognised strategy to ensure gender equality by integrating gender perspective into all policies, programmes and measures, with a view to promoting gender equality and combating discrimination;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 37 #

2021/2039(INI)

A a. whereas there is progress regarding gender equality in some areas, but still a lot of room for improvement, with fragmented implementation of gender mainstreaming across policy areas and institutions at EU and national levels;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas gender discrimination often intersects with other types of discriminationdiscrimination on other grounds, leading to multiple and compounding discrimination against specific groups, as well as particular types of discrimination due to several intersecting grounds;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 41 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas gender mainstreaming measures include, among others, quotas, work-life balance measures, anti- harassment policies and gender impact assessments, gender responsive recruitment procedures, gender impact assessments to adopt gender responsive legislation, the use of gender neutral language and communicating in a gender responsive manner;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the OECD defines gender balance as ‘an equitable distribution of life's opportunities and resources between women and men, and/or the equal representation of women and men’;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 48 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the EIGE defines horizontal segregation as the ‘concentration of women and men in different sectors and occupations’;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 49 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the progress in addressing sexual harassment after three years of the #MeToo movement is not sufficient and there is still a lot to be done, within the European institutions and beyond; whereas research shows that harassment is more widespread than commonly believed and is significantly underreported;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 54 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas gender-responsive budgeting consists ofis not just about funding explicit gender equality initiatives, but also about understanding the impact of budgetary and policy decisions on gender equality and adjusting public expenditure and revenue accordingly;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 58 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas in the hearings organised by most of Parliament committees since the beginning of this term until November 2020, the presence of women is below 50%; whereas in committees such as AGRI, PECH, PETI or EMPL the proportion is below 25%;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 66 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its strong commitment to gender equality and endorses gender mainstreaming as one of its official policy approaches to ensure it; stresses that gender equality is a joint responsibility, requiring action by all EU institutions, Member States and EU agencies, in partnership with civil society and women’s organisations, social partners and the private sector;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that measures to ensure gender equality need to incorporate an intersectional approach with the aim of leaving no one behind and eliminating all forms of discrimination including intersecting forms;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 76 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increasing number of women involved in politics, but stresses that we are far from reaching gender parity; in that area and that women with a public profile, such as politicians and activists, are often the target of harassment with the intention of discouraging their presence in public life and decision- making spheres; stresses that no feminist legislation and policies can be designed without the presence of women in decision-making;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the lack of data on gender mainstreaming within the EU institutions beyond data on the number of women in different positions, therefore, commits to collect qualitative indicators on gender equality and additional gender disaggregated data in order to continue the improvement of gender equality;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 86 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes EIGE’s ‘Gender sensitive parliaments toolkit’ that focuses in five key areas to be addressed, namely, equal opportunities to enter the parliament, equal opportunities to influence the parliament’s working procedures, adequate space on the parliamentary agenda for women’s interests and concerns, producing gender- sensitive legislation and compliance with the symbolic function of the parliament;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 88 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the adoption of gender action plans by all Parliament committees; notes, however, the lack of monitoring and implementation of these plans; calls therefore on the Committees to monitor their Gender Action Plans in order to measure their progress and ensure their implementation;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 92 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the adoption of a gender action plan in July 2020 and a roadmap for its implementation in April 2021; regrets, however,new provision of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament adopted in 2019 that established the obligation to adopt a gender action plan aimed at incorporating a gender perspective in all Parliament’s activities, at all levels and all stages; welcomes the adoption of a gender action plan in July 2020 and a roadmap for its implementation in April 2021; requests to prepare regular monitoring reports of the progress made in implementing it; regrets that the Gender Action Plan and the Roadmap are not publicly available and that most of the measures included are formulated as principles without clear targets and obligations, which indicates the lack of political engagement in their implementation;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 99 #

2021/2039(INI)

7. INotes that the percentage of women MEPs has slightly decreased since the end of last term from about 39.6% to 39.1%; nevertheless, welcomes the progress in female political representation in the Parliament, which is higher than the EU average of 30.4% female members within Member States’ national parliaments and significantly higher than the worldwide average for parliaments of 25.2%; welcomes that some Member States and political parties have introduced rules to ensure gender balance in their electoral lists and insists on the need to introduce binding quotas in the upcoming revision of the EU electoral law;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 105 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses that in order to ensure the presence of women candidates, internal party organisation and procedures must be gender responsive by including measures such as explicitly addressing gender equality in party rules, establishing gender quotas for decision- making roles, or the existence of well- functioning forums for lobbying, advocacy and discussion, such as women’s wings and/or committees;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 108 #

2021/2039(INI)

8. Regrets the lack of gender- responsive recruitment procedures in Parliament which would avoid discrimination and increase the presence of women in areas where women are underrepresented in the administration and political groups;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 114 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. CWelcomes the fully gender- balanced Bureau of the Parliament with eight female Vice-Presidents out of 14 and two female Quaestors out of five; notes however, that only three out of seven political groups of the Parliament have women as chairs or co-chairs, 11 of the 27 committees are currently chaired by a woman and 13 out of the 44 delegation chairs are women; calls for gender balance in the leadership of committees, delegations and political groups to be improved; welcomes the amendment to Rule 213(1) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure requiring the bureau of each committee to be gender- balanced; however, regrets that this amendment will enter into force only at the opening of the first part-session following the next elections to the European Parliament due to be held in 2024;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 122 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for gender balance to be ensured at all levels of plenary, committee and delegation work, including when appointing coordinators, rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs and when distributing speaking time; calls to amend Parliament’s Rules of Procedure accordingly; highlights the need to ensure that parity is respected especially with regard to the governance of co-chaired bodies and the distribution of shared responsibilities such as co-rapporteurs or co-shadow-rapporteurs;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 125 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Requests that measures to tackle horizontal segregation are put in place to ensure gender balance in the participation of Members in different Committees and to put an end to the gendered concentration in portfolios, with areas with a higher presence of women being less valued;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 131 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the political groups to establish internal rules ensuring gender equality in their internal functioning especially regarding appointments, distribution of roles and responsibilities;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 133 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the relevant Directorates- General to ensure that the selection of authors of studies is gender balanced;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 135 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that despite all the progress and efforts made, gender equality at all management levels of Parliament’s administration has not yet been achieved; welcomes the fact that at directors level the parity is reached, but regrets that at the Directors-General level women represent only 23,1% and at Heads of Unit level - 39.3%; commends in this regard the target of the administration of the Parliament to have 50% women in middle and senior manager positions and 40% women in top manager positions in the administration by 2024; calls for women to be prioritised for recruitment when they are under- represented and the respective merits of the candidates are equal; calls for mentorship programmes to be implemented;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 145 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses that harassment, experienced in a work place, constitutes a serious attack on a person’s psychological and physical health, making them feel insecure at work or in some cases preventing them from doing their work; notes that women are far more likely to be exposed to sexual harassment than men;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 146 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Considers that, despite all efforts taken so far to ensure zero-harassment policy, there are still cases of sexual harassment in the Parliament and efforts with regard to prevention of sexual harassment should increase;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 152 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c
c. recompose the anti-harassment bodies to ensure gender balance and independence by includeing external legal, medical and therapeutic experts in the domain of harassment with full voting rights;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 158 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
d a. introduce compulsory training for all people working in Parliament’s premises on a regular basis about zero- harassment policy, providing them with tools to recognise all forms of harassment, including particularly sexual harassment and report it, as well as with tailored information about available support structures;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 160 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Commits to guaranteeing a good work-life balance for Members, group staff, accredited parliamentary assistants and administrative staff such as by adopting work-life balance friendly working hours and engage with the Commission and the Council to establish a common solution for meetings involving the three institutions;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 164 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Demands in particular that maternity, paternity and parental leave are recognised for Members of the Parliament through an amendment to the Statute for Members of the European Parliament;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 167 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Requests, in addition, to implement solutions for Members to guarantee their ability to continue working while on maternity, paternity or parental leave;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 176 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the work of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity and the Gender Mainstreaming Network as leading bodies in ensuring gender mainstreaming in Parliament; calls for a closer and more structured cooperation between these bodies through regular meetings to share information and to issue joint thematic reports;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 178 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Welcomes a new initiative of the Conference of Delegation Chairs to invite all delegations to appoint members in charge of gender mainstreaming and commends the cooperation of the Gender Mainstreaming Network of Committees and of Delegations;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 182 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the institutionalisation of the Gender Mainstreaming Network in the Rules of Procedure, making it possible for the network to take decisions and have a budget with the aim of promoting gender mainstreaming in the activities of the parliamentary committees and delegations;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 186 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. CWelcomes the training organised by EIGE for Members of the Parliament about gender impact assessments and gender budgeting, which was tailored for the Parliament; commits to working more closely with the European Institute for Gender Equality to deliver regular training on gender mainstreaming for Members, group staff, parliamentary assistants and staff of committee secretariats;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 190 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Welcomes the commitment in the Roadmap to collect, through the relevant services and bodies, clear indicators to measure if the input from FEMM committee has been incorporated in the final position of the Parliament; notes that the inclusion of FEMM’s suggestions in the form of opinions or amendments varies among other committees;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 195 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Commits to modifying the Rules of Procedure to include a specific procedure for gender mainstreaming amendments; requests, in the context of own-initiative reports, to ensure sufficient time between the draft report of the leading committee is available and the vote in committee in order to allow FEMM committee to produce its position in the form of amendments to the draft report;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 201 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for all missions of the committees and delegations to be gender- balanced and for the gender equality and women’s rights dimension to be examined; calls, in addition, to include meetings with organisations promoting gender equality in mission programmes;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 205 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the commitment in the gender action plan roadmap to ensure that all Committees and other bodies organising hearings, workshops and conferences include gender-balanced panels and experts competent to examine the gender equality and women’s rights dimension in the specific area of focus; asks for clear targets to implement this provision;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 209 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Praises the initiative of Gender Equality Week, which took place for the first time in 2020 in the Parliament; welcomes the continuation of this successful initiative and calls for all bodies of the Parliament to join and contribute to this initiative;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 212 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the relevant bodiGender Mainstreaming Network, the High Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity and FEMM, BUDG and CONT Committees to develop and adopt dedicated guidelines to implement gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 215 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Welcomes the translation of the Gender-Neutral Language guidelines into all EU official languages; regrets the lack of implementation and asks for additional raising-awareness actions and specific trainings for Parliament’s lawyer- linguists; requests a regular revision of the guidelines and their translations, in order to guarantee that they reflect developments in the languages and remain accurate;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 222 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission to carry out a gender impact assessment for each legislative proposalRegrets that gender impacts are rarely addressed as part of the Commission’s impact assessments and that the Commission’s impact assessment guidelines for the 2021-2027 MFF recommend that gender equality should be taken into account in policy-making, only when it is “proportionate” to do so; asks the Commission to change their approach, carry out a gender impact assessment for each legislative proposal and include explicitly gender-related objectives and performance indicators in the proposal thereof; commits to carrying out a gender impact assessment for each own initiative legislative report with the aim of including the gender perspective;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 229 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Regrets that, overall, gender mainstreaming has not yet been applied across the EU budget and the contribution of the budget to achieving gender equality has not been adequately monitored; commends achievements of negotiators of the Parliament to include the gender mainstreaming aspects as horizontal principles within the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework; welcomes, in particular, the commitment by the Commission to put in place a methodology to measure the relevant expenditure at programme level in the 2021-2027 MFF at the latest by the end of 2022; calls on the Commission to improve accountability and budgetary transparency and to apply the new methodology to all EU funding programmes;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 235 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the fact thatat the general objective of mitigating the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on women, was included as aand the requirement to include an explanation of how the measures in the national recovery and resilience plans are expected to contribute to genderal objective of equality were included in the Recovery and Resilience Facility; calls on the Commission to closely monitor this provision Regulation; regrets, however, that the call of the FEMM committee to include a specific chapter on gender equality in national plans was not included; calls, therefore, on the Commission to closely monitor the existing provisions linked to gender equality and to include relevant indicators in the recovery and resilience scoreboard to monitor the impact of national plans on gender equality;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 237 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the proposed measures included in Member States’ recovery and resilience plans and report on the results achieved in terms of gender equality, including the amount of funds allocated and spent to support gender equality;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 239 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Regrets that several EU funding programmes with significant potential to contribute to gender equality such as ESI funds, CAP or Erasmus did not take gender equality effectively into account;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 241 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the institutional framework for supporting gender mainstreaming and to translate its commitment to gender mainstreaming into specific actions; asks the Commission to adopt an implementation plan for gender mainstreaming in each policy area;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 243 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Regrets that the Commission has no fully fledged strategy for gender mainstreaming training, offering only a single, non-mandatory introductory course to its staff; urges the Commission to develop a training strategy on gender mainstreaming, ensure that training is available to all staff and make full use of EIGE’s tools and expertise on gender mainstreaming;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 244 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to systematically disaggregate data by gender upon collection and take the gender dimension into account when evaluating and reporting on EU programmes; calls on the Commission to include in upcoming legislative proposals the requirement to systematically collect gender- disaggregated data and relevant gender equality indicators for all programmes and include gender responsive monitoring and evaluation requirements;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 249 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets the lack of commitment of the Council to deliver legislation with a gender perspective and reiterates its requests to unblock the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention, the horizontal anti- discrimination directive, which will ensure that the intersectional dimension is taken into account when combating gender discrimination, and the women on boards directive;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 252 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Urges the Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and calls on the Commission to monitor it effectively;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 256 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Reiterates its call on the Council and the European Council to establish a Council configuration on gender equality in order to strengthen gender mainstreaming across all EU policies and legislation, develop dialogue and cooperation between Member States, exchange best practices and legislation, unblock the negotiations on the main files related to gender equality, deliver common responses to EU-wide problems and ensure that gender equality issues are discussed at the highest political level;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 264 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Stresses that a gender-sensitive parliament is aware and pays attention to the symbolic meanings conveyed within and by the institution through its communications strategy and the design of physical spaces; requests to step up its efforts in these areas;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 265 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Requests that concrete targets to ensure gender balance when naming and renaming buildings, rooms and other physical spaces of the European Parliament be adopted;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 269 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Welcomes the commitment in the Roadmap to carry out an analysis of the spaces dedicated to childcare in Parliament’s premises, including breastfeeding spaces, and requests a commitment to redesign them where appropriate;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 272 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Requests that an analysis of the distribution and design of Parliament’s toilets to assess the need to adapt them to the requirements of all genders be carried out, including through measures such as the introduction of gender neutral toilets and increasing the number of toilets with individual trashcans and sinks to facilitate the use of menstrual cups and other sanitary products;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 275 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Asks for its communication strategy to be revised, including through measures such as revising Parliament’s website to include a specific section on gender equality; in the home menu, include relevant information about key files, such as the process of ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the EU, update the information on the Parliament’s history and composition from the gender point of view, or establishing a protocol to mourn victims of femicide;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 279 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Reiterates its call for an audit to be carried out to map the current situation in terms of gender equality and gender mainstreaming and make recommendations in both the political and the administrative sides of Parliament’s activities; suggests that this audit should cover all the areas and indicators developed in the European Institute for Gender Equality’s “Gender-sensitive parliaments toolkit” and identify the rules that facilitate or block gender equality in each aspect analysed with the aim of updating Parliament’s Gender Action Plan and its roadmap;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 281 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Points that some areas covered by the Gender Action Plan and its roadmap are inherently linked to the political organisation of the groups and therefore need a political deliberation involving all groups;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 284 #

2021/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for the establishment of a working group composed of representatives of each political group and chaired by the gender mainstreaming standing rapporteurs of Parliament to steer the work in that area, implement this resolution and coordinate with the High Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity, the EP Bureau, the FEMM committee, the Gender Mainstreaming Network and the Conference of Presidents, where relevant;
2021/11/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 29 #
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 30 #
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 34 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
– having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality5 and to the European Commission's Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025, _________________ 5 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0025.
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 35 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2021 on challenges ahead for women’s rights in Europe: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 37 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2020 on the de facto ban on the right to abortion in Poland,
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 42 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
– having regard to is resolution of 21 January 2021 on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis period,
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 46 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 1 February 2021 89 on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims and to the European Commission's Strategy on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (2021-2025),
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 57 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 83(1) of the TFEU provides the possibility to establish minimum rules for criminal offences with a cross-border dimension resulting from the nature or impact of such offences or from a special need to combat them on a common basis ; whereas one woman on three is a victim of gender-based violence still today in Europe and there is a special need to jointly intensify the combat to eradicate gender-based violence ; whereas online gender-based violence and online sexual harassment are cross-border by nature;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 74 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 crisis resulted in a dramatic increase in domestic and gender-based violence, including physical violence, psychological violence and online violence, with a 60 % increase in emergency calls from women subjected to violence by their intimate partner reported among World Health Organization Europe Member States;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 84 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the European Institute for Gender Equality defines femicide as the killing of women and girls because of their gender; whereas it can take different forms such as the murder of women as a result of intimate partner violence, killing of women and girls because of their gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics, as well as female and intersex genital mutilations and so called "honour killings";
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 120 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Council of Europe Istanbul Convention), the most comprehensive instrument to counter violence against women in Europe, was opened for signature 10 years ago, but has not yet been ratified by all EU Member States nor acceded to by the EU;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 121 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas reports and data from several Member States during the Covid- 19 pandemic and following the lockdown periods revealed a worrying increase in domestic and gender-based violence, including physical violence, psychological violence, coercive control and cyberviolence, called the ‘shadow’ pandemic;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 134 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Condemns all forms of violence against women and girls in all their diversity and other forms of gender-based violence, such as violence against LGBTI persons, and deplores the fact that women and girls continue to be exposed to psychological, physical, sexual and economic violence, including sexual exploitation and trafficking in human beings, both online and offline;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 154 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are the result of the unequal distribution of power, patriarchal structures, and gender stereotypes, that have led to domination over and discrimination against women and LGBTI persons by men; underlines that this situation is aggravated by social and economic inequalities;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 163 #

2021/2035(INL)

3a. Recalls that gender-based violence is multifaceted, including physical, psychological as well as economic violence; insists that gender-based violence is a structural obstruction to social elevation and economic empowerment while reminding in particular that coercive control can isolate victims from social circles, deprive victims from material or financial resources, drive away from employment or prevent from access to employment;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 171 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the wide range of psychological impacts that gender-based violence has on victims, including stress, concentration problems, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, low self- confidence, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, lack of trust and of sense of control; recalls that gender- based violence also has a social and economic impactwhich can force victims into committing suicide;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 176 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the wide range of psychological impacts that gender-based violence has on victims, including and witnesses, including feeling unsafe or vulnerable, stress, concentration problems, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, lack of trust and of sense of control; recalls that gender- based violence also has a social and economic impact;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 184 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the ‘Istanbul Convention’) remains the international standard and a key tool for the eradication of gender- based violence by following a holistic and coordinated approach that places the rights of the victim at the centre and addresses the issues from a wide range of perspectives; reiterates its call to conclude the EU’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention on the basis of a broad accession, and to advocate its ratification by Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia; calls on the Member States to take into account the recommendations by GREVIO and to improve legislation to bring it more into line with the Istanbul Convention’s provisions in order to ensure proper implementation and enforcement;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 199 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Denounces the fact that the combat against gender-based violence is negatively affected by the attack on women’s rights and gender equality; condemns the actions of anti-gender and anti-women movements in Europe and worldwide that aim to overturn existing laws on women’s rights, especially sexual and reproductive health and rights, and LGBTI+ rights;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 233 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the regular availability and comparability of quality, disaggregated data on all forms of gender- based violence through cooperation with Eurostat, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality; welcomes the announcement of a new EU-wide survey by the FRA on the prevalence and dynamics of all forms of violence against women;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 244 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the need for targeted policies to address the situation of survivors who experience intersectional forms of discrimination, such as women refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, indigenous women, racialised women, women from religious, racial and ethnic minorities, lesbian, bisexual and trans women, elderly women and women with disabilities;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 257 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that violations of sexual and reproductive rights are a form of violence against women and girls; strongly condemns the backlash against women’s rights and gender equality in the EU, in particular the setback to women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights and the de facto ban to safe and legal abortion in Poland;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 258 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that violations of sexual and reproductive rights are a form of violence against women and girls, as well as transgender and non-binary persons, as reflected in the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 278 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Insists that cyber violence, including online sexual and psychological harassment, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, revenge porn, sexist hate speech online and new forms of online harassment such as zoom bombing or threats online, constitutes forms of gender-based violence; Reminds of their cross-border nature with perpetrators using online platforms or cell phones connected to or hosted by other European countries than where the victim of harassment is located, thus raising the question of which jurisdiction is competent in a given case;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 288 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to take all necessary measures to promote the protection of women and girls in all their diversity and all survivors of gender-based violence against all forms of violence, including by paying greater attention to the needs of survivors who experience intersectional forms of discrimination and violence;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 297 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the obligation on Member States to ensure that there is adequate support and services for survivors of gender-based violence; recalls the importance, in that context, of providing support to independent civil society and, women’s shelter organisations and to organisations providing legal advice and psychological support, as well as support, counselling, and training to victims with regards to access to employment;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 299 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the obligation on Member States to ensure that there is support and services for survivors of gender-based violence; recalls the importance, in that context, of support to independent civil society and women’s and specialised shelter organisations;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 304 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to step up their work in order to ensure that victims have access to justice, including restorative justice, and to guarantee that the rights of the victim are placed at the centre in order to avoid discrimination, traumatisation or revictimisation during judicial, medical and police proceedings; underlines with concern that most Member States still have issues with complete/correct transposition and/or practical application of the Victim’s Rights Directive, as reflected in the Commission’s Strategy on victim’s rights, and calls on their due diligence for its complete and correct transposition;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 328 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that gender-based violence is a serious crime and a widespread violation of fundamental rights in the Union which needs to be addressed with greater efficiency and determination on a common basis; stresses that gender-based violence is the result of a patriarchal society that has a cross-border dimension; points, in particular, at the growing anti- gender and anti-women movements, which are well organised and have a cross-border nature, and which therefore call for a coordinated EU response;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 333 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to adopt specific measures to eradicate all forms of online violence, including online stalking, online sexual harassment, sexist hate speech online, revenge porn and sexual exploitation online which disproportionally affects women and girls, and to specifically address its increase during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to put forward relevant regulation and any other possible actions to eradicate all forms of technology- facilitated violence against women and girls;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 334 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for the EU to urgently address the increase in gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to develop a European Union Protocol on gender-based violence in times of crisis and to include protection services for victims, such as helplines, safe accommodation and health services as ‘essential services’ in the Member States, in order to prevent gender-based violence and support victims of violence during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 338 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to adopt specific measures to eradicate online violence (including online stalking, online sexual harassment, sexist hate speech online, revenge porn and sexual exploitation online), which disproportionally affects women and girls, and to specifically address its increase during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to put forward relevant regulation and any other possible actions to eradicate all forms of technology-facilitated violence against women and girls;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 339 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Member States to ratify and implement without delay the ILO Convention 190 on eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 340 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the Member States to implement effectively the Anti-Trafficking Directive 2011/36/EU and to adopt specific measures to address violence against women and gender inequality as root causes of trafficking; welcomes the commitment of the Commission to revise the directive, to improve measures for the prevention and prosecution of all forms of trafficking, especially for sexual exploitation as the most prevalent and reported area of THB impacting 92 % of trafficked women and girls in Europe; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to amend the directive with a view to ensuring that Member States explicitly criminalise the knowing use of all services provided by victims of trafficking;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 348 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that the special need to combat violence against women and girls in all their diversity and other forms of gender-based violence on a common basis also results from the need to establish minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 356 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Requests that the Commission submit, on the basis of the third subparagraph of Article 83(1) TFEU, a proposal for a Council decision identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto and requests the Commission to use that new area of crime as a legal basis for a holistic dand victim- centred EU Directive to prevent and combat all forms of gender- based violence;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 367 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on gender-based violence that implements the standards of the Istanbul Convention and includes the following elements: prevention, including through gender-sensitive education programming directed at both girls and boys in all their diversity, and empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity; support services and protection measures for survivors; combating all forms of gender-based violence, including violations of women’s, transgender's and non-binary persons' sexual and reproductive health and rights; and minimum standards for law enforcement;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 369 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on gender-based violence that implements the standards of the Istanbul Convention and includes the following elements: prevention, including through gender-sensitive education programming directed at both girls and boys, and empowerment of women and girls; support services and protection measures for survivors; combating all forms of gender-based violence, including violations of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, online violence and sexual exploitation and abuse; and minimum standards for law enforcement;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 22 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 11 February 2021 on challenges ahead for women’s rights in Europe: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2020 on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality,
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 c (new)
— having regard to itsresolution of 21 January 2021 on the gender perspective in the COVID-19 crisisand post-crisis period,
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, although female employment rates have risen, gender inequality on the labour market remains a fact of lifsignificant challenge; whereas the employment gap is particularly high in the case of single mothers, female caregivers, women with disabilities, women from ethnic minorities, migrant and refugee women, LBTIQ+ women and young and elderly women;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 67 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women may be of differing appearance, intensity and form; whereas a society free of gender-based violence must be acknowledged as an absolute prerequisite for equality;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 82 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas women in the EU are more severely affected by poverty or social exclusion than men, being systematically placed at a disadvantage by structural and cultural factors;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 86 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the EU gender pay gap is 164.1%, with variations between the Member States; whereas this gender pay gap has a number of implications, not least a 3729.5% difference in corresponding pension entitlements, placing older women at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas the right to equal pay for equal work or work of equal value is not always guaranteed and remains one of the biggest challenges to be met in efforts to combat pay discrimination;1a 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files /aid_development_cooperation_fundamen tal_rights/annual_report_ge_2021_en.pdf
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 99 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas their rolegender stereotypes often places women as primary caregivers within the family and this imposes a disproportionate burden of unpaid care and domestic work on women, who play a vital role in this respect;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 106 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas EU neoliberal policies are, in the long term, contributing to gender inequality, with women being disproportionately affected by rising unemployment, deregulation of the labour market and of working hours, increased precariousness and low pay, not to mention multiple forms of inequality and discrimination resulting from cuts to public services, particularly health, education and welfare benefitsdigitalisation of the labour market offers countless opportunities but also presents new challenges for gender equality such as long working hours, increased precariousness and low pay;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 112 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the effects on families of involving men and fatherhood show that caring men are important to the optimal development of children, and that they can improve the work life balance and help redress gender inequitable relationships; whereas male engagement can contribute to preventing violence in families and contribute to more equitable societies;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 114 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the persistence of gender stereotypes and expectations of men's and boys’ roles can restrain them from showing, their positive emotions and internalizing negative emotions such as sadness and anxiety and can result in men and boys expressing greater levels of aggression and anger than women; whereas this can result of men and boys who are more likely to perpetrate violence such as gender-based violence;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 124 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that respect for the right to equal pay and equal treatment in work is an essential precondition if women are effectively to enjoy equal rights, economic independence and career fulfilment and therefore insists that precarious employment should be eradicated through mandatory compliance with the principle that every permanent job must entail an effective employment relationship with recognition and enhancement of rights at the workplace;; recognizes the right of all workers to fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families, through statutory minimum wage setting mechanisms as well as collective agreements.
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 132 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to take practical measures to ensure that women have equal access to work with rights and decent pay; stresses the need to promote collective bargaining as a determining factor in reversing and overcoming inequality and tackling discrimination against womenequal pay; acknowledges the role of socialpartners in promoting gender equality and addressing pay discrimination, and calls for de jure and de facto compliance with the principle of equal pay for equal work of equal value;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 143 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Urges Member States to impose firm measures, including sanctions, where businesses fail to comply with labour legislation and where they actually encouragegainst gender discrimination and gender bias;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 144 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on Member States, employers and associations to ensure that they have proper procedures in place for preventing gender discrimination, sexual harassment and gender-based violence, which create a toxic environment and insists that they protect the victims of and accountability for gender-based violence committed within the workplace or their organisation;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 152 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EU and its Member States to further underpin maternity and paternity entitlements, for example by increasing periods of full leave with no loss of pay, taking into account the World Health Organization recommendation that children be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their livebetter implement the work life balance directive, which introduced paternity leave of at least 10 working days, extended the right to request flexible working arrangements to working parents, and ensured that two out of the four months of parental leave are non- transferable between parents; calls for the right to a reduction in working hours following maternity leave to be guaranteed in practice, enabling mothers to breastfeed their children until they are at least two years old, accompanied by investment in a public network of free childcare and education services;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 155 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for measures to achieve work, employee and pay enhancement, effectively combat joblessness and promote full employment; calls for the creation and promotion of employment with rights, the defence of collective bargaining, the revitalisation of public sector employment and an end to job insecurity; calls in addition for a reduction in working hours without loss of pay;deleted
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 167 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on all member states and the EU as a legal entity to ratify and implement the Istanbul convention, which stresses the misconceptions about gender roles in our society such as “traditional family values” and combat repressive views on women;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 189 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the urgent need to counter the exploitationunequal treatment and harassment of women at work and combat the inequalities, discrimination and violence affecting them, noting that harassment in the workplace excludes women from their chosen careers and sectors;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 194 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for women who suffer domestic violence to be afforded proper protection, ensuring the deployment of increased resources and more effective responses by the StateMember States; recalls that the perpetrators of domestic abuse killings follow an eight-stage pattern also known as a “homicide timeline" that could be identified and tracked by police and other authorities to help prevent deaths;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 200 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on Member States to implement preventive programmes, including through education on issues such as skills necessary to create safe and healthy relationships, awareness about the ingrained preconceptions about the gender care gap, equality between women and men, mutual respect, non-violent conflict resolution in interpersonal relationships, gender-based violence against women and the right to personal integrity, and age appropriate sexuality education;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 205 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Stresses that age appropriate comprehensive relationship and sexuality education is key to protecting children from violence and giving them the skills they need to build safe relationships, free from sexual, gender-based and intimate partner violence;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 212 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that prostitution constitutes a serious form of violence and exploitation affecting mostly women and children; notes that the root causes of prostRecalls that nearly three quarters of all victims in the EU are women and girls, mainly trafficked for sexual exploitation. Calls on the Commission in cooperation with the Member States, to examine how the demand for sexual services could drive trafficking and calls on the Commission to prioritise the prevention of the crime of trafficking for sexual exploituation are inextricably intertwined with social and economic realities, particularly unemployment, financial need and poverty, including through information, awareness-raising and education campaigns, adopting measures and programmes to discourage and reduce demand, and to possibly adopt future dedicated legislation; stresses the need for Member States to increase funding for social support and access to public services for victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 220 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls the Commission's long standing defence of gender equality and equal rights, and regrets the backlash and regression in women’s rights especially against sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR);
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 224 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Applauds the unambiguous defence of all freedoms anywhere in the world, while condemning measures that undermine rights, freedoms and guarantees and deprecating all forms of prejudice, including discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation;deleted
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 231 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that any strategy designed to achieve equality must get to grips with all forms of violence against women, including the erosion of healthcare entitlements and sexual and reproductive rights acquired by women and infringements thereof;deleted
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 236 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to strongly condemn the backsliding in women’s rights and SRHR, and to use its full capability to strengthen its actions to counter it; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their political support for human rights defenders, healthcare providers working to advance SRHR, women’s rights and SRHR civil society organisations which are key actors for gender-equal societies and crucial providers of SRH services and information;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 241 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that access to sexual, reproductive and other forms of healthcare for women is a fundamental right that must be underpinned and may not be in any way watered down or withdrawn; recalls that SRH services are essential healthcare services that should be available to all and include comprehensive, evidence-based and age-appropriate sexuality and relationship education;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 248 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need for Member States to adopt a policy placing special emphasis on improved public health and the prevention of disease by guaranteeing freaffordable, universal and high-quality healthcare and ensuring the availability of the necessary resources to combat the main public health problems;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 256 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to create a public crèche and pre-school education network; points out that the provision of a universal publiccare service that is genuinely accessible to all children and families wishing to avail themselves of it is an overarching social responsibility;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 264 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Member States to take specific measures to combat the risk of poverty in old age and retirement, increasing pensions and boosting social benefitsby addressing work-life balance, the gender pay gap and resulting gender pension gap, and gender stereotypes that hamper equality in the workplace and labour market ;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 272 #

2021/2020(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises that it is essential to ensure a broad set of effective economic and social measures to combat discriminatory attitudes and practicestargeted measures to achieve equal opportunities and equal pay for work of equal work and enabling women to exercise their civic and political rights on an equal basis;
2021/07/19
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 23 #

2021/2007(INI)

3 a. Believes that GIs should be better protected against all practices of commercial parasitism in Union law, including when used as ingredients or in services. It is important to ensure that the reputation of the GI in question is not diluted nor weakened by a third party.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the great potential of the online market for GIs and TSGs, but stresses that it can only be achieved if intellectual rights are better protected; calls on the Commissionthis requires that the protection of GIs applies to goods that are sold through means of electronic commerce and that procedures are made available to GIs to prevent the registrations in bad faith of domain names that undermine GI protection ; calls on the Commission to table proposals to enhance GIs in order to be at the forefront of online protection by including itand to negotiate such a protection in bilateral and multilateral trade agreements;
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Insists, however, that intellectual property rights should not lead to a reduction in the diversity of species and varieties and a loss of independence for farmers; also insists that farmers must remain the owners of their seeds and breeding material and must be able to select and adapt them to local conditions and needs.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2021/2007(INI)

6 a. Welcomes the intention of the European Commission to work with international partners to protect GI's worldwide through the WIPO multilateral Lisbon Registry and to step up its participation in global internet fora so that the international domain name system (DNS) fully respects IPRs, including GI's.
2021/06/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas violence is the most extreme form of gender inequality; whereas gender-based violence is to be understood as an extreme form of discrimination and a violation of human rights;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 73 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas violence against women and girls presents different not mutually exclusive forms, including cyberviolence; whereas Plan International estimated that of 14,000 women and girls in 31 countries more than half (58%) had been harassed and abused online;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 172 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on EU missions and delegations and on the Member States to cooperate closely in the implementation of GAP III; calls on the Commission to strengthen synergies with the United Nations, partner countries and international stakeholders, to jointly advance and reach international targets related to gender equality in the Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals, the Beijing Declaration and its Platform for Action, and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and its review conferences;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 188 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its call for the establishment of a new Council configuration on gender equality gathering EU ministers and Secretaries of State responsible for gender equality in order to facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including foreign and security policy and development policy;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 200 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for funding for local women’s organisations to be increased; condemns all moves to clamp down on women’s rights activists, including women’s human rights defenders, and urges all governments to protect, support and cooperate with civil society;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 212 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. WNotes with appreciation that gender equality is considered in the Gender Action Plan III a cross-cutting priority of the EU external action in its policy and programming work; welcomes the fact that 85% of all new external actions will be required to incorporate gender as a significant or principal objective; stresses that the objectives set should also be quantified in terms of dedicated funding and not just a percentage of the overall programmes;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 214 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the EEAS Gender and Equal Opportunities Strategy 2018-2023 and the progress made to improve gender equality within its staff over the last years; regrets, however, that the EEAS is far from achieving the target of 50 % women in management positions and calls on the current VP/HR to fully implement gender equality at all levels of the hierarchy;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 233 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls forWelcomes that the first area of engagement of the Gender Action Plan III focuses on eliminating all forms of gender based-violence; notes that almost one in three women globally (around an estimated 736 million) have been subjected to intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their life; calls for coordinated and holistic action to combat femicide and all types of violence against women and girls to be stepped up in the EU’s development initiatives;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 257 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that the victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation are mainly women and girls; calls for greater leadership and monitoring from the European Commission and Member States and increased international cooperation to end the practices resulting in such forms of enslavement;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 304 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to commit to the GAP III objectives regarding SRHR and to prepare ‘country- level implementation plans’ prioritising SRHR, applying measurable indicators and including monitoring mechanisms; highlights the importance to ensure that, during the implementation of the SRHR thematic policy of GAP III, no one is left behind and no woman or girl is discriminated because she belongs to a particular social class, ethnicity, religion, race or disability group, or because of her sexual orientation;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 347 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates that the COVID-19 crisis is affecting women’s access to the labour market; stresses the need for the inclusion of a gender dimension in all COVID-19 recovery plans and Team Europe initiatives;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 354 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for GAP III to promote women’s economic activity and their access to the necessary resources and social protection; calls on the Commission and Member States to support and promote gender-responsive social protection mechanisms, including cash transfers, to enhance the capacity of partner countries in responding to crises and external shocks; calls for measures to help make women more employable and provide them with business opportunities;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 365 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Notes the importance of supporting the efforts of partner countries in legal, policy, and institutional reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, particularly access and control over land and other forms of property, as well as access to financial and extension services;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 379 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that women are facing increasing inequalities due to the current economic and food crises, particularly in rural areas; notes with concern that women are greater affected by food insecurity than men; reiterates that the right to food for women and girls must be a priority in the EU's development action; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote specific initiatives in this regard;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 403 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that women are under- represented at every level of political and public life; calls for programme funding to promote the training and participation of women, including supporting community level participatory approaches and specific educational activities for girls and young women;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 439 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. SPoints out that women are disproportionately affected by conflict related sexual violence and other human rights violations with impunity, including higher risk of trafficking; stresses the need to ensure that women and girls who have suffered sexual violence in conflict zones receive holistic care and treatment;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 460 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. ANotes that climate change is not gender neutral, as it acts as an amplifier of existing inequalities, especially in fragile environments; appreciates the EU’s determination to address gender issues in the context of the green transition, given the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and girls; stresses the need of including, listening and empowering women and girls in the design of effective approaches to climate mitigation and adaptation in partner countries;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 470 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Points out that women are at the forefront when it comes to expertise in the fields of agriculture, climate and biodiversity; calls for them to be given support in the form of funding, legislative framework provisions and access to resources; reiterates the role of gender responsive adaptation, including climate- smart agriculture, disaster risk reduction, circular economy and sustainable management of natural resources;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 483 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for women and girls, especially those living in rural areas, to be given better access to digital tools and training in the use thereof and for measures to be taken to promote their advancement in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the STEM professions);
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 6 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the importance of the transitional common agricultural policy (CAP) measures to bridge the gap to the new legal basis for a strongmeasures to enable a soft landing on the new Common Agricultural Policy reform while contributiong to the European Green Deal; points at the possible strong repercussions of the negotiated compromises on the budget structureachievement of the European Green Deal objectives; welcomes the reinforcement of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) by EUR 5,7 billion from Next Generation EU (NGEU) in 2022; highlights that NGEU support is not only essential to the recovery of farmers and rural areas from the impact of the pandemic, but also crucial to the Union’s ambitious environmental targets;
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the recovery funds which are devoted to support agri-food operators in their efforts to adapt to climate change and to provide European consumers with sustainable and local products; stresses that special attention must be paid to the quality agri-food products hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis;
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Questions the cost-benefit analysis of the current crisis reserve which has remained unused despite several demands for support during the COVID-19 pandemic; welcomes the political agreement reached in the framework of the CAP reform to improve the crisis reserve, although it has not incorporated more ambitious proposals supported by the European Parliament;
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the strategic role that agriculturethe Common Agricultural Policy plays in avoiding a food crisis by providensuring safe, high-quality food at affordable prices; Insists that some of the COVID-19 crisis measures supporting agricultural sectors need to be continued in 2022should be implemented in the budgetary year 2022 in order to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic;
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Asks the European commission to implement in the budgetary year 2022 exceptional measures to help farmers overcome the Covid-19 crisis, which has strongly hit some agricultural sectors, including flowers, wine, cheese and some meat producers; is of the opinion that the EU should dedicate for that purpose the margin of 340 million euro that will remain after assigned revenues;
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Supports the extension, beyond the 15th October 2021, of exceptional measures for the wine sector to help farmers overcome the Covid-19 crisis, taking into account the deterioration of the market due to persistent lockdowns; highlights the economic consequences of the crisis, which threaten to significantly alter consumption trends; underlines the fact that, for a year and a half, the Airbus/Boeing dispute worsened the economic damaged suffered by the wine sector;
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Fragile agricultural sectors play an important role in economic, social or environmental terms; takes the view that voluntary coupled support to those sectors should be maintained at the same level; therefore opposes to the reduction of 13 million euros proposed in the 2022 draft budget;
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Underlines the need to firmly support generational renewal in the agricultural sector in order to reverse the aging trend which risks jeopardizing the EU agricultural sovereignty; therefore rejects the reduction of 5 million euros proposed in the draft budget for the young farmers' payments;
2021/07/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) The European Green Deal5 establishes the objective of the Union becoming climate neutral in 2050 in a manner that contributes to the European economy, growth and job creation. That objective, and the objective of a 55% reduction into cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 as set out in the 2030 Climate Target Plan6 that was endorsed both by the European Parliament7 and by the European Council8 , requires an energy transition and significantly higher shares of renewable energy sources in an integrated energy system. _________________ 5 Communication from the Commission COM(2019) 640 final of 11.12.2019, The European Green Deal. 6 Communication from the Commission COM(2020) 562 final of 17.9.2020, Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition Investing in a climate-neutral future for the benefit of our people 7 European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)) 8 European Council conclusions of 11 December 2020, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/47 296/1011-12-20-euco-conclusions-en.pdf
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 53 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Renewable energy production often takes place at local level and depends on regional SMEs; Member States should therefore fully involve local and regional authorities when setting targets and supporting policy measures;
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 58 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 c (new)
(2 c) Managing authorities are encouraged to promote the use of integrated territorial investments (ITIs) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) projects to establish bottom up approaches to develop local energy communities and renewable energy projects.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 60 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) The Union’s renewable energy policy aims to contribute to achieving the climate change mitigation objectives of the European Union in terms of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In the pursuit of this goal, it is essential to also contribute to wider environmental objectives, and in particular the prevention of biodiversity loss, which is negatively impacted by the indirect land use change associated to the production of certain high in direct land- use change risks biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. Contributing to these climate and environmental objectives constitutes a deep and longstanding intergenerational concern for Union citizens and the Union legislator. As a consequence, the changes in the way the transport target is calculated should not affect the limits established on how to account toward that target certain fuels produced from food and feed crops on the one hand and high indirect land-use change-risk fuels on the other hand. In addition, in order not to create an incentive to use biofuels and biogas produced from food and feed crops in transport, Member States should continue to be able to choose whether count them or not towards the transport target. If they do not count them, they may reduce the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target accordingly, assuming that food and feed crop-based biofuels save 50% greenhouse gas emissions, which corresponds to the typical values set out in an annex to this Directive for the greenhouse gas emission savings of the most relevant production pathways of food and feed crop-based biofuels as well as the minimum savings threshold applying to most installations producing such biofuelSustainable biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels that co-generate valuable protein for animal and human consumption, and are deforestation free, should be a building block of the decarbonisation of the transport, within reasonable limit preventing unwanted negative impacts on the availability of food and feed resources.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 d (new)
(2 d) Competent authorities should establish simplified rules and administrative procedures for small renewable energy producers and local energy communities in order to ensure that they do not face discriminatory administrative burdens.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 65 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 sets a binding Union target to reach a share of at least 32 % of energy from renewable sources in the Union's gross final consumption of energy by 2030. Under the Climate Target Plan, the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption would need to increase to 405% by 2030 in order to achieve the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction target10 . Therefore, the target set out in Article 3 of that Directive needs to be increased. _________________ 9 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82–209 10 Point 3 of the Communication from the Commission COM(2020) 562 final of 17.9.2020, Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition Investing in a climate- neutral future for the benefit of our people
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 66 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) Given the invasion by Russia of Ukraine, the International Energy Agency provided a 10-Point Plan to the European Union for reducing reliance on Russian supplies by over a third while supporting European Green Deal. Amongst the recommendations the International Energy Agency recommended to "Maximise power generation from bioenergy". Furthermore and within the same context, the European Commission released the communication "REPowerEU: Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy" in which it calls for doubling the objective of Fit for 55 for biomethane to the production of 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) per year by 2030. Additionally it calls Member States’ CAP strategic plans to channel funding to biomethane produced from sustainable biomass sources, including in particular agricultural wastes and residues. The role of agricultural biomass as a sustainable, renewable and local source of energy should be therefore strengthened, encouraged and promoted in Europe´s path towards decarbonisation and energy autonomy.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 79 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) The rapid growth and increasing cost-competitiveness of renewable electricity production can be used to satisfy a growing share of energy demand, for instance using heat pumps for space heating or low-temperature industrial processes, electric vehicles for transport, or electric furnaces in certain industries. Renewable electricity can also be used to produce synthetic fuels for consumption in hard-to-decarbonise transport sectors such as aviation and maritime transport. A framework for electrification needs to enable robust and efficient coordination and expand market mechanisms to match both supply and demand in space and time, stimulate investments in flexibility, and help integrate large shares of variable renewable generation. This framework must also take into account existing regional disparities and the specific features of each region, and to support cost-effective solutions, ensuring a reduction in energy costs for Europe's people and businesses. Member States should therefore ensure that the deployment of renewable electricity continues to increase at an adequate pace to meet growing demand. For this, Member States should establish a framework that includes market-compatible mechanisms to tackle remaining barriers to have secure and adequate electricity systems fit for a high level of renewable energy, as well as storage facilities, fully integrated into the electricity system. In particular, this framework shall tackle remaining barriers, including non-financial ones such as insufficient digital and human resources of authorities to processand guidance to process more efficiently and cost-effectively a growing number of permitting applications. in a timely manner.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 81 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The Commission shall present guidelines to help Member States bringing down administrative barriers, in particular simplify and accelerate permitting procedures for renewables projects, including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to assess progress. The simplification of administrative permit granting processes and sufficient digital and human resources of authorities are essential to accelerate the deployment of renewables and thus achieve the objectives laid down in this Directive.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 103 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) Local and regional authorities are key actors when it comes to bringing Europe closer to its energy and climate objectives. Energy production at the local level is crucial to foster renewable energy production, reduce external energy dependence and decrease energy poverty rates.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 105 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Buildings have a large untapped potential to contribute effectively to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the Union. The decarbonisation of heating and cooling in this sector through an increased share in production and use of renewable energy will be needed to meet the ambition set in the Climate Target Plan to achieve the Union objective of climate neutrality. However, progress on the use of renewables for heating and cooling has been stagnant in the last decade, largely relying on increased use of biomass. Without the establishment of targets to increase the production and use of renewable energy in buildings, there will be no ability to track progress and identify bottlenecks in the uptake of renewables. Furthermore, the creation of targets will provide a long-term signal to investors, including for the period immediately after 2030. This will complement obligations related to energy efficiency and the energy performance of buildings. Therefore, indicative targets for the use of renewable energy in buildings should be set to guide and incentivise Member States’ efforts to exploit the potential of using and producing renewable energy in buildings, encourage the development of and integration of technologies which produce renewable energy while providing certainty for investors and local level engagement. Finally, as renewable energy production often takes place at local and regional level and depends on local and regional SMEs, Member States need to fully involve local and regional authorities when setting targets and supporting policy measures.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 119 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) The Union’s renewable energy policy aims to contribute to achieving the climate change mitigation objectives of the European Union in terms of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. In the pursuit of this goal, it is essential to also contribute to wider environmental objectives, and in particular the prevention of biodiversity loss, which is negatively impacted by the indirect land use change associated to the production of certain high-indirect land- use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. Contributing to these climate and environmental objectives constitutes a deep and longstanding intergenerational concern for Union citizens and the Union legislator. As a consequence, the changes in the way the transport target is calculated should not affect the limits established on how to account toward that target certain fuels produced from food and feed crops on the one hand and high indirect land-use change-risk fuels on the other hand. In addition, in order not to create an incentive to use biofuels and biogas produced from food and feed crops in transport, Member States should continue to be able to choose whether count them or not towards the transport target. If they do not count them, they may reduce the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target accordingly, assuming that food and feed crop-based biofuels save 50% greenhouse gas emissions, which corresponds to the typical values set out in an annex to this Directive for the greenhouse gas emission savings of the most relevant production pathways of food and feed crop-based biofuels as well as the minimum savings threshold applying to most installations producing such biofuelsSustainable biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels that co-generate valuable protein for animal and human consumption, and are deforestation-free, should be a building block of the decarbonisation of transport, within a reasonable limit preventing unwanted negative impacts on the availability of food and feed resources. Member States should be put in an equal footing in their use of these sustainable biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels, to reach the higher level of emission savings, under common limit.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 128 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
(39) The Governance Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 makes several references in a number of places to the Union-level binding target of at least 32 % for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union in 2030. As that target needs to be increased in order to contribute effectively to the ambition to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % by 2030, those references should be amended. Any additional planning and reporting requirements set will not create a new planning and reporting system, but should be subject to the existing planning and reporting framework under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 142 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 405%.; As renewable energy production often takes place at local and regional level and depends on local and regional SMEs, Member States need to fully involve local and regional authorities when setting targets and supporting policy measures.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 178 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 9
1a a. Local and regional authorities involved in cross-border projects, including joint structures such as Euro regions and EGTCs, should also be eligible for financial support and technical assistance.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 190 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15 – paragraph 9 – point a (new)
9 a. Member States shall present an assessment of their permitting process and the measures for improvement to be taken in line with the guidelines in the updated integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/199 in accordance with the procedure and timeline laid down in that Article.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 192 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15 – paragraph 9 – point c (new)
9 c. The Commission shall assess the measures for improvement and score the KPIs of Member States. This information should be made publicly available. The Commission shall introduce incentives for Member States scoring higher in accordance with the KPIs assessment, including priority access to EU funds dedicated to renewable energy project
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 203 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
For the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources referred to in Article 7 and of the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, shall be no more than one percentage point higher than the share of such fuels in the final consumption of energy in the transport sector in 2020 in that Member State, with a maximum of 7 % of final consumption of energy in the transport sector in that Member State.;
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 20`– paragraph 1
1. Member States shall require transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory to make available information on the share of renewable electricity and the greenhouse gas emissions content of the electricity supplied in each bidding zone, as accurately as possible and as close to real time as possible but in time intervals of no more than one hour, with forecasting where available. This information shall be made available digitally in a manner that ensurables it can be used by electricity market participants, aggregators, consumers and end-users, and that it can be read by electronic communication devices such as smart metering systems, electric vehicle recharging points, heating and cooling systems and building energy management systems. Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators are Legally granted the access to have access to the related data in order to fulfil this task.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 212 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point ii – introductory part
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
(ii) the second, third and fourth subparagraph is replaced by the followingare deleted:
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a new
Member States, in coordination with local and regional authorities, shall include the measures planned and taken to achieve such indicative increase in their integrated national energy and climate plans and progress reports submitted pursuant to Articles 3, 14 and 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 215 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Where the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, produced from food and feed crops in a Member State is limited to a share lower than 7 % or a Member State decides to limit the share further, that Member State may reduce the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), accordingly, in view of the contribution these fuels would have made in terms of greenhouse gas emissions saving. For that purpose, Member States shall consider those fuels save 50 % greenhouse gas emissions.;deleted
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 219 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22 a new
2. Member States, in coordination with local and regional authorities, shall ensure that industrial products that are labelled or claimed to be produced with renewable energy and renewable fuels of non- biological origin shall indicate the percentage of renewable energy used or renewable fuels of non-biological origin used in the raw material acquisition and pre-processing, manufacturing and distribution stage, calculated on the basis of the methodologies laid down in Recommendation 2013/179/EU27 or, alternatively, ISO 14067:2018.; _________________ 27 2013/179/EU: Commission Recommendation of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations, OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1–210
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 224 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – part d
(d) capacity building for national, regional and local authorities to plan and implement renewable projects and infrastructures;
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 226 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the share of biofuels and biogas for transport produced from grape marcs and wine lees may be considered to be twice its energy content during a 6-years transitional period starting from the entry into force of the directive.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 227 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point e
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 24(e) paragraph 8
Member States may extend the assessment and coordination requirements under the first and third subparagraphs to gas transmission and distribution system operators, including hydrogen networks and other energy networks. Member States shall coordinate with regions and cities to facilitate the implementation of this paragraph.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 233 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources referred to in Article 7 and of the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, shall be no more than one percentage point higher than the share of such fuels in the final consumption of energy in the transport sector in 2020 in that Member State, excluding the share of high indirect land-use change risk biofuels, bioliquids or biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops for which a significant expansion of the production area into land with high-carbon stock is observed, with a maximum of 7 % of final consumption of energy in the transport sector in that Member State. By way of derogation, Member States may decide to exclude bioliquids used for electricity production in the outermost regions and non-interconnected areas from the aforementioned 7 % ceiling for the transport sector;
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 234 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point i
Directive (EU) 2018/2011
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For the calculation of a Member State's gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources referred to in Article 7 and of the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, where produced from food and feed crops, shall be no more than one percentage point higher than the share of such fuels in the final consumption of energy in the transport sector in 2020 in that Member State, with a maximum of 7 % of final consumption of energy in the transport sector in that Member State.;
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 235 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point ii – introductory part
(ii) the second, third and fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following:are deleted.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 236 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Where the share of biofuels and bioliquids, as well as of biomass fuels consumed in transport, produced from food and feed crops in a Member State is limited to a share lower than 7 % or a Member State decides to limit the share further, that Member State may reduce the greenhouse gas intensity reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), accordingly, in view of the contribution these fuels would have made in terms of greenhouse gas emissions saving. For that purpose, Member States shall consider those fuels save 50 % greenhouse gas emissions.;deleted
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 238 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 point 1a
(c a) the share of biofuels and biogas for transport produced from grape marc and wine lees may be considered to be twice its energy content during a 6-years transitional period starting from the entry into force of the directive.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 241 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 point 1
— (a) in the case of solid biomass fuels, in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 510 MW,
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 242 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 point 1
— (b) in the case of bioliquids, in an installation producing electricity, heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 10 MW,
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 243 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 point 1
— (b) in the case of gaseous biomass fuels, in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling with a totaln average rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 2 MW,
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 256 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29 point 13
"13. For the purposes referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article, Member States may derogate, for a limited period of time, from the criteria laid down in paragraphs 2 to 7 and 10 and 11 of this Article by adopting different criteria for: (a) installations located in an outermost region as referred to in Article 349 TFEU to the extent that such facilities produce electricity or heating or cooling from biomass fuels and the transport sector, in particular the space sector; and (b) biomass fuels used in the installations and transport sector referred to in point (a) of this subparagraph, irrespective of the place of origin of that biomass, provided that such criteria are objectively justified on the grounds that their aim is to ensure, for that outermost region, a smooth phase-in of the criteria laid down in paragraphs 2 to 7 and 10 and 11 of this Article and thereby incentivise the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable biomass fuels. The different criteria referred to in this paragraph shall be subject to a specific notification by the relevant Member State to the Commission." Or. fr (Directive (EU) 2018/2001)
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 266 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a (new)
For data verification, voluntary or national schemes recognised by the Commission pursuant to Article 30(4), (5) and (6) may use third party information systems as intermediaries to collect the data, provided that such use has been notified to the Commission. To the extent possible, the data base shall include disaggregated data on a NUTS 3or NUTS 2 level.
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 270 #

2021/0218(COD)

(a a) (a bis) In part A, the following alinea is inserted: (r) Intermediate and cover crops;
2022/03/23
Committee: REGI
Amendment 345 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)Directive (EU) 2018/2001

Annex IX – part A
(a a) In part A, the following point (r) in inserted: (r) Intermediate and cover crops.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1092 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 point 1a
(ca) the share of biofuels and biogas for transport produced from grape marcs and wine lees may be considered to be twice its energy content during a 6-years transitional period starting from the entry into force of the directive.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The Commission has, in its communication on the European Green Deal31 , set out a new sustainable growth strategy that aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient, circular and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) of greenhouse gases (‘GHG emissions’) in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. The European Green Deal also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the EU’s natural capital, and protect the health and well- being of citizens from environment- related risks and impacts. At the same time, that transformation must be just and inclusive, leaving no one behindcreating sustainable growth and jobs and leaving no one behind. In addition, the European Green Deal aims to support the global efforts towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. The Commission also announced in its EU Action Plan: Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil32 the promotion of relevant instruments and incentives to better implement the polluter pays principle as set out in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’) and thus complete the phasing out of ‘pollution for free’ with a view to maximising synergies between decarbonisation and the zero pollution ambition. _________________ 31Communication from the Commission of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019) 640 final). 32Communication from the Commission of 12 May 2021 on Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All (COM(2021) 400).
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The initiative for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (‘CBAM’) is a part of the ‘Fit for 55 Package’. That mechanism is to serve as an essential element of the EU toolbox to meet the objective of a climate-neutral Union by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement by addressing risks of carbon leakage resulting from the increased Union climate ambition. That initiative should be combined with incentives for innovation, aimed to facilitate the decarbonisation process and policies aimed at promoting investments in low-carbon industrial processes.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2021/0214(COD)

(11) The CBAM seeks to replace these existing mechanisms by addressing the risk of carbon leakage in a different way, namely by ensuring equivalent carbon pricing for imports and domestic products. To ensure a gradual transition from the current system of free allowances to the CBAM, the CBAM should be progressively phased in while free allowances in sectors covered by the CBAM are phased out. CBAM should be transparent, proportionate and easy to administer and should avoid any undue financial and administrative burden on enterprises, especially small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs). The combined and transitional application of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge and of the CBAM should in no case result in more favourable treatment for Union goods compared to goods imported into the customs territory of the Union nor should lead to any market distortion.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) While the objective of the CBAM is to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, this Regulation would also encourage the use of more GHG emissions-efficient technologies by producers from third countries, so that less emissions per unit of output are generated, as well as encourage carbon pricing worldwide, thus enhancing a global level playing field.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) As an instrument to prevent carbon leakage and reduce GHG emissions the CBAM should ensure that imported products are subject to a regulatory system that applies carbon costs equivalent to the ones that otherwise would have been borne under the EU ETS. The CBAM is a climate measure which should prevent the risk of carbon leakage, promote carbon pricing globally, enhance decarbonisation in a cost-effective and technology-neutral way and support the Union’s increased ambition on climate mitigation, while ensuring WTO compatibility.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Whilst the ultimate objective of the CBAM is a broad product coverage, it would be prudent to start with a selected number of sectors with relatively homogeneous products where there is a risk of carbon leakage. Union sectors deemed at risk of carbon leakage are listed in Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/70842 . Any further extension of the sectors and products, covered by the CBAM, should take place after an exhaustive scientific analysis and risk assessment, based on the latest available scientific evidence. The potential contribution of such extension, and possible negative effects as well as the effects on the stability of the internal market should also be taken into consideration. _________________ 42Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/708 of 15 February 2019 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the determination of sectors and subsectors deemed at risk of carbon leakage for the period 2021 to 2030 (OJ L 120, 8.5.2019, p. 2).
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)
(37a) The Green Deal objectives in the agricultural sector could result in additional carbon leakage to third countries and in a loss of European producers' competitiveness; in addition, the inclusion of fertilisers in the CBAM could lead to a further increase of agricultural production costs; the EU should therefore strengthen its support to promote sustainable fertiliser management by EU farmers and reduce fertiliser consumption through the use of digital systems, improved farming practices, investments in precision farming, increased cultivation of leguminous crops, support for organic farming and the financing of low-carbon agriculture projects.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51 a (new)
(51a) To facilitate and ensure a proper functioning of the CBAM and to avoid internal market distortions or excessive administrative burden for enterprises, in particular SMEs, the Commission should provide them with technical advice and technical assistance in order to facilitate their adaptation to the new obligations established by this Regulation and to avoid causing technical obstacles to trade.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51 a (new)
(51a) The Commission should establish clear and simplified rules and procedures, to avoid excessive administrative and financial burdens associated with the management and the implementation of the CBAM, especially for SMEs.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
(52a) The European Commission should analyse the impact of the CBAM on the economy and the sectors not covered by this regulation, including the agricultural sectors, as well as the possibility of dedicating revenues obtained through CBAM to the financing of measures aimed at reducing carbon emissions and promoting more sustainable management of fertilisers in the European Union.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
(52a) The Commission should, as part of that evaluation, initiate collection of information necessary to possibly extend the scope to indirect emissions, as well as to other goods and services at risk of carbon leakage, and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on the environmental footprint methodsa47a . _________________ 47aCommission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1).
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53 a (new)
(53a) To facilitate the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation, to incentivise global climate action, both within the Union and globally, and to support a market for low-carbon goods, continuous dialogue with all relevant stakeholders and Union’s trade partners should be carried.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the ‘CBAM’) for addressing greenhouse gas emissions embedded in the goods referred to in Annex I, upon their importation into the customs territory of the Union, in order to prevent the risk of carbon leakage and encourage carbon pricing worldwide.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
For this purpose, the Commission shall establish clear and simplified rules and procedures, to avoid excessive administrative and financial burdens associated with the management and the implementation of CBAM, especially for SMEs.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall provide enterprises with technical advice and technical assistance in order to facilitate their adaptation to the obligations established by this Regulation.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain, in particular, the: (a) assessment of the possibilities to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, as well as an; (b) assessment of the governance system. It shall also contain the; (c) assessment of the possibility to further extend the scope to embedded emissions of transportation services as well as to goods further down the value chain and services that may be subject to the risk of carbon leakage in the future. ; (d) assessment of the real impact on climate and environmental protection; (e) assessment of the impact on the competitiveness and viability of the Union’s economy; (f) identification of the effects on sustainable innovation and changes in trade flows and supply chains with regards to fertilisers; (g) assessment of the effects on the prices of fertilisers and agricultural production; (h) assessment of the cumulative impact on the Union agricultural sector; (i) identification of the effects on Union enterprises, including a quantitative assessment of impacts, specifically on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and actual compliance cost; (j) assessment of the effects from the potential extension of the scope of this Regulation to agricultural goods and its potential implications.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 161 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The report shall also contain an assessment of the impact of CBAM on the economy and on sectors not covered by this regulation, such as the agricultural sector, as well as an evaluation of the possibility of earmarking EU revenues coming from CBAM to promote measures contributing to cut down EU carbon emissions and to reduce the agriculture's dependence on fertilisers, in order to help EU producers achieve the objectives established in the Green Deal.
2021/11/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The higher level of ambition requires a stronger promotion of cost- effective energy efficiency measures in all areas of the energy system and in all relevant sectors where activity affects energy demand, such as the transport, water and agriculture sectors. Improving energy efficiency throughout the full energy chain, including energy generation, transmission, distribution and end-use, will benefit the environment, improve air quality and public health, reduce GHG emissions, improve energy security, cut energy costs for households and companies, help alleviate energy poverty and the associated inequalities, and lead to increased competitiveness, more jobs and increased economic activity throughout the economy, thus improving citizens' quality of life. That complies with the Union commitments made in the framework of the Energy Union and global climate agenda established by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 41 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) This Directive takes a step forward towards climate neutrality by 2050 , under which energy efficiency is to be treated as an energy source in its own right. The energy efficiency first principle is an overarching principle that should be taken into account across all sectors, going beyond the energy system, at all levels, including in the financial sector. Energy efficiency solutions should be considered as the first option in policy, planning and investment decisions, when setting new rules for the supply side and other policy areas. While the energy efficiency first principle should be applied without prejudice to other legal obligations, objectives and principles, they should also not hamper its application or exempt from applying the principle. The Commission should ensure that energy efficiency and demand-side response can compete on equal terms with generation capacity. Energy efficiency improvements need to be made whenever they are more cost- effective than equivalent supply-side solutions. That should help exploit the multiple benefits of energy efficiency for the Union, in particular for citizens and businesses. Implementing energy efficiency improvement measures should also be a priority in alleviating energy poverty and its gendered consequences.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 43 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Energy efficiency should be recognised as a crucial element and a priority consideration in future investment decisions on the Union's energy infrastructure. The energy efficiency first principle should be applied taking primarily the system efficiency approach and an inclusive societal perspective into consideration, ensuring that inequalities are addressed. Consequently, it should help increase the efficiency of individual end-use sectors and of the whole energy system. Application of the principle should also support investments in energy- efficient solutions contributing to environmental objectives listed in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council50 . _________________ 50 OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13–43.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 49
(49) Where using an obligation scheme, Member States should designate obligated parties among transmission system operators, energy distributors, retail energy sales companies and transport fuel distributors or retailers on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The designation or exemption from designation of certain categories of such distributors or retailers should not be understood to be incompatible with the principle of non-discrimination. Member States are therefore able to choose whether such transmission system operators, distributors or retailers or only certain categories thereof are designated as obligated parties. To empower and protect vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty, such as women in all their diversity, persons with disabilities, older persons, LGBTIQ+ people, children, migrants, and persons from diverse social, racial or ethnic backgrounds, and people living in social housing, and to implement policy measures as a priority among those people, Member States can require obligated parties to achieve energy savings among vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing. For that purpose, Member States can also establish energy cost reduction targets. Obligated parties could achieve these targets by promoting the installation of measures that lead to energy savings and financial savings on energy bills, such as the installation of insulation and heating measures.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 50 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
(53) As an alternative to requiring obligated parties to achieve the amount of cumulative end-use energy savings required under Article 8(1) of this Directive, it should be possible for Member States, in their obligation schemes, to permit or require obligated parties to contribute to an Energy Efficiency National Fund , which could be used to implement policy measures as a priority among vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing . Measures using Energy Efficiency National Funds should be designed with principles of inclusivity and accessibility for all, including women, persons with disabilities, older persons, LGBTIQ+ people, migrants, and persons from diverse social, racial or ethnic backgrounds.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 52 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
(62) Around 34 million households in the Union were unable to keep their home adequately warm in 201974 . The European Green Deal prioritises the social dimension of the transition by committing to the principle that `no one is left behind´. The green transition, including the clean transition, affects women and men differently, in particular due to the gender pay and pension gaps, and may have a particular impact on some disadvantaged groups including people with disabilities. Energy efficiency measures must therefore be central to any cost-effective strategy to address energy poverty and consumer vulnerability and are complementary to social security policies at Member State level. To ensure that energy efficiency measures reduce energy poverty for tenants sustainably, the cost-effectiveness of such measures, as well as their affordability to property owners and tenants, should be taken into account, and adequate financial and technical support for such measures should be guaranteed at Member State level. Member States should support the local and regional level in identifying and alleviating energy poverty. The Union's building stock needs, in the long term, to be converted to NZEBs in accordance with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Current building renovation rates are insufficient and buildings occupied by citizens on low incomes who are affected by energy poverty are the hardest to reach. The measures laid down in this Directive with regard to energy savings obligations, energy efficiency obligation schemes and alternative policy measures are therefore of particular importance. _________________ 74 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION of 14.10.2020 on energy poverty, C(2020) 9600 final.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 58 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 96
(96) It is necessary to ensure that people affected by energy poverty, in particular low-income households, women in all their diversity, persons with disabilities, older persons, LGBTIQ+ people, children, migrants, and persons from diverse social, racial or ethnic backgrounds, vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing are protected and, to this end, empowered to actively participate in the energy efficiency improvement interventions, measures and related consumer protection or information measures that Member States implement. Inclusivity and accessibility principles should be incorporated in the design of such measures.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 59 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 97
(97) Public funding available at national and Union level should be strategically invested into energy efficiency improvement measures, in particular for the benefit of vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty and those living in social housing. Member States should take advantage of any financial contribution they might receive from the Social Climate Fund82 , and of revenues from allowances from the EU Emissions Trading System. These revenues will support Member States in fulfilling their obligation to implement energy efficiency measures and policy measures under the energy savings obligation as a priority among vulnerable customers and people affected by energy poverty, which may include women, people with disabilities, older people, LGBTIQ+ people, migrants, persons from diverse social, racial or ethnic backgrounds, and those living in rural and remote regions. _________________ 82 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Social Climate Fund, COM 2021 568 final.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 60 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 98
(98) National funding schemes should be complemented by suitable schemes of better information, technical and administrative assistance, and easier access to finance designed with principles of inclusivity and accessibility, that will enable the best use of the available funds especially by people affected by energy poverty, in particular women, persons with disabilities, older persons, LGBTIQ+ people, migrants, and persons from diverse social, racial or ethnic backgrounds, vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 61 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 99
(99) Member States should empower and protect all people equally, irrespective of their sex, gender, age, disability, race or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and ensure that those most affected or put at greater risk of being affected by energy poverty, or most exposed to the adverse impacts of energy poverty, are adequately protected. In addition, Member States should ensure that energy efficiency measures do not exacerbate any existing inequalities, notably with respect to energy poverty.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 70 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that regional and local authorities, establish specific energy efficiency measures in their decarbonisation plans after consulting national equality bodies, experts, relevant stakeholders and the public, including the particular groups at risk of energy poverty or more susceptible to its effects, such as women, persons with disabilities, older persons, LGBTIQ+ people, children, migrants and persons with a minorityfrom diverse social, racial or ethnic backgrounds.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 73 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall implement energy efficiency obligation schemes, alternative policy measures, or a combination of both, or programmes or measures financed under an Energy Efficiency National Fund, as a priority among people affected by energy poverty, particularly people experiencing intersectional discrimination such as women in all their diversity, persons with disabilities, older persons, LGBTIQ+ people, children, migrants, and persons from diverse social, racial or ethnic backgrounds, vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing. Member States shall ensure that policy measures implemented pursuant to this Article have no adverse effect on those persons. Where applicable, Member States shall make the best possible use of funding, including public funding, funding facilities established at Union level, and revenues from allowances pursuant to Article 22(3)(b) with the aim of removing adverse effects and ensuring a just and inclusive energy transition.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 76 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may require obligated parties to achieve a share of their energy savings obligation among people affected by energy poverty, in particular those facing intersecting forms of discrimination vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing. Member States may also require obligated parties to achieve energy cost reduction targets and to achieve energy savings by promoting energy efficiency improvement measures, including financial support measures mitigating carbon price effects on SMEs and micro-SMEs.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 79 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may require obligated parties to work with local authorities or municipalities to promote energy efficiency improvement measures among people affected by energy poverty, including people experiencing intersecting forms of discrimination, vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing. This includes identifying and addressing the specific needs of particular groups at risk of energy poverty or, such as women, or groups more susceptible to its effects. To protect people affected by energy poverty vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing, Member States shall encourage obligated parties to carry out actions such as renovation of buildings, including social housing, replacement of appliances, financial support and incentives for energy efficiency improvement measures in conformity with national financing and support schemes, or energy audits.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall require obligated parties to report on an annual basis on the energy savings achieved by the obligated parties from actions promoted among people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing, including those actions specifically directed to women and people experiencing intersecting forms of discrimination, and shall require aggregated statistical information on their final customers (identifying changes in energy savings to previously submitted information), with where possible a breakdown of customers by gender, and regarding technical and financial support provided.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 85 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish appropriate conditions for market actors to provide adequate and targeted information and advice to final consumers , including vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty with special attention to women, and, where applicable, people living in social housing on energy efficiency.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 86 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States shall ensure that final customers, final users, vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty particularly people experiencing intersectional discrimination such as women in all their diversity, persons with disabilities, older persons, LGBTIQ+ people, migrants, and persons from diverse social, racial or ethnic backgrounds and, where applicable, people living in social housing, have access to simple, fair, transparent, independent, effective and efficient out-of-court mechanisms for the settlement of disputes concerning rights and obligations established under this Directive, through an independent mechanism such as an energy ombudsperson or a consumer body, or through a regulatory authority. Where the final customer is a consumer as defined in Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council100 , such out-of-court dispute settlement mechanisms shall comply with the requirements set out therein. _________________ 100 Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Directive on consumer ADR) (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 63).
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 87 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to empower and protect people affected by energy poverty, in particular people experiencing intersectional forms of discrimination such as women in all their diversity, persons with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ people, older persons, migrants, and persons from diverse social, racial or ethnic backgrounds vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 88 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall implement energy efficiency improvement measures and related consumer protection or information measures, in particular those set out in Article 21 and Article 8(3), as a priority among people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing to alleviate energy poverty. Member States shall introduce monitoring and evaluation instruments to ensure that people at risk of energy poverty are supported by energy efficiency measures.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 90 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point e
e) foster technical assistance for social actors to promote vulnerable customer´s active engagement in the energy market, and positive changes in their energy consumption behaviour, taking also into consideration the gender patterns in energy consumption;
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 96 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
b) to develop or improve relevant indicators and data sets, pertinent to the issue of energy poverty, that should be used and reported upon;. More reliable and complete gender-disaggregated data should also be a priority for the network.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 97 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
c) to set up methods and measures to ensure affordability, the promotion of housing cost neutrality, or ways to ensure that public funding invested in energy efficiency improvement measures benefit both, owners and tenants, of buildings and building units, in particular regarding vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty, and, where applicable, people living in social housing, with a gender-equality perspective;
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 99 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the public, including civil society organisation and those experiencing intersecting forms of discrimination such as women, older persons, LGBTIQ+ people, migrants, and persons from diverse social, racial or ethnic backgrounds, is given the opportunity to participate in the preparation of heating and cooling plans, the comprehensive assessment and the policies and measures.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 102 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure the appropriate level of competences for energy efficiency professions that corresponds to the market needs. Particular attention shall be paid to increasing the participation of women in these professions. Member States in close cooperation with the social partners shall ensure that certification and/or equivalent qualification schemes, including, where necessary, suitable training programmes, are available for energy efficiency professions including providers of energy services, providers of energy audits, energy managers, independent experts and installers of building elements pursuant to Directive 2010/31/EU, and are reliable and contribute to national energy efficiency objectives and the overall EU decarbonisation objectives.
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 106 #

2021/0203(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall, where appropriate, directly or via the European financial institutions, assist Member States in setting up financing facilities and project development assistance facilities at national, regional or local level with the aim of increasing investments in energy efficiency in different sectors , and, setting up specific and targeted funding to protecting and empowering vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty and, where applicable, people living in social housing including by integrating an equal gender equality and diversity perspective so that no one is left behind .
2022/03/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to provide the necessary financial support for farmers in the Union, Member States, when drafting their respective national Strategic Plans in line with the legal framework for the common agriculture policy (CAP) for the years 2023-2027 within which the support for Strategic Plans is to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD, should set out their specific objectives and concrete actions to ensure the achievement of climate change adaptation and mitigation. This means creating a clear link between LULUCF objectives and substantial financial objectives from the CAP in tailor-made solutions for the farmers in each Member State to select their best possible approach: within eco-schemes and rural development agri- environmental measures or investments, the European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI), as well as support for farm advisory services. To develop and sustain financial incentives in sufficient quantity and in the long- term, additional budgetary lines need to be unlocked through financial instruments and public funds, such as the LIFE Programme and Horizon Europe.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In line with the Union objective of net zero land take by 2050, conversion of natural and agricultural land into built- up areas should be avoided. Therefore, Member States should introduce measures in their land-use plans orientated to compensate for any reduction of land resulting from urbanisation.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 163 #

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall, by 31 December 2025 and on the basis of integrated national energy and climate plans submitted by each Member State pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 by 30 June 2024, make proposals for the contribution of each Member State to the net emissions reduction: (a) conduct an impact assessment of the net zero greenhouse gas emissions target for 2035 in light of the objectives laid down in Article 39 TFEU, the Union bioeconomy and the substitution of fossil fuels; (b) based on the impact assessment referred to in point (a) of this subparagraph, make recommendations for Member States to design policies which equally incentivise emission removals and reductions and ensure balance between all sectors set out in Article 2(3), points (a) to (i), in order to achieve the indicative target of net zero in 2035, while ensuring a fair distribution among Member States; (c) introduce a fair, market-based and voluntary compensation mechanism for a carbon certification trading system, which promotes high-quality carbon certificates that can ensure the achievement of the criteria of additionality, permanence, no double counting and authenticity to incentivise improved land management practices, resulting in enhanced carbon capture; (d) consider decreasing sink services that arise in connection with land use changes in the area of the expansion of settlement and transportation areas separately and make sure that they are not accounted for at the expense of the sectors set out in Article 2(3), points (a) to (i); (e) propose, in line with the objective of net zero land take by 2050 and the EU Soil Strategy, measures to protect land from soil sealing, urbanisation and urbans sprawl as a key lever in the preservation of carbon sinks and the sustaining of long-term carbon removal practices in territories.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and the Council47 amended Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial information by certain large undertakings and groups. Directive 2014/95/EU introduced a requirement on undertakings to report information on, as a minimum, environmental, social and employee matters, respect for human rights, and anti- corruption and bribery matters. With regard to these topics, Directive 2014/95/EU required undertakings to disclose information under the following reporting areas: business model, policies (including due diligence processes implemented), the outcome of the policies, risks and risk management, and key performance indicators relevant to the business. Such information to be reported by undertakings may concern inter alia the actions taken to ensure gender equality, implementation of fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation, working conditions, social dialogue or health and safety at work. The obligation to disclose diversity policies in relation to the administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to aspects such as, for instance, age, gender or educational and professional backgrounds applies only to certain large undertakings. _________________ 47 Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non- financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups (OJ L 330, 15.11.2014, p. 1).
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 54 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) There has been a very significant increase in demand for corporate sustainability information in recent years, especially on the part of the investment community. That increase in demand is driven by the changing nature of risks to undertakings and growing investor awareness of the financial implications of these risks. That is especially the case for climate-related financial risks. Awareness of the risks to undertakings and to investments resulting from other environmental issues and from social issues, including health issues, inclusion and gender equality, is also growing. The increase in demand for sustainability information is also driven by the growth in investment products that explicitly seek to meet certain sustainability standards or achieve certain sustainability objectives. Part of that increase is the logical consequence of previously adopted Union legislation, notably Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 and Regulation (EU) 2020/852. Some of the increase would have happened in any case, due to fast-changing citizen awareness, consumer preferences and market practices. The COVID-19 pandemic will further accelerate the increase in users’ information needs, in particular as it has exposed the vulnerabilities of workers and of undertaking’s value chains. Information on environmental impacts is also relevant in the context of mitigating future pandemics with human disturbance of ecosystems increasingly linked to the occurrence and spread of diseases.
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 55 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) Undertakings themselves stand to benefit from carrying out high quality reporting on sustainability matters. The growth in the number of investment products that aim to pursue sustainability objectives means that good sustainability reporting can enhance an undertaking’s access to financial capital. Sustainability reporting can help undertakings to identify and manage their own risks and opportunities related to sustainability matters. It can provide a basis for better dialogue and communication between undertakings and their stakeholders, and can help undertakings to improve their reputation. The Union also benefits from high quality reporting on sustainability matters as it informs the Union's policies on priority issues such as gender equality in the workplace.
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 60 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) To ensure consistency with international instruments such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct, the due diligence disclosure requirements should be specified in greater detail than is the case in Article 19a(1), point (b), and Article 29a(1), point (b) of Directive 2013/34/EU. Due diligence is the process that undertakings carry out to identify, prevent, mitigate and remediate the principal actual and potential adverse impacts connected with their activities and identifies how they address those adverse impacts. Impacts connected with an undertaking’s activities include impacts directly caused by the undertaking, impacts to which the undertaking contributes, and impacts which are otherwise linked to the undertaking’s value chain. The due diligence process concerns the whole value chain of the undertaking including its own operations, its products and services, its business relationships and its supply chains. In alignment with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, an actual or potential adverse impact is to be considered principal where it measures among the greatest impacts connected with the undertaking’s activities based on: the gravity of the impact on people or the environment; the number of individuals that are or could be affected, or the scale of damage to the environment; and the ease with which the harm could be remediated, restoring the environment or affected people to their prior state. Guidance to business on respecting human rights should also advise on appropriate methods, including human rights due diligence, and consider effectively issues of gender as well as recognising the specific challenges that may be faced by women with an intersectional perspective1a. _________________ 1a UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, p.5.
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 62 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) Undertakings under the scope of Articles 19a(1) and 29a(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU may rely on national, Union- based or international reporting frameworks, and where they do so, they have to specify which frameworks they relied upon. However, Directive 2013/34/EU does not require undertakings to use a common reporting framework or standard, and it does not prevent undertakings from choosing not to use any reporting framework or standards at all. As required by Article 2 of Directive 2014/95/EU, the Commission published in 2017 non-binding guidelines for undertakings under the scope of that Directive52 . The guidelines on non- financial reporting cover social and employee matters with information companies are expected to disclose such as diversity issues, gender diversity and equal treatment in employment and occupation. In 2019, the Commission published additional guidelines, specifically on reporting climate-related information53 . The climate reporting guidelines explicitly incorporated the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. Available evidence indicates that those non-binding guidelines did not have a significant impact on the quality of non- financial reporting by undertakings under the scope of Articles 19a and 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU. The voluntary nature of the guidelines means that undertakings are free to apply them or not. The guidelines can therefore not ensure on their own the comparability of information disclosed by different undertakings or the disclosure of all information that users consider relevant. That is why there is a need for mandatory common reporting standards to ensure that information is comparable and that all relevant information is disclosed. Building on the double-materiality principle, standards should cover all information that is material to users. Common reporting standards are also necessary to enable the audit and digitalisation of sustainability reporting and to facilitate its supervision and enforcement. The development of mandatory common sustainability reporting standards is necessary to progress to a situation in which sustainability information has a status comparable to that of financial information. _________________ 52 Communication from the Commission Guidelines on non-financial reporting (methodology for reporting non-financial information) (C/2017/4234). 53 Communication from the Commission Guidelines on non-financial reporting: Supplement on reporting climate-related information (C/2019/4490).
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 64 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) No existing standard or framework satisfies the Union’s needs for detailed sustainability reporting by itself. Information required by Directive 2013/34/EU needs to cover information relevant from each of the materiality perspectives, needs to cover all sustainability matters and needs to be aligned, where appropriate, with other obligations under Union law to disclose sustainability information, including obligations laid down in Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and Regulation (EU) 2019/2088. In addition, mandatory sustainability reporting standards for Union undertakings must be commensurate with the level of ambition of the European Green Deal and, the Union’s climate-neutrality objective for 2050 and the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights. It is therefore necessary to empower the Commission to adopt Union sustainability reporting standards, enabling their rapid adoption and ensuring that the content of sustainability reporting standards are consistent with the Union’s needs.
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 66 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) is a non-profit association established under Belgian law that serves the public interest by providing advice to the Commission on the endorsement of international financial reporting standards. EFRAG has established a reputation as a European centre of expertise on corporate reporting, and is well placed to foster coordination between European sustainability reporting standards and international initiatives that seek to develop standards that are consistent across the world. In March 2021, a multi-stakeholder task force set up by EFRAG published recommendations for the possible development of sustainability reporting standards for the European Union. Those recommendations contain proposals to develop a coherent and comprehensive set of reporting standards, covering all sustainability matters from a double-materiality perspective. Those recommendations also contain a detailed roadmap for developing such standards, and proposals for mutually reinforcing cooperation between global standard- setting initiatives and standard-setting initiatives of the European Union. In March 2021, the EFRAG President published recommendations for possible governance changes to EFRAG if it were to be asked to develop technical advice about sustainability reporting standards. These recommendations include offsetting up within EFRAG a new sustainability reporting pillar while not significantly modifying the existing financial reporting pillar. When adopting sustainability reporting standards, the Commission should take account of technical advice that EFRAG will develop. In order to ensure high-quality standards that contribute to the European public good and meet the needs of undertakings and of users of the information reported, EFRAG’s technical advice should be developed with proper due process, public oversight and transparency, accompanied by cost benefit analyses, and be developed with the expertise of relevant stakeholders. To ensure that Union sustainability reporting standards take account of the views of the Member States of the Union, before adopting the standards the Commission should consult the Member State Expert Group on Sustainable Finance referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on EFRAG’s technical advice. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) plays a role in drafting regulatory technical standards pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 and there needs to be coherence between those regulatory technical standards and sustainability reporting standards. According to Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council54 , ESMA also plays a role in promoting supervisory converge in the enforcement of corporate reporting by issuers whose securities are listed on EU regulated markets and who will be required to use these sustainability reporting standards. Therefore, ESMA should be required to provide an opinion on EFRAG’s technical advice. This opinion should be provided within two months from the date of receipt of the request from the Commission. In addition, the Commission should consult the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, the European Environment Agency, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Institute for Gender Equality, the European Central Bank, the Committee of European Auditing Oversight Bodies and the Platform on Sustainable Finance to ensure that the sustainability reporting standards are coherent with relevant Union policy and legislation. Where any of those bodies decide to submit an opinion, they shall do so within two months from the date of being consulted by the Commission. _________________ 54 Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/77/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 84).
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 70 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
(43) Sustainability reporting on social factors is complementary to the reporting on environmental factors and pursues the same goal of sustainability. The same level of ambition must be given to the reporting on environmental and social sustainability, including gender equality, of undertakings. Sustainability reporting standards should specify the information that undertakings should disclose on social factors, including employee factors andworkers' social and labour rights, gender equality, diversity and inclusion as well as human rights. Such information should cover the impacts of undertakings on people, including on human health. The information that undertakings disclose about human rights should include information about forced labour in their value chains where relevant. Reporting standards that address social factors should specify the information that undertakings should disclose with regard to the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights that are relevant to businesses, including gender equality, equal opportunities for all and fair working conditions. The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan adopted in March 2021 calls for stronger requirements on undertakings to report on social issues. The reporting standards should also specify the information that undertakings should disclose with regard to the human rights, fundamental freedoms, democratic principles and standards established in the International Bill of Human Rights and other core UN human rights conventions, the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the European Convention of Human Rights, and the European Social Charter.
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 75 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 44
(44) Users need information about governance factors, including information on the role of an undertaking’s administrative, management and supervisory bodies, including with regard to sustainability matters, the composition of such bodies, broken down by gender, and an undertaking’s internal control and risk management systems, including in relation to the reporting process. Users also need information about undertakings’ corporate culture and approach to business ethics, including anti-corruption and, anti- bribery, anti-discrimination and anti- harassment, and about their political engagements, including lobbying activities. Information about the management of the undertaking and the quality of relationships with business partners, including payment practices relating to the date or period for payment, the rate of interest for late payment or the compensation for recovery costs referred to in Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council62 on late payment in commercial transactions, helps users to understand an undertaking’s risks as well as its impacts on sustainability matters. Every year, thousands of businesses, especially SMEs, suffer administrative and financial burdens because they are paid late, or not at all. Ultimately, late payments lead to insolvency and bankruptcy, with destructive effects on entire value chains. Increasing information about payment practices should empower other undertakings to identify prompt and reliable payers, detect unfair payment practices, access information about the businesses they trade with, and negotiate fairer payment terms. _________________ 62 Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions (OJ L 48, 23.2.2011, p. 1).
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 80 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 51
(51) Article 20 of Directive 2013/34/EU requires undertakings with securities listed on regulated markets to include a corporate governance statement in their management report, which has to contain among other information a description of the diversity policy applied by the undertaking in relation to its administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to aspects such as, for instance, age, gender, or educational and professional backgrounds, the objectives of that diversity policy, how it has been implemented and the results in the reporting period. Article 20 of Directive 2013/34/EU leaves flexibility to undertakings to decide what aspects of diversity they report on. It does not explicitly oblige undertakings to include information on any particular aspect of diversity. In order progress towards a more gender-balanced participation in economic decision-making, it is necessary to ensure that undertakings with securities listed on regulated markets always report on their gender diversity and gender equality policies and the implementation thereof. However, to avoid unnecessary administrative burden, those undertakings should have the possibility to report some of the information required by Article 20 of Directive 2013/34/EU alongside other sustainability-related information.
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 86 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii
(iii a) the plans of the undertaking to promote diversity and gender equality in the workplace, including in its management structures;
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 103 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b – point i
(i) equal treatment and opportunities for all, including gender equality and equal pay for equal work, training and skills development, and employment and inclusion of people with disabilitieswork of equal value, pay transparency, training and skills development, in particular the rate of workers participating in training disaggregated by gender, employment and inclusion of people with disabilities, gender equality in management positions and measures against harassment in the workplace;
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 114 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b – point ii
(ii) working conditions, including secure and adaptable employment, wages, social dialogue, collective bargaining and the involvement of workers, work-life balance, including adaptable working hours, parental leave, and the possibility of teleworking and a healthy, safe and well- adapted work environment free from discrimination and harassment;
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 120 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c – point i
(i) the role of the undertaking’s administrative, management and supervisory bodies, including with regard to sustainability matters, and their composition broken down by gender;
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 123 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c – point ii
(ii) business ethics and corporate culture, including, anti-corruption and, anti- bribery, anti-discrimination and anti- harassment;
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 125 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
(h a) The future Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to strengthen the application of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms.
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 130 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) a description of the diversity and inclusion policy applied in relation to the undertaking's administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to gender equality and other aspects such as, age, or educational and professional backgrounds, the objectives of that diversity policy, how it has been implemented and the results in the reporting period. If no such policy is applied, the statement shall contain an explanation as to why this is the case.;
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 134 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 29a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iii a) the plans of the undertaking to promote diversity and gender equality in the workplace, including in its management structures;
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 144 #

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2004/109/EC
Article 28d – paragraph 1
After consulting the European Environment Agency and, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality, ESMA shall issue guidelines in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation 1095/2010 on the supervision of sustainability reporting by national competent authorities.
2022/01/03
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 211 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) The gender pay gap is caused by various factors, part of which can be attributed to direct and indirect gender pay discrimination. A general lack of transparency about pay levels within organisations maintains a situation where gender-based pay discrimination and bias can go undetected or, where suspected, are difficult to prove. Binding measures are therefore needed to improve pay transparency, encourage organisations to review their pay structures to ensure equal pay for women and men doing the same work or work of equal value, foster the adoption of remedial measures on the ground where unjustified differences are identified and enable victims of discrimination to enforce their right to equal pay. This needs to be complemented by provisions clarifying existing legal concepts (such as the concept of ‘pay’ and ‘work of equal value’) and measures improving enforcement mechanisms and access to justice.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 215 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The application of the principle of equal pay between men and women should be enhanced by eliminating direct and indirect pay discrimination through transparency and remedial measures. This does not preclude employers to pay differently workers doing the same work or work of equal value on the basis of objective, gender-neutral and bias-free criteria such as performance and competence.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 263 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) The identification of a valid comparator is an important parameter in determining whether work may be considered of equal value. It enables the worker to show that they were treated less favourably than the comparator of a different sex performing equal work or work of equal value. In situations where no real-life comparator exists, the use of a hypothetical comparator should be allowed, allowing a worker to show that they have not been treated in the same way as a hypothetical comparator of another sex would have been treated. This would lift an important obstacle for potential victims of gender pay discrimination, especially in highly gender-segregated employment markets where a requirement of finding a comparator of the opposite sex makes it almost impossible to bring an equal pay claim. In addition, workers should not be prevented from using other facts from which an alleged discrimination can be presumed, such as a reference to an existing classification based on social partners’ collective agreements at branch or at sector level, statistics or other available information. This would allow gender-based pay inequalities to be more effectively addressed in gender-segregated sectors and professions.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 316 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) AllWorkers whose employer employs at least 50 workers should have the right to obtain information, upon their request, on their pay and on the pay level, broken down by sex, for the category of workers doing the same work or work of equal value provided that this information has not already been communicated to the workers' representatives. Employers must inform workers of this right on an annual basis. Employers may also, on their own initiative, opt for providing such information without workers needing to request it.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 331 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) Employers with at least 250 workers should regularly report on pay, in a suitable and transparent manner, such as including the information in their management report. Companies subject to the requirements of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council52 may also choose to report on pay alongside other worker-related matters in their management report. _________________ 52 Directive 2013/34/EU, as amended by Directive 2014/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 as regards disclosure of non- financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups (OJ L 330, 15.11.2014, p. 1).
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 339 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) Pay reporting should allow employers to evaluate and monitor their pay structures and policies, allowing them to proactively comply with the principle of equal pay. At the same time, the gender- disaggregated data should assist competent public authorities, workers’ representatives and other stakeholders to monitor the gender pay gap across sectors (horizontal segregation) and functions (vertical segregation). Employers may wish to accompany the published data by an explanation of any gender pay differences or gaps. In cases where differences in average pay for the same work or work of equal value between female and male workers cannot be justified by objective and gender-neutral factors, the employer should take measures within a reasonable time to remove the inequalities.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 357 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) Joint pay assessments should trigger the review and revision of pay structures in organisations with at least 250 workers that show pay inequalities. The joint pay assessment should be carried out by employers in cooperation with workers’ representatives; if workers’ representatives are absent, they should be designated for this purpose. Joint pay assessments should lead, within a reasonable time, to the elimination of gender discrimination in pay in particular through the adoption of remedial measures where relevant.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 441 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
(48) In order to ensure proper monitoring of the implementation of the right to equal pay between men and women for the same work or work of equal value, Member States should set up or designate a dedicated monitoring body. This body, which may be part of an existing body pursuing similar objectives, should have specific tasks in relation to the implementation of the pay transparency measures foreseen in this Directive and gather certain data to monitor pay inequalities and the impact of the pay transparency measures. Member States should ensure the monitoring body has adequate resources in order to fulfil its tasks.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 516 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) ‘workers’ representatives’ means trade unions or workers’ representatives according to national law and practices;
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 581 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Whenever differences in pay can be attributed to a single source establishing the pay conditions, the assessment whether workers are carrying out the same work or work of equal value shall not be limited to situations in which female and male workers work for the same employer but may be extended to that single source. The assessment shall also not be limited to workers employed at the same time as the worker concerned. Where no real comparator can be established, a comparison with a hypothetical comparator or the use of other evidence allowing to presume alleged discrimination shall be permitted such as a reference to an existing classification based on social partners’ collective agreements at branch or at sector level.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 636 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Workers whose employer employs at least 50 workers shall have the right to receive information on their individual pay level and the average pay levels, broken down by sex, for categories of workers doing the same work as them or work of equal value to theirs, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 provided that this information has not already been communicated to the workers' representatives.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 683 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Employers with at least 250 workers shall provide the following information concerning their organisation, in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3, and 5:
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 722 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) the proportion of female workers who benefited from a pay rise following their return from maternity leave.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 731 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Employers shall provide the information referred to in paragraph 1 by ... [2 years after the entry into force of this Directive] and thereafter as follows: (i) for employers with 50 to 250 workers, every two years; (ii) for employers with at least 250 workers, every year.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 768 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The employer shall provide the information referred to in paragraph 1, point (g) and point (g a) to all workers and their representatives, as well as to the monitoring body referred to in paragraph 6. It shall provide it to the labour inspectorate and the equality body upon their request. The information from the previous four years, if available, shall also be provided upon request.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 786 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 7
7. Workers and their representatives, labour inspectorates and equality bodies shall have the right to ask the employer for additional clarifications and details regarding any of the data provided, including explanations concerning any gender pay differences. The employer shall respond to such request within a reasonable time by providing a substantiated reply. Where gender pay differences are not justified by objective and gender-neutral factors, the employer shall remedy the situation within a reasonable time in close cooperation with the workers’ representatives, the labour inspectorate and/or the equality body.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 804 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that employers with at least 250 workers conduct, in cooperation with their workers’ representatives, a joint pay assessment where both of the following conditions are met:
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 852 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. If the joint pay assessment reveals differences in average pay for equal work or work of equal value between female and male workers which cannot be justified by objective and gender-neutral criteria, the employer shall remedy the situation within a reasonable time, in close cooperation with the workers’ representatives, labour inspectorate, and/or equality body. Such action shall include the establishment of gender-neutral job evaluation and classification to ensure that any direct or indirect pay discrimination on grounds of sex is excluded.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 969 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that fines are applied to infringements of the rights and obligations relating to equal pay for the same work or work of equal value. They shall set a minimum level for such fines ensuringbased, for instance, on the employer’s gross annual turnover or on the employer’s total payroll and shall ensure that that minimum level is proportionate and has a real deterrent effect. The level of the fines shall take into account:
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 1021 #

2021/0050(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure the monitoring body has adequate resources in order to fulfil its tasks.
2021/10/26
Committee: EMPLFEMM
Amendment 19 #

2021/0031(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The regional economic accounts for agriculture (REAA) are a regional-level adaptation of the EAA. National figures alone cannot reveal the full and sometimes complex picture of what is happening at a more detailed level. Therefore, regional- level data help to increase the understanding of the diversity that exists between regions, complementing information for the Union, the euro area and individual Member States. The REAA therefore need to be integrated into Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 both in terms of methodology, transmission programme of data, and appropriate transmission deadlines.
2021/08/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2021/0031(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) Expanding national statistics to the regional level is essential to get a full picture of the situation of the agricultural sector, especially in the context of the results-oriented performance framework of the new CAP reform, which will enter into force in 2023. By providing better data for assessing the sustainability of the agricultural sector for the environment, people, regions and economy, the European System of Agricultural Statistics will also contribute to the priorities of the Green Deal, and in particular to the Farm-to-Fork and Biodiversity strategies.
2021/08/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2021/0031(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
(4 b) Agricultural statistics should provide high-quality statistical evidence for the implementation and monitoring of the CAP, which is an important driver for jobs and sustainable economic growth in the Union.
2021/08/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2021/0031(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 provides the legal framework for European statistics and requires Member States to comply with the statistical principles and quality criteria specified in the Regulation. Quality reports are essential for assessing, improving and communicating on the quality of European statistics. The European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) has endorsed the single integrated metadata structure as the ESS standard for quality reporting, thereby helping to satisfy, through uniform standards and harmonised methods, the statistical quality requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, in particular those set out in Article 12 (3) thereof. This Regulation shall respect the general statistical principle set out in Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, which provides that the costs of producing statistics are to be proportional to the importance of the results and benefits sought, that resources are to be used optimally and that the response burden is to be minimised.
2021/08/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2021/0031(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 138/2004
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The first transmission of data for the regional economic accounts for agriculture shall take place by 30 June 2022 at the latestat NUTS 2 level within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 shall take place within 21 months of the end of the first reference year. The first reference year shall be the year during which this Regulation enters into force.’
2021/08/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2021/0031(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 138/2004
Article 4a – paragraph 3
3. The Commission (Eurostat) shall assess the quality of the data transmitted. For that purpose, Member States shall transmit a quality report to the Commission (Eurostat), for the first time by 31 December of the year [insert the year starting 1 January following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], and every five years thereafter, for the data sets transmitted during the period concerned.
2021/08/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2021/0031(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 138/2004
Article 4b – paragraph 1a (new)
1 a. Where a derogation as referred to in paragraph 1 remains justified by sufficient evidence at the end of the period for which it was granted, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, grant a subsequent derogation for a maximum period of two years.
2021/08/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2021/0031(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. TFor the purpose of a derogation as referred to in paragraph 1, the relevant Member State concerned shall submit a duly reasoned request for such a derogation to the Commission within three months of [insert the date of the entry into force of this Regulation] or six months before the end of the period for which a current derogation has been granted.
2021/08/19
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal; 1a _________________ 1a 2019/2930(RSP)
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘The European Green Deal’(COM(2019)0640);
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 5 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity; 11a _________________ 11a 2019/2824(RSP)
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 17 May 2021 to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a new approach for a sustainable blue economy in the EU Transforming the EU's Blue Economy for a Sustainable Future (COM/2021/240);
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Atlantic area is the largest sea basin in the European Union;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas coastal and maritime tourism has been hit particularly hard by the socioeconomic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, even though it is a major source of employment for the Atlantic regions;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the European Atlantic area extends off the African coast to encompass Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands, and across the Atlantic to take in the Netherlands Antilles, the French Antilles, French Guiana and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and whereas the Atlantic strategy should address all these regions while remaining open toenabling a close cooperation with third countries and their regions;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas blue skills education and training, joint research projects, as well as raising public awareness of the potential and fragility of the ocean as a natural environment, will contribute to the success of the strategy;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 34 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the 1 200 new maritime projects announced by the Commission, worth almost EUR 6 billion, have no direct link to the Atlantic strategy, and takes the view that the regions have been insufficiently involved in the governance of the strategy; regrets the ex- post rationalisation which does not provide a real overview of the projects implemented through the strategy;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the new strategy’s more strictly defined priorities and calls for practical measures to be taken, directly resulting from the strategy;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 46 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that the EU budget contains no appropriations for the Atlantic action plan; with this in mind, calls on the Commission to consider labelling projects that meet the various priorities and objectives of the new strategy, in order to make it easier to finance them under the relevant European programmes and funds; in this respect, considers that the strategy should be mentioned in the Operational Programmes of the funds in the concerned regions;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 56 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that greater synergies are needed between the different European Funds and Programmes, particularly with directly managed programmes, as well as with national and regional programmes, to support a sustainable, robust and competitive blue economy in the Atlantic regions;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 63 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Underscorlines the importance of fisheries and warns against the; calls for this key sector of the blue economy to be included in the new strategy, in line with the Commission's Communication of 17 May 2021 on a new approach for a sustainable blue economy in the European Union; recalls that overfishing is harmful in the long- term effects of over; stresses the need for Member States and regions of the Atlantic area to have a fair cooperation against unreported illegal fishing;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 71 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need to develop high- quality, sustainable tourism, enhancing the value of coastal areas by diversifying the activities on offer, while at the same time preserving them by combating the harmful effects of mass tourism on coastlines, the environment and the cultural heritage; notes the significant potential of gastronomic tourism linked in particular to fisheries and aquaculture products;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 75 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses the importance of REACT-EU, which could give the Atlantic regions a new start in coastal tourism, innovation and sustainable port infrastructure;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 81 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Hopes that the strategy will encourage joint planning and development of the sectors of the blue economy in the Atlantic area, with environmental and climate policies as central pillars, thus contributing towards the achievement of the Union's decarbonisation objectives and promoting renewable offshore power generation technologies, while fighting against marine litter;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 89 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Underlines the fundamental and strategic role of ports as gateways to Europe, logistics platforms, hotspots for tourism, energy production and storage hubs and industrial hubs; notes the need to adopt measures as soon as possible to protect ports from climate change, particularly sea level rise;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 95 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the strategy to focus squarely on jobs; wishes to see an ambitious social component to promote job creation and, in particular, training for and access to maritime professions for young people; stresses the need to create networks between universities and learning centres in the field of research and training on blue topics, and notes with interest the opportunities offered by the Erasmus + 2021-2027 programme via the new initiatives of European university alliances and Centres of Vocational Excellence; encourages the further development of the European Blue Schools;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 100 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the concept of Atlantic connectivity to include links between ports and the development of hinterland areas via multimodal connections; regrets the persistent problems concerning interoperability of rail transport in the Atlantic corridor;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 104 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for steps to be taken to eliminate rail bottlenecks, draw up plans for multimodal transfer to sustainable modes of transport, support the development of the Atlantic rail motorway, enhance rail-port connections and link them with other major TEN-T corridors with the other Atlantic Arc lines, in particular the Mediterranean, North Sea- Mediterranean and Rhine-Alps corridors, and the other lines of the Atlantic Arc; notes with satisfaction the planned realignment of the maritime corridors between Europe and Ireland following Brexit, and in particular the integration of Ireland into the Atlantic corridor;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 112 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Proposes yearly high-level meetings; bringing together the Commission and representatives of the Member states and regions concerned; calls for more visibility on the new governance structure and future meetings;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 118 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Takes the view that environmental 28. NGOs should be supported and involved; involved in the same way as institutional and local stakeholders;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 123 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls the managing authorities of the funds, whether centrally or decentrally managed, for an increase in the number of specific calls for projects as part of the Atlantic strategy;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 126 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Recommends that the members of the Atlantic strategy and the members of the INTERREG Atlantic Area Monitoring Committee establish common objectives and decision-making procedures, while stressing that the INTERREG Atlantic Area programme does not have the administrative and financial capacity, nor the vocation, to be the main source of funding for projects falling under the Atlantic strategy;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 129 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Calls for the outermost regions and islands to be treated on an equal footing with mainland regions; stresses their specific characteristics in terms of strategic geographical position and marine biodiversity, which must be taken into account in the objectives of the new strategy;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 134 #

2020/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Advocates thatsks for the Atlantic strategy to be developed into an Atlantic macro- regional strategy and that an Atlantic macro-region be created with a view to improving coordination between measures addressing issues on land and at sea, provide multi- level governance and rationalise the sources of funding; recalls that the Council, in its conclusions of 5 June 2019 on the implementation of EU macro- regional strategies, remains open to the creation of new macro-regions; calls for the inclusion of Outermost regions in this new macro-region and stresses the need to take due account of their specificities by developing in each basin - the Caribbean basin, the Amazon basin and the Macaronesia basin - dedicated strategies focusing on Outermost regions' particular challenges;
2021/06/03
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and forestry and its survival is dependent on the continued active management of farmland; highlights the fact that sustainable and effective management of natural resources is of the utmost importance for maintaining biodiversity and combating climate change; therefore believes implementation should focus on profitable measures;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the new reform of the common agricultural policy already aims to improve the environmental commitments of farmers and underlines the important positive impact of rotation in the protection of biodiversity;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the importance of genetic diversity, of species and of natural landscapes, and considers that agriculture makes it possible to preserve the biodiversity of many regions, such as open mountain areas, by avoiding the proliferation of invasive plant and animal species;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Requires strong support to agricultural practices, such as agroforestry and pastoralism in high value areas, which provide a wide variety of ecosystem services, including biodiversity, landscape, carbon storage, soil protection, and water cycle regulation;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; reminds that effective implementation of the strategy calls also for economic and social aspects to be recognized in a more balanced way; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend; underlines that prior to expanding the cover of protected areas across Europe a holistic and in-depth evaluation of the effectiveness of current protected land areas is crucial;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend, carefully balancing voluntary and legislative measures;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action by society as a whole is needed to counteract this trend;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy, the Forest strategy and the Bioeconomy strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system and to the forest value chains, keeping in mind all three pillars of sustainability (environmental, economic and social); calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the Biodiversity strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forest based sector in the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports; as well as impacts on the wood availability, innovation, competitiveness, resilience and autonomy, including the potential leakage effects of the bioeconomy if the implementation restricts the sustainable usage of natural resources inside EU and which could increase the use of fossil raw-materials;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports; more specifically warns that some trade agreements currently under negotiation or recently concluded by the European Union, such as the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement, are in contradiction with the very objectives of the Biodiversity Strategy;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to base all measures and targets included in subsequent proposals on impact assessments ex-ante and to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’se measures and targets ex-post, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines that for the EU to be climate-neutral by 2050 there is a need for determined shift from the fossil economy to a circular bio-economy requiring investments for example in forest growth and the continued availability of wooden raw material guaranteed by sustainable forest management; highlights that sustainable forest management can support long-term wood availability for bio-based products while enhancing biodiversity and carbon storage; highlights the importance of using internationally recognized definitions to ensure consistency of collected data on global level;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Emphasises the strong link of the strategy with the post 2020 EU Forest Strategy and the need for a holistic approach to forests; stresses that the future EU Forest Strategy should be used as the main policy framework to coordinate all policies related to forests, forestry and the forest-based sector; Reiterates that Member States continue to decide, as highlighted in the views of the Council and the Parliament on the EU Forest Strategy, on policies on forestry and forests, including on their conservation, protection and restoration measures; stresses that defining forest and forestry related terms and measures, including e.g. protection and strict protection, old-growth and primary forests, afforestation and reforestation, degraded areas and closer to nature forestry, should be done by the Member States;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing active farmers with individual or collective incentives for the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates the importance of sustainable utilization and management of water resources for the protection and the restauration of the biodiversity; encourages the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their support for effective and efficient irrigation systems and sustainable water management;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; recognises that agriculture and forestry practices do not contradict the conservation objectives of high diversity areas per se and hence productive use must remain an option; stresses that specific local conditions must be taken into account with regard to admissible forms of productive use;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; considers that the setting up of non-productive areas should be assessed to avoid as much as possible a negative impact on the access of young farmers to land;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for, as well as agricultural practices and/or productive features which contribute to biodiversity;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 179 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. takes note of the Commission’s proposal to increase the area under protection and under strict protection; notes with concern that the Commission considers extractive activities such as fishing, hunting or forestry incompatible with strict protection, as expressed in a draft technical note on criteria and guidance for protected areas designations; insists that those activities that are compatible with protection goals or even positively contribute to biodiversity protection must remain admissible in areas under strict protection; echoes paragraph 10 of the Council Conclusions of 16 October 2020 on Biodiversity which highlights that stricter level of protection may allow for certain human activities, which are in line with the conservation objectives of the protected area;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 184 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls Commission to pay attention to the loss of biodiversity caused by the built environment and urbanization and to take effective measures to enhance biodiversity in urban areas, which should be seen in a holistic way with rural areas;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the importance of stimulating and supporting the rearing and conservation of local autochthonous/indigenous livestock breeds and varieties of traditional seeds, along with the development of modern livestock breeds and seeds;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that where conservation measures restrict the use of privately owned land or negatively affect its value, adequate compensation must be granted to the owner;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems; underlines that the development of organic food production must be market driven and accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that soil biodiversity covers different soil types (mineral and organic) which provide ecosystem services and public goods including food production, where organic soils rich in nitrogen supply and water retention capacity provide good conditions for biomass growth under non-rainy periods; therefore underlines that the role of climate change and biodiversity adaptation of drought-resistant organic soils needs to be seen broadly, and their essential importance on food and biomass security and resilience must be recognized;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 228 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, while enhancing farm productivity; specifically warns that the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement may have the mechanical effect of increasing imported deforestation in contradiction with the Biodiversity Strategy and the ambitions of the Green Deal;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 241 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights the importance of healthy soil for biodiversity, forest conversion and agricultural ecosystem services and takes note of existing knowledge and data gaps in the area; calls on Commission and Member State to support further research in soil ecosystem services and to adjust relevant existing funding programmes in order to facilitate such research projects;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 243 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls the Commission to ensure that any land protection target is flexible enough to allow implementation to take into account the precise conditions and opportunities of each country, with strict protection being a voluntary option for land and forest owners;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to reduce nutrient losses; stresses that a strategy to reduce nutrient losses should focus primarily on enabling farmers to increase efficiency of nutrient management and highlights the importance of innovative technologies and solutions in this regard; further calls for the strategy to consider the climate and environmental impacts of different fertilisers;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 292 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the role of precision agriculture in the protection of biodiversity as it contributes to reducing the use of pesticides, fertilizers and water, and therefore requires strong support for this new production model through the Common Agricultural Policy;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 314 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. RegretAcknowledges the fact that European agricultural production is being increasingly concentrated in a limitedkeeps offering a certain range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that further enhancing and preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 13 September 2018 on a European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance,
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 169 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission communication on a Farm to Fork Strategy sets out a holistic approach of the European food system, with agriculture, as a provider of food, fibre, renewable energies and fuel, at the centre, while recognising the interconnectedness and shared responsibility of all actors throughout the whole supply chain to achieve the Strategy's objectives;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 199 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should delivers food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas cfurrently,ther efforts are necessary in the food system isto responsible forduce a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transformevolve further in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areaas well as in general to achieve a coherent balance between the pillars of sustainability, including the environment, climate, public health, food affordability, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers and actors further down the food chain, as well as social aspects such as working and employment conditions and health and safety standards;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 298 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector,-food sector, consisting of various farming models and driven by family farms, continues to ensure diverse quality food production, local and transparent supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 320 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the transition of European agriculture towards more sustainable practices and circularity will require substantial investments and adequate access to finance is a precondition; whereas the EIB is committed to increase the share of its financing of investments in climate action and environmental sustainability to reach 50 % of its operations in 2025 and from then on; whereas this could be utilised to roll out technologies that contribute to sustainable practices and to strengthening the link of agriculture to the circular economy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 372 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas it is important that consumers are informed and enabled to take responsibility for the consequences of their choice of food stuffs on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requires a healthy and sound food environment which ensures that the healthy and sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choice, andthe availability of a wide variety of products to choose from, the availability of comprehensible information on parameters including nutritional and sustainability-relevant facts, as well as well-educated consumers; whereas it is important to fosters and encourages consumption patterns that support human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resources and animal welfare;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 435 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy must build on all three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) and should commit, encourage and incentivise all relevant stakeholders in the food chain for sustainability while taking account the steps already taken;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 439 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. recognises that EU’s agriculture has reduced GHG emissions by 22% in the period 1990 -2016, while in the same period the GHG emissions from agriculture have increased by 6% in the USA, by 24% in China and India and by 47% in Brazil;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 445 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Geographical Indications result from the immemorial EU heritage and they are the fruit of the adaptation of man to his environment and an expression of the EU identity;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 461 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. recognises that EU’s agriculture has reduced the use of antibiotic burden by 35% in the period 2011 - 2018 and that the share of the veterinary burden represents 1/3 of the AMR burden in EU, while the remaining 2/3 of AMR burden is related to human antibiotics use;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 462 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted shortcomings in the free movement of goods, due to a lack of coordination between the Member States in the initial phase of the lockdown, leading to a disruption of the internal market;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 499 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair, diverse and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, and the need to achieve a balanced policy approach; encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible, duly taking into account voluntary measures;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 529 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets, nevertheless, that the new strategy proposed by the European Commission focuses only on environmental and health aspects, without paying attention to the need to ensure economic and social sustainability throughout the food chain; believes that the socioeconomic prosperity of the various sectors concerned would guarantee the success of the strategy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 544 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights that the new Common Agricultural Policy reform is in line with the new farm to fork strategy and stresses the efforts already made by many European farmers in order to be more sustainable and reduce their climate and environmental impact; welcomes the introduction of new enhanced environmental measures in the new reform while keeping interventions which have been contributing to improve the agriculture sustainability, including the support to areas with natural constraints;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 549 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Considers that the European Union alone cannot effectively combat climate change without the collaboration of third countries; therefore, action at international level is necessary to extend European environmental and health standards to the rest of the world; underlines the need to introduce reciprocity in terms of food safety and environment rules in all trade agreements and to put in place legal provisions at EU level to ban imports from deforested areas;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 577 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional and diverse agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; insists that framework must be sufficiently flexible to adapt goals and measures to the specific needs and conditions of Member States and regions, which will not be achieved by a one-size-fits-all approach; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 611 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of policy coherence with existing EU policies and especially between the measures envisaged by the farm to fork strategy and Common Agriculture and Fisheries Policies, EU Trade policies, the EU Bio- economy Strategy and the EU Biodiversity Strategy; therefore underlines that the Commission should base legislative proposals on independent scientific impact assessments taking into account the cumulative effects, and evaluate existing legislation and the efficiency of its implementation and propose action which suits Member States' natural conditions;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 617 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that there is no universal definition of sustainability as this concept comprehends multiple pillars, including climate- and environmental aspects, economic viability for primary producers and other actors in the food chain, social aspects such as employment prospects in rural areas, food affordability and public health, as well as animal welfare; stresses that there are trade-offs between different pillars that must be managed based on value judgements; calls on the Commission to promote a societal dialogue on a common understanding of sustainability on the path towards its proposal for a legislative framework for a sustainable food system, which ultimately will have to be based on one coherent approach to all aspects of sustainability;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 670 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Insists that the assessment of the sustainability of products must be based on a life-cycle approach that considers pre- and down-chain aspects such as raw material sourcing, transport and storage requirement, as well as impacts on land use and possible displacement effects that could lead to imported pollution;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 681 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Calls on the Commission to set up a comprehensive governance framework that invites the participation of all stakeholder groups in the further development and implementation of the Strategy and its subsequent measures;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 765 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the 3. directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and supports the reduction targets for pesticides, mineral fertilisers, and antibiotics following a comprehensive impact assessment; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 791 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that organic farming provides reliable environmental benefits, while acknowledges its lower yields and higher yield variability; underlines that the development of organic food production must be market driven and accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development; believes that organic farming should be further promoted while continuing exploiting the strengths of different farming models and further improving them in order to ensure both the stability of the organic products market and fair remuneration for the farmers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 813 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that those objectives should be based on common scientific indicators and calculation methods in order to reach a European Union convergence, taking into consideration the different starting points of each Member State;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 827 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the Commission´s proposal to reduce nutrient losses; stresses that a strategy to reduce nutrient losses should focus primarily on enabling farmers to increase efficiency of nutrient management and highlights the importance of innovative technologies and solutions such as precision and smart farming and plant nutrition advisory services and management support; further calls for the strategy to consider the climate and environmental impact of different fertilisers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 838 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Believes that the reduction in the use of pesticides should be accompanied by the introduction of alternative solutions to control epidemics, including new science-based techniques and the development of precision agriculture and integrated pest management;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 843 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls the importance of the One Health approach and of fighting antimicrobial resistance; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to tackle the irresponsible use of antibiotics; believes that the proper implementation of the Veterinary Medicines Regulation will further reduce the use of antibiotics use efficiently; calls on the Commission and Member States to focus on further measures of enabling and incentivising innovative solutions, particularly in prevention tools and alternative therapies and vaccines; stresses that progress made must be taken into account when considering reduction targets and insists that reductions can only be considered to a level that guarantees the availability of antibiotics, if needed to ensure animal health;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 854 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses the need to modify the Regulation1107/2009 on the placing of plant protection products on the market in order to simplify the authorisation procedures following an in-depth evaluation of the zonal system, and to ensure an harmonised scientific assessment of plant protection products in the Member States;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 863 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses that so-called low-risk substances are sometimes less effective than the substances they replace, which leads to an increase in the number of treatments and, consequently, to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, and that the development of their use may, therefore, generate new environmental risks that are not assessed in current evaluations while creating economic impacts;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 875 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Considers that imports of products from third countries treated with illegal substances in the EU should be banned as well as exports of pesticides that have been prohibited in the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 878 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Believes that an EU objective for organic farming should be set in such a way as to ensure a balance between supply and demand, in order to avoid loss of farmers' income and that the distribution of efforts between Member States should be calculated taking into account the progress already made at national level;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 913 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially some animal production practices on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors, while not degrading the quality and nutrient value of European soils and while ensuring that imports from third countries not compliant with the Strategy conditions and objectives will be subject to the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism or similar EU adjustment mechanisms to ensure fair competition for EU producers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 915 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; recognises anaerobic digestion and composting as a win-win solution to recycle organic waste materials, prevent GHG emissions, produce renewable energy, enable recycle and reuse of nutrients and carbon, improve soil fertility and ensure a long- term sustainable development of rural areas; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors; encourages farming models able to be sustainable both environmentally and economically;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 921 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; recalls that European agriculture and forestry play a crucial role in addressing climate change and mitigation, as it has significant potential to reduce the emissions, to sequester carbon and to boost economies in a sustainable manner; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 927 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significantRecognises both the positive and negative impacts of different agriculture and especially animal production models on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the needacknowledges that other than the use of fossil fuels, agricultural emissions are part of the natural carbon cycle and thus have to be balanced rather than minimised; stresses the potential of agriculture to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls forinsists that regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors must be embedded in a framework that includes remuneration for carbon sequestration;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 960 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note of promising developments in the area of feed additives that help to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and water and air pollutants from animal husbandry; welcomes the Commission’s plans to facilitate the placing on the market of sustainable and innovative feed additives in this regard and calls for relevant research programmes to support the further development;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1028 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive and permanent grassland-basedpermanent pastures of high environmental value or organic animal husbandry is a feature of the European food system and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has multiple positive effects for the environment and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1079 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative Highlights the enormous potential of agriculture and forestry to contribute to carbon sequestration and thus achieving climate neutrality; welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils under a new carbon farming initiative; invites the Commission to present several options including carbon market approaches; stresses, that all practices that reduce the climate-impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate ff farming should be taken into account in a robust accoundting orframework and be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1125 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Commission to study the introduction of a European climate label highlighting the contribution of farmers to the reduction of GHG emissions thanks to the implementation of environmental schemes supported by the Common Agricultural Policy or via the carbon market, with the aim of improving the public perception of farmers and the value added of their products.
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1174 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of ensuring stable yields and promoting EU-grown plant proteins to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, while ensuring access to innovative plant breeding in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1183 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the need to clarify the legal situation of the new breeding techniques on the basis of sound scientific evaluations and considers that the European Union should not be left behind in the development of these innovations as long as they do not present any risk to the health and the environment; considers it necessary to promote a reasoned debate on this topic and to evaluate the contribution that those techniques can make in the fight against climate change, among other agricultural solutions;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1215 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’sustainable business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production; stresses that financial support under the CAP is crucial for farmers to be able to cope with increasing environmental standards, but will fall short of enabling farmers to meet the targets of the Strategy if not accompanied by further support measures; calls for Enhanced Eco Schemes to be implemented in National Strategic Plans;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1224 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. CallsHighlights the central role of the European farmers in realizing the transition into a sustainable food system and that attention must be paid to measures which strengthen farmers' income and the competitiveness of European food production; calls therefore for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1278 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of food security and a resilient food supply chain in the European Union, particularly in the light of the current COVID-19 pandemic; highlights the need for crisis- preparedness in a robust food system; welcomes a fostering CMO regulation and sectorial support programmes that can be implemented via National Strategic Plans;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1292 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European food system delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainable food to people at all times and underlines that increasing the economic, environmental and social sustainability of food producers will ultimately increase their resilience; recalls that in the EU 33 million people cannot afford a quality meal every second day; stresses that food affordability must remain on the political agenda and must be considered when assessing increases in production costs through changing farming practices and the effects on food prices; encourages the Commission to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeans;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1321 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that citizens’ expectations are evolving and driving significant change in the food market, with a growing demand for locally produced food as a result; emphasises the importance of locally produced food, the opportunities it offers to our farmers and the significant positive contributions it can deliver to our environment; therefore, encourages the European Commission and the Member States to actively promote the development of local food strategies, together with short supply chain initiatives;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1322 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the intention of the European Commission to propose an emergency plan to deal with food crises by taking stock of the experience acquired during the Covid-19 pandemic and by including harmonised measures to guarantee a proper functioning of the internal market; considers that the promotion of territorial food projects which stimulate the development of short food circuits in the Member States can help to face those crisis;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1377 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destructionpressure ofn biodiversity, and environmental degradation; and our current food production systemscknowledges that disease preparedness, i.e. availability of diagnosis-, prevention- and treatment methods, is key to contain emerging threats to human and animal health;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1435 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production; calls for incentives, notably to digital tools, to encourage short food supply chain and farmer markets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1447 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to make a sustainable European food system an economic opportunity for farmers; agrees that it must become an economic opportunity for farmers in order to achieve a broad implementation of sustainable practices; recognises that sustainable production so far is a niche business model, as sustainable practices generally lead to higher production costs while options to commercialise added value are limited; insists that more needs to be done under the framework of the Strategy to map options for farmers and food businesses to turn sustainable practices and products into profit; considers that labelling is necessary tool but will not be sufficient on its own;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1448 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that Geographical Indications already play a significant role in terms of environmental, economic and social sustainability but they should be supported to boost their contribution to the Green Deal objectives; stresses the need to improve the recognition of their authenticity in order to ameliorate their positioning in the market, as consumers do not always distinguish GI from other non-quality products; considers it also necessary to reduce the administrative burden for small producers who wish to join those quality schemes and to strengthen the protection of GI against misuse or imitation at international level;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1460 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Welcomes the announcement to strengthen the legislative framework on Geographical Indications (GIs); acknowledges the contribution of GIs to the economic and social situation of European regions by creating an outlet for quality products, as well as to environmental sustainability by creating a strong link between products and regions and thus creating an inherent incentive to manage production in accordance with long-term environmental viability;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1463 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Believes that the European promotion campaigns play an essential role for the prosperity of geographical indications and the European Union should further improve this important tool in order to help operators conquer and consolidate new markets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1465 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Underlines the need to boost European information campaigns on moderate consumption of wines while maintaining the promotion of quality products; considers that only broad information and education campaigns would be effective in combating the abuse of consumption and recalls that moderate wine consumption is part of the Mediterranean diet;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1477 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to closely follow up onthe effectiveness of Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22 and to enforce the work with a view to strengthen the position of farmers in the food supply chain with concrete proposals and in line with the farm to fork strategy; therefore reminds the Commission to follow up on the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal action if progress in integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient, and in so doing promoting and rewarding the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options and reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices and stronger role in the food chain for farmers; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1515 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Strongly supports the introduction of a code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices and stresses the need for this code to lead to a better distribution of the value added in the food chain by paying a special attention to the remuneration of primary producers.
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1560 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on science-based educational messages about the importance of a balanced and healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1569 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for the EU Promotion Policy to include all agricultural products living up to criteria related to sustainability (social, economic and environmental), putting special emphasis on animal welfare, pesticides and the use of antimicrobial substances to encourage all food chain operators and ensure them that they are all supported in becoming more sustainable and can all contribute to enhance global production and consumption sustainability;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1574 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recalls the important role of consumer choice in reaching the Strategy’s targets and highlights the indispensability of well-educated consumers in this regard; calls on Member States and regions to put more emphasis on nutritional and environmental education in their curricula and invites the Commission to develop relevant guidance;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1585 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Supports the introduction of class hours on health and nutrition and extending balanced menu offer in school canteens in the framework of the EU school schemes;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1599 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the need to promote effective Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), enabling all food chain actors to become sustainable by speeding up innovation and accelerating knowledge transfer; calls on Member States to consider AKIS in the design and implementation of their National Strategic Plans; recalls, in addition, the need for a farm sustainability data network to setfor the dual purpose of setting benchmarks for farm performance and documenting the uptake of sustainable farming practices, while allowing foras well as enabling the precise and tailored application of new production approaches at farm level by providing farmers with access to fast broadband connections; cessing collected data and providing farmers easy access to locally relevant information; highlights the importance of comprehensive access to fast broadband connections to facilitate the uptake of digital farming technologies on farm level; stresses the importance of supporting farmers in acquiring know- how to make efficient use of such innovative solutions;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1665 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processedover-consumption of foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or saltwould help consumers to better understand nutritional claims on foods and particularly to set into perspective claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for particular attention to be given to food for children and other special purpose foods; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1686 #

2020/2260(INI)

16a. Stresses that the EU should establish more precise rules on the labelling of origin of food both in restaurants and in the retail in order to enable more transparent and sustainable choices for consumers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1731 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM); calls on the Commission to adopt without further delay measures for harmonising regulation of those materials not yet addressed at EU level; reiterates its call to revise the legislation on FCM in line with the regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), as well as classification, labelling and packaging regulations, and to insert, without further delay, specific provisions to substitute endocrine disrupting chemicals;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1740 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to take measures to promote a decentralised energy system and biogas production on farms, noting that in this context state aid rules must be made more flexible by facilitating the off-farm sale of energy and fuel produced on farms;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1774 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustare linked to production costs and that price-sensitivity of many consumers is a barrier to the uptake of more sustainably produced foods; reiterates the importance of easily avainlable choice should become the most affordable oneand comprehensible consumer information and market development measures in this regard;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1827 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumerscalls that consumer choice is a crucial factor for the economically sustainable uptake of sustainably produced products and healthier diets; underlines the importance of good nutritional and environmental education as well as the availability of easily comprehensible relevant information in this regard; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective re an important pillar of consumer information and of creating ensuringconomic outlets for sustainabley productioned and consumptionhealthy products;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1892 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and pbalant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environmentced diets with a lower share of sugars, salt, and fats, based on sustainably produced foods; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity totaking into account regional conditions and traditions would help consumers onunderstand what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to assist Member States and regions in developing such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based diets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1927 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to work on a solid strategy to boost the production of protein crops, with particular emphasis on leguminous crops, taking into account the benefits they bring to the environment;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1937 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU; reminds the importance of sustainable livestock production for European protein self-sufficiency;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1998 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organicsustainable and local food production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2044 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Underlines the need to reduce food waste along the entire food chain, from primary production, processing, retail, catering to consumers; takes note of the fact that more than 50% of food waste happens on consumer level and highlights the difficulty of enforcing binding targets under given circumstances; stresses the importance of promoting nutritional education in this regard;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2122 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecologicalsustainable practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States; encourages the agri-food sector to actively use the funding earmarked for the sector in Horizon Europe in this regard;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2171 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Calls for the establishment and the promotion of multi-stakeholder platforms that increase collaboration and mobilise the sharing of knowledge and technology, across the entire agriculture and food chain, to help scale-up innovation, advance agricultural production systems and overcome the challenges it faces;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2178 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Stresses that meeting the targets of the Strategy will require substantial investments on farm level, particularly burdening small farmers and SMEs; highlights that while the CAP will play an important role in enabling the transition it is designed to stabilise income rather than to finance large investments and stresses the importance of ensuring adequate access to finance in this regard; calls on the Commission to assess the financial impacts of the Strategy on farmers, the availability and conditions of financing for farmers and SMEs in the food chain and if required to assess options such as the InvestEU Fund or setting up an EIB guarantee scheme to improve these;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2184 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Highlights that while new sustainable business models are enormous opportunities for SMEs, several initiatives envisaged under the Strategy could lead to the creation of substantial red tape; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adhere to the better regulation tools, to assess the impacts on SMEs as well as to take action to promote sustainable and circular business models specifically for SMEs, to utilise the InvestEU Fund to facilitate access to finance for SMEs as well as to offer tailored solutions to help SME to develop new skills and business models;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2228 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and standards, standards, and binding objectives arising from this Strategy and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2237 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and standards and to provide development assistancecreate partnerships to support primary producers from developingglobal partner countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2249 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls that trade agreements must ensure that the parties involved participate actively in promoting sustainable development principles; international standards that are in line with European environmental and climate ambitions for sustainable growth must also be guaranteed; in addition, in order to ensure a global transition to sustainable food systems, these agreements should make the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and compliance to this as essential and binding elements;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 10 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
— having regard to CEDAWto the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms od Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its General Recommendations No. 21 (1994), No. 24 (1999), No. 28 (2010), No. 33 (2015) and No. 35 (2017),
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 41 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of 18 October 2017 on promoting the human rights of and eliminating discrimination against intersex people,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 43 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
- having regard to the report of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of 22 April 2015 on discrimination against transgender people in Europe,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 56 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2020 on the de facto ban on the right to abortion in Poland,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 60 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
- having regard to the Joint Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III: an ambitious agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment in EU external action JOIN(2020) 17,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 61 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a Programme for the Union's action in the field of health –for the period 2021-2027 and repealing Regulation (EU)No 282/2014 (“EU4Health Programme”) COM/2020/405,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 78 #
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 79 #
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 e (new)
- having regard to European Parliament Study The gendered impact of the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 82 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 f (new)
- having regard to the report of the European Institute for Gender Equality of 22 November 2019 on Beijing +25 – The 5th Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 g (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 88 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 l (new)
- having regard to the European Women’s Lobby policy brief entitled ‘Women must not pay the price for COVID-19!’,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 92 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 p (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 13 November 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 measures on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 93 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 q (new)
- having regard to the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network research andreport entitled “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights during the COVID-19 pandemic”, published on 22nd April 2020,
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 96 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to all aspects of sexuality and reproduction, not merely the absence of dysfunction, infirmity or mortality, and whereas all individuals have a right to make decisions governing their bodies8 , free from discrimination, coercion and violence, and to access SRH services that support that right and give a positive approach to sexuality and reproduction, as sexuality is an integral part of human existence; _________________ 8 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 113 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity, privacy and personal autonomy respected; definhave their sexual orientation and gender identity fully respected; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; have safe sexual experiences, decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9 ; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary and how many children; have access over their lifetime to the information, resources, services and support necessary to achieve all of the above free from discrimination, coercion, exploitation and violence;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 116 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity and personal autonomy respected; definhave their sexual orientation and gender identity fully respected; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9 ; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 124 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are recognisprotected as human rights in international and European human rights law10 ; _________________ 10Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europe. such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the European Convention on Human Rights,and constitute an essential element of comprehensive healthcare provision; whereas the realisation of SRHR is an essential element of human dignity and intrinsically linked to the achievement of gender equality and combatting gender-based violence;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 127 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas gender-based violence is widespread and has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic; whereas an estimated 25 percent of women experience some form of gender based violence in their lifetimes and countless women experience sexual assault and harassment in the context of intimate partnerships and public life due to entrenched gender stereotypes and the resulting social norms;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 136 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas violations of SRHR constitute breaches of human rights, specifically the right to life, physical and mental integrity, equality, non- discrimination, health and education, education, dignity, privacy and freedom from inhumane and degrading treatment; whereas violations of women’s SRHR are a form of violence against women and girls; and hinder progress towards gender equality;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 142 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) constitute an essential element of comprehensive healthcare provision;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 143 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas SRHR is a primary condition for gender equality; whereas it is their body, their choice, and full autonomy should be guaranteed;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 144 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights are targets for UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, and whereas gender-based violence and harmful practices are targets for SDG 5;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 146 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas although the EU has some of the highest SHRHR standards in the world, there are still challenges, a lack of access, gaps and inequalities and some Member States have implemented policies and programmes that uphold SRR, there are still challenges, a lack of access and affordability, gaps, disparities and inequalities in the realisation of SRHR, both across the EU and within Member States, based on age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, religious affiliation or belief, marital status, socio-economic status, disability, HIV (or sexually transmitted infections, STIs) status, national or social origin, legal or migration status, language, sexual orientation or gender identity;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 150 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefsuniversal access to high-quality and affordable SRHR services, a lack of comprehensive and evidence-based sexuality education, denial of access to information and education, a lack of available modern contraception methods, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, legal restrictions and practical barriers in accessing abortion services, denial of abortion care, forced abortion, gender- based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortalityforced sterilisation, intimidation, cruel and degrading treatment, disparities in maternal mortality rates, gaps in maternal mental health support, increasing caesarean section rates, a lack of access to treatment for cervical cancer, which causes the largely preventable deaths of over 25.000 European women per year, limited access to medically assisted reproduction and fertility treatments, high rates of STIs and HIV, especially in certain marginalised groups and/or regions, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings, outdated or ideologically driven legal provisions limiting SRHR;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 151 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, including in the context of legal gender recognition, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female and intersex genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings; , honour killings and so-called “conversion therapy” practices, which can take the form of sexual violence such as “corrective rape” on lesbian and bisexual women and girls, as well as transgender persons; whereas the enjoyment of SRHR for LGBTI persons may be severely hindered due to the omission in sexual education curricula of the diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and sex characteristics;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 161 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the World Health Organisation defines infertility as “a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse”; whereas this definition fails to encompass the reality of lesbian and bisexual women as well as transgender persons in same- sex couples or single women interested in fertility options, worsening the socio-legal challenges in access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) they already face as a result of the focus on countering infertility; whereas lesbian and bisexual women may be unable to prove their “infertility” and therefore be denied access to ART;1a _________________ 1a https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/to pics/infertility/definitions/en/
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 164 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas in certain circumstances transgender men and non-binary persons may also undergo pregnancy and should, in such cases, benefit from measures for pregnancy and birth-related care without discrimination on the basis of their gender identity;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 166 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the unavailability of scientifically accurate informand evidence-based information and education violates the rights of individuals to make informed choices about their own SRHR; and undermines healthy approaches to sexuality, family planning and gender equality;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 173 #

2020/2215(INI)

H. whereas the essential package of SRH measuresSRH services are essential healthcare services that should be available to all and they includes: comprehensive sexuality education; information, confidential and unbiased counselling and services for sexual and reproductive health and well-being; counselling and access to a wide range of modern contraceptives; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and newborn care; safe and legal abortion services and care and post- abortion care including treatment of complications of unsafe abortion; the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender- based violence; prevention, detection and treatment for reproductive cancers; and fertility services, especially cervical cancer; fertility care and fertility treatment;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 177 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the essential package of SRH measures includes: comprehensive and evidence-based sexuality education; information and counselling on modern contraceptiveson; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and new-born care; safe and legal abortion services; the prevention, detection and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender-based violence; prevention, detection and treatment for reproductive cancers; and fertility services;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 182 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas comprehensive sexuality education facilitates informed reproresponsible sexual behaviour, including reduced risk-taking, and increased use of condoms and other forms of contraception ; whereas according to the UNESCO International technical guidance on sexuality education, curriculum-based programmes on comprehensive sexuality educative choices; on (CSE) enables children and young people to develop accurate knowledge, attitudes and skills, including respect for human rights, gender equality, consent and diversity that contribute to safe, healthy, and respectful relations; whereas such education empowers children and young people as it provides with evidence and age-appropriate information on sexuality, addressing sexual and reproductive health issues, including, but not limited to: sexual and reproductive anatomy and physiology; consent, puberty and menstruation; reproduction, modern contraception, pregnancy and childbirth; STIs, including HIV and AIDS; andharmful practices such as child early and forced marriage (CEFM) and femalegenital mutilation (FGM); whereas still most adolescents do not have access to CSE ; whereas age-appropriate CSE, in this regard, is key to building children’s and young peoples’ skills to form healthy, equal, nurturing and safe relationships, notably by addressing gender norms, gender equality, power dynamics in relationships, consent, respect for one own’s and others’ boundaries;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 184 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas comprehensive sexuality education facilitates informed reproductive choices, evidence- based, non-discriminatory and age- appropriate sexuality education based on international standards facilitates informed reproductive choices and contributes to achieving gender equality;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 187 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas SRH includes menstrual hygiene and sanitation as well as systemic and socio-economic factors of stigmatisation,discrimination linked to menstruation; whereas period poverty, which refers to the limited access to sanitary products, affects about 1 in 10 women in Europe, and is exacerbated by a gender-biased taxation on menstrual hygiene products in the EU; whereas shame, untreated menstrual pain and discriminatory traditions lead to school drop outs and lower attendance rates of girls at school and women at work; whereas existing negative attitudes and myths surrounding menstruation influence reproductive health decisions; whereas understanding the links between menstrual hygiene and maternal morbidity, mortality and infertility, STI/HIV and cervical cancer can support early detection and safe lives;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 189 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas modern contraception plays a key role in achieving gender equality and preventing unintended pregnancies as well as realising the right of individuals to make decisions about their family choices by proactively and responsibly planning the number, timing and spacing of their children; whereas certain methods of modern contraception also reduce incidence of HIV/STIs, whereas access to it is still hindered by practical, financial, social and cultural barriers, including myths surrounding contraception, outdated attitudes towards female sexuality and contraception, as well as a stereotypical perception of women being the only ones responsible for contraception;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 193 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas some Member States still have highly restrictive laws prohibiting abortion except in strictly defined circumstances, forcing women to seek clandestine abortions, to travel to other countries or to carry their pregnancy to term against their will, which is a violation of human rights and a form of gender- based violence; affecting women’s and girls’ rights to life, physical and mental integrity, equality, non-discrimination, health, and freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 199 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas several Member States are attempting to limit access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through highly-restrictive laws which lead to gender discrimination and negative consequences for women’s health;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 201 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas even when abortion is legally available, there are often barriers to accessing it; range of legal, quasi-legal and informal barriers to accessing it, including: limited time periods and grounds on which to access abortion, medically unwarranted waiting periods, lack of trained and willing healthcare professionals and denial of medical care based on personalbeliefs, biased and mandatory counselling, deliberate misinformation or third party authorization, medically unnecessary tests, distress requirements, costs and lack of reimbursement;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 208 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas no woman should die in childbirth; and access to evidence-based, quality and affordable maternity care is a human right and must be ensured without any discrimination in all healthcare settings;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 211 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas the most vulnerable and marginalised people face additional barriers, discrimination and violence in accessing healthcare, including people belonging to ethnic or religious minorities, Roma people, people coming from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, people without health insurance, people living in rural areas, persons with disabilities, LGBTIQ people, victims of violence, etc.;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 212 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas infertility and subfertility are affecting one in six people in Europe, are a global public health issue and there is a need to reduce inequalities in access to fertility information and treatments, and prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender, sexual orientation, health or marital status;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 218 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas SRHR issues are often instrumentalised by opponents of reproductive rights who appeal to national interests in order to achieve demographic objectives, thus contributing to the erosion of democracy and personal freedomopponents of sexual and reproductive rights often instrumentalise issues such as the national interest or demographic change in order to undermine SRHR, thus contributing to the erosion of personal freedoms and democracy; whereas all policies addressing the demographic change must be rights-based, people-centered, tailor- made and evidence-based, and must uphold sexual and reproductive rights;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 221 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is a need to strengthen the resilience of health systems to such crises, with a specific focus on ensuring that SRH services continue to be fully available, that Member States do not instrumentalize the crisis to deprioritize or purposefully undermine access to these services;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 228 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas progress has been made in the areas of women’s rights and SRHR, but opponents of reproductive rights have nonetheless had an influence on national law and policyopponents of sexual and reproductive rights and women’s autonomy have had a significant influence on national law and policy with retrogressive initiatives taken in several Member States, seeking to undermine SRHR, as noted by the Parliament in its resolutions on experiencing backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU and Abortion Rights in Poland, and by the European Institute for Gender Equality in its report of 22 November 2019 on Beijing +25 – The 5th Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States; whereas these initiatives and backsliding obstruct the realisation of people’s rights, countries’ development and undermines European values, fundamental rights;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 229 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had a disproportionate impact on timely access to essential healthcare services including those related to sexual reproductive health and rights; whereas the unavailability of doctors and the subsequent possible discontinuation of pregnancy termination services and of contraceptive prescriptions due to containment measures has had severe implications for women’s fundamental right to bodily autonomy;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 230 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas the current COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the population’s health as a whole, women are not only affected by the direct health threat but also adversely through the reallocation of resources and priorities, including SRH services and this reversion of resources may result in increased rates of unintended pregnancies, higher maternal mortality and morbidity rates, as well as a spike in sexually transmitted disease and HIV;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 238 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
N b. whereas the European Parliament has addressed sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in its newly adopted position at first reading on the Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (“EU4Health Programme”) to ensure timely access to goods that are needed for the safe provision of SRHR (e.g medicines, contraceptives and medical equipment);
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 239 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
N b. whereas numerous reports show that, during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, SRHR services were limited and/or revoked, and there is a disruption in access to essential medical services such as contraception and abortion care, HIV and STI testingand reproductive cancer screenings, and respectful maternal healthcare;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 242 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
N c. whereas there is a persisting effort to instrumentalize the COVID-19 health crisis as a pretext to adopt further restrictive measures in SRHR and that has a broad and long-term negative effect on the exercise of the fundamental right to health, gender equality andfight against discrimination and gender-based violence and is putting the well-being, health and lives of women and girls at risk;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 251 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote universal access to SRHR services and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range of high-quality, comprehensive and affordable SRHR, and to remove all barriers impeding full access to SRHR;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 268 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in line with national competences, calls upon the Member States to safeguard the right of all persons to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHR, regardless of age, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation, gender, class and/or migration status, to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHR and to ensure the right of bodily integrity and personal autonomy, equality and non- discrimination;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 272 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Reaffirms that SRHR are key for gender equality, the elimination of gender-based violence, economic growth and development, child protection, elimination of human trafficking and poverty;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 274 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls upon the Member States to address the persisting challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR and ensure that no persin Europe and globally and to ensure that all persons have access to high-quality and affordable SRH services and that no one is left behind by being unable to exercise their right to health; Stresses that equal access to SRHR must be ensured for all persons, regardless of age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, caste, religious affiliation and beliefs, marital status, socio- economic status, disability, HIV (or STI) status, national and social origin, legal and migration status, language, sexual orientation or gender identity;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 277 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls upon the Member States to address the challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR using an intersectional approach and ensure that no person is left behind by being unable to exercise their right to health;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 280 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges the importance of public information on SRHR; Recalls that all policies relating to SRHR should be founded on reliable and objective evidence from organisations such as WHO, other UN agencies and the Council of Europe;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 287 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights call on its member states11 to guarantee sufficient budgetary provision for SRHR and ensure the availability of adequate human resources across all levels of the health system, in both urban and rural areas; identify and address legal, policy and financial barriers that impede access to good quality SRH care and integrate SRHR services into existing public health insurance, subsidisation or reimbursement schemes in order to achieve Universal Health Coverage; _________________ 11Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europe
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 288 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the negative effects of the so-called “tampon tax” on gender equality; Calls upon the Member States to eliminate the so-called “tampon tax” by applying a 0% VAT rate on menstrual hygiene products and ensuring that this tax cut is effectively benefitting the consumers;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 290 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the views endorsed by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which recommended trans- specific healthcare such as hormonal treatment and surgery to be accessible and reimbursed by public health insurance schemes;1a _________________ 1aCDDH Report on the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, ¶130, accessible at https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_det ails.aspx?ObjectId=09000016809f9ba0
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 292 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses that in the time of the COVID-19 induced health crisis, it is essential that universalaccess to SRHR is guaranteed, in line with international human rights standards;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 298 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls upon the Member States to establish effective strategies and monitoring programmes that guarantee enjoyment and universal access to a full range of SRHR serviceshigh-quality and affordable SRHR services; regardless of financial, practical and social barriers, and free of discrimination, with special consideration of marginalised groups of women (including but not limited to women from ethnic, racial and religious minorities, migrant women, Roma women, women from ruralareas, women with disabilities, women without health insurance, LGBTI persons, victims of sexual and gender- based violence etc.);
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 302 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that stereotypes and taboo surrounding menstruation remain widespread in our societies, and that these can delay diagnosis of diseases such as the endometriosis disease, which despite affecting 1 women on 10 of reproductive age, being the first cause of women's infertility, causing chronic pelvic pain, has a median delay of 8 years for its diagnosis and for which there is no cure ; Calls on Member states to ensure comprehensive and scientifically accurate education about menstruation, to raise awareness and to launch major information campaigns on endometriosis targeting the public, healthcare professionals and legislators, and to invest on research about the causes and treatments of this disease;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 304 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reminds that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) constitute an essential element of comprehensive healthcare provision and a universal, legal, safe and barrier-free access to high-quality and affordable healthcare services has to be provided to all persons, with special consideration to the most vulnerable and marginalised people, including people belonging to ethnic or religious minorities, Roma people, people coming from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, people without health insurance, people living in rural areas, persons with disabilities, LGBTIQ people, victims of violence, etc.;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 310 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the Commission to make full use of its competence in Health policy and to support Member States in guaranteeing universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights SRHR in the framework of the Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (“EU4Health Programme”);
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 311 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the Member States to collect reliable, disaggregated and robust statistics on all SRHR services so as to ensure that all women are getting the same access to high-quality services and to detect and address possible differences in outcomes;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 312 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Urges the European Commission to make full use of its competence in Health Policy, and provide support to Member States in collecting systematic, comparable, disaggregated data and conduct regular studies to better measure gender inequalities in health and unmet needs in access to SRH services in the EU; in promoting health information and education; strengthening national health systems, and harmonising health policies to reduce health inequalities within and between Member States, and facilitating the exchange of best practices among Member States with regard to SRHR; calls on the European Commission to support the actions of Member States and SRHR civil society organisations, in order to achieve universal access to SRHR, and calls on Member States and the Commission to progress towards Universal Health Coverage, of which SRHR are an essential component, including through the EU4Health Programme and the European Social Fund Plus;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 314 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that all medical interventions related to SRHR must be undertaken with fully informed consent; Calls on the Member States to combat gynaecological and obstetrical violence by reinforcing procedures that guarantee respect for free and prior informed consent and protection from inhumane and degrading treatment in healthcare settings, including through training of medical professionals; calls on the European Commission to tackle this specific form of gender-based violence in its activities;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 319 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reaffirms its call on Member States to adopt legislation ensuring that intersex persons are not subjected to non- vital medical or surgical treatment during infancy or childhood, and that their right to bodily integrity, autonomy, self- determination and informed consent is fully respected;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 321 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls upon the Member States to provide all necessary rehabilitation services and support mechanisms, including requisite mental and physical health care, to all women who face, or have faced in the past, violations of their SRHR;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 322 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in A.P. Gaçon and Nicot v. France, where it recognised that a Member State’s requirement of sterilisation ahead of allowing legal gender recognition procedures amounted to a failure to secure the right to respect for the private life of the applicant; recalls the UN’s acknowledgement that forced sterilisation is a violation of the right to be free from torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment;1a deplores that sterilisation remains a sine qua non condition for access to legal gender recognitions in some EU Member States; calls upon the Member States to abolish the sterilisation requirement and to protect transgender persons' right to self-determination;1b _________________ 1a https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBo dies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session2 2/A.HRC.22.53_English.pdf 1bEuropean Court of Human Rights, Case of A.P., Garçon and Nicot v.France (application nos. 79885/12, 52471/13 and 52596/13).
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 334 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to ensure universal access to scientifically accurate, evidence-based, age-appropriate, non- judgemental and comprehensive sexuality education and information for all primary and secondary school children in line with WHO standard, as well as children out of school, in line with WHO standards for Sexuality Education and its Action Plan on Sexual and Reproductive Health; without discrimination on any ground; Urges the Member States to ensure comprehensive education about menstruation and its links to sexuality and fertility; Calls upon the Member States to establish well-developed, well- funded and free of charge youth-friendly services;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 340 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the provision of comprehensive sexuality education is one of the main instruments for achieving the commitments on the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25), namely zero unmet need for family planning, zero preventable maternal deaths, zero gender-based violence and harmful practices against women, girls and youth;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 341 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the imparting of information should reflect the diversity of sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions and sex characteristics, so as to counter misinformation based on stereotypes or biases; calls on Member States to develop age-appropriate sexual education curricula inclusive of the former;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 346 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls upon the Member States to reject and combat the spread of discriminatory and unsafe misinformation on SRHR, as it endangers all persons, especially women, LGBTI persons and young people; Recalls that the imparting of information should reflect the diversity of sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions and sex characteristics, so as to counter misinformation based on stereotypes or biases; Calls on Member States to develop age-appropriate sexual education curricula inclusive of the former;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 351 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Condemns any backlash against sexuality education and any attempt to misinform, stigmatise or ban sexuality education;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 358 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls upon the Member States to ensure access to contraceptive methods, thereby safeguarding the fundamental right to healthuniversal access to high-quality and affordable modern contraceptive methods, contraceptive supplies, family planning counselling and the provision of online information on contraception for all, thereby safeguarding the fundamental right to health; and to address all barriers impeding access to contraception such as financial and social barriers;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 369 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls upon the Member States to establish awareness-raising programmes and campaigns, including comprehensive targeted information on modern contraceptive choice and the full range of contraceptives, and to provide high- quality modern contraceptive service delivery and counselling by healthcare professionals, including emergency contraception without prescription, which is often denied by doctors on the grounds of personal beliefs;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 378 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Reaffirms that abortion must always be a voluntary decision based on a womaperson’s request, given of their own free will, in accordance with medical standards and availability, accessibility, affordability and safety based on WHO guidelines and calls upon the Member States to ensure universal access to safe and legal abortion and the respect of the right to freedom, privacy and highest attainable healthcare;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 397 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to decriminalise and regulate obstacles to legal abortion and recalls that they have a responsibility to ensure that women have access to the rights afforded to them by law;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 399 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to regulmove and combate obstacles to legal abortion and recalls that they have a responsibility to ensure that women have access to the rights affordconferred to them by law;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 412 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure that all women have access to affordable, evidence-based maternity careaccess without discrimination to high-quality, affordable, evidence-based and respectful maternity care for all; including midwifery, antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care, and maternal mental health support in accordance with current WHO standards and evidence; and consequently, reform laws, policies and practices that exclude certain groups of women from access to maternity care, including by removing legal and policy restrictions that apply on grounds of nationality, ethnicity or migration status;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 414 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure that all women and pregnant persons have access to affordable, evidence-based maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 426 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls upon the Member States to strongly condemn and combat physical and verbal abuse, including gynaecological and obstetric violence, whichinformal payments and bribes in antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care, which violate women’s human rights and may constitute forms of gender- based violence;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 429 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 1 (new)
- Provision of SRHR services during the COVID-19 pandemic and in all other crisis related circumstances
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 430 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on Members States to tackle infertility and subfertility as public health issues affecting both women and men, by ensuring responsiveness of reproductive healthcare services to the shifting needs of women, couples and families, taking a rights-based, inclusive and non- discriminatory approach, in particular by making medically assisted procreation, in accordance with appropriate ethical guidelines and medical standards, widely available, affordable and accessible in Europe;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 431 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls upon the Member States to ensure that maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care must be equally accessible to all persons undergoing pregnancy without discrimination of any kind, notably on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 432 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls upon Member States to encourage and ensure that healthcare providers have training in women’s human rights and principles of free and informed consent and informed choice in antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 437 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls upon Member States to ensure that all persons of reproductive age have access to fertility treatments regardless of their marital status or sexual orientation;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 440 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Insists that SRH services are essential services; Calls upon Member States to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not affect the right of all individuals to SRHR services and to ensure they are secured through the public health systems, and combat all efforts directed on using the pandemic as an pretext to further restrict SRHR;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 442 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Recognizes the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has on the supply and access to contraceptives and reiterates projections of UNFPA from April 2020 which states that some 47 million women in 114 low and middle-income countries are projected to be unable to use modern contraceptives if the lockdown or supply chain disruption continues for 6 months;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 443 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
16f. Urges the Member States to ensure full access to contraception during the COVID-19 pandemic and, through joint efforts, prevent the disruptions in production and supply chains which may lead to negative effects such as higher rates of sexually transmitted disease, unintended pregnancies and use of less effective short-term contraceptive methods; emphasises examples of good practice such as free contraceptives for all women below a certain age group and/or teleconsultations in accessing contraceptives;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 444 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 g (new)
16g. Stresses that access to safe and legal abortion continues to be limited during the COVID-19 pandemic, with examples of efforts to fully ban it under the pretence of less priority service; Urges the Member States to additionally implement safe, free and adjusted access to abortion during the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, such as the abortion pill, and to recognize abortion care as urgent and medically necessary, thus also rejecting all limitation in accessing it;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 448 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 k (new)
16k. Calls on the European Commission to address the impact of COVID-19 on access to SRHR in the EU in its COVID-19 response, including by supporting actions by Member States and SRHR civil society organisations to guarantee full access to SRHR services, including through the EU4Health Programme and the European Social Fund Plus;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 449 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 l (new)
16l. Stresses that all above mentioned COVID-19 related notes and calls should apply for any other crisis related circumstances and calls upon Member States to ensure prioritization of SRHR services in all instances, without any discrimination;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 454 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls upon the Member States to exercise their competence in SRHR by striving to fully protect, respect and fulfil human rights, specifically the right to health, and implement a wide range of SRH services,in regards to SRHR, to guarantee a wide range of available, accessible, affordable, high-quality and non- discriminatory SRH services available for all without discrimination, to ensuringe that the principle of non- retrogression is respectedunder international human rights law is respected; condemns any attempt to limit access to SRHR through restrictive laws; strongly affirms that the denial of access to SRHR is a form of gender based violence;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 460 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls upon the Member States to regularly exchange best practices and commit to an upward convergence and harmonisation of women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); calls on the Council to establish a configuration on Gender Equality gathering Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality in one dedicated forum in order to deliver common and concrete measures to address the challenges in the field of women’s rights and gender equality, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and ensure that gender equality issues are discussed at the highest political level;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 463 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls upon the Member States to make access to SRH services an integral part of their COVID-19 responses and ensure the continuing of provision of a full range of SRH services in all circumstances;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 466 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls upon the Member States to implement effective regulatory and enforcement measures that ensure that refusal of SRH care by health workers on grounds of religion or conscience does not put women's timely access to SRH care at risk;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 471 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls upon the Commissioner for Democracy and Demography to take an evidence and human-rights-based approach to tackling demographic challenges in the EU, ensuring that every EU resident can fully realise their SRHR, and to take special note and confront those who instrumentalise SRHR in order to undermine EU values and democracy;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 473 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls upon the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU public health strategy; s a vital part of achieving the right to health, safety and gender equality, to monitor and promote the full implementation of SDG 3 including target 3.7 in the EU, using the UN global indicator framework; in partnership with Member States, to collect systematic, comparable, disaggregated data and conduct studies to better measure gender inequalities in health and unmet needs in access to SRH services in the EU with an intersectional perspective; to promote health information and education including on SRH; to support and harmonise national health systems and policies in order to reduce health inequalities within and between Member States; to include SRHR interventions in the EU4Health Programme, to support actions of Member States and SRHR civil society organisations in achieving full access to SRHR services through this Programme;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 479 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU gender equality strategyimplementation of the EU Gender Equality strategy and the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy, to strongly condemn the backsliding in women’s rights and to develop concrete measures to counter it; to recognize the intrinsic links between realising SRHR and achieving gender equality and combating gender-based violence and to monitor and promote the full implementation of SDG 5 including target 5.6 in the EU; to successfully mainstream gender throughout all EU policies; to support the activities of SRHR civil society organisations;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 484 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU gender equality simplementation of the EU gender equality strategy and the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 485 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to includethrough them in the nextmplementation of the EU gender equality strategy;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 490 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to uphold the European Consensus on Development and the SDGs, in particular targets 3.7,5.6 and 5.16, to ensure that SRHR remain a development priority in all EU external activities and relations, welcomes the strong language on SRHR in the new Gender Action Plan III, emphasises the need to prioritize the removal of all barriers in the access to SRHR services; calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to strongly condemn the ‘global gag’ rule;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 491 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to uphold the European Consensus on Development and the SDGs, in particular targets 3.7 and 5.6, to ensure that SRHR remain a development priority in all EU external activities; welcomes the commitment in promoting SRHR in the new Gender Action Plan III and calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to propose concrete measures to fulfil this objective;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 493 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls upon the Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life to ensure that the new Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief be dedicated to a human-rights based approach, thus respecting sexual and reproductive health and rights and dedicated to jointly working on guaranteeing the right to health for all, in the EU and globally, without any discrimination;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 494 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls upon the Commissioner for Crisis Management to include a gender equality perspective in the EU and Member States ’humanitarian aid response, and a perspective on sexual and reproductive health and rights, as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is a basic need for people in humanitarian settings;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 496 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls upon the Commission to strengthen its actions to counter the backlash against women’s rights; ongly condemn the backsliding in women’s rights and strengthen its actions to counter it; calls on the Commission and Member States to step up their support for women’s rights and SRHR organisations in the EU, which are key actors for gender-equal societies, and crucial providers of SRH services and information; and notably their financial support through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme, the funding of which should be significantly increased as asked by the European Parliament;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 497 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls upon the Commission to strengthen its actions to counter the backlash against women’s rights and provide political and financial support to human rights defenders, civil society organisations and health care providers working to advance SRHR, particularly those working in challenging contexts in Europe, including in EU Member States;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 498 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls upon the Commission to streongthen its actions to counterly condemn the backlash against women’s rights, make full use of its competence and strengthen its actions to counter it;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 501 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls upon the Commission to ensure that the provision of SRHR is not limited or revoked under the pretence of the COVID-19 pandemic and to recognize that SRHR are a part of the fundamental human rights and as such a priority during this health crisis and beyond; calls on the Commission to organise regular exchanges of best practices and mutual learning between Member States on guaranteeing access to SRHR, involving experts and civil society organisations;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 502 #

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls upon the Commission to implement gender budgeting throughout all the instruments of the MFF 2021- 2027, including the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values, the European Social Fund + and the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument;
2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1
— having regard to the Oviedo Convention, and Articles 3 and 4 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR),deleted
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Articles 2 and 3(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to Article 22, 23, 24 and 26 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2020/2208(INI)

- having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 2, 3, 11 and 17,
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 10 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 d (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) of 18 December 1979,
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 e (new)
- having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995,
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 f (new)
- having regard the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 17 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 g (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’),
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2
— having regard to the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 20158,
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 33 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the right to lifethe integrity of the person is paramount under Article 23 of the CFRharter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas Member States must adhere to all rule of law standards for justice, truth and democracy to flourish in all societithe EU continued to provide support to non-EU countries, civil society, social actors for the implementation of Democracy, Rules of Law and Human Rights principles;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 44 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas surrogacy is condemned in the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2015;deleted
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis and its consequences have clear gender perspectives as they affect women and men differently all over the world, and the pandemic has exacerbated existing structural gender inequalities;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 56 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. ExpStresses concern at the global population outlook, with under- population forecast to bring economic crises, instability and social upheaval; urges Member States to address this danger with demography-friendly policies encouraging gender complementarity and a positive image of the familythe need for universal access to quality and affordable comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care and information, including comprehensive sexuality education and adequate health-care services;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 61 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that feminicide, where born and unborn baby girls are discarded, robs the world of their contribution, and creates imbalances between the sexes, which can lead to violence against women, raStress the need for a guaranteed access to safe and legal abortion, both within and beyond the Europe and forced prostitut Union;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 70 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on global actors and Member States to end the plight of women and girls throughout the world subjected to human trafficking and sexual abuseexploitation; supports efforts to rescue and rehabilitate victims, and to prosecute and reform offenders; Calls on global actors to protect and prevent gender based violence and domestic violence against women, and protect marginalised groups, children, single parents and minority groups, LGBTQI+ and refugee and migrant women;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. CRecalls on the Commission and Member States to promote healthcaEU commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment and the necessity of equal re practices that benefit patients; notes that in this context abortion causes injury, infertility and mortality every year; urges Member States and international courts to prosecute medical professionals who fail to clinically demonstrate the benefit of the treatment they are providingesentation of women and men in leadership and in the decision-making; Calls for the increase the presence and contribution of women in the artificial intelligence, digital and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the world;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 84 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to respect women and girls’ reproductive capacity, and hence to condemn surrogacyCalls on the global actors to take into account the increased risk and specific challenges of LGBTI+ people, who are victims of discrimination and violence, and to prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence and hate crimes; Furthermore calls global actors to take all necessary steps, legislative and administrative measures to ensure that sexual orientation and gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 91 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. CRecalls on the EU Commission to address the phenotment for the improvemenont of young women in particular from Christian minorities being forced to marry older men from outside their religion in certain parts of the world.the functioning of the EU internal market for certain accessible products and services by removing barriers to facilitate the work and businesses for persons with disabilities;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 93 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses the need for global actors to secure continued access to education, with due attention to vulnerable children or at risk/in poverty, and girls who face a greater risk of early and forced marriage;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 96 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls to systematically integrate a gender mainstreaming and intersectional perspective in the EU’s foreign and security, migration, enlargement, trade and development policy;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 98 #

2020/2208(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls for specific gender chapters in all future EU trade and investment agreements;
2020/10/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2020/2173(DEC)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas, according to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to aims to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women, thereby establishpromoting the principle of gender mainstreaming in all of its policies;
2021/02/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 8 #

2020/2173(DEC)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic, particularly women working in precarious employment, feminisale- dominated sectors and the informal economy; whereas these impacts range from a worrying increase in gender-based violence and harassment, unpaid and unequal care and domestic responsibilities, through restricted access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), to significant economic and work impacts for women, particularly healthcare workers and caregivers;
2021/02/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 14 #

2020/2173(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality in the Union, including gender mainstreaming in all of the Union’s policies;
2021/02/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 18 #

2020/2173(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses EIGE’s central role in collecting, analysing, processing and disseminating data and information that are of great added value for policy makers; reiterates its call on the Commission to provide EIGE with an adequate budget to enhance their recruitment and research capabilities; encourages collaboration between EIGE and other European Union agencies such as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), whilst calling on the Commission to respect the specific mission of EIGE and refrain from the possibility of merging EIGE with other agencies:
2021/02/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2020/2173(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM); stresses the contribution that EIGE can make to all committees in order to better integrate the gender perspective in all EU policies and encourages the European Parliament to establish an ever closer cooperation;
2021/02/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality is one of the values on which the European Union is founded and the Union is committed to promoteeliminate inequalities, promote gender equality and gender mainstreaming in all of its actions as enshrined in Article 8 TFEU;
2021/02/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that women’s rights and a gender equality perspective should be integrated and ensured into all policy areas; reiterates therefore its call for the implementation of gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary process, including the implementation of the budget and the assessment of its execution; reiterates its demand to include gender-specific indicators in the common set of result indicators for the implementation of the EU budget;
2021/02/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance to better integrate gender mainstreaming throughout the whole budgetary procedure, particularly in light of the multiple gendered impacts of the COVID- 19 pandemic on women’s rights;
2021/02/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 28 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that gender equality and mainstreaming has been introduced as one of the horizontal principles for Union funds in the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027, stipulating that gender equality and gender mainstreaming will now be prioritised in the MFF; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of these horizontal principles in all of the EU policy areas and provide gender impact assessments of all of its policies and programmes;
2021/02/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 39 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to strengthen the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights in the Union; welcomes the fact that the new MFF includes the rule of law conditionality for access to the Union funds; calls on the Commission to strictly apply this conditionality and effectively protect the Union’s budget in the event of generalised deficiencies in upholding the rule of law, breaches of human rights and violations of the fundamental values of the European Union.
2021/02/01
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D (new)
D. whereas there is a gender gap in digital skills of 11%; Whereas women are still under-represented at all levels in the digital sector in Europe and the share of women in this sector is decreasing and the percentage of women in ICT careers still remains below 2% of women's total share in the European labour market; whereas four times more men than women in Europe have ICT-related studies;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E (new)
1 A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, COM/2020/152 final E. whereas the average percentage of females in AI and cybersecurity, worldwide, are 12% and 20%, respectively despite the fact that the demand for labour in these two domains has increased drastically over the years.; Whereas the low numbers of women who work in disruptive technologies that are transforming our reality can highly impact the design, development and implementation of these technologies, causing the replication of existing discriminatory practices and stereotypes and the development of gender biased algorithms;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 13 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M (new)
M. whereas attitudes towards STEM do not differ from boys and girls through primary education, however, gender stereotypes negatively impact girls’ self- confidence to pursue continued studies in STEM and ICT related subjects, hampering their ability to work in developing future oriented sectors and related high quality, better paid jobs;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 16 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P (new)
P. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has shown the need to increase investments in digital skills and online education;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 19 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S (new)
S. whereas girls’ access to related infrastructure and services such as ICT equipment and broadband are essential to their pursuit of digital literacy and skills; whereas girls in rural and depopulated areas face more barriers to enroll in digital education and access good ICT infrastructure and services;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 22 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital V (new)
V. whereas the digital transformation and innovation must be done following a human-centered approach and taking into consideration all possible outcomes of technology; whereas the insufficient use of human capital associated to gender inequalities reduces potential advantage for research and innovation-related business and for overall economic development, as well as having harmful social consequences;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 53 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a (new). Welcomes the Gender Equality Strategy’s focus on gender equality in the digital transition; Underlines the need for gender mainstreaming across all EU policies regarding education, skills and digitalisation, in particular the updated Digital Education Action Plan, Updated Skills Agenda for Europe and the Council recommendation on vocational education and training; Welcomes the Commission’s Women in Digital (WID) Scoreboard to monitor women’s participation in the digital economy;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 54 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a (new). Stresses the need for digital education to begin from an early age and include a strong gender perspective ensuring bias-free education curricula and materials which combat gender stereotypes; encourages a more social approach to ICT and STEM education to underline the social impact of these careers through, for example, introductory courses of social sciences in each technical subject during the digital education;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 55 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a (new). Encourages the Commission to facilitate best practices between Member States in this regard and for Member States to ensure educators are aware of the digital education gender gap and its causes and that appropriate measures are introduced to address them;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 56 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a (new). Considers it fundamental to encourage women's participation in the digital economy to promote a human centered approach to technology that respects fundamental values and gender equality;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 57 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a (new). Considers that, given the rising demand for ICT practitioners and the importance of digital careers in the future of European economy, it is critical to increase the share of women in the digital sector to build a more sustainable and inclusive economy and society through scientific, digital and technological innovation; Encourages public and private actors to increase the visibility of women leaders in digital and technology to establish stronger role models and break existing stereotypes;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 58 #

2020/2135(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a (new). Stresses that digital education must include digital literacy and cyber hygiene and safety modules to equip young people to navigate disinformation and cyber violence and harassment online, in particular for girls and women who are disproportionately affected; Encourages Member states to set strict codes of conduct and protocols to report to the relevant authorities all cases of harassment;
2020/10/06
Committee: FEMMCULT
Amendment 1 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that common agricultural policy (CAP) funds make up a significant proportion of the 2021-2027 EU budget and that there is therefore a responsibility to protect them against any type of misuse2021-2027 accounts for about 31% of the EU budget; stresses that when properly implemented, these funds represent a strong support for the food production in the Union, which is at the heart of the CAP, and for the unique European farming model, with an increased focus on the environment and climate, and will contribute to the transition towards a more sustainable agricultural sector and the development of vibrant rural areas; reiterates that the financial interest of the Union and its citizens should be fully protected from fraud, misuse of funds and conflict of interest;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the study entitled ‘The Largest 50 Beneficiaries in each EU Member State of CAP and Cohesion Funds’ and emphasises the importance of consolidating and harmonising EU reporting systems, including through shared databases to ensure EU-wide data base interoperability, common rules and data exchange between governments and stakeholders; stresses also that reporting systems for CAP and cohesion policy funds should contain information on final beneficiaries; urges the Member States to publish this data in a single, machine readable format and to ensure the interoperability of information;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to strengthen its fraud prevention and detection capabilities including strengthening the reporting/signalling from individuals and stakeholders and developing and making better use of IT fraud detection tools;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that the new CAP includes provisions, proposed by the European Parliament, that should further help the effective protection of the financial interests of the Union through collection and publication of data on groups of beneficiaries;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern that the cases 7. of high-level conflicts of interest and land-grabbing by oligarchs, which are possibly being facilitated by governmentland concentration and land grabbing are increasing significantly across some parts of Europe; emphasises that land grabbing and land concentration are practices that negatively affect the economic and social welfare of local communities, hindering generational renewal by forcing many farms, mainly small-scale farms, out of business and hampering access to land and setting up new farms; calls on the European Commission to address these issues, within the limits of its competence; invites the Member States to take immediate actions to address land public authoritiesg grabbing and extreme land concentration;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the clear link between respecting the rule of law and the sound implementation of CAP fundsimportance to protect all EU funds, including CAP funds, from infringements of the rule of law; urges the Commission to be extra vigilant on rule of law matters and to activate its proportionate sanction system if needed with regard to EU funds;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 346 #

2020/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that intersecting disadvantages create additional barriers and challenges for specific groups of women, therefore the safety and protection of all persons must be secured and their specific needs addressed by taking due account of an intersectional approach;
2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 351 #

2020/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines that due to a higher life expectancy and higher likelihood of experiencing health problems, older women are often the majority of residents in long-term care facilities30 that became virus hotspots in many countries; calls on the Member States to examine the provision of care for older persons in different settings; and calls on the Council to establish targets for the provision of accessible, affordable and quality long term care equivalent to the Barcelona objectives; _________________ 30https://eige.europa.eu/covid-19-and- gender-equality/gender-impacts-health
2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 355 #

2020/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Regrets that many of the women with disabilities who depend on others for everyday care or support were unable to access their usual support networks or maintain physical distancing; calls on the Member States to ensure that these support networks are sdeemed essentilal accessible andservices adequately adapted to the circumstances; and that provision for the specific needs of people with disabilities and in particular women and girls is made in future crisis and emergency planning measures;
2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 366 #

2020/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Highlights the additional needs of minority groups, such as Roma women, who face challenges in maintaining hygiene andhomeless people, refugees, migrants who face challenges in adhering to confinement measures and hygiene measures due to a lack of access to basic infrastructure, services and information;
2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 381 #

2020/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world and conflict areas in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to gender based violence, including FGM and child and forced marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger; notes that in many partner countries women are the breadwinners for their family and that feminised sector such as the garment industry and food production have been hardest hit, with knock-on impacts for their families’ and communities’ poverty levels and the economic independence and health and safety of women and girls; underlines the importance of supporting women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations;
2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 392 #

2020/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the Team Europe package put forward by the Commission to support partner countries in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences and stresses the need for a gender-sensitive approach and earmarked gender equality spending in the allocation of these funds;
2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 396 #

2020/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Stresses the need for gender and trade chapters and gender provisions in trade agreements. Calls on the European Commission to use free trade agreements to work towards the equal pay and reward of women in the world;
2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 407 #

2020/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the gender specific impacts and needs arising from the crisis and its socio- economic consequences, and to allocate adequate and dedicated and exclusive budgetary resources to tackling these needs, as well as to the monitoring of this spending and gender mainstreaming across all budgetary, policy and legislative proposals, following its commitments in the Gender Equality Strategy; emphasises that preparatory action is the best way to build resilience in all areas for future crises;
2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 412 #

2020/2121(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Calls on the Comission to establish a dedicated and exceptional fund for vulnerable women and children to help them recover from the crisis;
2020/09/16
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn, EU agri-food trade has remarkably remained broadly stable over the course of 2020, for both exports and imports, thanks in large part to the best efforts of farmers; and operators in the agri-food chain highlights that the Union’s yearly agri-food trade surplus exceeded EUR 60 billion; recalls in this context that agriculture and agri-food are key drivers for EU exports and economic recovery;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the remarkable resilience of European agriculture and food production in ensuring food security and security of supply; underlines its socio- economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri- food production for the vitality of its rural areas;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on agri-food and drink sector such as the wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among other as well as fresh food, meat and ornamental plants, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value, increase in logistics costs and consumption habits; calls for further support to reactivate these exports and regain market share;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights the fact that the Covid crises have led to a reduction in the consumption of certain agricultural sectors and in this context regrets that the budget allocated to the horizontal promotion programs has been cut by 9% in 2021, well beyond the reduction of 4% decided on the overall agricultural budget; therefore stresses the need to increase the allocation of the 2022 promotion program in preparation at least to the level of the 2020 budget;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers’ interests and to foster international regulatory co-operation while seeking new export possibilities for EU´s high quality agri-food products; in this regard highlights that trade must be based on balanced, fair and transparent rules to avoid distortion of competition; reiterates firmly that agriculture and agri-food products entering the European market must fully comply with EU rules and standards;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses that the implementation of the initiatives and requirements of the European Green Deal should not lead to the leakage of agricultural production and forestry to third countries, which would have negative impact on the environment and climate;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights the importance of fair, sustainable and active EU trade policy and the role of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements for the European agri- food sector and exports; stresses that the concept of strategic autonomy should not lead to protectionism;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the overall importance of a well-functioning internal market in order to, including green lanes and guidelines for seasonal workers, in order to ensure food security and enhance Europe’s export capacity and secure ourEU´s producer network.;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point a (new)
(a) Recalls that the EU Promotion Policy can support agri-food products in both the internal market and third- country markets; calls on the European Commission to take into account the contribution that a reinforcement of this policy can provide to counter the trade related implications of COVID-19;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Emphasizes the importance of transparency and traceability in food supply chain, in particular, in the light of the COVID-19 crisis and zoonotic epidemics and calls the EU to be a forerunner in origin labelling of agri-food products;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the Special Eurobarometer 505 entitled 'Making our food fit for the future - Citizens' expectations',
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
— having regard to the 'Five Freedoms' described by the OIE (World Organisation for animal health), namely : freedom from hunger, malnutrition and thirst, freedom from fear and distress, freedom from heat stress or physical discomfort, freedom from pain, injury and disease, and freedom to express normal patterns of behaviour,
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
— having regard to the Article 13 of the TFEU 'the Union and the Member States shall, since animals are sentient beings, pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals, while respecting the legislative or administrative provisions and customs of the Member States relating in particular to religious rites, cultural traditions and regional heritage',
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas European farmers are currently undertaking further action regarding the evolution of breeding and animal housing, with a view to strengthen the convergence with the OIE's 'Five Freedoms';
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas targets for sow housing were not attained, thereby still leaving the premises too cramped and stressful, without sufficient enrichment material;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas the European agricultural demography is experiencing an alarming decline; whereas an insufficient generational renewal would have an undesirable effect on the implementation of animal welfare norms;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 125 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas the common agricultural policy (CAP) is one of the regulatory tools that can be used to improve the welfare of farm animals, notably through eco- schemes as well as by means of supporting investments;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 154 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital W a (new)
Wa. whereas the majority of animal welfare labelling schemes are initiated by the private sector, and the rest are the result of public-private partnerships or, to a lesser extent, initiatives by National Competent Actors in some EU members;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 156 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital W b (new)
Wb. whereas the systems observed in the EU are voluntary; whereas most of them include aspects other than animal welfare, such as traceability, sustainability, and health; whereas they vary greatly in terms of operation and design;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital W c (new)
Wc. whereas there is no consensus on the prospect of mandatory animal welfare labelling rules, mainly due to the economic implications arising from their implementation, in particular for livestock farmers; whereas even if mandatory rules were to even out certain irregularities on the European market, they would have a dampening effect on private initiatives aimed at creating product differentiation and the use of animal welfare as a commercial lever;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 265 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. When enhancing animal welfare legislation in the EU, farmers' income and competitiveness of European livestock producers in the global agricultural market needs to be taken into account;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 281 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Invites the Commission to invest in the welfare of the farmers handling livestock and in the attractiveness of this occupation, with a view to enhancing motivation and productivity amongst settled farmers and future farmers, thereby directly boosting animal welfare;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 288 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that practices intended to improve animal well-being usually incur higher production costs and increase farmers’ workload, and that this must be offset by corresponding remuneration; stresses, by way of example, that phasing in loose housing for pregnant sowin farrowing units would require a 30-year transition period to ensure that the additional costs incurred are recouped from the market, and that the least onerous way of introducing this is to construct new buildings, something that can only be done with the cooperation of the authorities in issuing building permits;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 293 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that some measures believed to improve animal welfare are in fact counterproductive and may undermine other aspects of sustainability, namely welfare and health safety-related issues, as well as efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; cites, by way of example, that keeping rabbits in the open air increases stress and mortality levels, and that installing collective cages in rabbitries leads to aggressive behaviour among does, causing stress, injury and reduced performance, and that there is a linear relation between increasing pen dimensions and ammonia emissions leaving the farmers faced with conflicting legislations on animal welfare and environmental issues;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 306 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that the full implementation of the current legislation in every Member State is crucial to enhance on-farm animal welfare and to ensure fair level playing field in the internal market;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 320 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Notes that the production of foie gras is based on farming procedures that respect animal welfare criteria, since it is an extensive production, predominantly taking place on family farms, where birds spend 90% of their lives in open air, and where the fattening phase, which lasts between 10 and 12 days on average with 2 meals/day, respects the animals' biological parameters;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 350 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Invites the Commission to take better notice of the specificities of rabbit farming;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the agriculture, food and forestry sectors and rural areas are essential components of the circular economy; and underlines that the circular economy and bio-economy can provide solutions to the new challenges facing the agricultural sector caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the announcement of the action plan is a clarion call for profound change to reorient farm production models towards agro-ecology, given the degradation and scarcity both in natural resources and in the rest ofacceleration and realisation of the full potential of the circular economy and the bio-economy in the agriculture sector and across the food- supply chain;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the implementation of a European protein plan advocating consumption of legumes, asto become more independent of protein imports; moreover, growing new protein crops in Europe could give an opportunity to farmers; the production of crops that need no nitrogen- based fertilisers has an additional advantage;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights the important role of bio-based products, including for example, the better recovery and use of bio-waste, in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Sees the circular bio-economy as an opportunity for agriculture, enabling it generate renewable energy from biodegradable farm and municipal waste and its by-products: organic fertilisers; Considers that the circular economy and bio-economy offers great potential for farmers and their cooperatives in the transition towards a climate-neutral European economy through for example, advanced bio- refineries that produce bio-fertilisers, protein feed, bioenergy and biochemicals; highlights that farmers have the potential to produce renewable energy such as biogas from agricultural waste and residues such as manure, or from other sources of waste and residues from the food industry, sewage, wastewater and municipal waste; urges greater research, prioritisation and investment in these options;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that value-added utilisation of agro-residue and agro- bioenergy are important drivers for the circular economy and bio-economy, and that in the EU, renewable energy obtained through agro-residues have significant potential and should be explored with further research, investment and a supportive policy framework.
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines the essential role of sustainable forest management in circular and bioeconomy, where the wood-based materials function as carbon storages and substitute fossil and other non-renewable materials in many industrial applications such as construction, fibre products, textiles, composites, bioplastics, renewable energy and chemicals while increasing forest resources serve as sinks;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Highlights that the transformation towards a circular economy and bio- economy can only be accelerated and scaled when business incentives are aligned with policy goals and a supportive policy framework;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Notes that the development of the circular economy and bio-economy will create more jobs in the primary production and stresses that the bio economy requires new skills, new knowledge and new disciplines be developed and/or integrated further in training and education in this sector in order to tackle bio economy-related societal changes, promote competitiveness, growth and job creation, meet the needs of the sector and ensure that skills and jobs are better matched;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. HopNotes that thee potential of a fully implemented circular economy willto contribute to the relodiversification of agriculture and food producincome for farmers and the contribution ait local level by strengthening regional and local food systemcan make downstream in the rural economy, bringing benefits to both agriculture and rural communities;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that within the wider circular economy the uptake of carbon removal and increased circularity of carbon, in full respect of the biodiversity objectives should be incentivised; calls on the Commission to explore the development of a regulatory framework for certification of carbon removals based on robust and transparent carbon accounting to monitor and verify the authenticity of carbon removals;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better inform consumers on nutritional and ecological claims, and calls for labelling of residues present in food;deleted
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise information about the environmental impacts of products, and supports the Commission in its efforts to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid, accurate and harmonised calculation methods; underlines that those calculation methods must incentivise green production methods, and shall take into account efforts madeby first movers;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for prevention measures to be stepped up in the fight against food loss and waste; and stresses that food wastage has huge environmental consequences, contributes to climate change and represents a waste of limited resources such as land, energy and water; therefore, urges the Commission via the Farm to Fork Strategy to introduce swift proposals to implement the goal of halving food waste by 2030;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that, in order to reduce wastage at the production stage, innovative techniques and technologies should be used to optimise performance in the fields and convert those products that do not meet market standards into processed goods;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Notes the benefits of cooperation and digitalisation, which allows better access to data and demand forecasts, and developing advance production programmes for farmers, enabling them totailor their production to demand, better coordinate with the other sectors of the food supply chain, and minimise wastage; given the challenging nature of reducing unavoidable food waste, stresses that effective use of food waste, including in the bio economy, should be promoted;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Notes the potential within the circular economy for optimisation of use of food unavoidably lost or discarded and by-products from the food chain, in particular those of animal origin, in feed production, nutrient recycling and production of soil improvers and their importance for primary production;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8 d. Notes the potential for optimisation of former foodstuff and by- products from the food chain in feed production and its importance for primary production; calls for an multi-stakeholder approach to collect unsold, unconsumed and inedible food and redirecting it into feed manufacture and also consequently calls on the Commission to analyse legal barriers to the use of former foodstuffs in feed production and to promote research in this area, while at the same time stressing the need for increased traceability, compliance with biosecurity standards and using separation and treatment processes that bring food safety risk down to zero;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the use of bio-sourced and biodegradable materials in agricultural plastics; underlines the need for clear labelling of plastics that are biodegradable and plastics that are merely bio-sourced and non-biodegradable; welcomes the intention to develop a policy framework for sourcing, labelling and use of bio-based plastics, and highlights that non-food crops, waste products and side streams of the agro-industry should be the main source for bio-plastics;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas a domestic industry is a motor of growth, innovation and social well-beingprosperity within the EU;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the EU’s SMEs play a crucial role in the EU industry and have traditionally generated a high share of the EU’s employment, and in so doing havtherefore ensureding social and economic well-being and prosperity all over the EU territory;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the new Industrial Strategy for Europe will play a key role in developing a greener, more digitalized and more resilient economy in all European regions;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas regions are the place where innovative and industrial ecosystems can grow and develop, and make the links between industry, SMEs, research centres, innovation stakeholders and local communities;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 18 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas local specificities are both inevitable and desirable to develop the strength of the European industry;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the potential across all European regions to provide concrete and innovative answers to societal challenges;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas the changing nature of geopolitical tensions and the recent COVID-19 crisis have led to disruptions in value chains and shown the vulnerabilities in key European strategic industrial sectors;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas the effects of industry relocation tend to be localised, hitting specific regions disproportionately;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the EU’s industrial future is linked to an alignment of the economy with the principles of the European Green Deal, a roadmap towards a new growth policy for the EU, and the transition to a digital economy , bringing citizens, cities and regions together, and allowing for a just transitionin particular in those regions undergoing the process for a just transition, so that no one is left behind;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 44 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that investment in innovative means of productionResearch and Innovation and deployment of innovative technologies, means of production and upskilling workers particularly in SMEs should foster cohesion amongst all EU regions, allowing them to accomplish fair, resilient and inclusive economic growth, allowing them to transition and innovate to access market opportunities;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 75 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that theprivate and public sectors hasve an important new role to play in facilitating a just transition by promoting a green and fair energy transition, green and , blue, digital and sustainablue investments, the circular economy, as well as climate adaptation and risk prevention in all EU regions, in particular in Outermost regions;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 82 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that a priority of the New Industrial Strategy for Europe should be to support regions in the diversification of existing industries, upgrading industrial capacity, as well as in stimulating investment and innovation to re-develop and strengthen the resilience of local and regional economies; welcomes the focus put by the European Commission on industrial and innovative regional ecosystems, and asks that the EU industrial strategy enables full involvement of regions and regional stakeholders in its governance and implementation;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 83 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that a place-based industrial policy allows for a tailored approach that enables to develop existing advantages, specialties and capabilities, creates an industrial policy based on the existing comparative advantages and strives to support enterprises to move towards high-technology sectors, typical of Industry 4.0; reminds that a place based approach fosters additional elements such as collaboration, adaptability, resource management capability and facilitates the interaction of different local and regional elements;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 87 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. NWelcomes the Recovery Fund and the Next Generation EU instrument to develop strong Cohesion and Industrial policies; notes that the EU’s cohesion policy needs adequate financing from the ESIF to foster economic, social and territorial cohesion in all EU regions by helping to reduce economic and social disparities, achieve positive convergence and foster sustainable developmentand climate-resilient development; recognizes the role of ESIF in European regions to develop skills and build capacities for smart specialization, circular economy, entrepreneurship and transition to industry 4.0;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 94 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the importance of creating a simplified and coherent funding landscape, from R&D to market uptake, at EU, national and regional levels, particularly in respect to ESI funds, through simplification, harmonization and complementarity of the regulations and rules of the different funding instruments; encourages synergies between EU, national, regional and private funding for financing industry-led innovation projects, namely to support further exploitation and cross fertilization using smart specialization principles as a guide to coordinate, enhance efficiency and avoid duplication;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 97 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the EU should be attentive to preserving and developing an industrial strategy and production which ensure European strategic autonomy, as well as the availability and delivery of essential products and equipment for citizens if the need arises in the single market; calls upon further efforts to guarantee strong European value chains to reduce dependence from third countries in key strategic sectors and recalls the opportunities new disruptive technologies, such as additive manufacturing, can play in bringing back manufacturing to European regions and re-localizing industrial facilities;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 108 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to set strong mechanisms to mitigate the negative economic and social effects to European regions resulting from industry relocation;
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 112 #

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that ESIF financial support should prioritise investments in new or transformed industrial production in carbon-intensive regions in order to facilitate achieving the goals of a just transition; Stresses that Cohesion Policy operational programmes should be developed in line with the new Industrial Strategy for Europe by combining grants with financial instruments in order to fill in the investment gap.
2020/06/15
Committee: REGI
Amendment 1 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as interpreted by the Court of Justice in its Mayotte judgment of 15 December 2015 (Joined Cases C- 132/14 to C-136/14), which allows specific derogations to be adopted for the outermost regions of the European Union,
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 May 2020 establishing the InvestEU programme (COM(2020)0403),
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 9 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support strong climate mainstreaming in agriculture and food-related sectors, and considers that the agricultural sector is the sector most critically exposed to the consequences of climate change; highlights that namely changes in temperature and precipitation as well as weather and climate extremes are already influencing crop yields and livestock productivity in Europe; moreover notes that the agricultural sector is of strategic importance for EU and global food security;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2020/2074(INI)

– having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2020 on the public sector loan facility under the Just Transition Mechanism (COM(2020)0453),
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas climate change is a challenge that transcends boundaries and requires immediate and ambitious action at Unioglobal, European, national, regional and local levels to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and prevent biodiversity loss on a massive scale;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the agricultural and forestry sectors are an important driver in the green transition; therefore highlights that future actions should focus on adaptation, mitigation and biodiversity; furthermore, notes that in order to harvest the full potential of technological innovations, substantial research is needed in order to develop both plant and livestock production, e.g. plant breeding, grass that sequester more carbon, biogas and biomass valorisation;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that, in order to reach the target of a 3255% reduction in GHG emissions in 2030, allocations from ESI funds supporting the transition towards climate neutrality in all eligible sectors would have to at least double, and 40% of ERDF resources would need to be allocated to the ‘green, low-carbon objective’1 ; underlines that research and investments in climate-effective agricultural solutions should be integrated into regional environmental strategies; __________________ 1 https://www.caneurope.org/docman/climat e-finance-development/3599-funding- climate-and-energy-transition-in-the-eu/file
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target ofaim at achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the potesubstantial contribution of the farming, food and forestry sectors; stresses the need to take a balanced approach to sustainability in agriculture that considers existing trade- offs between improving its climate and biodiversity footprints, as well as economic and social aspects;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the transition to a climate- neutral, sustainable and circular economy must involve citizens and all sectors of societyall stakeholders in society, particularly the private sector, social partners and citizens, together with elected officials, including local and regional authorities, and must be backed by robust and inclusive social measures to ensure a fair transition that supports job retention and creation, particularly green and blue jobs;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 53 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of linking regional urban and rural environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target ofaim at achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the potesubstantial contribution of the farming, food and forestry sectors;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas energy sources derived from fossil fuels undermine efforts to achieve climate neutrality; whereas, in this regard, Cohesion Policy should guarantee the principle of ‘energy efficiency first’, which aims to improve the efficiency of energy supply and demand, and which should be applied and observed in all energy-related investments made under Cohesion Policy;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 63 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas regional environment strategies should serve the pursuit of full employment and social progressbalance ecology and economy while supporting the pursuit of full employment and progress in order to better tackle the effects of climate change and fight the loss of biodiversity;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 63 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise the most sustainable options, such as wind or solar, and subject bioenergy projects to strict sustainability criteria. Urges relevant authorities to further develop the circular economy and bio-economy in their regional environmental strategies; highlights within this context that the agricultural sector has the potential to produce renewable energy such as biogas from agricultural waste and residues such as manure, or from other sources of waste and residues from the food industry, sewage, wastewater and municipal waste. Furthermore consider that regional environmental strategies should enhance efficient and sustainable farm business models for nutrient recovery and recycling. Urges greater research, prioritisation and investment in these options, and calls for a supportive policy framework;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the development of the circular economy and bio-economy will create more jobs in the primary production and stresses that the bio- economy requires new skills, new knowledge and new disciplines be developed and/or integrated further in training and education in this sector in order to tackle bio economy-related societal changes, promote competitiveness, growth and job creation, meet the needs of the sector and ensure that skills and jobs are better matched;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the production of renewable energies such as biogas offers huge potential for farmers to increase their climate efficiency as well as to help making sustainable farming a profitable business model that offers growth and (skilled) job opportunities in rural areas; underlines that necessary investments are substantial and farmers hence require accessible funding;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments undertaken under the European Green Deal to implementing the Paris Agreement and the SDGs, taking into consideration social and, economic and territorial aspects to ensure a fairjust transition for all territories and their citizens;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 84 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of re- localising food promoting sustainable agricultural practices and enhancing Europeand feed production, notably the production of plant proteins, in climate change mitigation, as this and effective use crops like perennial grass which contribute significantly to mitigate climate change and restore the environmental balance; finds that investing in perennial grass as an alternative protein source will shortens transport distances and limits deforestation;contribute to the limitation of deforestation; moreover consider that such investments allows for a greening of rural communities and job markets through the establishment of local green biorefineries underlines the opportunities offered by cohesion policy and regional environmental strategies in supporting this re-localisation;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the need for local and regional authorities to make a clear political commitment to achieving the climate targets; and translating them into local actions that respect the constraints and emphasise the assets of each territory;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 98 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the crucial role for Cohesion Policy, as with other policies, particularly environmental, agricultural, fisheries or cultural policies, in fighting climate change and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and the intermediate target by 2030, as well as the role of local and regional authorities in mitigating and adapting to climate change, in particular through a far-reaching reform of investment policies;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 105 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that climate policies should serve the pursuit of full employment, including green and blue jobs, and training that can contribute to fair social progress;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 109 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. UnderlinWelcomes the European Council’s position that EU expenditure should be consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the European Green Deal; supports, too, the fact that the Regulation laying down common provisions enshrines the ‘do no harm’ principle in all Structural Funds;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 117 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that sustainability and the transition to an economy that is safe, climate neutral, climate resilient, more resource efficient and circular, circular and socially balanced are crucial to ensuring the long- term competitiveness of the Union economy;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 124 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that EU macro-regional strategies should help build cooperation in order to solve regional issues linked to climate mitigation and adaptation in the farming, food and forestry sectors, in fields such as flood and fire protection, efficient collective waste management, including with the aim of energy production, and the re-localisation ofpromotion of sustainable food production.
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that Cohesion Policy should focus oncontribute to the implementation of the ParisSustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Climate Agreement and, the fight againstConvention on Biological Diversity and the European Green Deal in order to tackle climate change, particularly through an effective methodology for monitoring climate spending and its performance, including its negative effects for EU regions; calls for this methodology to be used in all programmes under the multiannual financial framework and the European Recovery Plan, particularly for basic infrastructure in key economic sectors such as energy production and distribution, transport, water and waste management, and public buildings;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 131 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the intention of the European Commission to present a strategy for rural areas and stresses the need to reinforce the synergies between the different structural and investment funds with the objective to help agri-food sectors improve their economic resilience and environmental sustainability.
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 138 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Highlights the need to strengthen EU investments on broadband in rural areas to enable farmers to integrate digital technologies in order to develop precision farming, as it will be essential for their ecological transition.
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the key role of local and regional authorities in achieving a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy for all, with social and, economic and territorial cohesion at its core;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 149 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to monitor the progress of national governments and local and regional authorities in addressing climate change at all levels; stresses the need to enhance the effectiveness and complementarity of ESI Funds as well as other EU programmes and instruments, such as the EAFRD, the EMFF, LIFE, Horizon Europe or Creative Europe, in tackling climate change;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 162 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the proposal to top upagreement reached in trilogue on the Just Transition Fund; regrets the fact, however, that the top-up amount proposed by the Commission has been cut under the Council agreement on Next Generation EU; underlines that these cuts would jeopardise the fund’s core objectivecalls on the Member States to programme the funds as quickly as possible and calls on the Member States concerned to give special consideration to the outermost regions in the distribution of funds;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 169 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that, under Article 349 of the TFEU, the outermost regions benefit from special rules allowing the adoption of tailor-made measures that take account of their specificities; calls for the necessary financial resources to be allocated to those regions so that they can achieve a green transition that balances economy and ecology, and can adapt to the effects of climate change from which they particularly suffer due to their vulnerability;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 171 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls, too, for the creation of an observatory focusing on sustainable development and ecological transition in the outermost regions in order to identify best practices and develop sustainable solutions to tackle climate change, which could be adopted and adapted in other EU regions;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 181 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the need to capitalise on the outcome of initiatives such as New Energy Solutions Optimised for Islands (NESOI) and Clean Energy for EU Islands (CE4EUI), which also includes islands that have the status of Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) forming part of the European family, to ensure a functional transition between the 2014- 2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods; welcomes the Memorandum of Split, which recognises the leading role for island communities in the energy transition;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 208 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the updated Circular Economy Action Plan to continue to support the transition towards a circular economy, to tackle issues linked to geared towards re-use and repair in order to promote resource efficiency and to drive sustainable consumption by providing consumers with information on the durability and reparability of products through mandatory labelling;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 213 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for local circular economy plans to be developed and for public contracts awarded by local and regional authorities to be green and ambitious in terms of durability of goods and services, which will increase the industrial resilience and strategic autonomy of the European Union;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 218 #

2020/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a greater role for Cohesion Policy in supporting risk prevention efforts to adapt to the present and future impacts of climate change at regional and local levels, with a particular focus on the outermost regions given that they are significantly affected by climate change and are exposed to natural disasters such as cyclones, volcanic eruptions and drought, as well as flooding and rising water levels;
2021/01/13
Committee: REGI
Amendment 3 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the assessment report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council in accordance with Article 59(4) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use,
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of 8 June 2010 on ‘Equity and Health in All Policies: Solidarity in Health’,
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 5 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC,
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 9 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to Commission communication of 27 May 2020 on "Europe's moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation",
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 10 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
- having regard to Commission communication of 27 May 2020 on "The EU budget powering the recovery plan for Europe",
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
— having regard to Report No 737 of 27 September 2018 entitled ‘Shortages of medicines and vaccines: focusing more closely on public health issues in the medicine supply chain’, drawn up by Jean- Pierre Decool on behalf of the French Senate fact-finding mission on the shortage of medicines and vaccines, which is inspired by the report of the French Academy of Pharmacy of 20 June 2018 on the unavailability of medicines,
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 18 #
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 27 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the increase in global demand has aggravated shortages of medicines in the EU, undermining health services in the Member States and exposing patients to considerable risks; whereas in France, 1 450 cases of unavailability of medicines were noted in 2019 compared to 44 cases in 2008; whereas in the Netherlands, the number of drug stock-out cases almost doubled in 2019, with 1,492 cases recorded, compared to 769 in 2018; whereas in the Czech Republic, 2,208 products suffered from a supply disruption in 2019, compared to 1,630 in 2018 and 19 in 2008; whereas the Member States have a duty to find swift and effective solutions through closer European integration;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 41 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union recognises the fundamental right of citizens to health and medical treatment;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas ensuring patient access to essential medicines is one of the core objectives of the EU and the WHO, and of Sustainable Development Goal 3; whereas universal access to medicines depends on their timely availability and their affordability for everyone, without any geographical discrimination;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 55 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas patients should have access to the healthcare and treatment options of their choice and preference;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 57 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas pharmaceuticals are one of the pillars of healthcare, and whereas insufficient access to essential medicinal products and high prices of innovative medicines pose a serious threat to population health and to the sustainability of national health care systems;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 58 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas, in many cases, the prices of new medicines, notably cancer treatments, have increased during the past few decades to the point of being unaffordable to many EU citizens
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 60 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated the EU’s long-existing structural problems related to the supply of medicines, and the dependency on third-country import for medicines and medical materials;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 63 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas medicines to treat cancer, infections and disorders of the nervous system account for more than half of those in short supply; whereas injectable specialties appear to be the most vulnerable to the risk of shortage due to the complexity of their manufacturing process;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 76 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas access to suitable and affordable diagnostic tests and vaccines is as vital as access to safe, effective and affordable medicines;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 124 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas stocks of ‘strategic’ medicinmedicinal products of major therapeutic interest are inadequatecurrently insufficient, with chemicals that are cheap and easy to produce and mature medicines being in particularly short supply; whereas pharmaceutical firms operate on a just-in-time basis;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 160 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas, in the absence of a regulatory authority, stockpiling in some Member States is leading to a market imbalance and could, in the event of a health crisis, question the principle of solidarity;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 173 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the greater number, geographical spread and impact of epidemics is partly attributable to climate change, in combination with globalisation and increased travel; whereas European surveillance has been strengthened on vector-borne diseases such as Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika and West Nile viruses;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 198 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the geostrategic imperative that the Union regain its sovereignty and independence with regard to health care and secure its supply of medicines, diagnostic tools, vaccines, medical devices and medical equipment;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 211 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that shortage of medicines is a global challenge; stresses that developing countries, such as a number of African countries, are the most affected by these shortages; urges that access to medicines in developing countries be tackled in a wider context in the WHO framework ; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their support to developing countries, in particular through the rescUE strategic reserve;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 246 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for health policies to focus on patients’ health and interests and for closer cooperation between Member States;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 256 #
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 259 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that medicines shortages have a direct impact on patients' health, safety and the continuation of their treatment; stresses that for patients, the consequences of drug shortages include: progression of the disease and / or worsening of symptoms due to delay in treatment, avoidable transmission of infectious diseases, increased risk of exposure to falsified medicines and significant psychological distress for patients and their families;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 261 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the risks are particularly high amongst vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, pregnant women, people affected by a disability, patients with chronic diseases or cancer or people in intensive care unit (ICU);
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 262 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that a higher price of the substitute medicine proposed to the patient, a lower reimbursement rate or the lack of reimbursement constitute in several Member States major obstacles to access to medicines for populations with low incomes or suffering from chronic conditions ; calls on the Member States to guarantee access to a substitute medicine at an equivalent price or subject to a similar reimbursement in the event of a supply shortage;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 263 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Welcomes the publication of the call for tenders launched by DG SANTE for a study on the causes of shortage of medicines in the Union; calls, however, for another study to be carried out on the impacts of drug shortages on patient care, treatment and health;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 264 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls for the launch of a Joint Action on the prevention of shortage of medicines which would be funded by the future Health Program; considers that this Joint Action would allow an exchange of good practices between the Member States and the development of common prevention measures;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 265 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Stresses that patient associations should be more involved in defining research strategies for public and private clinical trials, in order to ensure that they meet the unmet needs of European patients;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 267 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 k (new)
3 k. Recalls that no Member State is self-sufficient with regard to raw materials, intermediates, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and finished medicines necessary to guarantee the proper functioning of the health system;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 278 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take whatever action is needed to restore European health sovereignty and local pharmaceutical manufacturing, giving priority to essential and strategic medicinesmedicinal products of major therapeutic interest ; calls on the Commission to map out potential production sites in the EU and their production capacity; suggests that the Commission also draw up a map of the production sites established in third countries;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 295 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up a Task Force responsible for ensuring a constant inventory of the origin and production capacities of manufacturers in terms of active pharmaceuticals ingredients (APIs) and finished medicines,; considers that this independent body could establish and manage a database to prevent and steer European actions to avoid tensions or shortages on medicinal products of major therapeutic interest; stresses that this Task Force could ultimately assess the specific needs of medicinal products of major therapeutic interest of each Member State;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 307 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to address in its next pharmaceutical and industrial strategies issues relating tomake recommendations on ways to improve the availability and accessibility of medicines and to propose solutions to reduce manufacturers’ dependence on third countries in its next pharmaceutical and industrial strategies;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 325 #
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 339 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to introduce tax and financial incentives in return for appropriate commitments and to authorise state aid to encourage producers to locate their operations in Europe, from compound manufacturing to packaging and distribution; emphasises the strategic significance of this sector and the importance of investing in European companies, in the interests of resource diversificationorder to diversify resources and encourage the development of innovative production technologies capable of enhancing the responsiveness of production lines, in particular the continuous manufacturing process;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 365 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the pharmaceutical sector remains an important industrial pillar as well as a driving force in terms of job creation;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 368 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that Articles 81 and 23a of Directive 2001/83/EC establishing a Community Code relating to medicinal products for human use have laid down general obligations for the supply of medicinal products to be borne by marketing authorization holders (MAHs) and distributors, as well as a notification obligation for MAHs in the event of a temporary or permanent supply interruption;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 375 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Regrets, however, the disparities observed by the EMA in the transposition of these obligations into national legislations;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 379 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Considers that the European Green Deal constitutes a major opportunity to encourage pharmaceutical manufacturers to participate to the green recovery plan by producing in compliance with environmental and ecological standards;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 380 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls for the revision of Directive 2001/83/EC establishing a Community code relating to medicinal products for human use in order to ensure the notification of shortages, to strengthen the obligations incumbent on marketing authorization holders (MAHs) and to be able to ensure compliance with all of the obligations of actors in the drug supply chain;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 381 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage marketing authorisation holders (MAHs) to build up and manage rolling stocks of medicines of major therapeutic interest in the form of finished products; considers that several months of rolling stocks would make it possible to absorb the supply shortfalls and avoid the losses linked to the expiry of the medicines;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 382 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Regrets that compliance with environmental standards (in particular the REACH Regulation) and standards relating to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) specific to the Union was one of the reasons of the relocation of pharmaceutical production to third countries; encourages manufacturers to guarantee the safety of their staff and the protection of the environment, in particular by prohibiting the release of toxic substances into the air and water when they relocate their production to the EU territory ; considers that compliance with these standards must not lead to a significant increase in the price of medicines;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 434 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create one or more European non-profit pharmaceutical undertakings which operate in the public interest to manufacture priority medicines of strategic importancemedicinal products of major therapeutic interest for health care; stresses the key contribution that can be made by new technologies, digitalization and artificial intelligence in enabling European laboratory researchers to form networks and share their objectives and findings;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 455 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of research and innovation, and calls for the establishment of a genuine European network, given that the price of relocation must not be a deterioration in the quality of medical research; highlights the role of European projects and SMEs in improving access to medicines in the Union; underlines the crucial role of the Horizon Europe program in this respect;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 471 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for strengthening of the European Medicines Market to speed up patient access to medicines, make care more affordable, maximise savings in national health budgets and avoid administrative burdens for generic and biosimilar companies ;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 475 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Points out that generic and biosimilar medicines enable increased competition, reduced prices and savings for healthcare systems, thus helping to improve access to medicines for patients
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 484 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Calls on the Member States to adopt a common position and start negotiations on the proposal for a Regulation of the Parliament and of the Council on health technology assessment and amending Directive 2011/24/EU;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 485 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Calls on the Commission to present a revision of Directive 89/105 /EEC on the transparency of measures regulating the prices of medicinal products in order to ensure effective controls and full transparency of the procedures used to determine the prices and reimbursement of medicines in the Member States;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 514 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the recent creation green lanes, set up to facilitate the transport of all goods, in order to allow the smooth running of the transport not only of medicines but also of raw materials, intermediate products and related materials, including packaging;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 517 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls for the establishment of European lists of 'medicinal products of major therapeutic interest' along the lines of the 'WHO model list of essential medicines'; suggests that the EMA shortage risk indicators (manufacturing and quality) be used to identify high risk products,
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 518 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls for the introduction of a specific statute for certain mature medicines which would be accompanied by incentives for manufacturers to maintain their marketing on the European market and ensure diversification of European production;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 519 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Encourages the development of shortage prevention and management plans across all Member States; believes that these plans could result from an analysis of manufacturing and distribution risks and include measures on building up stocks, diversifying sources of supply for raw materials and creating other manufacturing sites to ensure resilience from production;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 520 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Underlines that several Member States have already established alert systems which facilitate the anticipation and prevention of shortages; calls for the establishment of alert systems to anticipate shortage of medicines at national and European levels;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 541 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to create a European contingency reserve of medicines of strategic importance for health care, supplies of which are critical, along the lines of the ‘RescEU’ mechanism, in order to alleviate shortages outside crisis periods;deleted
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 561 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt a joint definition of ‘medicines of strategic importance for health care’ and of ‘criticality’, emphasising the value of these medicines for public health, the lack of alternatives and the vulnerability of the production chain; calls for a European regulatory authority to be designated to carry out the task of setting quotas for the allocation of medicines from that reserve to the Member States;deleted
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 579 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for the adoption of common definitions of 'supply disruption' and 'stock-out' of medicines as well as a grid of criteria for assessing the risk associated with each of these situations;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 581 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls for the adoption of a common definition of 'medicinal products of major therapeutic interest' with reference to their usefulness in public health, the absence of an alternative and the fragility of the production chain;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 582 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop innovative and coordinated strategies and to step up exchanges of good practice in the area of stock management; considers that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) could be designated as the regulatory authority tasked with preventing shortages of essential medicines, with a correspondingly wider remit and more staff;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 613 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for further invitations to tender to be issuedjoint procurements at European level in an effort to counter shortages, as has been done following the onset of the COVID-19 virus, with simplified and transparent procedures in the interests of improved response times;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 621 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for the full and rapid application of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials for medicinal products for human use; considers that this Regulation would facilitate the launch of large clinical trials carried out in a harmonised and coordinated manner at EU level;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 633 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Notes that the differences in the price of a medicine from one Member State to another have led to the development of parallel exports, which can increase the risk of supply stress and cause of shortages; recalls that the free movement of goods within the Union allows certain wholesaler-distributors called "short-liners" to buy medicines in one Member State and to resell them more expensive in neighbouring countries; calls for the adoption of preventive measures to limit the parallel trade of medicines within the Union;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 658 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to set up an innovative centralised digital monitoring platform for sharing information provided by national agencies and all stakeholders regarding shortages of medicines and medical equipment; welcomes the introduction by the EMA of the SPOC and i-SPOC systems; calls for existing information systems to be improved so as to provide a clear overview of problems, shortages and requirements in each Member State, with a view to preventing stockpiling;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 659 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recommends the development of a catalogue of shortages in all the Member States which would allow the EMA to easily update its public catalogue of shortages assessed by its Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) and / or its Committee for the pharmacovigilance risk assessment (PRAC);
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 688 #
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 701 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for an electronic information notice to be drawn up in all the Union languages for every medicine on the EU market via bar or matrix codes, in order to facilitate sales of medicines between Member States and to fight against parallel trade; recommends the provision of more comprehensive information on the origin of medicines;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 708 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Condemns the exploitation of shortages for criminal purposes; recalls that counterfeiting or falsification of medicines and medical products worsens supply tensions; calls for the strengthening of measures to combat these practices: the control of online platforms offering drugs, the strengthening of cooperation between relevant EU and national agencies and the respect of the victims’ rights;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 711 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
21. Welcomes, following the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the introduction of more flexible rules in a bid to mitigate shortages and facilitate the circulation of medicines between Member States: acceptance of different packaging formats, reuse procedure to enable marketing authorisation holders to obtain approval in another Member State, longer expiry periods, use of veterinary medicinal products, etc.; calls on the Commission to monitor strictly the use of these arrangements and to keep them available in the event of problems or shortages;deleted
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 722 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to create a European strategic reserve of medicinal products of major interest, along the lines of the ‘RescEU’ mechanism, in order to alleviate shortages outside crisis periods; believes that the EMA could be the European regulatory authority responsible of this strategic reserve in order to prevent shortages of these medicines;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 726 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Stresses that its resolution of 17 April 2020 calls for the creation of a European Health Reaction Mechanism (EHRM) to respond to all types of health crises, to ensure operational coordination at European level, to restore European sovereignty over products health and to strengthen European cooperation in research and innovation; considers that this mechanism could monitor the constitution and the triggering of the strategic reserve of medicines and ensure its proper functioning within the Union;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 728 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Recalls that its resolution also calls for the competences, budget and staffing of EMA to be substantially increased in order to allow it to coordinate medical responses in times of crisis; considers it essential that EMA has solid governance to meet future challenges such as monitoring and responding to shortages in coordination with the Member States; underlines that, in the long term, EMA should be able to make conditional marketing authorizations upon guarantees of supply and accessibility from manufacturers; hopes that the reinforcement of the staff of EMA will enable it to carry out inspections of production sites established in third countries;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 729 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Recalls that a company that markets a medicine can enjoy data exclusivity for a period of eight years as of the first marketing authorization according to Article 14(11) of the Commission Regulation No. 726/2004; calls on the Commission to propose a revision of this regulation to temporarily authorize the granting of compulsory licenses in the event of a health crisis in order to allow a producer to market a generic medicine;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 730 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Considers that in the event of a health crisis the closure of borders and customs controls cannot constitute an obstacle to cross-border movement of medicinal products of major interest within the Union; calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up secure and rapid procedures for checking products at the border during a health crisis in compliance with EU law;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 736 #

2020/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes, following the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the introduction of more flexible rules in a bid to mitigate shortages and facilitate the circulation of medicines between Member States: acceptance of different packaging formats, reuse procedure to enable marketing authorisation holders to obtain approval in another Member State, longer expiry periods, use of veterinary medicinal products, etc.; calls on the Commission to monitor strictly the use of these arrangements and to keep them available in the event of problems or shortages;
2020/06/08
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 10 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission’s amended MFF proposal of 27 and 28 May, including the communication entitled ‘Europe’s moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation’, with its provision to increase funding for the Common Agricultural Policy in comparison to the previous MFF proposal;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that this increased funding is essential for delivering on the proposed objectives and ambition of the future CAP, achieving the Green Deal objectives in agriculture to strengthen the resilience of the agri-food sectors and to ensure sustainable food production which depends not only on a well-funded CAP but also on other MFF instruments such as research, investment in innovation or digital technology and the facilitation of farmer’s and the agri-food sector’s access to them;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Welcomes the proposal to top up the Just Transition Fund (JTF), including with additional funds from Next Generation EU, and the two additional pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism, namely a dedicated scheme under InvestEU and a public sector loan facility and stresses that in order for the JTF and green transition to be successful and impactful for agriculture and rural areas, it must be undertaken in a fair, inclusive and scientifically underpinned manner together with stakeholders;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the Commission communication on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (COM(2020)0021), but emphasiszes that the elements proposed within it, including the Just Transition Fund, depend entirely on an ambitious MFF agreement; expresses its deep concern that the front-loading of EU budget funds to cover new spending requirements stemming from the COVID- 19 pandemic may result in a funds shortage in later programming years which may impact on the ability of the agriculture sector to deliver on the objectives and ambition of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies and deprive EU farmers of funding in the latter years of the MFF, which would be particularly damaging if they are expected to comply with new obligations under the Green Deal;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the proposal of the Commission to allocate 15 billion Euros to Rural Development in the context of the "Next Generation UE", but regrets that no allocation has been proposed for the first pillar of the CAP within this new instrument, taking into account the need to improve direct payments and the support to sectorial programs to help farmers overcome the Covid-19 crisis and comply with the new Green Deal objectives;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the importance of facilitating access to public and private finance to support increased green investment, development and access to the digitalization tools, modernization and innovation that will enable farmers, the agricultural sector and rural areas to meet the challenges and opportunities of realizing the objectives and ambition of the Green Deal;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Ensure the possibility for small and medium size companies in rural areas, including farms, to make use of investments funds;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stress that the differing starting points and potential for development of different regions and Member States must be taken into consideration in the development of national plans, allocation of funding and in the longer term financial perspective;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that a significant percentage of the common agricultural policy (CAP) envelope, which represents the largest share of the EU budget, will be set aside to support climate-related objectives; recalls that the reform of the CAP is still ongoing and that no decision has yet been made on the exact contribution to environmental and climate- related objectives and requirements;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to enforce the general principle of gender equality in the context of the CAP measures aimed at achieving the objectives of the Green Deal, in order to guarantee the ecological transition of women farmers;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the Paris Agreementclimate change erodes human freedoms and limits choice; whereas the Paris Agreement acknowledges gender equality and empowerment of women should be promoted by all parties and establishes that gender-responsive climate action must be integrated into all aspects of the implementation of the agreement;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcomes of its review conferences outline three strategic objectives to improve women's environmental decision-making, integrate the gender perspectives in policies and programmes for sustainable development and to strengthen or establish mechanisms at the national, regional and international levels to assess the impact of development and environmental policies on women;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 8 #

2020/2042(INI)

Ab. whereas climate change is a complex environmental and social issue, affecting a world that is characterised by, and based on, deep-rooted unequal gender relations; whereas in addition to the fact women generally hold less power and are, therefore, less able to mitigate and cope with the impacts of climate change, unequal gender dynamics impact the ways that households, communities, countries and the global community are affected by, and respond to, climate change;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the current Covid-19 crisis shows the close link between the destruction of our ecosystems, the exploitation of wildlife and the outbreaks of epidemics; whereas women’s role in the protection of biodiversity and the sustainable management of natural resources should be better recognized and further encouraged;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas climate change has a greater destructive impact on the countries least responsible for global warming; whereas women are more affected by climate change, face higher risks and bear greater burdens for various reasons, ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights, to existing social and cultural norms and to their intersectional experiences of discriminationsuch as their role as primary caregivers and providers of water, food and fuel and their intersectional experiences of discrimination as regards e.g. age, ability, marital status, levels of poverty, ethnicity, sexuality, reducing their ability to protect themselves and their dependants against the impacts of climate change;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the agricultural sector is one of the hardest hit by the consequences of climate change in partner countries; recalls that rural women are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on agricultural production and food security; calls on the EU and its Member states to strengthen cooperation with partner countries to include a strong gender dimension in all agricultural and rural development policies;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that women and girls are more likely to die during climate disasters and to be displaced, that this is due notably to a lack of access to information and their role as caretakers; stresses that women and girls are also particularly exposed to sexual violence, exploitation and school drop during these crises and in their aftermath; calls on the EU to reinforce this gender dimension into its humanitarian action and to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to support gender-sensitive approaches in its processes and operations, including the need for dedicated climate projects and programs which specifically address gender concerns;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 50 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that women are powerful agents of change in particular for climate action and calls for EU development programmes to promote their meaningful participation at all levels, as their inclusion is crucial to climate resilienceof women and their organisations at all levels and at all stages of policy design, planning, financing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as their inclusion is crucial to climate mitigation and resilience, fair allocation of resources, to tackle the obstacles that affect them disproportionately and to ensuring long- term sustainable climate solutions; stresses in this regard, the need to support capacity building and adequate financing for these organisations;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 57 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that climate finance should be accessible to both men and women and designed to generate mutual benefits rather than exacerbate existing patterns of inequality;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 67 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to design a concrete action plan to deliver on the commitments of the renewed Gender Action Plan agreed at the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) and to appoint a permanent EU gender and climate change focal point, with sufficient budgetary resources, to implement and monitor gender-responsible climate action in the EU and globally.;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 70 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council configuration on gender equality to provide Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of gender equality with a dedicated forum for discussion and to better facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including environmental and development policies;
2020/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 November 2018 on care services in the EU for improved gender equality1a, _________________ 1a OJ C 363, 28.10.2020, p. 80.
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 8 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence2a, _________________ 2a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0080.
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 13 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU, enshrined in the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated as a horizontal principle in all EU activities and policies measures and actions, including Cohesion Policy; whereas Article 7 of the Common Provisions Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 for 2014-2020 establishes that equality between men and women and the integration of gender perspective shall be taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of programmes, including in relation to monitoring, reporting and evaluation;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 21 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Cohesion Policy addresses disparities between various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions with a view to achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion, of which the achievement of gender equality is an essential part;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 26 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas cohesion policy is asnot only vital to economic growth and social cohesion but is also an important policy tool to support gender equality;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas promoting gender equality is importantkey to reduceing regional economic and social disparities and for ensuringes the long-term sustainable development of regions;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 47 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas gender-disaggregated data and the adoption of appropriate selection procedures are considered usefuessential for promoting gender equality;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 52 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the participation of women is still limited in all stages of the cohesion policy cycle, especially in the development of Operational Programmes, decision-making processes and integration of gender equality in the implementation of the selected projects;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 54 #

2020/2040(INI)

G. whereas preliminary studies suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities, bythe full economic, employment and social consequences of the pandemic are still unknown; whereas preliminary studies suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities between men and women, including an increase in unpaid care work and an increase in gender- based violence, whereas the public health crisis has a disproportionately impacting women and marginalised groups on women and girls and in particular women and girls from marginalised groups, which Cohesion Policy should take into account;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 63 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas small and medium- sized enterprises are the backbone of regional economies, whereas the promotion of equality, work-life balance, inclusive hiring and equal pay will enable gender equality in SMEs;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 91 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance of a coordinated governance framework on gender equality, national guidelines and technical support, and for gender impact monitoring, available in the official EU languages, as well as stronger scrutiny at EU level after the adoption of operational programmes;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 107 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. EncouragesCalls on the Member States to coordinate closely with local and regional authorities and civil society partners, in particular in the framework of the partnership agreement and when drafting the partnership principle, to take into account challenges related to effective equality policies at local and regional level;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 114 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Highlights that the gender equality dimension could be supported by promoting female entrepreneurship and management, and reducing gender gaps in company decision-making positions, urges the Council to reach an agreement on the Directive on gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (Women on boards Directive), as it is a very important tool for achieving a greater gender balance in economic decision-making at the highest level;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 122 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women, asks the Commission to submit a legal act tackling all forms of gender-based violence and take the necessary steps to have violence against women included in the catalogue of EU-recognised crimes;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 129 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the burden placed on women as principal caregivers in formal and informal settings, as well as its social value, especially during the COVID-19 crisis; whereas 80% of all care provided across the EU is provided by (unpaid) informal carers, 75% of whom are women; therefore points out the crucial role of cohesion policy in securing investments in care services, to improve working conditions in this sector and to support a transition towards a care economy;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 131 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Points at the relevant role of Cohesion Funds in securing investment in care services; requests the Commission to propose a Care Deal for Europe aimed at supporting a transition towards a care economy in which Cohesion Policy should play a fundamental role;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 132 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Emphasises the fact that countless women are facing the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, including lockdowns, in order to contain the coronavirus which has led to spikes in domestic violence reports; calls on the Commission and Member States to allocate cohesion policy funding for creating plans to address the global increase of gender-based violence that can be triggered by natural disasters and pandemics; notes that in many EU countries, the pandemic exposed severe weaknesses in support systems for victims of gender-based violence; there is great regional, national and local disparity in the quantity of funding and quality of services provided for women and children suffering from gender-based violence which includes physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence as well; cohesion policy should aim at dismantling such inequalities in accessing services that guarantee the basic human rights of women and children suffering from gender-based violence;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 133 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Underlines that among the many inequalities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital divide is a serious one, affecting in particular less developed regions, women, elderly people and people living in the Outermost regions and rural, remote and depopulated areas; greater investment is needed in digitalisation, digital innovation and digital connectivity, which will enable a fair and equal transition towards a more digital economy and a digital online education system, accessible to all citizens, especially the most vulnerable in society;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 134 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. SRecognizes that innovation is a key element to boost growth and jobs in Europe and tailor-made strategies can enable each region to identify and develop its own competitive advantages; stresses that cohesion policy needs to support equal access to training for women in order to bridge the digital gender gap and to support the green and digital transitions;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 152 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for compulsory requirements on gender equality objectives to be introduced in all post-2020 operational programmes, with specific and interdisciplinary measures to be translated into all operations; furthermore, equality between men and women, gender mainstreaming and the integration of gender perspective should be taken into account and promoted throughout the implementation of operational programmes;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 159 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly supports the ex ante requirement of developing a national gender equality strategy to underpin cohesion policy interventions in order to improve its effectiveness and value added in relation to gender equality; calls on the Member States to set up binding national gender equality strategies;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 167 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of partnerships with gender equality bodies and their involvement in all programme phases;, in order to guarantee a better alignment between the implemented actions and the needs of women by consolidating institutional framework and strengthening the gender equality coordination and support bodies in all the policy domains; therefore believes that all bodies created in the area of cCohesion pPolicy should be gender balanced;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 170 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls for the integration of a strong partnership principle in operational programmes under cohesion policy which will allow recipients, such as regions, cities and people shaping investment to meet their local needs, while ensuring that the importance of gender equality is promoted and addressed in all operational programmes;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 171 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Believes that cohesion policy should contribute to the widely existing urban inequalities by better integrating women in policy planning for regional and urban development to design gender- inclusive cities and communities that work for all; underlines that gender- sensitive urban planning can ensure a fairer and more equal access to urban goods; regions and local governments have a key role to play in the promotion of social inclusion, and gender sensitive territorial planning can contribute to making advancements in this process;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 172 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines that aCalls for the introduction of a mandatory gender impact assessment ashould be a mandatory part of the Member States’ evaluations on how the funds are spent and whether compliance with gender equality targets is respectedin connection with the promotion of equality between women and men. It should be monitored how the funds are spent and whether the implemented programmes have a human rights, women’s rights- based approach;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 177 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Highlights the widely existing gender data gap in the field of cohesion policy and urban planning and calls on the Member States to introduce data collection methods corresponding to sex- disaggregated data so that differences between genders can be properly analysed;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 179 #

2020/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that during the mid term review of the post-2020 cohesion policy, that an evaluation on the use of the resources is carried out to assess their effectiveness, efficiency, impact and, where applicable, inclusiveness and non- discrimination, including from a gender perspective;
2020/12/14
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas agricultural workers inrural areas, particularly those living in remote areas, suffering from demographic disadvantages, face anexceptional higher risk of poverty and social exclusion;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas rural areas that are faced with depopulation may experience land abandonment and increased risk of forest fires and face difficulties in their economic recovery 1a; _________________ 1aForest fires — Sparking fire smart policies in the EU, European Commission (2018).
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas, EU Cohesion Policy makes a key contribution to delivering Digital Single Market objectives on the ground, in particular through significant financial allocations from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF);
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to the Territorial Impact Assessment report of the Committee of the Regions on the Demographic Change of 30 January 2020;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 20 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
- having regard the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the "Demographic change: proposals on measuring and tackling its negative effects in the EU regions" of 12-14 October 2020
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the ongoing depopulation of rural areas, which leads to difficulties in accessing public services or inadequate health coverage, is not only having serious economic and social consequences but also hampering our chances of achieving the Green Deal’s ambitious objectives;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas economic migrants contribute more in taxes and social contributions than they receive in individual benefits1a; _________________ 1a https://www.oecd.org/migration/OECD%2 0Migration%20Policy%20Debates%20Nu mero%202.pdf
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 32 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission, in developing the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies, to take practical steps to maintain the rural population, to develop local economies that would create job opportunities;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas, although the EU population has seen substantial growth in previous decades, the growth rate is now falling and the population is expected to decrease in the longer term; whereas Europe will account for less than 4 % of the world’s population by 2070, and long- term demographic trends in European regions indicate lower birth rates and ageing societies; except in some outermost regions and particularly in Mayotte, where a population increase of 38% is forecast by 2050 compared to 2010 levels, alongside a corresponding increase of 26% for French Guiana1 a. _________________ 1aSources: INSEE (French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies), United Nations
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 39 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there is a high correlation between social services, physical and ICT connectivity and labour opportunities, and the ability to retain and attract population to certain areas;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 41 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the health and economic crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic made clear that solidarity between generations is one of the driving forces of the recovery process; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled the fragility our healthcare systems, especially in connection with an aging population
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 45 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the full economic, employment and social consequences of the pandemic are still unknown; whereas preliminary studies suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities between men and women, including an increase in unpaid care work, whereas the public health crisis has a disproportionate impact on women and girls and in particular women and girls from marginalised groups, which Cohesion Policy should take into account;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 57 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Supports innovation and digitisation with a view to promoting a vibrant, dynamic rural environment; calls on the Commission to draw on the smart cities and towns initiatives to develop a new instrument to support start-ups in rural areas, thereby also boosting their economic and productive fabric;, in order to pave the way a digital economy in rural areas; Calls on the Commission to support the financing of renewable resources as part of the Green deal/ Bioeconomy which can generate jobs and can help with the economic renewal of many rural areas2a; _________________ 2a Bioeconomy : investments in wool,which is a quintessentially natural fiber, resistant and durable can create new opportunities and reduce pollution by reducing the use of plastic, and bring innovative solutions for eco farming and keeping water and carbon into soils . The wool processing industry was delocalised from Europe.
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the "4 free movement of labourdoms" represents a the cornerstone of EU competitiveness; notes, nevertheless, that it a and values; points out, nevertheless, that further attention should be paid to its effects on demographics, which has major trends, and its implications for EU regions and their economic, social and territorial cohesion;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 62 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Observes in this context significant demographic contrasts at both Union and Member State level between core, metropolitan regions and periphery, often rural areas and areas facing natural or other specific constraints (ANC) ;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 63 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Observes in this context significant demographic contrasts at both Union and Member State level between core, metropolitan regions and periphery, often rural areas and also in the outermost regions;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Observes that GDP per capita, income level, employment rate, fertility rate, socio economic factors, rural and urban divide, and population ageing are among the most important factors with a direct impact on demographics; notes that the current employment dynamics in particular are generating demographic flows within European regions leading to socio-spatial disparities and challenges that post-2020 cohesion policy will need to address; underlines that migration patterns from eastern, southeastern and central regions to northern and northwestern regions mostly involve young, educated and skilled workers;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 71 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that Europe is manifestly experiencing population ageing, affecting the dependency ratio and having negative effects on workforce growth, which is far behind the previous decade; warns of a visible decline of the labour force in eastern, southern and central European regions; regrets the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the average life expectancy in Europe
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis and the possible medium- and long-term implications for labour market dynamicsocio-economic implications; underlines that self-isolation and social distancing measures, despite its positive impact in descending infection rates, have had visible effects on production, demand and trade, reducing economic activity and leading to higher levels of unemployment, a sharp decline in corporate incomes, and higher public deficits; Highlights however, that the new teleworking trend may prove a useful help reverse depopulation trends in rural areas; Considers the Resilience and Recovery Mechanism as an opportunity to address demographic challenges and urges Member States to put forward holistic and integrated solutions in their National Recovery Plans.
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 77 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises the burden placed on women as principal caregivers in formal and informal settings, as well as its social value, especially during the COVID-19 crisis; whereas 80% of all care provided across the EU is provided by (unpaid) informal carers, 75% of whom are women; therefore points out the crucial role of cohesion policy in securing investments in care services, to improve working conditions in this sector and to support a transition towards a care economy;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 80 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has exposed strong disparities in the quality and access to healthcare services; Notes that the combination of ageing population and limited healthcare infrastructure in rural areas facing demographic decline and low population density further exposes their population to health risks.
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 83 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines that among the many inequalities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital divide is a serious one, affecting in particular less developed regions, women, elderly people and people living in the Outermost regions and rural, remote and depopulated areas. Greater investment is needed in digitalisation, digital innovation and digital connectivity, which will enable a fair and equal transition towards a more digital economy and a digital online education system, accessible to all citizens, especially the most vulnerable in society;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 89 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that in general rural, post- industrial and remote areas are facing a number of specific situations: a considerable decline in population numbers, lower than national or EU average levels of income and difficulties of territorial integration with other regions, making them more exposed to the risk of depopulation; , which also leads to difficulties in accessing public services, such as housing, education, healthcare including access to vital drugs; points out that rural regions currently account for 28 % of Europe’s population but this is predicted to fall significantly in the future;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 94 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that demographic challenges such as ageing population, low population density and negative migration patterns can have a direct impact on the rise of radical political movements and Euroscepticism. Considers that a strong cohesion policy can be a useful tool to combat the rise of these movements and believes that the Conference on the Future of Europe should address the consequences that demographic challenges will entail in Europe´s position in the world and in the social and economic sustainability.
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 95 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that EU initiatives directed to rural areas such as cohesion and agricultural policies, should be further strengthened through promoting better coordination of policy initiatives that support youth employment, entrepreneurship, digitalisation and support for young and new farmers;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 99 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to some of the drivers of demographic change, forcing inhabitants from the abovementioned areas to leave and discouraging others from moving there: poor infrastructure, including a lack of fast broadband internet and missing transport networks, fewer job opportunities, high level of youth unemployment, lack of public services and difficult access to health services, fewer education opportunities, making it more difficult to adapt to technological change, and a lack of cultural venues and leisure activities;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 115 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights that reducing the disparities between regions, especially in rural areas, requires the further social and economic integration of women; encourages the Commission and Member States to create specific strategies to promote the empowerment of woman in rural areas through lifelong education policies, access to financial instruments to support entrepreneurial projects, and address infrastructural deficiencies, including in relation to the provision of different types of care. Encourages the collection of gender-disaggregated data in order to identify and address any gender existing inequalities
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 138 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that local and regional authorities should play a decisive role in developing territorial strategies, taking into consideration the development needs and the potential of the areas concerned, including the economic, social and demographic trends; points out that community-led local development strategies are a useful tool that can be used to create jobsterritorial approach to EU instruments, such as sustainable urban development, community-led local development strategies or Integrated Territorial Investments (ITIs) could be useful tool that can be used to maintain and create jobs, strengthen the attractiveness of the region, and increase accessibility to services at local level;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 139 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that local and regional authorities, professional associations and NGOs are essential to identify and assess specific investment needs in rural and urban areas and therefore they should play a decisive role in developing territorial strategies, taking into consideration the development needs and the potential of the areas concerned, including the economic, social and demographic trends; points out that community-led local development strategies are a useful tool that can be usedn essential tool to create jobs and increase accessibility to services at local level;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 148 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the Urban Agenda for the EU, which identifies major priorities and actions for improving the quality of life in urban areas could serve as a model for providing proper instruments promoting growth, integration, cooperation and innovation and tackling social challenges; insists also on developing strategies aimed at enhancing the knowledge economy and smart specialisation in European regions, including through developing knowledge networks and providing support for human capital investments, underlines that cohesion policy should contribute to the widely existing urban inequalities by better integrating women in policy planning for regional and urban development to design gender-inclusive cities and communities that work for all;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 149 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the Urban Agenda for the EU, which identifies major priorities and actions for improving the quality of life in urban areas could serve as a model for providing proper instruments promoting growth, integration, cooperation and innovation and tackling social challenges; insists also on developing strategies aimed at enhancing the knowledge economy and smart specialisation in European regions, including through developing knowledge networks and providing support for human capital investments; underlines that cohesion policy should contribute to combat inequalities and to create opportunities for minorities such as the Roma;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 150 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the Urban Agenda for the EU, which identifies major priorities and actions for improving the quality of life in urban areas could serve as a model for providhelps shaping proper instruments promoting growth, integration, cooperation and innovation and tackling social challenges; insists also on developing strategies aimed at enhancing the knowledge economy and smart specialisation in European regions, including through developing knowledge networks and providing support for human capital investments;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 152 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls the need for strategies aimed at reversing labour migration at EU and national level; calls on local and regional authorities to increase their attractiveness and to tackle the brain drain in ‘sending’ regions through prevention, mitigation and appropriate responses; underlines in this context that there are already several initiatives in various Member States, such as incentives for workers with highly specialised skills, aimed at turning the brain drain into a brain gain for the regions in question;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 160 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the COVID-19 health crisis has affected all Member States and regions to different extents, and is likely to lead to new trends as regards demographic flows; recalls in this context that the additional resources provided through REACT-EU in order to ensure a sound and robust recovery of the EU’s economy from the crisis could significantly help to keep people in employment, including through support for small and medium-size enterprises and for short-time work schemes and the self-employed; Recalls in this regard that the pandemic has highlighted the importance of digitalisation all across the economy to alleviate the consequences of the social distancing and freedom of movement restrictions.
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 167 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Urges Member States and regional authorities to implement an integrated approach through Cohesion Policy Instruments to address demographic challenges and encourages the promotion of smart villages as a tool to attract and retain population; Recalls that the Recovery and Resilience Facility will provide large-scale financial support to make Member States’ economies more resilient and better prepared for the future, and insists that Member States should propose measures for addressing demographic change; highlights the importance of the instruments for a transition to sustainability such as the Just Transition Fund and its implementation mechanism, which aim to support the communities affected by the energy transition and avoid the risk of depopulation;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 171 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that the Recovery and Resilience Facility will provide large-scale financial support to make Member States’ economies more resilient and better prepared for the future, and insists that Member States should propose measures for addressing demographic change; highlights the importance of the instruments for a transition to sustainability such as the Just Transition Fund and its implementation mechanism, which aim to support the communities affected by the energy transition and avoidthrough helping transformation to avoid, among other, the risk of depopulation;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 175 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Welcomes the Commissions intention to accelerate the roll-out of high capacity broadband infrastructure in sparsely populated and rural territories and considers it as an opportunity to improve quality of life, promote job creation, innovation and better accessibility to public services;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 182 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to conduct the programming and implementation process of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy with full respect for the partnership principle; stresses the importance of prioritising regional needs, including as regards demographic and migration aspects and urban challenges; calls on the Commission to put forward a Code of Conduct on partnership setting minimum standards for the involvement of the competent local and regional authorities, professional and relevant civil society organisations, in line with the partnership principle;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 183 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Strongly supports the development of dedicated incentive schemes to retain population and attract young people to rural and semi-urban areas; Calls on the Member States to conduct the programming and implementation process of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy with full respect for the partnership principle; stresses the importance of prioritising regional needs, including as regards demographic and migration aspects and urban challenges;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 187 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recalls the European Parliament position on the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund Regulation stating that one the ERDF CF main objectives shall be to support urban and rural areas with geographical or demographic handicaps; Recalls, in this regard, that particular support should be given to NUTS level 3 areas or clusters of local administrative units with a population density of below 12.5 inhabitants per km2 or with an average annual population decrease of more than 1% between 2007 and 2017, which should be subject to specific regional and national policies to ensure better physical and ICT connectivity, improve the access and the quality of social services, promote entrepreneurship and the creation of high quality job opportunities through cohesion instruments.
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 193 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. highlights that dialogue between stakeholders, civil society and authorities, can contribute to an improved absorption of cohesion funds and an increase quality of projects ;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 197 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member State to include demographic challenges in their national development policies and long- term strategies for sustainable development correlated with the European Semester, thus ensuring proper financing for demographic issues; Calls on the Commission to monitor demographic challenges and establish a link between the European Semester and demographic change with the aim of reversing negative trends through macroeconomic measures;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 199 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to include demographic challenges in their European and national development policies and long- term strategies for sustainable development correlated with the European Semester, thus ensuring proper financing for demographic issues;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 212 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the regions at risk of depopulation to focus investments on universal accessibility to quality services and infrastructure and job creation; insists on investment in education, reskilling of workers, creating entrepreneurial conditions and supporting SMEs, calls for investment in childcare facilities to foster women's participation in the labour market;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 218 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Underlines the role of young people in the future sustainability of rural communities, recognizes that policy instruments linked to investments and growth are often disconnected to rural areas and have less impact in areas of lower population density; calls for targeted investment in rural entrepreneurship and innovative rural SMEs with a special focus on young people; highlights the importance of promoting the attractiveness of disadvantaged areas, including education and employment opportunities and the facilities and services for young people;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 221 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses that in many rural areas children, with parents living and working abroad, who are often in the care of a family member or living alone, are facing difficulties in accessing basic services; Calls on regional and local authorities to identify the needs of these children, to establish counselling services where appropriate and to facilitate family reunification and access to housing, healthcare and education;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 222 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for more to be done to support regions facing significant population increases, such as Mayotte and French Guiana, by deploying adequate financial resources to guarantee the continuity of basic services in sufficient quantity and quality, particularly in the sectors of education, health and transport.
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 224 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Recalls that health is a fundamental human right, calls for the strengthening of public services in rural areas such as healthcare facilities to address the very significant inequalities and differences in life expectancy based on place of residence, social status and educational level in some Member States;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 231 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Asks the European Commission Statistic Office and National Statistic Offices to provide data at NUTS 3 and LAU level to better monitor the impact of demographic challenge on the territories; Encourages the promotion of indicators based of territorial coverage rather that population coverage as a means to reduce rural and urban gaps.
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 232 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Highlights the role of cities and regions both in depopulated and overpopulated areas, reiterates the need for further funding opportunities directly available for cities and regions to implement programmes locally, calls for increasing the budget and broadening the scope of the European Urban Initiative;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 237 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Encourages policymakers at regional and national level to invest in the digital and knowledge economy, as well as in providing services and incentives, to maintain high-skilled workers and to develop research centres in the different regions in order to ensure the attractiveness of the depopulated areas to young talents and entrepreneurs;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 240 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines that seasonal workers are important to fill shortages in certain sectors, specially agriculture; Highlights that Several Member States have introduced measures to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic which negatively affected seasonal workers; Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure decent working and living conditions for seasonal workers and recognising their economical and social strategic value;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 242 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Encourages regions to take capitalize on their competitive advantages as established in the Smart Specialization Strategies; Recommends developing the so- called ‘oasis strategies’ focusing on the most successful, vibrant and growing sectors, by exploiting the local potential for development of the region; calls on the local and regional authorities to focus on attracting young, trained and talented workers, encouraging entrepreneurship, using local, national and EU incentives; underlines the role of the ‘silver economy’ as a policy shift for rural areas, turning the issue of population ageing into an opportunity for the development of rural areas;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 249 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to focus on policy coordination at EU level on issues related to functional cooperation areas at different levels, such as cross- border, macro-regional and rural-urban, to address demographic challenges; Urges Member States to align their national demographic plans with the European Commission report on the impact of the demographic change in Europe and the Long-term vision for rural areas; Considers that the future Conference of the Future of Europe should propose a definition of the areas which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps mentioned in the article 174 (TFEU) in order to ensure a long-term support of the EU key policies from a place-based approach;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 251 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Insists that investments should be focused on information and communication technology, since this has the potential to reduce the distance between the users and to attract high- skilled workers; stresses the importance of funding the development and uptake of these technologies among companies and schools in rural and isolated regions and regions in industrial transition; stresses the importance of an equal and parallel deployment of these technologies among regions to avoid further deepening the gap of attractiveness and digital divide
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 259 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Member States and regions to harness the potential of digitalisation to develop and provide quality care service in a more efficient ways. Recalls that digitalisation and connectivity, as for example by easing health monitoring or teleconsultation, offers opportunities to provide healthcare services in sparsely populated areas or areas facing natural or demographic challenges often lacking basic healthcare infrastructures
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 261 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to supporAcknowledges that ‘magnet cities’ since they primarily contribute to the building of regional ‘growth poles’; nevertheless, underlines that second-tier cities play a critical role in regional development, and calls onin this respect calls on the Commission and the Member States to put in practice strategies for the harmonised development of these cities;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 269 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Recommends, where appropriate, the reform of education and training systems in the Member States, combined with policies to prevent a permanent brain drain from the ‘sending’ regions; insists on using local at regional advantages, as well as the development of economic and social facilities, not only to prevent the brain drain, but also to reverse this phenomenon; Encourages regional and local authorities to facilitates access to dual education in order improve the transition from education to employment;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 275 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Underlines labour mobility should be promoted as an opportunity which encourages sharing of skills and professional experience and which can help reduce skills shortages in these regions;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 278 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the initiative on the long-term vision for rural areas includes practical solution and means of support to address demographic changes; invites the Commission, in agreement with the Member States, to propose a ‘new deal’ on demographics in the EU as a multi-level policy approach; the long-term vision for rural areas shall include a gender mainstreaming strategy as well as mandatory impact assessment tools;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 281 #

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the initiative on the long-term vision for rural areas includes practical solution and means of support to address peripheries and demographic changes; invites the Commission, in agreement with the Member States, to propose a ‘new deal’ on demographics in the EU as a multi-level policy approach;
2021/02/09
Committee: REGI
Amendment 11 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that agrotourism makes a significant contribution to the rural economy, represents an important additional source of income for many farms and, offers a wide range of opportunities to maintain the attractiveness of rural areas and create jobs, improves the business environment for the craft sector, agricultural holdings and rural businesses and prevents depopulation of the rural areas by boosting growth;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that the COVID-19 crisis has strongly hit tourism activities in rural areas, and this has had a significant negative impact on revenues coming from agri-tourism. Therefore calls the European Commission and Member States to strengthen agri-tourism initiatives as part of the recovery plan and to ring-fence a specific allocation.
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2020/2038(INI)

2b. Stresses the benefits of rural tourism and calls on the Commission and the Member States to further promote and support initiatives, which would generate additional income sources for rural areas, job opportunities and prevent depopulation.
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the growing inclination toward local and authentic travel experiences including the consumption of local and organic food products; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support campaigns raising awareness about the positive impact of sustainable ecotourism on the conservation of the biodiversity, responsible consumption of natural resources and learning experiences, educating and influencing lifestyle choices towards greener and more sustainable living;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the importance and the need of better promotion of local tourism, which can significantly contribute to the achievement of some of the goals outlined in the European Green deal by reducing the distance travelled by each person and lowering the climate impact, improving the tourism environmental management by taking the pressure from overly populated tourist sites, while at the same time benefits the rural regions and local communities and helps to reduce the depopulation of these regions;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their efforts to improve the connectivity and multi- modal sustainable travel in the rural and peripheral areas, as well as the access to broadband internet in these regions, which are essential for the development of sustainable tourism and for the digital transformation of tourism services, which will offer more choices, better allocation of resources and new ways of managing travel and tourist flows;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that rural tourism provides between 10 and 20% of rural income and employment, twice tourism’s income and employment levels averaged across Europe, and offers two-fold benefits: income diversification for farmers and a wide opportunity to connect consumers with the origins of food, biodiversity and nature, which contributes to the transmission of a high quality image of EU agriculture.
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy is a key instrument that ensures solidarity between EuropeanU regions in exchange for the opportunities afforded by the internal market; whereas if regions are to access the internal market, they must make a contribution to the cohesion funds – as is the case for European Economic Area (EEA) countries;
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the UK should be invited to contribute to the cohesion funds if it, in the absence of full participation in the internal market, the United Kingdom should not be able to benefit from cohesion funds, except for projects which are permitted under the regulations establishing those funds; adds that, should the United Kingdom ultimately wishes to participate in the internal market, it should contribute to cohesion funds for the 2021-2027 period in accordance with the model forapplied to EEA countries;
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 23 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the new agreement should take into account the needs of the regions affected by Brexit, especially those sharing a land or sea border with the UK, such as the border regions of Ireland and the coastal regions along the Channel, the Atlantic and the North Sea;
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Commission to prepare for the consequences of a no-deal scenario should the UK not request an extension to the transition period.
2020/04/16
Committee: REGI
Amendment 2 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the demographic old-age dependency ratio (people aged 65 or above relative to those aged 15-64) is projected to increase significantly in the EU as a whole in the coming decades; whereas it has risen to 29.631.4 % oin 2016 figures91a, and is projected to rise further, notably up to 52 % in 20501b and reaching 51.2 % in 2070; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/tps00198/default/table?lang=en 1b https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/tps00200/default/table?lang=en
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Europe's ageing population is a demographic phenomenon which sees a decrease both in fertility and in mortality rate and a higher life expectancy among European population;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the demographic situation severely impacts the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the EU; whereas it is important for the EU to mainstream demographic issues into all its policies;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the current political approach, based on a limited and damaging vision (‘any job at any cost’), should be phased out so that employment and work can be seen in a longer-term perspective of the individual’s working life;deleted
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that an ageing workforce and the lack of generational renewal constitute a more serious issue in agriculture than in other sectors; believes that addressing market uncertainty, access to production factors and in particular access to land and lack of profitability in farming enterprises are key to reversing this trend;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that an ageing workforce and the lack of generational renewal constitute a more serious issue in the agricultureal sector than in other sectors; believes that addressing market uncertainty and lack of profitability in farming enterprisesfacilitating access to finance for the farming enterprises, particularly for young farmers, are key to reversing this trend;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Acknowledges that only 11% of all farm holdings in the European Union are run by farmers under the age of 40 years old2a; calls on the Member States to remove all barriers preventing young farmers from entering the agricultural sector, including the difficult access to land; calls furthermore on the Member States to promote new ways of collaboration between generations such as partnerships, share-farming, long-term leasing and other arrangements which could address the lack of land and stimulate young farmers; _________________ 2ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Farmers_and_the_a gricultural_labour_force_-_statistics
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recognises the prominent role that the cohesion policy and the CAP could play in encouraging and boosting the employability and inclusion of women in rural and remote areas affronted with demographic-related issues and calls on the Member States to better use the relevant funds for that purpose;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that improving the connectivity and the accessibility of services in the rural and remote areas is crucial to address the depopulation of these regions and the social and digital exclusion of the older population living there; therefore, calls on the Member States to recognise the significance of rural and remote areas, in their diversity, and develop their potential through stimulating investments in the local economy, fostering entrepreneurship and improving their infrastructure;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Considers the possibilities created by lifelong learning, in combination with digitalisation, essential to provide the ageing population in the rural and remote areas with various opportunities, including supplementary income; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to support educational and training programs, that will help the ageing population to develop skills and gain expertise in areas such as eCommerce, online marketing and ICT;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Highlights that due to the evolution, digitalization and specialization of agriculture, both people within the sector and those first entering in it, require an appropriate level of digital, technical and economic training and calls for the promotion of exchange schemes, discussions, online trainings and e- learning;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Reminds that the outermost regions are especially predisposed to depopulation and require a special set of measures to mitigate negative demographic changes they often face; calls on the Member States to use proactively the available structural and investment funds in order to address the challenges these regions face;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Underlines the essential impact the constantly evolving digital technologies have on people’s daily life, thus stresses the need for high-speed broadband and vital and up-to-date technological equipment in schools, hospitals and all other relevant public services facilities, including developing effective e- Governance, in order to ensure there are enough opportunities for the people living in rural and remote areas.
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas agriculture is a sector with a strong reliance on temporary labour, work which is mostly seasonal in nature with peaks and high employment of migrant workers to meet the needs and demands of sector;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s legislative proposal of March 2018 for establishing a European Labour Authority to ensure that EU rules on labour mobility are enforced in a fair, simple and effective way; however regrets that the European Labour Authority is currently not planning to be fully operational before 2024;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the important and essential role of migrant and seasonal workers in responding to periodic and seasonal peaks in labour demand in the agricultural sector which local supply cannot meet;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Notes that several Member States, such as Denmark, Italy and Spain, have in recent years experienced a significant increase in the share of migrant workers in agriculture;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Stresses the disproportionately negative impact movement restrictions introduced as a result of the COVID-19 crisis had on the availability of seasonal workers for necessary agricultural work and across the food supply chain as a whole, notes in this regard the importance of a fully functioning internal market with clear guidelines and uniform interpretation by the Member States;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. CNotes that the full and proper implementation of Directive 2014/36/EU (on the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers) should be ensured and monitored in Member States to ensure minimum standards are achieved, considers that better legal frameworks and a greater focus on the implementation and enforcement of labour law are urgently needed, including with regard to employment rights and social security coverage, especially for atypical work and exploited labour; furthermore underlines the importance of the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Expresses concern at the working, health and safety and social conditions facing some migrant and seasonal workers and points to the importance of monitoring compliance with employment legislation, combating undeclared work and monitoring adherence to social welfare and safety standards that promote the social and economic integration of migrant and seasonal workers;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that better targeting of EU funds would support worker mobilitysuch as those under the European Social Fund and tools under the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme would support worker mobility, inclusion and increased health and safety training and awareness, enabling better use of the information available and improving the collection and use of data on the patterns of labour mobility flows and imbalances within the labour market;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that family workers still represent the vast majority of agricultural labour in Europe, and that insufficient generational renewal is one of the major challenges faced by the farming sector across the EU, resulting in fewer farmers in the sector year after year; Notes that CAP measures oriented towards young farmer help maintain employment in agriculture, namely through supporting farm succession and generating local jobs in both farming and its up-and downstream sectors. However, regrets that this positive trend remains very limited in its impact because of many other economic factors influencing farming employment, such as access to credit and land as well as lack in succession planning and lack of tax incentives;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that technological innovation is a driver of structural change within farms and agricultural labour markets, and that many holdings across Europe are not sufficiently prepared for taking up technological innovation owing to the low level of agricultural training of their farm managers, a level which differs significantly among Member States; notes that that the current trend towards a technology-oriented agricultural sector has the potential to push labour costs upwards, as farming will demand a higher-skilled labour force; highlights that increased training, education and upskilling will be required by all workers in the sector to meet the challenge of increased technologic innovation and modernisation and notes that this increased training should be planned in close collaboration with social partners within the labour market;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for binding Union law to be adopted that ensures that allthe supply chains of products imported into the Union and also of those products and services supplied within the Union do not involvedo not lead to deforestation and, ecosystem degradation or conversion, or, human rights violations, and that protects or the violation of rights of indigenous peoples and local communities;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for the Union to take a leading international role in promoting sustainable forest use and bio-based production; acknowledges that enhanced wood availability is necessary for attracting forest-based investments in the Union and green economic recovery as well as for achieving the targets of the European Green Deal and EU Bioeconomy Strategy, which also ensures halting deforestation;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that although voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestation, binding legislation should be combined with non-legislative initiatives, such as cooperation with third countries, in order to fight against global deforestation;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2020/2006(INL)

2. Notes that voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestatthe Union contribution to global deforestation caused by demand for imports of deforestation-risk goods into the Union;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports the setting up of “green alliances” with third countries in order to help them put in place sustainable forest value chains and bio-economy activities prioritising the support to small producers, as well as sound policies aiming at avoiding deforestation, such as integrated land planning, land tenure transparency, and prevention of illegal conversion of forest areas into agricultural land;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Supports regular information exchanges with third countries to promote the consumption and trade of wood and wood derived products coming from forest managed in a sustainable way;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the global forest area has been reduced by 129 million hectares in the period 1990-2015 mainly due to the agricultural production, a third of which is exported, and highlights that soy, palm oil and cocoa represent 80 % of the Union imports coming from deforested areas;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Regrets that the Union embodied deforestation reaches 10 % of the global deforestation consumption as a result of its dependency on imports of products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber and rubber;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls for the establishment of an objective of Union zero deforestation consumption in the framework of the Green Deal by 2030, at the latest;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Welcomes the proposal of the Commission in its communication of 20 May 2020 entitled "A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system" to put in place a deforestation observatory, but considers it necessary that this initiative be accompanied by submitting, every 5 years, a report to the European Parliament and the Council on global deforestation in order to take appropriate measures in terms of reinforcing cooperation with third countries and safeguarding trade restrictions at the Union level;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Considers it essential to put in place a deforestation-free certification system that would increase the supply chain transparency in the Union and allow the promotion of products not issued from deforestation;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Asks the Commission to put in place an information campaign on responsible agri-food consumption in the Union by highlighting the environmental consequences of the embodied deforestation;.
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls therefore for a due diligence obligation to be placed on operators, including financiefor economic actors, that place forest and ecosystem-risk commodities, or their derivatives on the Union market, from third countries on the Union market; stresses, that many of the affected European businesses particularly in the food supply chain are SMEs and therefore calls for an SME- friendly implementation that limits administrative burden to an unavoidable minimum;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that improving traceability and transparency can help to ensure that onlyincrease the consumption of sustainably sourced goods are consumed; calls for due diligence obligations to be part of public procurement rules;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for binding and enforceable environmental and social provisions to be included in free trade agreements (FTAs) so as to protect forests, natural ecosystems and human rights, particularly community tenure rights; calls for the reopening of FTAs which do not contain such provisions, for example EU-Mercosur FTA;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for binding and enforceable environmental and social provisions to be included in free trade agreements (FTAs), such as Mercosur, so as to protect forests, natural ecosystems and human rights, particularly community tenure rights; calls foronsiders that the reospening of FTAs which do not contain such provisions, for example EU-Mercosur FTAct of the Paris Agreement should be a binding condition in all trade agreements with third countries;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for binding and enforceable environmental and social provisions to be included in free trade agreements (FTAs) so as to protect forests, natural ecosystems and human rights, particularly community tenure rights; calls for the reopening of FTAs which do not contain such provisions, for example EU-Mercosur FTAnegotiations when such provisions are not already contained therein, including the EU-Mercosur FTA; considers that the respect of the Paris Agreement should be a binding condition in all trade agreements with third countries;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Commission to integrate deforestation in the assessment of the environmental impact of trade agreements, and to take into consideration the results of ex ante evaluations in trade negotiations;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the Union to cutreduce its dependency on imports of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities by implementing the Union protein plan, and for Union livestock production to match available Union land resources;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Strongly supports the promotion of nitrogen fixing crops under the new CAP strategic plans through eco-schemes, rural development agro-environmental measures, new sectorial interventions and coupled support, in order to increase the protein self-sufficiency of the Union, and, at the same time, contribute to reach the objectives of the biodiversity and the farm to fork strategies;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages the Member States to boost the production of nitrogen fixing crops in the context of the COVID-19 recovery plan which will be put in place in the next multiannual financial framework;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Supports the elimination by 2030 of the use of raw materials contributing to the deforestation in the production of biofuels;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the unsustainable level of consumption in the EU, and that, for example, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) coStresses that the sustainability of raw material use in the Union could be considerably improved by implementains insufficient sustainability criteria, which both causes and intensifies land-use changeg measures to boost the circular bio- economy, consequently reducing the dependency on deforestation-risk imports;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to monitor and take action on the causes of wildfires, forest damage and ecosystem conversion and related human rights and tenure violations, by creating early alert mechanisms.and to assist in tackling these issues by intensifying dialogue and data sharing with respective third countries;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2020/1998(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the enhanced flexibility in cohesion policy – increased co- financing, anti-crisis use of EU funds - introduced in March and April 2020 and, believes that it - should also be maintained also in MFF 2021-2027 in line with core cohesion policy principles and goals;
2020/09/02
Committee: REGI
Amendment 61 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) On 1 February 2020, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (‘United Kingdom’) left the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (‘Euratom’) – hereafter referred together as the ‘Union’, entering a transition period. That time- limited period was agreed as part of the Withdrawal Agreement 11 and is to last untilended on 31 December 2020. During the transition period, the Union and the United Kingdom started formal negotiations on a future relationship. _________________ 11Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (‘Withdrawal Agreement’) (OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7).
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 67 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Following tThe end of the transition period, has generated barriers to trade and to cross- border exchanges between the Union and the United Kingdom will be present. Band broad and far- reaching consequences for businesses, workers, citizens and public administrations are expected. Those consequences are unavoidable and stakeholders need to make sure that they are ready for them.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 77 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The Union is committed to mitigating the economic, social and territorial impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and to show solidarity with all Member States and regions, especially the most affected ones in such exceptional circumstances.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 85 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) For the purposes of contributing to economic, social and territorial cohesion, it is appropriate that Member States, when designing support measures, focus in particular on the regions, areas and local communities, including those dependent on fishing activities in the United Kingdom waters, that are likely to be most negatively impacted by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom. Member States may have to take specific measures notably to support businesses and economic sectors adversely affected by the withdrawal. It is therefore appropriate to provide a non-exhaustive list of the type of measures that are most likely to achieve this objective, in particular SMEs, and economic sectors, including fisheries, agri-food and transport sectors, that are adversely affected by the withdrawal and which now face barriers to trade flows, an increase in administrative and custom procedures, and greater regulatory and financial burden. It is therefore appropriate to provide a non-exhaustive list of the type of measures that are most likely to achieve this objective. Relevant regional and local authorities, economic and social partners and civil society of the territories concerned shall be involved in the process of identification of the support measures in accordance with the partnership principle laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) .../… [new CPR].
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 93 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) For the purpose of contributing to the Union’s social and environmental targets, the Reserve should be implemented in accordance with the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Green Deal and be in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 96 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) In the context of its effort to increase economic, social and territorial cohesion, the Reserve should also contribute to eliminating inequalities and promoting gender equality and gender mainstreaming as well as combatting discrimination as set out in Article 2 TEU, Article 10 TFUE and Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. All stakeholders involved in the implementation of the Reserve shall commit to promoting gender equality and ensure that the impact of the measures on women is taken into account.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 101 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) At the same time, it is important to clearly specify any exclusions from support provided by the Reserve. The Reserve should exclude from support the value added tax as it constitutes a Member State revenue, which offsets the related cost for the Member State budget. In order to concentrate the use of limited resources in the most efficient way, technical assistance used by the bodies responsible for the implementation of the Reserve should not be eligible for support from the Reserve. In line with the general approach for cohesion policy, expenditure linked to relocations or contrary to any applicable Union or national law should not be supported.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 104 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Funds and programmes will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 30 % of the Union budget expenditure supporting climate objectives. The Brexit Adjustment Reserve is expected to contribute 30% of the overall financial envelope to climate objective according to the specific needs and priorities of each Member State.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 105 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) In order to ensure reimbursement of administrative expenses linked to the implementation, management, monitoring, information, communication, control and auditing, the bodies responsible should be eligible for support from the Reserve, on a voluntary basis.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 109 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to take into account the immediate impact of the adverse consequences ofexpenses incurred in anticipating the withdrawal agreement of the United Kingdom from the Union on the Member States and their economies, the immediate impact of the adverse consequences of the withdrawal and the need to adopt mitigating measures, as appropriate, prior to the expiry of the transition period, the eligibility period for implementing such measures should start as from 1 Julanuary 202019 and be concentrated over a limited period of 30 monthslast until 31 December 2023.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 118 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget in cases of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law and the respect for fundamental rights in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law and the fundamental rights is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 123 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In order to enable Member States to deploy the additional resources and to ensure sufficient financial means to swiftly implement measures under the Reserve, a substantial amount thereof should be disbursed in 2021 as pre-financing. The distribution method should take into account the importance of trade with the United Kingdom and the importance of fisheries in the United Kingdom exclusive economic zone, based on reliable and official statistics. Financial services should be excluded from the calculation of the distribution method considering the positive impact expected due to the relocalisation of several activities in the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom. Given the unique nature of the event that the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union constitutes and the uncertainty that has surrounded key aspects of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Union after the expiry of the transition period, it is difficult to anticipate the appropriate measures Member States will have to take rapidly to counter the effects of the withdrawal. It is therefore necessary to grant Member States flexibility and in particular to allow the Commission to adopt the financing decision providing the pre-financing without the obligation pursuant to Article 110(2) of the Financial Regulation to provide a description of the concrete actions to be financed.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 130 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Pursuant to paragraphs 22 and 23 of the Inter-institutional agreement for Better Law-Making of 13 April 201613 , there is a need to evaluate the Reserve on the basis of information collected through specific monitoring requirements, while avoiding overregulation and administrative burden, in particular on Member Statnational, regional and local authorities and final beneficiaries. These requirements, where appropriate, should include measurable indicators, as a basis for the evaluation of the Reserve. _________________ 13Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1).
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 137 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) To ensure equal treatment of all Member States and consistency in the evaluation of the applications, the Commission should assess the applications in a package. It should look in particular into the eligibility and the accuracy of the expenditure declared, the direct link of the expenditure with measures taken to address the consequences of the withdrawal and the measures put in place by the Member State concerned to avoid double funding. Upon assessment of the applications for a financial contribution from the Reserve, the Commission should clear the pre- financing paid, and recover the unused amount. In order to concentrate the support on Member States most affected by the withdrawal, where the expenditure in the Member State concerned, accepted as eligible by the Commission, exceeds the amount paid as pre-financing and 0.06% of the nominal Gross National Income (GNI) for 2021 of the Member State concerned, it should be possible to allow for a further allocation from the Reserve to that Member Stata further allocation from the Reserve should be granted to Member States within the limits of the financial resources available. In order to ensure consistency with the pre-financing, the distribution method of the additional amount should also take into account the importance of trade within the limits ofUnited Kingdom in the financial resources availableternal market, based on reliable and official statistics. Given the extent of the expected economic shock, the possibility to use the amounts recovered from the pre-financing for the reimbursement of additional expenditure by Member States should be provided for.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 141 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The Commission should assist and support Member States in order to help their preparation of the measures, including on how to assess the direct link with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 145 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In order to ensure the proper functioning of shared management, Member States should establish a management and control system, designate and notify the Commission of the bodies responsible at national, regional and local level for the management of the Reserve as well as a separate independent audit body. For simplification reasons, Member States may make use of existing bodies designated and systems set up for the purpose of the management and control of cohesion policy funding or the European Union Solidarity Fund. It is necessary to specify the responsibilities of the Member States and lay down the specific requirements for the bodies designated.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 146 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) In order to reduce bureaucracy it is recommended to use existing techniques such as the simplified costs option to contribute to faster distribution of the financial resources
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 147 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/9514 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9615 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193916 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2020/2092 on a general regime of Rule of Law conditionality for the protection of the Union budget, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 . In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. _________________ 14 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.1995, p. 1). 15Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2). 16Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1). 17Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1). 18 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29).
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 156 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The objectives of this Regulation are to maintain economic, social and territorial cohesion, to support employment and reintegration, including in the context of citizen's resettlement from the United Kingdom to the European Union and to provide a solidarity tool for Member States when dealing with the effects of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union which affects the Union as a whole though with different severity among regions and sectors. These objectives cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level. Thus, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 158 #

2020/0380(COD)

(1) ‘reference period’ means the reference period referred to in Article 63(5), point (a), of the Financial Regulation, which shall be from 1 Julanuary 202019 to 31 December 20223;
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 180 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) additional amounts of EUR 1 126 162 000 shall be made available in 20245 in accordance with Article 11.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 188 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The financial contribution from the Reserve shall only support the public expenditure directly linked to measures specifically taken by Member States, regional and local authorities to contribute to the objectives referred to in Article 3, and may cover, in particular the following:
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 197 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) measures to support businesses and local and regional communities dependent on fishing activities in the United Kingdom waters, including measures to support fishers and operators for the permanent cessation of fishing activities as defined in [Regulation (EU) No XX/20XX (EMFAF Regulation)] and compensation for operators in the fishery and aquaculture sectors, including the processing of fishery and aquaculture products, for their income foregone or additional costs due to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and the decreasing access to United Kingdom waters;
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 205 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) measures to support employment, including through and reintegration, including in the context of citizens' resettlement from the United Kingdom to the European Union, through, inter alia, short-time work schemes, re- skilling and training in affected sectors;
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 206 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) measures to support employment, job protection and job creation, including through short-time work schemes, up- skilling, re-skilling and training of workers in affected sectors;
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 213 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) measures to facilitate regimes for certification and authorisation of products, to assist in meeting establishment requirements, to facilitate labelling and marking, for example for safety, health and environmental standards, as well as to assist in mutual recognition, including additional personnel and infrastructure, especially digital infrastructure;
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 216 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) technical assistance for the management, monitoring, information and communication, and control and auditing of the Reserve calculated as a flat rate at the amount of 3,5 % of the contribution from the Reserve for each Member State.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 217 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) technical assistance for the management, monitoring, complaint resolution, and control and auditing of the Reserve;
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 227 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Expenditure shall be eligible if it is incurred and paid during the reference period for measures carried out in the Member State concerned or for the benefitmost affected regions of the Member State concerned.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 234 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall comply with applicable law, subject to the exceptions referred to in Article [new Article 6].
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 236 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Measures eligible under paragraph 1 may receive support from other Union programmes and instruments provided that such support does not cover the same cost. Members States shall consult the relevant local and regional authorities that act as managing authorities or intermediate bodies for European funds in order to avoid any overlapping of funding.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 237 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a State aid 1. The Commission may declare that payments made by Member States under the present Regulation are compatible with the internal market and are not subject to the notification requirements of Article 108(3) TFEU. 2. In line with the provisions of [Regulation (EU) No XX/20XX (EMFAF Regulation)], Articles 107, 108 and 109 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union shall not apply to payments made by Member States, under the present Regulation, to undertakings in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, falling within the scope of Article 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 243 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) technical assistance for the management, monitoring, information and communication, complaint resolution, and control and auditing of the Reserve;deleted
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 246 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The financial contribution from the Reserve to a Member State shall be implemented together with the relevant regional and local authorities of the territories concerned, in accordance with the partnership principle laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) .../… [new CPR] and within the framework of shared management in accordance with Article 63 of the Financial Regulation.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 249 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States, in cooperation with regional and local authorities and after consulting with the relevant economic and social partners and civil society in the areas most heavily affected, shall use the contribution from the Reserve to implement the measures referred to in Article 5 to provide non-repayable forms of support to public and/or private entities. The Union contribution shall take the form of reimbursement of eligible costs actually incurred and paid by Member States in implementing the measures.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 256 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. By derogation from Article 12 of the Financial Regulation, unused commitment and payment appropriations under this Regulation shall be automatically carried over and may be used until 31 December 20256. The appropriations carried over shall be consumed first in the following financial year.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 266 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The Member States, in cooperation with regional and local authorities concerned and after consulting with the relevant economic and social partners and civil society of the territories concerned, shall submit an application to the Commission for a financial contribution from the Reserve by 30 September 20234. The Commission shall assess this application and establish whether additional amounts are due to Member States or any amounts should be recovered from the Member States in accordance with Article 11.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 276 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Where a Member State does not submit an application for a financial contribution from the Reserve by 30 September 20234, the Commission shall recover the total amount paid as pre- financing to that Member State.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 286 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) a description of the contribution of the measures to climate change mitigation and adaptation, the reduction of the digital divide, the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the promotion of gender equality and the implementation of gender mainstreaming.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 298 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where the accepted amount exceeds both the amount of pre-financing and 0.06% of the nominal GNI of 2021 of the Member State concerned, an additional amount shall be due to that Member State from the allocation referred to in Article 4(3), point (b), and any amounts carried over pursuant to Article 8(4). The allocation criteria for the additional amounts to be paid by the Commission to the Member States are set out in Annex Ia.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 304 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In such a case, the Commission shall pay the amount exceeding the pre-financing paid to the Member State concerned or 0.06% of the nominal GNI of 2021, whichever is higher.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 306 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Where the sum of tThe additional amounts for all due to a Member States shall not exceed the amount calculated pursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph exceeds the resources available according to Article 4(3), point (b), the contributions from the Reserve shall be reduced proportionately.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 316 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Any amounts declared in the application for a financial contribution to the Commission by Member States shall be denominated in euro. Member States which have not adopted the euro as their currency shall convert the amounts in the application for financial contribution into euro using the monthly accounting exchange rates of the Commission in the month prior to the submission of the applicationduring which the expenditure is registered in the accounting systems of the Member State.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 318 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) designating, at the appropriate level of governance, one or more bodyies responsible for the management of the financial contribution from the Reserve and an independent audit body in accordance with Article 63(3) of the Financial Regulation, and supervising such bodies;
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 324 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The bodyies responsible for managing the financial contribution from the Reserve shall:
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 329 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 June 20267, the Commissan independent evaluation shall be carryied out an evaluation to examine the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU added value of the Reserve. The Commission may make use ofshall provide all relevant information already available in accordance with Article 128 of the Financial Regulation.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 332 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June 20278, the Commissiona report of the independent evaluation on the implementation of the Reserve shall be submitted to the European Parliament and to, the Council a report on the implementationnd the Committee of the Reservegions.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 338 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Each Member State’s share from pre-financing of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve is determined as the sum of a factor linked to the fish caught in the waters that belong to the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as well as the concessions of transfers outside of the UK EZZ, and a factor linked to trade with the UK.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 340 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Each Member State’s share from pre-financing of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve is determined as the sum of a factor linked to the fish caught in the waters that belong to the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and a factor linked to trade with the UK in the internal market.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 344 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
a) share of each Member State of the total value of the fish caught in the UK EEZ and the share of the total value of the concessions in the transfers of fishing opportunities caught outside UK EEZ to other Member States;
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 346 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
b) these shares are increased for Member States with fisheries that have an above average dependency on the fish caught in the UK EEZ and decreased for the ones that have a below average dependency as following: (i) for each Member State, the value of fish caught in UK EEZ as a percentage of the total value of fish caught by that Member State is expressed as an index of the EU average (index of dependency); (ii) the initial share of the value of fish caught in the UK EEZ is adjusted by multiplying it with the Member State’s index of dependency; (iii) these adjusted shares are rescaled to ensure that the sum of all Member States’ shares equals 100%.deleted
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 355 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
a) each Member State’s trade with the UK is expressed as share of the EU trade with the UK (trade is the sum of the imports and the exports of good and services, excluding financial services);
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 357 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
b) to assess the relative importance of these trade flows for each Member State, the sum of trade flows with the UK are expressed as a percentage of the Member State’s GDPoverall trade flows with the whole EU-28 and subsequently expressed as an index of the EU average (index of dependency);
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 363 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point f
f) the resulting shares are rescaled to ensure the sum of shares equals 100%, whereby it is ensured that no Member State can have a share higher than 25% of the EU totalfull amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. The resources deducted due to this capping are redistributed to the other Member States, proportionally to their non- capped shares;
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 366 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point h a (new)
ha) to provide a minimum level of access to the funds from the Reserve, no Member State can receive less than EUR 5 million in 2018 prices. The resources needed to ensure this minimum amount are deducted from the other Member States' envelopes, proportionally to their shares not limited by this minimum threshold;
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 371 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
f) for GDP and for total population of the Member States the reference period shall be 2017- 2019.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 375 #

2020/0380(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I a (new)
Allocation method for the additional amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve The additional amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve shall be distributed between the Member States according to the following methodology: 1. Each Member State’s share from the additional amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve is determined by way of a factor linked to trade with the UK in the internal market, to ensure a fair distribution of financial support over the Union to take account of the loss of trade opportunities resulting from the withdrawal from the United Kingdom from the Union. 2. The factor is obtained by applying the following steps: a) each Member State’s trade with the UK is expressed as share of the EU trade with the UK (trade is the sum of the imports and the exports of good and services , excluding financial services); b) to assess the relative importance of these trade flows for each Member State, the sum of trade flows with the UK are expressed as a percentage of the Member State’s overall trade flows with the whole EU-28 and subsequently expressed as an index of the EU average (index of dependency); c) the initial share of trade with the UK is adjusted by multiplying it with the Member State’s index of dependency; d) these adjusted shares are rescaled to ensure that the sum of all Member States’ shares equals 100%; e) the shares so obtained are adjusted by dividing them with the Member State’s GNI per capita (in purchasing power parities) expressed as a percentage of the average GNI per capita of the EU (average expressed as 100%); f) the resulting shares are rescaled to ensure the sum of shares equals 100%, whereby it is ensured that no Member State can have a share higher than 25% of the full amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve. The resources deducted due to this capping are redistributed to the other Member States, proportionally to their non-capped shares; g) if this calculation leads to an allocation exceeding 0.35% of a Member State’s GNI (measured in Euro), that Member State’s allocation is capped at the level of 0.35% of its GNI. The resources deducted due to this capping are redistributed to the other Member States, proportionally to their non-capped shares; h) if the calculation referred to in point g) results in an aid intensity of more than EUR 190/inhabitant, that Member State’s allocation is capped at the level corresponding to an aid intensity of EUR 190/inhabitant. The resources deducted due to this capping are distributed to the Member States not capped under points g) or h), proportionally to their shares as calculated in point g). 3. For the purposes of calculating the distribution of the additional amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve: a) for trade the reference period shall be 2017-2019; b) for GNI the reference period shall be 2017-2019; c) for GNI/capita (in purchasing power parities) the reference period shall be 2016-2018; d) for total population of the Member States the reference period shall be 2017- 2019.
2021/03/31
Committee: REGI
Amendment 342 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) In order to achieve the objectives of this Regulation, and in particular to improve the functioning of the internal market and ensure a safe and transparent online environment, it is necessary to establish a clear and balanced set of harmonised due diligence obligations for providers of intermediary services. Those obligations should aim in particular to guarantee different public policy objectives such as the safety, health and trust of the recipients of the service, including minors, women and vulnerable users, protect the relevant fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, to ensure meaningful accountability of those providers and to empowerprovide recourse to recipients and other affected parties, whilst facilitating the necessary oversight by competent authorities.
2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 478 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
(57) Three categories of systemic risks should be assessed in-depth. A first category concerns the risks associated with the misuse of their service through the dissemination of illegal content, such as the dissemination of child sexual abuse material or illegal hate speech, and the conduct of illegal activities, such as the sale of products or services prohibited by Union or national law, including counterfeit products. For example, and without prejudice to the personal responsibility of the recipient of the service of very large online platforms for possible illegality of his or her activity under the applicable law, such dissemination or activities may constitute a significant systematic risk where access to such content may be amplified through accounts with a particularly wide reach. A second category concerns the impact of the service on the exercise of fundamental rights, as protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including the freedom of expression and information, the right to private life, the right to non-discrimination, the right to gender equality and the rights of the child. Such risks may arise, for example, in relation to the design of the algorithmic systems used by the very large online platform or the misuse of their service through the submission of abusive notices or other methods for silencing speech or hampering competition. A third category of risks concerns the intentional and, oftentimes, coordinated manipulation of the platform’s service through the submission of abusive notices, with a foreseeable impact on health, civic discourse, electoral processes, public security and protection of minors, having regard to the need to safeguard public order, protect privacy and fight fraudulent and deceptive commercial practices. Such risks may arise, for example, through the creation of fake accounts, the use of bots, and other automated or partially automated behaviours, which may lead to the rapid and widespread dissemination of information that is illegal content or incompatible with an online platform’s terms and conditions.
2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 1550 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Very large online platforms shall identify, analyse and assess, from the date of application referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 25(4), at least once a year thereafter,on an ongoing basis, the probability and severity of any significant systemic risks stemming from the functioning and use made of their services in the Union. This risk assessment shall be specific to their services and shall include the following systemic risks:
2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 1563 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) any negative effects for the exercise of any of the fundamental rights listed in the Charter, in particular on the fundamental rights to respect for private and family life, freedom of expression and information, the prohibition of discrimination, the right to gender equality and the rights of the child, as enshrined in Articles 7, 11, 21, 23 and 24 of the Charter respectively;
2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 1606 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Very large online platforms shall put in place reasonable, proportionate and effective mitigation measures, tailored to the specific systemic risks identified pursuant to Article 26. Such measures mayshall include, where applicable:
2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 1626 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where a very large online platform decides not to put in place any of the mitigating measures listed in Article 27(1), it shall provide a written explanation that describes the reasons why those measures were not put in place, which shall be provided to the independent auditors in order to prepare the audit report in Article 28(3).
2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 1658 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the obligations set out in Chapter III; in particular the quality of the identification, analysis and assessment of the risks referred to in Article 26, and the necessity, proportionality and effectiveness of the risk mitigation measures referred to in Article 27
2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 2099 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission acting on its own initiative, or the Board acting on its own initiative or upon request of at least three Digital Services Coordinators of destination, mayshall, where it has reasons to suspect that a very large online platform infringed any of those provisions, recommend the Digital Services Coordinator of establishment to investigate the suspected infringement with a view to that Digital Services Coordinator adopting such a decision within a reasonable time periodout undue delay and in any event within two months.
2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 2120 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission, acting either upon the Board’s recommendation or on its own initiative after consulting the Board, mayshall initiate proceedings in view of the possible adoption of decisions pursuant to Articles 58 and 59 in respect of the relevant conduct by the very large online platform that:
2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 2130 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Wheren the Commission decides to initiates proceedings pursuant to paragraph 1, it shall notify all Digital Services Coordinators, the Board and the very large online platform concerned.
2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 37 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The European Social Charter establishes that all workers have the right to just conditions of work. It recognises the right of all workers to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families. Article 4 of the Charter recognises the role of freely concluded collective agreements as well asnd of statutory minimum wage setting mechanisms, to ensure the effective exercise of this right, as well as the right of men and women to equal pay for work of equal value.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Better working and living conditions, including through adequate minimum wages, benefit both workers and businesses in the Union and are a prerequisite for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth. Addressing large differences in the coverage and adequacy of minimum wage protection, as well as combating undeclared work, which is mostly performed by women, through job recognition incentive schemes and simplified declaration tools, contributes to improving the fairness of the EU labour market and promoteing economic, and social progress and upward convergence. Competition in the Single Market should be based on high social standards, the creation of quality jobs, innovation and productivity improvements ensuring a level playing field.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 50 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) When set at adequate levels, minimum wages protect the income of disadvantaged workers, help ensure a decent living, and limit the fall in income during bad times, as recognised in Convention 131 of the International Labour Organisation on the establishment of a system of minimum wage fixing. Minimum wages contribute to sustaining domestic demand, strengthen incentives to work, reduce wage inequalities, and help prevent and combat in- work poverty.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 52 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Women, migrant, young and low- skilled workers, single parents and persons with disabilities have a higher probability of being minimum wage or low wage earners, and face more intersectional and structural discrimination, than other groups. During economic downturns, such as the Covid-19 crisis, the role of minimum wages in protecting low-wage workers becomes increasingly important and is essential to support a sustainable and inclusive economic recovery, while there are chronic skills shortages in many sectors, including in highly feminised sectors. The COVID-19 crisis, during which some mostly female-dominated low-paid sectors have proved to be essential, prompts consideration of the need to reassess the adequacy of pay in certain sectors. Addressing minimum wage contributes to gender equality, closing the gender pay and pension gap as well as elevating wommpowering women economically and elevating women and children out of poverty.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 65 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) The Covid-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on the services sector and small firms, which both have a high share of minimum wage earners. In addition, minimum wages are also important in view of the structural trends that are reshaping labour markets and which are increasingly characterised by high shares of non-standard and precarious work. These trends have led to an increased job polarisation resulting in an increasing share of low-paid and low- skilled occupations in most Member States, in particular in highly feminised sectors, as well as to higher wage inequality in some of them.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 83 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) TWith a view to improving working conditions, upward social convergence and gender equality in the Union, this Directive establishes minimum requirements at Union level to ensure both that minimum wages are set at adequate level and that workers have access to minimum wage protection, in the form of a statutory minimum wage or in the form of wages set under collective agreements as defined for the purpose of this Directive.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 113 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) To promote adequacy of minimum wages for all groups of workers, variations and deductions from statutory minimum wages should be limited to a minimum, while ensuring that social partners are duly consulted in their definition and ongoing evaluation. Some deductions to statutory minimum wages may be justified by a legitimate aim, including overstated amounts paid or deductions ordered by a judicial authority. Others, such as deductions related to the equipment necessary to perform a job or deductions of allowances in kind, such as accommodation, may be unjustified or disproportionate. There should be a focus on ensuring that variations in statutory minimum wages and deductions from such wages do not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups, especially women.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 118 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) An effective enforcement system, including stepped-up controls and field inspections, is necessary to ensure the functioning of, and compliance with, national statutory minimum wage frameworks, in particular in risk sectors, including in highly feminised sectors. To strengthen the effectiveness of enforcement authorities, a close cooperation with the social partners is also needed, including to address critical challenges such as those related to sub- contracting, bogus self- employment or non-recorded overtime. Moreover, workers should have easily access to appropriate information on applicable statutory minimum wages to ensure an adequate degree of transparency and predictability as regards their working conditions and enforcement of their rights.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 124 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) Reliable monitoring and data collection are key to ensure the effective protection of minimum wages. The Commission should report every year to the European Parliament and to the Council its assessment of developments in the adequacy and coverage of minimum wages on the basis of annual data and information to be provided by Member States. Member States will submit a breakdown of the data and information provided by gender, age, disability, business size and sector. In addition, progress should be monitored in the framework of the process of economic and employment policy coordination at Union level. In that context, the Employment Committee should examine every year the situation in the Member States on the basis of the reports produced by the Commission and European Union agencies such as the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), and other multilateral surveillance tools such as benchmarking.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 147 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article premier – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. With a view to improving working and living conditions in the Union, upward social convergence and gender equality, this Directive establishes a framework for:
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 199 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States with statutory minimum wages shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the setting and updating of statutory minimum wages are guided by criteria set to promote adequacy with the aim to achieve decent working and living conditions, social cohesion and upward convergence, as well as to prevent and combat in-work poverty. Member States shall define those criteria in accordance with their national practices, either in relevant national legislation, in decisions of the competent bodies or in tripartite agreements. The criteria shall be defined in a stable and clear way.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 220 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall establish consultative bodies to advise the competent authorities on issues related to statutory minimum wages, including the gender pay gap. The consultative bodies shall be sufficiently resourced.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 229 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may allow different rates of statutory minimum wage for specific groups of workers. Member States shall keep these variations to a minimum, and ensure that any variation is non- discriminatory, proportionate, limited in time if relevant, and objectively and reasonably justified by a legitimate aim, and does not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups, in particular women.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 233 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may allow deductions by law that reduce the remuneration paid to workers to a level below that of the statutory minimum wage. Member States shall ensure that these deductions from statutory minimum wages are necessary, objectively justified and proportionate and do not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups, in particular women.
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 240 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the establishment and ongoing evaluation of variations and deductions in statutory minimum wages referred to in Article 6;
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 243 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) strengthen the controls and field inspections conducted by labour inspectorates or the bodies responsible for the enforcement of statutory minimum wages, and ensure that they are sufficiently resourced. The controls and inspections shall be proportionate and non- discriminatory and shall have a focus on highly feminised sectors;
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 256 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) the existing deductions and objective justifications provided;
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 265 #

2020/0310(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide the statistics and information referred to in this paragraph disaggregated by gender, age, disability, company size and sector.(Does not affect the English version.)
2021/05/20
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
(3) The Commission’s evaluation of th the 7 EAP24 concluded that its 2050 vision th and priority objectives are still valid; that it has helped to provide more predictable, faster and better-coordinated action in environment policy; and that its structure and enabling framework have helped create synergies, thus making environment policy more effective and efficient. Moreover, the evaluation concluded that the 7th EAP anticipated the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda by insisting that economic growth and social wellbeing depend on a healthy natural resource base, and facilitated delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals. It also enabled the Union to speak with one voice on the global stage on climate and environmental matters. IEven as EU made progress towards almost all of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) based on data from the past five years, in its evaluation of the 7th EAP, the Commission also concluded that progress related to nature protection, health and policy integration was not sufficient. _________________ 24 COM(2019) 233 final.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
(6) The European Green Deal underpins the Next Generation EU Recovery Plan which promotes the investments in key green sectorsustainable activities needed to build resilience, and create growth and jobs in a fair and inclusive society. The Recovery and Resilience Facility which will power the Union’s economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis together with the Union budget for 2021-2027, is also based on the priority objectives set out in the European Green Deal. Furthermore, all initiatives under Next Generation EU Recovery Plan should respect the European Green Deal’s “do no harm” oath.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8
(8) The 8th EAP should support the environment and climate action objectives of the European Green Deal in line with the long-term objective to “live well, within the planetary boundaries” by 2050, which is already established in the 7th EAP. It should contribute to achieving the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, while ensuring the achievement of other EU objectives, such as food security.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
(9) The 8th EAP should accelerate the transition to a regenerative economy that gives back to the planet more than it takes. A regenerative growth model recognises that the wellbeing and prosperity of our societies depend on a stable climate, a healthy environment and thriving ecosystems, which provide a safe operating space for our economies. As the global population and the demand for natural resources continues to grow, economic activity should develop in a way that does no harm but, on the contrary, reverses climate change and environmental degradation, minimises pollution and results in maintaining and enriching natural capital, therefore ensuring the abundance of renewable and non-renewable resources. Through continuous innovation, research, authorisation of research findings, adaptation to new challenges and co- creation, the regenerative economy strengthens resilience and protects present and future generations’ wellbeing.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
(11) Environment policy being highly decentralised, action to achieve the priority objectives of the 8th EAP should be taken at different levels of governance, i.e. at the European, the national, the regional and the local level, with a collaborative approach to multi-level governance. The integrated approach to policy development and implementation should be strengthened with a view to maximising the synergies between economic, environmental and social objectives, while paying careful attention to potential trade-offs and to the needs of vulnerable groups. Moreover, transparent engagement with non- governmentall actors is important for ensuring the success of the 8th EAP and the achievement of its priority objectives.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
(12) Enhanced cooperation with partner countries, good global environmental governance as well as synergiescoherence between internal and external Union policies are key to reach the Union’s environmental and climate objectives.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
(14) The assessment of progress towards the priority objectives of the 8th EAP should reflect the latest developments as regards the availability and relevance of data and indicators. It should be coherent with and without prejudice to monitoring or governance tools covering more specific aspects of environment and climate policy, such as in particular Regulation 1999/2018 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , the Environmental Implementation Review or monitoring tools relating to circular economy, zero pollution, biodiversity, forest, air, water, soil, waste, or any other environment policies. Together with other tools used in the European Semester, the Eurostat SDG Monitoring and in the Commission’s Strategic Foresight Report31 , it would be part of a coherent interconnected set of monitoring and governance tools. _________________ 30Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1–77. 31 COM/2020/493 final.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The 8th EAP aims at accelerating the transition to a climate-neutral, resource-efficient, clean and circular economy in a just and inclusive way, and endorses the environmental and climate objectives of the European Green Deal and its initiatives, which should always be preceded by impact assessments.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The 8th EAP has the long-term priority objective for 2050 that citizens live well, within the planetary boundaries in a regenerative and circular economy where nothing is wasted, no net emissions of greenhouse gases are produced and economic growth is decoupled from resource usedeterioration and environmental degradation. Underlines the important role of sustainable and circular bioeconomy in achieving these objectives. A healthy environment underpins the well-being of citizens, biodiversity thrives and natural capital is protected, restored and valued in ways that enhance resilience to climate change and other environmental risks. The Union sets the pace for ensuring the prosperity of present and future generations globally.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 155 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) advancing towards a regenerative growth model that gives back to the planet more than it takes, decoupling economic growth from resource usedeterioration and environmental degradation, and accelerating the transition to a circular economy;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) providing financial support to the ecological transition of agri-food sectors.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1
— mainstreaming the priority objectives set out in Article 2 in all relevant strategies, legislative and non- legislative initiatives, programmes, investments and projects at Union, national, regional and local levels so that they and their implementation do no harmcontribute to any of the priority objectives set out in Article 2;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 175 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
— paying careful attention to synergies and potential trade-offs between economic, environmental and social objectives so as to ensure that citizens’ needs for nutrition, food security, housing and mobility are met in a sustainable way that leaves no- one behind;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 178 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 4
— regularly evaluating existing policies and preparing impact assessments for new initiatives, which are based on wide consultations with all actors concerned, including stakeholders, and national, regional and local administrations, following procedures that are accountable, inclusive, informed and simple to implement, and which pay due regard to projected impacts on environment and climate as well as socioeconomic impacts;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) mobilising sustainable investments from public and private sources, including of funds and instruments available under the Union budget, via the European Investment Bank and at national level;, while making sure that sufficient funds are allocated, with a special attention to small and medium enterprises.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) phasing out environmentally harmful subsidisubsidies not contributing to the Union objectives at Union and national level, making the best use of market-based instruments and, green budgeting tools, including those required to and payments for eco- system services, while ensureing a socially fair transition, and supporting businesses and other stakeholders in developing standardised natural capital accounting practices;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 196 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ensuring that environmental policies and action are based on the best available scientific knowledge and strengthening the environmental knowledge base and its uptake, including by research, innovation, new technologies, fostering green skills, and further building up environmental and ecosystem accounting;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) ensuring the full participation of, and cooperation with, primary producers, businesses and local and regional authorities across all dimensions of environmental policy-making through a collaborative and multi-actor approach;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 200 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) harnessing the potential of digital and data technologies to support environment policy, with a special attention to the modernisation of primary sectors and rural communities, while minimising their environmental footprint;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 3 a (new)
- including compulsory provisions on the respect of the Paris Agreement in the bilateral trade agreements with third countries and the tools to monitor them;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 4
— strengthening international environmental governance by closing remaining gaps and strengthening respect for and application of recognised international environmental principles; , and by including compulsory provisions in the bilateral trade agreements with third countries and the tools to monitor them;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k – indent 5
— ensuring that the Union and the Member States’ financial assistance to third countries promotes the UN 2030 Agenda and the respect of EU environmental standards.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 227 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) improving data quality and comparability;
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #

2020/0300(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1
By 31 March 2029, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the 8th EAP. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council containing the main findings of that evaluation, and taking into account all impact assessments, accompanied, if the Commission deems appropriate, by a legislative proposal for the next environmental action programme.
2021/02/23
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 changed the economic outlook for the years to come in the Union and in the world, calling for an urgent and coordinated response from the Union in order to cope with the enormous economic and social consequences for all Member States. The challenges linked to the demographic context have been amplified by COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic is far more than a health crisis, and while its economic and social impact will vary from country to country, it will most likely increase poverty and inequalities within the European Union. The current COVID-19 pandemic as well as the previous economic and financial crisis have shown that developing sound and resilient economies and financial systems built on strong economic and social structures helps Member States to respond more efficiently to shocks and recover more swiftly from them. The medium and long-term consequences of the COVID-19 crisis will critically depend on how quickly Member States’ economies will recover from the crisis, which in turn depends on the fiscal space Member States have available to take measures to mitigate the social and economic impact of the crisis, and on the resilience of their economies. Reforms and investments to address structural weaknesses of the economies and strengthen their resilience will therefore be essential to set the economies back on a sustainable recovery path and avoid further widening of the divergences in the Union.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 7 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The implementation of reforms contributing to achieve a high degree of resilience of domestic economies, strengthening adjustment capacity and unlocking growth potential are among the Union’s economic policy priorities. TheyHowever we cannot repeat the mistakes of our response to the last global financial crisis which resulted in a deep and damaging economic and social divergence. The implementation of reforms are therefore crucial to set the recovery on a sustainable path and support the process of upward economic and social convergence. This is even more necessary in the aftermath of the pandemic crisis to pave the way for a swift recovery.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 12 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Past experiences have shown that investment is often drastically cut during crises. However, it is essential to support investment in this particular situation to speed up the recovery and strengthen long- term growth potential. Investing in green and digital technologies, capacities and processes aimed at assisting clean energy transitionthe transition to clean, affordable and renewable energy, boosting energy efficiency in housing and other key sectors of the economicy are important to achieve sustainable growth and help create jobs. It will also help make the Union more resilient and less dependent by diversifying key supply chains. Among the many inequalities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital divide is a serious one, affecting in particular less developed regions, women, elderly people and people living in the Outermost regions and rural, remote and depopulated areas. In times when both work and education are taking place online, the digital divide is undoubtedly threatening to deepen regional inequalities. Digital inequality poses a danger for people that are unable to work remotely and students that are threatened to fall behind due to limited access to education content. Greater investment is needed in digitalisation, digital innovation and digital connectivity, which will enable a fair and equal transition towards a more digital economy and a digital online education system, accessible to all citizens, especially the most vulnerable in society.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 17 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) As the COVID-19 pandemic has affected regions and municipalities within Member States differently, the involvement of regional and local authorities, economic and social partners and civil society is crucial for the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of crisis repair supported by the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Member States should consult with all partners when drawing up its recovery and resilience plan. Partnership and multi-level governance in Member States should be strengthened and closely monitored by the European Commission.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 19 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
(6 b) The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented challenge for healthcare systems in the European Union. It has shown that in the face of rapid socioeconomic transformation, a very important task ahead for the EU is to build resilience, and to use all possible budgetary means in order to strengthen the European health infrastructure. Investment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility should address the widely existing health inequalities throughout the EU, while guaranteeing equal protection with specific attention to the most vulnerable in society.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The types of financing and the methods of implementation under this Regulation should be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden, and the expected risk of non- compliance. This should include consideration of the use of lump sums, flat rates and unit costs, as well as financing not linked to costs as referred to in Article 125(1)(a) of the Financial Regulation. At the same time, the Facility represents a significant amount of additional resources to be spent in a relatively short amount of time, increasing the pressure on control systems. It is therefore encouraged to adopt and apply effective anti-fraud measures through existing anti-fraud agencies at Member States and EU level, such as the EPPO, ECA and OLAF.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 33 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In order to implement these overall objectives, relevant actions will be identified during the Facility’s preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes. Also, due attention should be paid to the impact of the national plans submitted under this Regulation on fostering not only the green transition, but also the digital transformation. They will both play a priority role in relaunching and modernising our economy. In order to help identify programmes with a high positive environmental impact eligible under the Facility, the EU taxonomy on environmentally sustainable economic activities shall be used.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 39 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) In accordance with the Community method, the European Parliament, the only directly elected EU institution and the budgetary authority together with the Council, should exercise both ex ante democratic scrutiny and ex post verification that money provided under the Facility is well spent, is in the interests of EU citizens and EU, provides genuine EU added value and supports economic and social resilience. Full transparency of all final beneficiaries shall be ensured and Commissioners responsible for the Facility shall be fully accountable to Parliament.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The Facility’s general objective should be the promotion of economic, social and territorial cohesion. For that purpose, it should contribute to improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions aimed at achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050, as well as the intermediate climate and energy targets for 2030, thereby restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union in the aftermath of the crisis, fostering employment creation and to promoting sustainable growth. In order to ensure that no one is left behind, special attention should be given to the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on the most vulnerable segments of the population, which can trigger worsening inequality. The Facility shall contribute to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 TFEU. Gender equality objectives and the economic independence of women shall be ensured in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of programmes financed under the Recovery and Resilience Facility in a timely and consistent manner.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 49 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) To ensure its contribution to the objectives of the Facility, the recovery and resilience plan should comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent recovery and resilience plan. The recovery and resilience plan should be consistent with the relevant country- specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, with the national reform programmes, the national energy and climate plans, the just transition plans, and the partnership agreements and operational programmes adopted under the Union funds, while they shall allow additional investment in national health services to support the modernisation of health infrastructure and to improve the efficiency of health systems in the EU. To boost actions that fall within the priorities of the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, the plan should also set out measures that are relevant for the green and digital transitions. The measures should enable a swift delivery of targets, objectives and contributions set out in national energy and climate plans and updates thereof. All supported activities shouldall be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union. In order to protect citizens, support local economies, make local communities resilient to crises and create a sustainable future, Member States shall prepare their recovery and resilience plan together with local and regional authorities, as well as relevant bodies representing civil society, in accordance with the partnership principle. Attention should be paid both to urban areas as drivers of green and digital transformation and to regions suffering from natural or demographic handicaps.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 57 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) In order to ensure a meaningful financial contribution commensurate to the actual needs of Member States to undertake and complete the reforms and investments included in the recovery and resilience plan, it is appropriate to establish a maximum financial contribution available to them under the Facility as far as the financial support (i.e. the non- repayable financial support) is concerned. That maximum contribution should be calculated on the basis of the population, the inverse of the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the relative unemployment rate of each Member State, in particular the percentage of young people neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET), the territorial inequalities within Member States and the at-risk-of-poverty rate of each Member State.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 62 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) It is necessary to establish a process for the submission of proposals for recovery and resilience plans by the Member States, and the content thereof. With a view to ensuring the expediency of procedures, a Member State should submit a recovery and resilience plan at the latest by 30 April, in the form of a separate annex of the National Reform Programme. To ensure a fast implementation, Member States should be able to submit a draft plan together with the draft budget of the forthcoming year, on 15 October of the preceding year. Recovery and resilience plans submitted by Member States shall be publicly available.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 64 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure the national ownership and a focus on relevant reforms and investments, Member States wishing to receive support should submit to the Commission a recovery and resilience plan that is duly reasoned and substantiated. The European Parliament should have access to all information on the negotiations between Commission and member states on individual recovery and resilience plans at all stages of the process, including timely access to the draft cost estimates for reforms and investments. The recovery and resilience plan should set out the detailed set of measures for its implementation, including targets and milestones, and the expected impact of the recovery and resilience plan on growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience, as well as on the promotion of gender equality and intergenerational equality; it should also include measures that are relevant for the green and the digital transitions; it should also include an explanation of the consistency of the proposed recovery and resilience plan with the relevant country- specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States should be sought and achieved throughout the process.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 74 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The Commission should assess the recovery and resilience plan proposed by the Member States and should act in close cooperation with the Member State concerned. The Commission will fully respect the national ownership of the process and will therefore take into account the justification and elements provided by the Member State concerned and assess whether the recovery and resilience plan proposed by the Member State is expected to contribute to effectively address challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendation addressed to the Member State concerned or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semester; whether the plan contains measures that effectively contribute to the green and the digital transitions and to addressing the challenges resulting from them; whether the plan is expected to have a lasting impact in the Member State concerned; whether the plan is expected to effectively contribute to strengthen the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State, mitigate the economic and social impact of the crisis and contribute to enhancing economic, social and territorial cohesion; whether the justification provided by the Member State of the estimated total costs of the recovery and resilience plan submitted is reasonable and plausible and is commensurate to the expected impact on the economy and employment; whether the proposed recovery and resilience plan contains measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects that represent coherent actions; and whether the arrangement proposed by the Member State concerned are expected to ensure effective implementation of the recovery and resilience plan, including the proposed milestones and targets, and the related indicators.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Appropriate guidelines should be set out, as an annex to this Regulation, to serve as a basis for the Commission to assess in a transparent and equitable manner the recovery and resilience plans and to determine the financial contribution in conformity with the objectives and any other relevant requirements laid down in this Regulation. In the interest of transparency and efficiency, a rating system for the assessment of the proposals for recovery and resilience plans should be established to that effect. These guidelines should include a methodology to track the use and impact of EU public funding on climate and the environment and to ensure the Union’s 2030 targets for climate and energy are reached as well as a climate neutral economy is achieved by 2050.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 84 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) For the purpose of sound financial management, specific rules should be laid down for budget commitments, payments, suspension, cancellation and recovery of funds. To ensure predictability, it should be possible for Member States to submit requests for payments on a biannual basis. Payments should be made in instalments and be based on a positive assessment by the Commission of the implementation of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State. Suspension and cancellation of the financial contribution should be possible when the recovery and resilience plan has not been implemented in a satisfactory manner by the Member State. Appropriate contradictory procedures should be established to ensure that the decision by the Commission in relation to suspension, cancellation and recovery of amounts paid respects the right of Member States to provide observations. The Commission shall communicate to the European Parliament and the Council its decision to suspend or cancel financial contributions to a Member State. For effective monitoring of implementation, the Member States should report on a quarterly basis within the European Semester process on the progress made in the achievement of the recovery and resilience plan. Such reports prepared by the Member States concerned should be appropriately reflected in the National Reform Programmes, which should be used as a tool for reporting on progress towards completion of recovery and resilience plans.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 90 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) For the purposes of transparency, the recovery and resilience plans adopted by the Commission should, as well as a full list of final beneficiaries shall be communicated to the European Parliament and the Council, and communication activities should be carried out by the Commission as appropriate.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 91 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) Pursuant to paragraphs 22 and 23 of the Interinstitutional Agreement for Better Law- Making of 13 April 2016, there is a need to evaluate the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by this Regulation on the basis of information collected through specific monitoring requirements, while avoiding overregulation and administrative burdens, in particular on Member States. These requirements, where appropriate, should include measurable indicators, as a basis for evaluating the effects of the instruments on the ground. The Commission shall include the list of indicators used for the evaluation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility in the guidelines, annexed to this Regulation.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 92 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) It is opportune that tThe Commission providesshall present an annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the Facility set out in this Regulation. This report should include information on the progress made by each Member States under the recovery and resilience plans approved; it should also include information on the volume of the proceeds assigned to the Facility under the European Union Recovery Instrument in the previous year, broken down by budget line, and the contribution of the amounts raised through the European Union Recovery Instrument to the achievements of the objectives of the Facility. The Parliament shall adopt a resolution on the annual report published by the Commission. For the purposes of transparency, the Commission shall publish a full list of final beneficiaries.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 93 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) The recovery and resilience plans to be implemented by the Member States and the corresponding financial contribution allocated to them should be established by the Commission by way of implementing act. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. The implementing powers relating to the adoption of the recovery and resilience plans and to the payment of the financial support upon fulfilment of the relevandelegated act. Following the Commission’s approval of recovery and resilience plans, the Parliament will either adopt a resolution specifying that it mwilestones and targets should be exercised by the Commission in accordancl not object to the Commission’s decision or exercise with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, under the examination procedure thereof13 s veto against the delegated act. After the adoption of an implementing delegated act, it should be possible for the Member State concerned and the Commission to agree on certain operational arrangements of a technical nature, detailing aspects of the implementation with respect to timelines, indicators for the milestones and targets, and access to underlying data. To allow the continuous relevance of the operational arrangements in respect of the prevailing circumstances during the implementation of the recovery and resilience plan, it should be possible that the elements of such technical arrangements may be modified by mutual consent. Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding. _________________ 13 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 94 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
(39 a) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding, while the protection of final beneficiaries is crucial to enable public investments and reforms to make them more resilient, and better prepared for the future. Local and regional authorities, civil society organisations, NGOs or SMEs cannot lose their funding as a consequence of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States. If necessary, the European Commission should, on agreement with the European Parliament and the Council, temporarily, directly - or indirectly- manage funds with recipients without the involvement of national governments violating the rule of law.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 96 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) In accordance with the Financial Regulation, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council14 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2988/9515 ,Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9616 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193917 , the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 . In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO and the European Court of Auditors. At the same time, strong mechanisms to avoid possible fraud and corruption shall be put in place by Member States such as enhanced cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. _________________ 14Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999,(OJ L248, 18.9.2013, p. 1) 15 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p.1) 16 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities’ financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L292,15.11.96, p.2) 17Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L283, 31.10.2017,, p.1) 18 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union’s financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29)
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 101 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Investment shall not be allowed in activities which could harm the achievement of the objectives of the Recovery and Resilience Facility. In order to respect the ‘do not harm’ principle, the Facility shall not provide financial support to the excluded activities defined in point B of Annex V of the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the InvestEU Programme.1a _________________ 1a 2020/0108 (COD), Brussels, 29.5.2020 COM(2020) 403 final.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 102 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a No investment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall harm the environmental objectives of the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy as laid out in the Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2018 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088. Where investments refer to environmental sustainability they shall meet the technical screening criteria of the EU taxonomy.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 106 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility shall be to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, while tackling social inequalities and supporting the green and digital transitions, thereby contributing to restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union, fostering employment creation in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, and promoting sustainable growth.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 126 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In the event of significant non- compliance in relation to any of the cases laid down in Article 15(7) of the Regulation laying down common provisions on the […)][CPR], the Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing act to suspend the time period for the adoption of the decisions referred to in Articles 17(1) and 17(2) or to suspend payments under the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 129 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
A maximum financial contribution shall be calculated for each Member State for the allocation of the amount referred to in Article 5(1)(a), using the methodology set out in Annex I, based on the population, the inverse of the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the relative unemployment rate of each Member State, in particular the percentage of young people neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET), the territorial inequalities within Member States and the at-risk-of-poverty rate of each Member State.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 144 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Recovery and Resilience Facility is intended to help the EU tackle the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, implying a territorial diversification of investments, therefore regional authorities, professional associations and NGOs are essential to identify and assess specific investment needs in the recovery and resilience plans. The Commission shall put forward a Code of Conduct on partnership setting minimum standards for the involvement of the competent local and regional authorities, professional and relevant civil society organisations, in line with the partnership principle.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 145 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The recovery and resilience plans shall be consistent with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, in particular those relevant for or resulting from the green and digital transition, including investment in digitalisation, digital innovation and digital connectivity in particular internet connectivity to keep all citizens connected, especially the most vulnerable in society, while in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, they shall allow additional investment in national health services in order to support the modernisation of health infrastructure and to improve the efficiency of health systems in the EU. Investment in the health care system will help Member States become more resilient and strengthen the entire stability of the Union. The recovery and resilience plans shall also be consistent with the information included by the Member States in the national reform programmes under the European Semester, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof under the Regulation (EU)2018/199921 , in the territorial just transition plans under the Just Transition Fund22 , and in the partnership agreements and operational programmes under the Union funds. _________________ 21Regulation (EU)2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action. 22 […] 22[…]
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 148 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission and Member States shall ensure that recovery and resilience plans as well as any future programmes financed under the Facility contribute to the respect and the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Evaluations have shown the importance of taking the gender equality objectives aspect into account in all dimensions and in all stages of the preparation, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of operational programmes, in a timely and consistent manner while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality and the principle of equal pay for equal work of equal value, the economic independence of women, education and skills upgrading and the reintegration of female victims of violence into the labour market and into society.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 154 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The recovery and resilience plan presented by the Member State concerned shall constitute an annex to its National Reform Programme and shall be officially submitted at the latest by 30 April. A draft plan mayshall be submitted by Member States starting from 15 October of the preceding year, together with the draft budget of the subsequent year.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 159 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) an explanation of how the plan strengthens the growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience of the Member State concerned, mitigates the economic and social impact of the crisis, and itsstrengthens equality, in particular the equality between women and men and intergenerational equality, fights discrimination and contributiones to enhanced economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence, including how territories with geographical specificities will be targeted;
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 167 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) an explanation of how the measures in the plan are expected to contribute to the green and the digital transitions or to the challenges resulting from them; this explanation shall include the measures Member States take to ensure that the Union’s 2030 targets for climate and energy are reached as well as achieving a climate neutral economy by 2050.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 171 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) envisaged milestones, targets and indicators which allow the measurement of those targets and an indicative timetable for the implementation of the reforms over a maximum period of four years, and of the investments over a maximum period of seven years;
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 179 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. When assessing the recovery and resilience plan, the Commission shall act in close cooperation with the Member State concerned, including/and consulting the local and regional authorities and professional and relevant civil society organisations. The Commission may make observations or seek additional information. The Member State concerned shall provide the requested additional information and may revise the plan if needed, prior to its official submission.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 181 #

2020/0104(COD)

2. When assessing the recovery and resilience plan and in the determination of the amount to be allocated to the Member State concerned, the Commission shall take into account the analytical information on the Member State concerned available in the context of the European Semester including the information available on the level of corruption as well as the justification and the elements provided by the Member State concerned, as referred to in Article 15(3), and any other relevant information including, in particular, the one contained in the National Reform Programme and the National Energy and Climate Plan of the Member State concerned and, if relevant, information from technical support received via the Technical Support Instrument.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 187 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) whether the recovery and resilience plan is expected to contribute to effectively address challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations, including those on rule of law and corruption addressed to the Member State concerned or in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the European Semester;
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 189 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) whether the plan contains measures that effectively contribute to the green and the digital transitions or to addressing the challenges resulting from them;se transitions, in order to ensure that the Union’s 2030 targets for climate and energy are reached as well as achieving a climate neutral economy by 2050.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 192 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) whether the recovery and resilience plan is expected to effectively contribute to strengthen the growth potential, job creation, and economic and social resilience of the Member State, to promote equality in particular between women and men, as well as intergenerational equality, to fight discrimination and mitigate the economic and social impact of the crisis, and contribute to enhance economic, social and territorial cohesion;
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 201 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall adopt a decision within fourone months of the official submission of the recovery and resilience plan by the Member State, by means of an implementing delegated act. In the event that the Commission gives a positive assessment to a recovery and resilience plan, that decision shall set out the reforms and investment projects to be implemented by the Member State, including the milestones and targets, and the financial contribution allocated in accordance with Article 11.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 214 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The suspension shall be lifted where the Member State has taken the necessary measures to ensure a satisfactory implementation of the milestones and targets referred to in Article 17(1) and guaranteed that funds spent in a non- satisfactory manner will be reimbursed.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 223 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall transmit the recovery and resilience plans as approved in the implementing act of the Commission in accordance with Article 17 to the European Parliament and the Council without undue delay. The Member State concerned may request the Commission to redact sensitive or confidential information, the disclosure of which would jeopardise public interests of the Member State. Such a request shall not be interpreted extensively.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 224 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may engage in communication activities to ensure the visibility of the Union funding for the financial support envisaged in the relevant recovery and resilience plan, including through joint communication activities with the national authorities concerned, regional and local authorities as well as with professional and relevant civil society organisations.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 228 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The performance reporting system shall ensure that data for monitoring the implementation of the activities and results are collected efficiently, effectively, and in a timely manner. In order to address the widely existing gender data gap in the field of cohesion policy and urban planning, Member States should introduce data collection methods corresponding to gender data. To that end, proportionate reporting requirements shall be imposed on recipients of Union funding.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 232 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. In order to create visibility for the European Union’s support through the Recovery and Resilience Facility, Member States are required to inform their citizens about projects financed under the Facility using their public broadcasting services. In case of investments exceeding 0,1 percent of the Member State’s GDP, a representative of the European Commission should be present at the delivery ceremony to highlight the investment of the European Union.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 233 #

2020/0104(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. In its communication activities, the Commission should leverage local stakeholder networks to ensure that funds swiftly reach beneficiaries in need, and eliminate any barriers to information about available funds under the facility.
2020/09/11
Committee: REGI
Amendment 60 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) An additional exceptional amount of EUR 58 272 800 000 (in current prices) for budgetary commitment from the Structural Funds under the Investment for growth and jobs goal, for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 and where justified by a Member State, also for the year 2023 should be made available to support Member States and regions most impacted in crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic or preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy, with a view to deploying resources quickly to the real economy through the existing operational programmes. Resources for 2020 stem from an increase in the resources available for economic, social and territorial cohesion in the multiannual financial framework for 2014-2020 whereas resources for 2021 and 2022, and where applicable, for 2023, stem from the European Union Recovery Instrument. Part of the additional resources should be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. The Commission should set out the breakdown of the remaining additional resources for each Member State on the basis of an allocation method based on the latest available objective statistical data concerning Member States’ relative prosperity and the extent of the effect of the current crisis on their economies and societies. The allocation method should include a dedicated additional amount for the outermost regions given the specific vulnerability of their economies and societies. In order to reflect the evolving nature of the effects of the crisis, the breakdown should be revised in 2021 on the basis of the same allocation method using the latest statistical data available by 19 October 2021 to distribute the 2022 tranche, and where relevant, 2023 tranche, of the additional resources.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 65 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) As the COVID-19 pandemic has affected regions and municipalities in Member States differently, the involvement of regional and local actors from authorities, economic and social partners and civil society is crucial for the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of crisis repair supported by REACT-EU. Partnership and multi- level governance in Member States should be strengthened and closely monitored by the Commission.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 66 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding, while the protection of final beneficiaries is crucial to foster crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Local and regional authorities, civil society organisations, NGOs or SMEs cannot lose their funding as a consequence of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States. If necessary, the Commission should temporarily, directly or indirectly, manage funds with recipients without the involvement of national governments violating the rule of law.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 78 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) In order to complement the actions already available under the scope of support of the ERDF, as extended by Regulations (EU) 2020/460 and (EU) 2020/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council5, Member States should continue to be allowed to use the additional resources primarily for investments in products, staff and services for health services including residential care homes for elderly people, for providing support in the form of working capital or investment support to SMEs, and support to adapt to teleworking in operations contributing to the transition towards a digital and green economy, infrastructure providing basic services to citizens, including in Outermost Regions, rural and depopulated areas and areas affected by industrial transition, or economic support measures for those regions most dependent on sectors, such as tourism and culture, most affected by the crisis. Technical assistance should also be supported. It is appropriate that the additional resources are focused exclusively under the new thematic objective “Fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy”, which should also constitute a single investment priority, to allow for simplified programming and implementation of the additional resources. _________________ 5 Regulation (EU) 2020/460 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 March 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013 and (EU) No 508/2014 as regards specific measures to mobilise investments in the healthcare systems of Member States and in other sectors of their economies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak (Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative) (OJ L99, 31.3.2020, p. 5); Regulation (EU) 2020/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 1301/2013 and (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards specific measures to provide exceptional flexibility for the use of the European Structural and Investments Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, (OJ L 130, 23.4.2020, p. 1).
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 93 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) For the ESF, Member States should primarily use the additional resources to support job maintenance, including taking into special consideration the needs of the Outermost Regions, rural and depopulated areas, and areas affected by industrial transition, including, but not exclusively, through short-time work schemes and support to self-employed, job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations and women bearing the brunt of the ensuing economic crisis, support to youth employment measures, education and training, transition towards a more digital and online education system, skills development and to enhance access to social services of general interest, including for children and people in vulnerable situations. It should be clarified that in the present exceptional circumstances support to short-time work schemes for employees and the self- employed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic can be provided even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. Union support to those short-time work schemes should be limited in time.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 101 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In the context of the response to the impact of the crisis, the additional resources contribute to eliminating inequalities, promoting gender equality and integrating the gender perspective, as well as combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation as set out in Article 2 TEU, Article 10 TFEU and Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. All stakeholders involved at all stages of the implementation of this crisis repair instrument commit to promoting gender equality and ensuring the impact on women is taken into account, given that they are disproportionately impacted by the crisis;
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 116 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In order to enable Member States to deploy the additional resources for crisis repair quickly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy within the current programming period, it is justified to exempt, on an exceptional basis, Member States from the need to comply with ex ante conditionalities and requirements on the performance reserve and application of the performance framework, on thematic concentration, also in relation to the thresholds established for sustainable urban development for the ERDF, and requirements on preparation of a communication strategy for the additional resources. It is nevertheless necessary that Member States carry out at least one evaluation by 31 December 2024, or by December 2025 where additional resources are made available for budgetary commitments in 2023, to assess the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of the additional resources as well as how they contributed to achieving the goals of the new dedicated thematic objective. To facilitate the availability of comparable information at Union level, Member States are encouraged to make use of the programme-specific indicators made available by the Commission. In addition, while carrying out their responsibilities linked to information, communication and visibility, Member States and managing authorities should enhance the visibility of the exceptional measures and resources introduced by the Union, in particular by ensuring that potential beneficiaries, beneficiaries, participants, final recipients of financial instruments and the general public are aware of the existence, volume and additional support stemming from the additional resources.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 133 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) With a view to allow the targeting of these additional resources to the geographic areas where they are most needed, as an exceptional measure and without prejudice to the general rules for allocating Structural Funds resources, the additional resources allocated to the ERDF and the ESF are not to be broken down per category of region. However, Member States are expected toshould take into account the different regional needs and development levels in order to ensure that focus is maintained on less developed regions, in accordance with the objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion set out in Article 173 TFEU. Member States should also involve local and regional authorities, as well as relevant bodies representing civil society, in accordance with the partnership principles.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 136 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The available resources should be eligible for incurred expenditure related to the COVID-19 crisis as of 1 February 2020, in order to guarantee that all COVID-19 related costs are covered under this instrument.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 154 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The additional resources for 2021 and 2022 shall be made available from the additional resources as set out in Article 92a. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, and based on a reasoned request from a Member State, the additional resources may also be made available for budgetary commitment in 2023. The additional resources set out in Article 92a shall also support administrative expenditure up to EUR 18 000 000 in current prices.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 157 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, setting out the breakdown of the additional resources as appropriations from the Structural Funds for 2020 and 2021 for each Member State in accordance with the criteria and methodology set out in Annex VIIa. That decision shall be revised in 2021 to set out the breakdown of the additional resources for 2022 based on data available by 19 October 2021. Where applicable, it shall also be revised in 2022 in relation to budgetary commitments in 2023, based on the latest statistical data available. The revisions in 2021, and 2022 if applicable, shall ensure that operational programmes are not negatively impacted.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 164 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 6
Each Member State shall allocate the additional resources available for programming under the ERDF and the ESF to operational programmes, together with local and regional authorities, as well as relevant bodies representing civil society, in accordance with the partnership principle.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 165 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
The distribution shall take into account the cumulative numbers of COVID-19 infections and the economic impact at NUTS 3 level, and concentrate the additional resources in the NUTS 3 areas with the highest sanitary and economic impact.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 166 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 7
By way of derogation from Article 92(7), a share of the additional resources may also be proposed toshall be used to increase the support for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (‘FEAD’) before or at the same time as the allocation to the ERDF and the ESF. This share shall amount to at least 3% of the additional resources in order to ensure a minimum amount for the support to the most deprived who have been hit to an unprecedented degree by the COVID-19 crisis.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 179 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States may allocate the additional resources either to one or more separate priority axes within an existing operational programme or programmes or to a new operational programme referred to in paragraph 11. By way of derogation from Article 26(1), the programme shall cover the period until 31 December 2022, or 31 December 2023 where the derogation referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article applies, subject to paragraph 4 abovof this Article.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 183 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
For the ERDF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support investments in products, staff and services for health services, including residential care homes for elderly people, and to provide support in the form of working capital or investment support to SMEs, investmentsupport to adapt to teleworking in operations contributing to the transition towards a digital and green economy, investments in infrastructure providing basic services to citizens, and including in the Outermost Regions, rural and depopulated areas and areas affected by industrial transition, or economic support measures infor those regions which are most dependent on sectors, such as tourism and culture, most affected by the crisis.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 198 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
For the ESF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes and support to self- employed, even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law. The additional resources shall also support taking into special consideration the needs of the Outermost Regions, rural and depopulated areas and areas affected by industrial transition, including, but not exclusively, through short-time work schemes and support to self-employed, job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, support to youth employment measures, education and training, skills development, in particular to support the twin green and digital transitionstransition towards a more digital and online education system, skills development, and to enhanceing access to social services of general interest, including for children and people in vulnerable situations. The support to short-time work schemes for employees and the self-employed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic may be provided, even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 206 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
The Member States and the Commission shall ensure that gender equality and the integration of gender perspective are taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of the operational programmes, including in relation to monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 212 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 5
The revised financing plan set out in Article 96(2)(d) shall set out the allocation of the additional resources for the years 2020, 2021 and, where applicable, for 2022 and 2023, without identifying amounts for the performance reserve and with no breakdown per category of regions.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 239 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 12 – point d
(d) the derogation provided in the second sub-paragraph of Article 65(10) setting the eligibility date of 1 February 2020 for operations for fostering crisis response capacities in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak;deleted
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 242 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92b – paragraph 12 – point e
(e) the derogation provided in Article 25a(7) for the selection of operations fostering crisis response capacities in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak as referred to in the second sub-paragraph of Article 65(10);deleted
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 244 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. By way of derogation from Article 65(9), expenditure or operations supported under the thematic objective set out in paragraph 9 of this Article shall be eligible as of 1 February 2020.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 247 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013
Article 92 b – paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Strong mechanisms to avoid possible fraud and corruption shall be put in place by Member States, such as enhanced cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor´s Office.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 253 #

2020/0101(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a The Commission shall provide the European Parliament and the Council with an evaluation report on REACT-EU by 31 December 2030, covering budgetary commitments for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. That report shall include information on the achievement of the objectives of REACT-EU, the efficiency of the use of its resources, the actions financed, the beneficiaries and final recipients of the financial allocations and its European added value in aiding the economic recovery, as well as a gender impact assessment.
2020/07/24
Committee: REGI
Amendment 4 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The Commission adopted a Communication on the European Green Deal on 11 December 20199 , drawing its roadmap towards a new growth policy for Europe and setting ambitious objectives to counter climate change and for environmental protection. In line with the objective to achieve the Union's 2030 climate and energy targets, and climate neutrality in the Union by 2050 in an effective and fair manner, the European Green Deal announced a Just Transition Mechanism to provide means for facing the climate challenge while leaving no one behind. The most vulnerable regions and people are the most exposed to the harmful effects of climate change and environmental degradation. At the same time, managing the transition requires significant structural changes. _________________ 9 COM(2019) 640 final.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 10 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The proposal for establishing the Just Transition Fund was adopted by the Commission on 14 January 202011 . For the better programming and implementation of the Fund, territorial just transition plans are to be adopted, setting out the key steps and timeline of the transition process and identifying the territories most negatively affected by the transition towards a climate neutral economy by 2050 and with less capacity to deal with the transition challenges. _________________ 11 COM(2020) 22 final
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 16 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In order to enhance the economic diversification of territoriesand modernisation of territories most negatively impacted by the climate transition, the Facility should cover a wide range of investments, on condition that they contribute to meet the development needs in the transition towards the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets, and a climate neutral economy by 2050, as described in the territorial just transition plans. The investments supported may cover energy and transport infrastructure, district heating networks, green mobility, smart waste managementtechnology and infrastructures for clean, affordable and renewable energy and environmentally-friendly and decarbonised transport, district heating networks, green, smart and sustainable mobility, investments in research and innovation activities, including in universities and public research institutions, fostering the transfer of advanced and market-ready technologies, investments in digitalisation, digital innovation and digital connectivity, including digital and precision farming, smart waste management, greenhouse gas emission reduction, clean energy and energy efficiency measures including renovations and conversions of buildings, support to transition to a circular economy, land restoration and decontamination when the “polluters pays” principle cannot be applied, as well as up- and re-skilling, training and social infrastructure, including social housing. Infrastructure developments may also include solutions leading to their enhanced resilience to withstand disasters. Comprehensive investment approach should be favoured in particular for territories with important transition needs. Investments in other sectors could also be supported if they are consistent with the adopted territorial just transition plans. By supporting investments that do not generate sufficient revenues, the Facility aims at providing public sector entities with additional resources necessary to address the social, economic and environmental challenges resulting from the adjustment to climate transition. Relevant local and regional authorities, economic and social partners and civil society of the territories concerned should be involved in the process of identification of the investments supported by the Facility in accordance with the partnership principle laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) … /… [new CPR]. In order to help identify investments with a high positive environmental impact eligible under the Facility, the EU taxonomy on environmentally sustainable economic activities mayshould be used.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 24 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) In the context of its effort to increase economic, territorial and social cohesion, the Facility should also contribute to eliminating inequalities and promoting gender equality and integrating the gender perspective, as well as combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation as set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU), Article 10 TFEU and Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. All stakeholders involved at all stages of implementation of the Facility should commit to promote gender equality and should ensure that the impact on women is taken into account, given that they are disproportionately impacted by climate change and transition process.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 25 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Horizontal financial rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of Article 322 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to this Regulation. These rules are laid down in the Financial Regulation and determine in particular the procedure for establishing and implementing the budget through grants, procurement, prizes, indirect implementation, and provide for checks on the responsibility of financial actors. Rules adopted on the basis of Article 322 TFEU also concern the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, as the respect for the rule of law is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding. However, the protection of final beneficiaries is crucial to ensure the effectiveness of the investments supported by the Facility. Local and regional authorities cannot lose their funding as a consequence of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States. If necessary, the Commission, in agreement with the European Parliament and the Council, should temporarily manage funds with the recipients without the involvement of national governments violating the rule of law.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 31 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Specific eligibility conditions and award criteria should be set out in the work programme and the call for proposals. Those eligibility conditions and award criteria should take into account the relevance of the project in the context of the development needs described in the territorial just transition plans, the overall objective of promoting regional and territorial convergence and the significance of the grant component for the viability of the projectt criteria established by Regulation (EU) … /... of the European Parliament and the Council [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment], the ability of the project to meet the objectives and development needs described in the territorial just transition plans, the contribution to the achievement of the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets, and climate neutrality by 2050, the overall objective of promoting regional and territorial convergence and the significance of the grant component for the viability of the project. The Commission should ensure that gender equality and the integration of gender perspective are taken into account and promoted in the work programme. Union Support established by this Regulation should thus only be made available to Member States with at least one territorial just transition plan adopted. The work programme and calls for proposals will also take into account the territorial just transition plans submitted by Member States to ensure that coherence and consistency across the different pillars of the mechanism is ensured.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 36 #

2020/0100(COD)

(16) Since the grant component should reflect the divergent development needs of regions across Member States, such support should be modulated. Taking into account that public sector entities in less developed regions, as defined in Article 102(2) of Regulation [new CPR], in the outermost regions, as defined in Article 349 TFEU, and in rural, sparsely populated and depopulated areas generally experience lower public investment capacity, the grant rates applied to loans provided to such entities should be comparatively higher.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 37 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In order to speed up implementation and ensure that resources are used in a timely fashion, this Regulation should lay down specific safeguards to be included in the grant agreements. In view of that objective, the Commission, in line with the principle of proportionality, should be able to reduce or terminate any Union support in case of serious lack of progress in the implementation of the project. The Commission, after notifying the Member State of the reduction or termination of Union support, should communicate to the Council and the European Parliament the reasons for the reduction or termination. The Financial Regulation lays down rules on the implementation of the Union budget. In order to ensure coherence in the implementation of Union funding programmes, the Financial Regulation should apply to the grant component and to resources for advisory support provided under this Facility.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 40 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) In accordance with the Financial Regulation and Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulations (Euratom, EC) No 2988/95, (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 and (EU) 2017/1939, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities, including fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used, and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative penalties. Any irregularities identified should be communicated to the Council and the European Parliament. In particular, in accordance with Regulations (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 and (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out administrative investigations, including on- the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute offences against the financial interests of the Union, as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council. In accordance with the Financial Regulation, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the financial interests of the Union, grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the EPPO in respect of those Member States participating in enhanced cooperation pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, and the European Court of Auditors (ECA), and ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 48 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
The Facility shall provide support benefitting Union territories facing serious social, environmental and economic challenges deriving from the transition process towards the Union's 2030 climate and energy targets, and a climate-neutral economy of the Union by 2050.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 52 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
5. 'territorial just transition plan' means a plan established in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation [JTF Regulation], together with the relevant local and regional authorities of the territories concerned and in accordance with the partnership principle laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) … /… [new CPR], and approved by the Commission;
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 54 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of the Facility is to address serious socio- economic challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate-neutral economy for the benefit of the Union territories identified in the territorial just transition plans prepared by the Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation [JTF Regulation] and to contribute to achieve the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets, and climate neutrality by 2050, in line with Paris Agreement objectives.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 66 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a Access to the resources 1. Access to the Facility shall be conditional on the adoption of a national objective towards the achievement of climate neutrality by 2050. For those Member States, which have not yet committed to a national target for climate neutrality, only 50% of their national allocation shall be released, while the remaining 50% shall be made available once they have adopted that target. 2. Access to the Facility shall be conditional to the respect for the rule of law, which is an essential precondition for sound financial management and effective EU funding, as well as the respect for human rights, including the rights of the minorities such as LGBTI rights, which are undermined in several Member States as a consequence of the creation of LGBTI free zones. The Commission shall reject applications from local authorities that have adopted "LGBT-free" declarations.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 76 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt a decision by means of an implementing actbe empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 17 setting out the respective shares for each Member State resulting from the application of the methodology set out in Annex I of Regulation [JTF Regulation] in the form of percentages of the total available resources.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 79 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the projects achieve measurable impact in addressing serious social, economic or environmental challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate-neutral economy, contribute to achieve the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets, and climate neutrality by 2050, and benefit territories identified in a territorial just transition plan, even if they are not located in those territories;
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 91 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Facility shall not support activities excluded under Article [5] of Regulation (EU) … /... [JTF Regulation].
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 94 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The amount of the grant shall not exceed 15% of the amount of the loan provided by the finance partner under this Facility. For projects located in territories in NUTS level 2 regions with a GDP per capita not exceeding 75% of the average GDP of the EU-27 as referred to in Article [102(2)] of Regulation [new CPR], the amount of the grant shall not exceed 20% of the amount of the loan provided by the finance partner. For projects located in the outermost regions, as defined in Article 349 TFEU, the amount of the grant shall not exceed 25% of the amount of the loan provided by the finance partner.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 102 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
The Facility shall be implemented by work programmes established in accordance with Article 110 of the Financial Regulation. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 17 adopting such work programmes. The work programmes shall specify the eligibility conditions and award criteria, taking into account the relevant criteria established by Regulation (EU) … /... of the European Parliament and the Council [Regulation on establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment], the ability of the project to meet the objectives and development needs described in the territorial just transition plans, the contribution to the achievement of the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets, and climate neutrality by 2050, the overall objective of promoting regional and territorial convergence and the significance of the grant component for the viability of the project. The Commission shall ensure that gender equality and the integration of gender perspective are taken into account and promoted in the work programme. The work programmes shall set out the national shares of resources, including any additional resources, for each Member State in accordance with Articles 4(1) and 6(2) of this Regulation.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 108 #

2020/0100(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Both the interim and final evaluation shall also assess the contribution to the achievement of the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets, and climate neutrality by 2050, as well as the social and economic impact of the support provided under the Facility, including the impact on gender equality.
2020/09/01
Committee: REGI
Amendment 134 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The transition to climate neutrality requires changes across the entire policy spectrum and a collective effort of all sectors of the economy and society, as illustrated by the Commission in its Communication ‘The European Green Deal’. The European Council, in its Conclusions of 12 December 2019, stated that all relevant Union legislation and policies need to be consistent with, and contribute to, the fulfilment of the climate- neutrality objective while respecting a level playing field, and invited the Commission to examine whether this requires an adjustment of the existing rules. Union policies should be designed to minimise the risk of carbon leakage across all sectors.
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 273 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) the benefits of active and sustainable forest management and afforestation;
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 312 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) the prevention of possible carbon leakage;
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 350 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall develop a set of indicators to assess the resilience of society, environment and economy to climate change. The European Environment Agency shall assist the Commission in development of these indicators in accordance with its annual work plan.
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) As the JTF is part of the European Green Deal, a financial allocation under the JTF should be conditional on a Member State having a commitment to a target of climate neutrality by 2050.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Access to the JTF shall be conditional on the Member State having a commitment to a target of climate neutrality by 2050.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 238 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall only approve a programme where the identification of the territories most negatively affected by the transition process, contained within the relevant territorial just transition plan, is duly justified and the relevant territorial just transition plan is consistent with the National Energy and Climate Plan of the Member State concerned, and corresponds to the objectives of the European Green Deal.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union states that ‘in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities and promote equality between men and women’, thus stipulating that gender equality must be incorporated into all EU policies and addressed at all levels of the budgetary process via gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 10 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas inequality is a growing problem in the EU, and whereas an increasing percentage of the EU budget must be spent on developpromoting social rights and access to public welfare services, with a specific focus on improving gender equality, including for LGBTI persons, and the situation of women and girlwomen and girls and LGBTI persons;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas women remain under- represented in leadership and decision making positions and devote more time than men to unpaid housework and care responsibilities;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 18 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women remain under- represented in the digital economy, AI, ICT and STEM sectors in terms of education, training and employment, including management positions;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas universal respect for and access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is not guaranteed in all EU Member States; whereas a worrying backlash in women’s rights globally and in the EU can be observed, in particular as regards a lack of or restricted access to SRHR within the European Union;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas the Commission should maintainensure sufficient funding levels for programmes aimed at supporting women’s rights to at least their current level, such as the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme, with a special focus on non-discrimination instruments and the prevention of gender- based violence;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance to use European Structural and Investment Funds to promote gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, childcare and long term care facilities;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 40 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for the budget to encourage women’s participation and interest in the digital economy, AI, ICT and STEM sectors and careers through EU programmes, including the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI);
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for greater synergies between the instruments available to advance gender equality and improve the work-life balance; reiterates the need for greater efforts to support the most vulnerable women, including women with disabilities, women of colour, single mothers and migrant, ethnic minority and sexual minority women;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 55 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for spending on gender equality to be tracedmonitored with independent budget lines for targeted actions and for proper indicators and a dedicated methodology to be established, particularly as regards the fight against gender-based discrimination, violence, sexual harassment and women’s access to sexual and reproductive health and rights;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 58 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to increase the resources allocated for actions focused on preventing and combating gender-based violence in the framework of the programme that will replace the REC Programme in the next MFF period, with an independent budget line to combat all forms of violence against women;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 60 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the need to reinforce budgetary allocations that support universal respect for and access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 62 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the need to tackle Female Genital Mutilation and early and forced marriage and promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, including their SRHR, through the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI);
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 70 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that the EU committed to allocating at least 20% of its total Official Development Aid (ODA) to human development and social inclusion that encompass activities aiming to improve gender equality;
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 77 #

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the important role played by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), and the need for a consolidated budget for collecting data and acquiring expertise in the area of gender equality; calls for EIGE’s budget, staff establishment plan and independence to be kept stableas a minimum at their current levels.
2020/02/21
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 10 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the average gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member StatesEU stands at 15.76 %, that women are more affected by atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low-security contracts;
2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the other most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service, tourism, hospitality and care sectors, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women;
2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 31 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty and social exclusion in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, refugee and migrant women, women of colour, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same;
2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 % mainly as a result of the impact of gendered unpaid care duties, life-long differences in pay and working time with the lower pensions that result, different retirement ages for men and women in some Member States, and the fact that more older women live alone; notes with regret that the gender pension gap stands at around 39 %, more than double the gender pay gap, revealing the gradually accumulating impact of pay inequalities;
2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 54 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by the undervaluation of work typically carried out by women, unequal access to property, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring impacting on promotion and pension advancement, unequal sharing of unpaid caring responsibilities for sick and dependent persons and domestic work, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers; stresses the need for accessible and affordable childcare; reiterates its call on Member States to ensure the full implementation of the Work-life Balance Directive;
2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 65 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal participation and opportunities for men and women in the labour market and to introduce initiatives to promote women's access to finance, female entrepreneurship, women's representation in future oriented sectors such as STEM and women's financial independence;
2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap.Communication, A Union of Equality : Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, in particular its commitment to inter alia revise the Barcelona targets to ensure further upwards convergence among Member States of early childhood education and care, to deliver a Child Guarantee, to deliver legislation on pay transparency and to explore pension credits for care-related career breaks all of which will help to address gendered poverty;
2020/05/11
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
— having regard to Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Articles 6 and 8, 8, 10, 83, 153, 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 2 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
— having regard to Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2020 on The EU priorities for the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women,
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap,
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2018 on gender equality in the media sector in the EU,
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 14 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 26 February 2014 on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality,
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 2, 3, 9 and 915,
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
— having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, as well as the declarations adopted in the framework of the UN Summits Beijing +5, Beijing +10, Beijing +15 and Beijing +20nd the outcomes of its review conferences,
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 44 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas harmful gender structures and stereotypes throughout the world perpetuate inequality, and whereas overcomdismantling these structures and stereotypes will advance gender equality; whereas a strong women’s rights movement is needed to uphold democratic values, fundamental rights and women’s rights in particular, and whereas threats to women’s rights also represent threats to democracy;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas discrimination on the basis of gender is often combined with discrimination based on identities such as race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation, class and/or migration status triggering double and multiple discriminations; whereas a horizontal intersectional perspective is essential in any gender equality policy in order to recognise and address these multiple threats of discrimination;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 51 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU has adopted important legislation and provided key impulsecrucial progress to achieving gender equality; whereas, however, these efforts have slowed down in recent years, while movements opposing gender equality policies and women’s rights have flourished; whereas these movements are attempting to influence national and European policies in order to block continued progress towards gender equality and worryingly to roll back already established fundamental rights;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 62 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women in all its forms is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas disinformation campaigns onto undermine the gender equality also focumovement also block progress on the issue of eliminating violence against women, as has been seen in relation to the Istanbul Convention;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 64 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas trafficking in human beings represents one of the most flagrant violations of fundamental rights and human dignity, since women and girls are 80 % of the registered victims of trafficking and 95% of the registered victims of trafficking for purpose of sexual exploitation, which is directly connected to the demand of women and girls in the prostitutions industry;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 78 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care and domestic work, is mostly carried out by women, resulting in gaps in employment and career progression and contributesing to the gender pay and pension gaps; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-life Balance Directive, are important first steps, but need to be complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work and to foster the equal earner – equal carer model;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 122 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information, and to sexuality and relationship education, as well as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, are essential to achieving gender equality and rights, including contraception and abortion care, are essential to achieving gender equality and prevent gender-based and intimate partner violence; whereas violations of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, including denial of safe and legal abortion care, are a form of violence against women;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 132 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 reveals persistent inequalities between men and women in the digital sector and highlights the need for a gender perspective in and gender impact assessment of all policies addressing the digital transformation; whereas closing the digital gender gap and guaranteeing women’s digital rights is of paramount importance, given the occurrence ofpotential for discrimination resulting from biased data sets, models and algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI); whereas programmers in AI need to be aware oftrained to recognise unconscious biases and stereotypes in order to avoid reproducing and reinforcing them; whereas the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market and the economy can deepen existing economic gaps and labour market segregation; investing in capacity building and skills in gathering adequate gender data is of paramount importance in achieving this objective; whereas the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market and the economy has the potential to create new opportunities for employment, including for groups normally excluded from the labour market but may also exacerbate existing economic gaps and labour market segregation if not harnessed correctly; whereas in this regard it is essential that women’s participation in digital entrepreneurship, STEM and ICT education and employment is encouraged;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 136 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas women are disproportionately under-represented in the news and information media; whereas the unequal portrayal of women and men in the media perpetuate stereotypes affecting the image of women and men;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 143 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments are essential tools for achieving gender equality in all EU policy areas, including within the EU Recovery Plan to respond to the COVID-19 health crisis;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 146 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has had a disproportionate impact on women and girls, as evidenced by increasing cases of domestic violence against women and children, growing risks of loss of income and poverty, rising unpaid and unequal care and domestic responsibilities and restricted, timely access to essential healthcare services including those related to sexual reproductive health and rights;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 153 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas united action is essential to upwardly converge and harmonise women’s rights in Europe through a strong pact between Member States by sharing and committing to the most ambitious legislation and best practices currently in force in the EU;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 155 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas there is a Commissioner exclusively responsible for Equality and the European Parliament has a committee dedicated to Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, there is no specific Council configuration on Gender Equality and Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality have no dedicated forum for discussion;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 176 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish concrete timeframes and additional targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional and gender mainstreaming approaches effectively as well as adequate resources to do so; calls on the Commission to establish monitoring mechanisms to track the Strategy’s progress so as to ensure the full realisation of its commitments;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 180 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to respect the commitments of the 2020 Work Programme in any revision and deliver on time a proposal for binding pay transparency measures, an EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights, a LGBTI Equality Strategy, a post 2020 EU Framework on Roma Equality and Inclusion Strategies, a New EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings and a EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in External Relations for 2021-2025;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 187 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in line with the aims of the Strategy to systematically incorporate a gender perspective in all stages of the response to the Covid-19 crisis and promote women’s involvement at all levels of the decision-making process;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 190 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Member States to regularly exchange best practices and commit to an upward convergence and harmonisation of women’s rights in Europe by introducing in their respective legislation the most ambitious national measures and practices currently into force in the EU Member States;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 192 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Council to establish a configuration on Gender Equality gathering Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of Gender Equality in one dedicated forum in order to deliver common and concrete measures to address the challenges in the field of women’s rights and gender equality and ensure that gender equality issues are discussed at the highest political level;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 193 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls on the Council to adopt Council Conclusions to approve the Gender Equality Strategy and identify concrete actions to implement it;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 199 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member States particularly during the current COVID-19 public health crisis to address the increased cases of male violence against women and girls; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul Convention if the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls for preparatory actions for the launch of additional legally binding measures to eliminate violence against women framework Directive on preventing and combatting violence against women based on Article 84 TFEU to fight against all forms of violence through a strong intersectional approach; very much welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU, but calls for the inclusion of all forms of gender-based violence, in order to take a proactive approach and lay the groundwork for an EU directive on this issue, to build on provisions as set out in the Istanbul Convention and also meeting needs to combat sexual exploitation, trafficking and cyber violence;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 207 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the commitment to ensure that the new Victims’ Rights Strategy will address the specific needs of victims of violence against women and girls; stresses the need to address current gaps in EU legislation with regards to international standards on violence against women, specially the Istanbul Convention, with a view of enhancing the legislation on victims’ rights, protection and compensation of victims;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 213 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation, as well as possible legislation, on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender- based and domestic violence; requests that the definitions and goals of the Istanbul Convention be applied and that women’s rights and civil society organisations be involved on a continuous basis; urges that appropriate follow-up measures are put forward, all respecting the principle of non-discrimination;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 223 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace and the need for concrete measures at the EU level to fight against psychological and sexual harassment to address these issues; points out that informal carers, domestic workers and farm workers in particular lack protection and therefore calls on the Member States to adopt International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 and 189, in order to strengthen the rights of workers, especially women, in the informal economy;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 230 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence in the framework of a Directive on preventing and combatting all forms of violence against women and to support Member States in the development of training tools for the police force, the justice system and the information and communication technology sector, while also safeguarding fundamental rights online;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 238 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focusrecognition of the gendered nature of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation; insists on the importance of including measures and strategies to reduce demand, tackle the rise of sexual trafficking both within and between Member States as well as third countries and emerging uses of the internet for the purposes of exploitation and to combat all types of gender-based violence, including FGM and early/forced marriage;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 251 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the announcement of a new EU-wide survey on the prevalence and dynamics of all forms of violence against women; stresses the need for comprehensive and comparable gender- disaggregated data at EU level and for harmonisation of data collection systems among Member States;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 266 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the revision of the Barcelona targets and the call on Member States to ensure adequate investments in early childhood education, care services and long-term care services including from available EU funding; calls for financial support for and the sharing of best practices among Member States which have not yet achieved the targets; welcomes, furthermore, the development of guidance for Member States on tackling financial disincentives in relation to social, economic and taxation policies;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 295 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to swiftly transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive to ensure a fair division of work and family life and invites them to go beyond the minimum standards set out in the directive; calls on the Commission to monitor its full implementation;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 311 #

2019/2169(INI)

12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices such as public indexes on companies’ equality performance, in order to break the deadlock on the Women on Boards directive;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 321 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the support for gender parity in elected bodies such as the European Parliament and stresses that it must serve as a role model in this regard; calls on the Member States to introduce binding quotas in their electoral systems to ensure equal representation of women and men in both the European and the national parliaments;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 332 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets the underrepresentation of women in the ICT sectordigital economy, AI, ICT and STEM sectors in terms of education, training and employment, and points out the risk of this reinforcing and reproducing stereotypes and gender bias through the programming of AI and other programs; calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures for technologies and AI to be transformed into tools in the fight to eradicate gender stereotypes and to empower girls and women to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and ICT fields of study and to stay on these career paths;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 335 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the recognition of the impact of the digital transition on women and girls and urges the Commission to ensure the adoption of concrete gender mainstreaming measures in the implementation of the Single Market Strategy and Digital Agenda, ensuring a clear link between commitments on ending stereotypes with comprehensive actions to ensure women’s economic independence in the formation of the digital labour market;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 351 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the Commission’s intent to introduce new measures to promote women-led start-ups and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in 2020 and to strengthen gender equality under the Horizon Europe; stresses that the requirement of a gender equality plans from applicants is a crucial tool for advancement in this area;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 354 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Recalls that sex and gender have important implications for public health, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, because both biological and social influences are critical to health, and stresses that investment in research of the differences between women and men in relation to their health should be supported through Horizon Europe in order to encourage healthcare systems that are responsive to the needs of both women and men;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 366 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the need to increase resources for the EU programmes dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and in particular the recovery fund, in order to respond to the aggravation of existing inequalities during the COVID-19 crisis;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 370 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses the importance of gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary procedure and in all budget lines as an effective tool for promoting gender equality and the need for spending on gender equality to be promoted with independent budget lines for targeted actions;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 377 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that tax policies have varying impacts on different types of householdsshould be optimised to strengthen incentives for labour market participation amongst women; stresses that individual taxation is instrumental in terms of achieving tax fairness for women;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 381 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the European Commission and the Council to prioritise closing the gaps in inequalities between women and men by applying gender mainstreaming to the EU budget (MFF) and recovery plan “Next Generation EU”; calls on the Commission and Council within this context to invest in the care economy and to adopt a Care Deal for Europe, to complement the New Green Deal; calls on the Commission and the Council to be guided by the timely European Gender Equality Strategy 2020- 2025, adopted in March 2020;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 393 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange of best practices between Member States and, the Commission and civil society organisations on gender aspects in health, including guidelines for comprehensive sexuality and relationship education, gender- sensitive responses to epidemics and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); calls on the Commission to include SRHR in its next EU Health Strategy, and to support Member States in providing barrier-free access to high- quality and low-threshold access toaffordable healthcare services;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 407 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Demands support for women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EU and worldwide; calls for continuous monitoring of the state of play in relation to women’s rights and disinformation on gender equality policies in all Member States and for an alarm system to highlight regression; calls on the Commission to support studies analysing the impact of attacks and disinformation campaigns on women’s rights and gender equality, and calls on the Commission to analyse their root causes, developing fact checks and, counter-narratives and awareness- raising campaigns;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 410 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Urges the Commission and Member States to protect women who are particularly vulnerable to multiple discriminations recognising the intersectional forms of discrimination that women experience based on gender, ethnicity, nationality, age, disability, social status, sexual orientation and gender identity, migration status and ensure that actions implemented take account of and respond to the specific needs of these groups;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 412 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission to address gender stereotypes in the media and promote gender-equal content; stresses the importance of fostering media literacy and providing all relevant stakeholders with gender-sensitive media education initiatives; calls on the Member States to adopt legislation prohibiting sexist advertising in the media and promoting training and formation on gender stereotypes in schools of journalism, communication, media and advertisement;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 430 #

2019/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls the importance of education for women and girls' empowerment in both the EU and partner countries; underlines that education is not only a right but a crucial tool to fight against early and forced marriages and pregnancies of adolescents and girls; further stresses that lockdown measures and the resulting interruption in the provision of education particularly affects girls as they are more at risk of not being sent back to schools; insists on the need for EU external policy to help keep girls in schools and continue their education in partner countries as a matter of priority;
2020/06/08
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons adopted by the Council of the European Union at its meeting of 24 June 2013,regard to the guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons adopted by the Council of the European Union at its meeting of 24 June 2013,
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regard to the European Commission’s List of Actions to Advance LGBTI Equality published in December 2015,
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is a core value of the EU, and gender mainstreaming should therefore be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas the EU should contribute to creating a world in which all people, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race and ability can live peacefully, enjoying equal rights and the same opportunity to realise their potential;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 23 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas women and girls are particularly affected by violence, poverty, armed conflicts and the impact of the climate emergency and their empowerment is essential to tackle these issues; whereas there is a growing global trend towards authoritarianism and an increasing number of fundamentalist groups, both of which are clearly linked to a backlash against women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights; whereas any understanding of security that focuses on States rather than human beings is defective and will not lead to peace;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 33 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women’s direct participation in peace negotiations increases the sustainability and the quality of peace;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. Whereas women civil society groups and activists play critical roles in advancing the peace and security agenda and their participation is essential to mainstreaming gender equality concerns;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 89 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas progress has been made in the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) across the world, but imporsubstantial shortcomings in the provision of and access to SRHR continue to exist and threats of regression persist; whereas in 2018 the number of EU actions on SRHR decreased and the lowest number of global actions by Commission services on gender equality pertained to SRHR;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 95 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the work of gender advisers and focal points is central to translating EU policies on gender equality and WPS into analysis, planning, conductimplementation and evaluation, as well as to facilitating the integration of a gender perspective into daily tasks and operations; whereas gender advisers and focal points face numerous challenges in the performance of their duties;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 110 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls the pivotal role of women as peacebuilders and stresses the need to ensure the equal participation of women in the maintenance of international peace and security, the expansion of women’s roles in preventing and resolving conflict, and women’s protection in order to advance the international peace and security agenda;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 117 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to advancing towards a foreign and security policy that incorporatemainstreams a gender-transformative vision, putting the need to address unequal structures and power relations at its centre; stresses the need for such policy to be grounded in rigorous gender analysis and systematic gender impact assessments, and for a meaningful and equitable role at all levels and stages of decision-making to be secured for women and for people from diverse backgrounds;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 126 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to carry out a review and present a new EU Gender Action Plan III in 2020; stresses that this document needs to take the form of a communication in order to ensure its effective implementation; welcomes the EU Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and calls for its robust implementation; welcomes the decision to renew the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, and calls for gender mainstreaming and targeted actions for gender equality and women’s rights, including on SRHR, to be included in the Action Plan; further welcomes the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in External Relations for 2021-2025 and A New EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings foreseen this year;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 130 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to deliver the first LGBTI Equality Strategy by the end of this year; stresses that this Strategy must be ambitious, build upon the existing guidelines and list of actions and include a strong external action component;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 135 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for further policy coherence and coordination in the implementation of the range of commitments on gender equality included in the EU’s external action; stresses that the EU Strategic Approach should be linked to and synchronised with the new GAP III, and calls for the 2019 EU Action Plan on WPS to be included in GAP III as a separate chapter; stresses the importance of the existing normative framework pertaining to the women, peace and security agenda, insists that this framework should be the baseline for all actions at EU and international level and that any attempts to resile from or roll back established commitments in this field must be firmly rejected;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 136 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on all Members States to adopt a feminist foreign and security policy that addresses the barriers for women to enter and maintain not only high-level leadership roles, and key positions such as ambassadorships and mediator positions in international peace talks and negotiations, but also entry-level positions. Recalls that factors that might deter women’s participation such as a lack of conducive work-life balance policies, equal sharing of family responsibilities and expectations that women will be primary caregivers leading women to often take career breaks or move to part-time work, and the public perception globally of women’s leadership should be taken into account; Further stresses that in advancing the targets of women’s leadership in the WPS, equal pay for equal work is one of the EU’s founding principles and should be mainstreamed through the advancement of women’s economic and social rights, both outside and within the EU; that Member States have an obligation to eliminate discrimination on grounds of sex with regard to all aspects and conditions of remuneration for the same work or for work of equal value;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 168 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the essential work done by CSOs on the ground to sustain peace and promote women’s engagement in peace processes, politics, governance, institution-building, the rule of law and the security sector and stresses the need to ensure significant funding and capacity building to maintain and support these efforts; Calls for specific earmarked funding on gender equality in the framework of the proposed Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) regulation, and for reduced administrative constraints to allow access to funding for local and small CSOs; stresses the importance of ensuring that partners can count on receiving sufficient financial resources for gender mainstreaming;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 174 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the importance of equal access to capital for female entrepreneurs. Calls in this regard on the Member States and EU institutions to increase the availability of financing by means of microcredit and to actively promote the use of microcredit;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 181 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to create a formal Council working group on gender equalitconfiguration on gender equality to provide Ministers and Secretaries of State in charge of gender equality with a dedicated forum for discussion and to better facilitate gender mainstreaming across all EU policies, including foreign and security policy;
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 201 #

2019/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights that women’s participation in CSDP-missions contributes to the effectiveness of the mission and drives the EU’s credibility as a proponent of equal rights for men and women worldwide.1a Calls in this regard on the Member States and the EU institutions to advance women’s participation in CSDP-missions. _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2017/603855/EXPO_STU(2 017)603855_EN.pdf
2020/04/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
— Having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2020 on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 74 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas, globally, 35 % of women have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, or sexual violence by a non-partner; whereas a dramatic rise in intimate partner violence has occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in what the UN terms ‘the shadow pandemic’, with a 60 % increase in emergency calls from women subjected to violence by their intimate partner reported among World Health Organization Europe Member States;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 75 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas some Member states have implemented specific measures to provide timely and accessible assistance to victims since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, including setting up emergency texting systems or creating contact points to seek help in pharmacies and supermarkets ; whereas best practices should be shared and exchanged to inspire other Member states across Europe;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 79 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas this Parliament has already called for the establishment of a new Council configuration of Ministers and Secretaries of state in charge of gender equality;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 113 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. Whereas during confinement, national platforms and helplines reported a sharp increase in domestic violence reports and complaints, and according to the WHO, emergency services across Europe have recorded an increase in calls of up to 60% from victims of domestic violence ; whereas this phenomenon is dubbed “The Shadow Pandemic”;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 127 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas eight years since its adoption, the Istanbul Convention has not yet been ratified by 6 EU Member States (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia Lithuania, Slovakia), or by the EU; whereas the Istanbul Convention is the most important existing international framework to prevent and combat gender- based violence;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 170 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment in the Gender Equality Strategy to fighting gender-based violence,
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 205 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to develop a European Union Protocol on gender-based violence in times of crisis and to include protection services for victims, such as helplines, safe accommodation and health services as ‘essential services’ in the Member States, in order to prevent gender-based violence and support women and children victims of domestic violence during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 219 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to adopt specific measures to eradicate cyber violence, including online harassment, cyberbullying and misogynistic hate speech, which disproportionally affects children and especially girls, and to specifically address the increase in these forms of gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to put forward relevant regulation and any other possible actions to eradicate hate speech and online harassment;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 234 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of action at both EU and national level to reach agreement on common legal definitions, as this type of witnessed violence is not recognised in many legal systems and children witnessing violence in their family environment are not recognised as victims of violence, which has a direct impact on data collection in the police and judicial sectors, and on cross- border cooperation;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 252 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls the need for measures to ensure the unrestricted and barrier-free provision of sexual and reproductive health and rights services (SRHR); Recalls that the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the need to remove outdated administrative barriers, modernise and improve efficiency in this area, such as investing in telemedicine possibilities to guarantee continuity of provision of healthcare services;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 255 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on Member states to implement specific measures to tackle economic violence, aiming to ensure empowerment, financial safety and economic independence of victims of gender-based violence, allowing them to take control over their lives;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 256 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Underlines that children who have suffered “witnessed violence” should also be granted the status of “victim” in order to benefit from a better legal protection and appropriate follow-up assistance, in particular psychological support;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 257 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Stresses that in the best interest of the child, parental authority of the perpetrating parent should be systematically suspended in case of voluntary homicide of the other parent ; further emphasizes that descendants should be exempted from maintenance obligations towards a parent who has been condemned for perpetrating voluntary homicide of the other parent ;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 299 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Urges the EU to ratify the Istanbul Convention and to advocate for its ratification by Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and for its effective and practical application by all the Member States, in order to fight against gender-based violence;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 302 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Urges Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention; Calls on its effective and practical application by all the Member States in order to fight against gender-based violence; Recalls its strong condemnation of the recent decision by the Polish Minister of Justice to officially start Poland’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, which would be a serious setback with regard to gender equality, women’s rights and the fight against gender-based violence;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 310 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Welcomes the upcoming Commission’s proposal for an EU strategy on the rights of the child (2021- 24), which provides the framework for EU action to better promote and protect children’s rights ;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 323 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Welcomes the initiative on extending the areas of crime to encompass specific forms of gender-based violence in accordance with Article 83(1) of the TFEU, and calls on the Commission to come up with a proposal for a holistic, victim-centred EU framework Directive to prevent and combat all forms of gender-based violence; recalls that such new legislative measures are complementary to the ratification of the Istanbul Convention;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 324 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take concrete measures to end child sexual abuse by investing in preventive measures, identifying specific programmes for potential offenders and more effective support for victims; Calls on the Member States to enhance cooperation between law enforcement authorities and civil society organisations to combat child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 361 #

2019/2166(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Recalls that united action is essential in order to upwardly converge and harmonise women’s rights in Europe through a strong pact between Member States, by sharing and implementing the most ambitious Union legislation and the implementation of best practices currently in force in the EU; Calls therefore for the creation of a Council configuration on gender equality within the European Council in order for Member states representatives to regularly meet, legislate, and exchange best practises;
2021/03/02
Committee: JURIFEMM
Amendment 3 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution of the 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal,
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report of 31 May 2019,
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
— having regard to the European Environment Agency report on The European environment — state and outlook 2020: knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe published 04 December 2019,
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity,
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 d (new)
— having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems,
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union makes no reference to a common EU forest policy, and responsibility for forests lies with the Member States, but whereas the EU has a long history of contributing, through its policies, mainly the Rural Development Policy, to sustainable forest management (SFM) and the Member States’ decisions on forests;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2019/2157(INI)

Ba. whereas the European Union should introduce a better coordinated strategy to address the increased risks to which forests and their ecosystem services will inevitably be exposed in the coming years, and to improve the resilience of forest to climate change;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas forests and the entire forest-based value chain are fundamental to the further development of the circular bioeconomy as they provide jobs, ensure economic welfare in rural and urban areas, deliver climate change mitigation and adaptation services, offer health-related benefits, and protect the biodiversity and prospects of mountainous, islands and rural areas;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there are 16 million private forest owners in the EU, who own about 60 % of EU forests; whereas the average size of privately-owned forests is 13 ha, while about two-thirds of private forest owners own less than 3 ha of forest;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2019/2157(INI)

Ca. whereas climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in forests are interlinked where aspects must be balanced and synergies between them encouraged especially within Member States Adaptation Strategies and Plans;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas outermost regions contain very rich reservoirs of biodiversity and that it is fundamental to preserve them;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas biodiversity loss in forest have significant environmental, economic and social consequences;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas soil quality plays a crucial role in the provision of ecosystem services such as water filtration and storage and hence flood and drought protection, CO2- sequestration, biodiversity and the growth of biomass; whereas the improvement of soil quality, for instance in some regions by converting coniferous forest to permanent deciduous forest, is an economically challenging process that takes decades;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that a definition of SFM was internationally agreed as part of the pan- European FOREST EUROPE process; notes that the definition has been incorporated into national legislation and voluntary systems, such as forest certifications, in place in the Member States;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes afforestation and reforestation as suitable tools in enhancing forest cover especially in abandoned lands, close to urban and peri- urban areas as well as in mountainous areas; highlights the importance of protective functions of forests as well as active and sustainable forest management in these areas to enhance health and resilience of the ecosystems; stresses the importance of adapting the species composition to regional and climatic conditions;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Concludes that the differences between Member States, including the differences between regions within Member States has been an important factor when considering measures on an EU-level;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Commends the forest-related research and innovation already undertaken, especially under the Horizon 2020 and LIFE+ programmes; applauds those cases where the results contribute to the development of the sustainable bioeconomy, seeking a balance between different aspects of sustainable forest management and underlining multifunctional role of forests;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EU’s forests are multifunctional and characterised by great diversity, including differences in ownership patterns, size, structure, biodiversity, resilience and challenges; points out, in addition, that forests offer society a wide variety of ecosystem services including raw materials, improved air quality, clean water, erosion control, and protection from droughts, floods and avalanches and recreational and cultural benefits;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that according to the EEA’s report on state and outlook 2020 of the European environment, biodiversity targets will not be met without wider and more effective implementation of existing policies and stronger societal responses to biodiversity loss in forests and other areas;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 160 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that forests and other wooded areas cover at leastround 43 % of the surface of the EU, reaching at least 182 million has thanks to afforestation and natural regeneration, and that the sector employs at least 500 000 people directly3 and 2.6 million indirectly in the EU4 ; _________________ 3 Eurostat database on forestry, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/forestry/d ata/database 4European Parliament fact sheet of May 2019 on the European Union and forests.
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 162 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognizes the crucial role that forest owners play in ensuring implementation of SFM, also highlighting the importance of fully utilising the knowledge of their land and its characteristics in order to achieve the best and most efficient sustainable managed forests; emphasises that large number of small forest owners and the importance of designing measures that will not create unnecessary red-tape;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the important environmental and economic role played by forest in outermost regions and the need to preserve the rich and singular biodiversity present in those areas;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 186 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits of forests and the forest-based sector; highlights the need to maintain and where possible increase CO2 sequestration in forests, carbon storage in wood-based products and the substitution of fossil- based materials and energy or substitution of materials with high energy input;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the suitability and viability of the two-step approach to verify sustainability of forest biomass, as agreed in the recast of Renewable Energy Directive; notes that this should be achieved by continuing the halted development of non-end use specific sustainability criteria by the Standing Forestry Committee and the Commission;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Expresses deep concerns that in parts of the union lacking implementation of existing EU-legislation and suspicion of corruption has resulted in illegal logging and unsustainable forestry activities; calls on the Commission and Member States to combat corruption and to fully implement existing legislation;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
The future – the crucial role played by the post-2020 EU Forest Strategy and the European Green Deal in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 219 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the recent publication of the Commission’s European Green Deal and looks forward to the upcoming post- 2020 EU Forest Strategy, which should be aligned with the European Green Deal and an ambitious EU Biodiversity Strategy;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 238 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the crucial role of forests, the forest-based sector and the bioeconomy in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal; stresses that achieving the EU’s environmental and climate goals will never be possible without multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed forests applying a long-term perspective and viable industries; encourages, in addition, actions to increase forest cover; encourages the Commission to explore different options both within current measures or new ones in order to encourage incentivising forest owners to apply, within the concept of SFM, management methods ensuring long term climate benefits;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 246 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the crucial role of forests, the forest-based sector and the bioeconomy in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal; stresses that achieving the EU’s environmental and climate goals will never be possible without multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed forests and viable industries; encourages, in addition, actions to increase forest cover and better integrate biodiversity into forestry;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 249 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that under some circumstances there are trade-offs between protecting the climate and protecting biodiversity in the bio-economy sector and particularly in forestry, which plays a central role in the transition towards a climate-neutral economy; expresses its concern that this trade-off has not been sufficiently addressed in recent policy discussions; calls on all stakeholders to develop a coherent approach to bring together biodiversity protection and climate protection in a thriving forest-based sector and bio- economy;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 253 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasises that forest policies must be consistent, must combat biodiversity loss and climate-change impacts equally, and must increase the EU’s natural sinks while protecting, conserving and enhancing biodiversity; Stresses the need to create synergies and coherence between EU policy agendas;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Recalls that about 60% of EU forests are privately owned and that about two-thirds of private forest owners own less than 3 ha of forest; stresses that all measures must duly take this into account and hence must be designed in a way that are accessible to and can be practically implemented by small-scale forest owners; recalls that the Commission has identified administrative burden and forest ownership structure as limiting factors for the uptake of certain measures1a; _________________ 1a COM(2018) 811 final, p.3
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 258 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Expresses its deep concern over the additional stresses on forest and their biodiversity caused by climate change as laid out in the IPCC special report on land of 8 August 2019; considers that additional measures should be in place to drastically minimise the risks of increased heat waves, forest fires, droughts, and floods in particular in southern Europe;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 259 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Reminds that the risk of fires is expected to increase due to climate change and considers crucial to strengthening prevention and preparedness efforts like disaster risk assessments where a joint European approach is more effective; reminds the important role of awareness raising campaigns, which should promote the development as from the school age of a common understanding of aspects related to nature conservation, fire prevention and extinction, while promoting a deeper understanding of local communities on the specificities of regional and national forests in different Member states;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 261 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Reiterates the importance of providing adequate financing to the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism to coordinate pan-European assistance with the European Commission's Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) in case of cross border forest fires;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 262 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Believes that European disaster resilience and early warning tools should be reinforced. Welcomes the monitoring work delivered by the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) and calls for greater collaboration with National and regional authorities of EU Member States for forest fire prevention, preparedness and response activities;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 267 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that an ambitious, independent and self-standing EU Forest Strategy is needed for the post-2020 period which is not subordinate to any other sectoral strategy; calls for a new EU Forest Strategy that builds on the holistic approach to SFM, taking into account all of the economic, social and environmental aspects of the forest-based value chain; stresses that a coordinated and coherent approach to forests, the forest-based sector, including the people directly or indirectly work and live in the forest and the forestry sector, and the multiple services they provide needs to be developed, given the growing number of national and EU policies directly or indirectly affecting forests and their management in the EU;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 280 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that the EU Forest Strategy should act as a bridge between national forest policies and EU objectives relating to forests, recognising both the need to respect national competence and, the need to contribute to wider EU objectives and to ensure long term stability and predictability for sustainable forest management, the forestry sector and the whole bioeconomy;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the European Commission to analyse how to improve the coordination of Member States and their exchange of information with the view to enhance the contribution of forests in reaching the carbon neutrality objective, while taking also into consideration their economic and social dimension;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of evidence-based decision-making with regard to EU policies relating to forests, the forest-based sector and its value-chain; calls for all forest-related aspects of European Green Deal measures, including the Biodiversity Strategy, to be consistent with the post-2020 EU Forest Strategy, particularly with a view to ensuring that SFM has a positive impact on society; and contributes to the achievement of the UN SDGs;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 298 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of evidence-based decision-making with regard to EU policies relating to forests, the forest-based sector and its value-chain; calls for all forest-related aspects of European Green Deal measures to be consistent with the post-2020 EU Forest Strategy, particularly with a view to ensuring that SFM has a positive impact on society, including ensuring long term and stable benefit for the climate and the environment;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 304 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to take into consideration the links between the forest- based sector and other sectors as well as the importance of digitalisation and investing in research and innovation; stresses the crucial role of wood-based materials in substituting fossil-based alternatives in industries such as the construction industry, the textile industry, the chemical industry and the packaging industry; encourages European Commission to explore different market- based mechanisms to incentivise a substitution from fossil to renewable raw materials such as wood in constructions, which offer climate benefits;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 307 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to take into consideration the links between the forest- based sector and other sectors as well as the importance of digitalisation and investing in research and innovation; stresses the crucial role of wood-based materials in substituting fossil-based alternatives in industries such as the construction industry, the textile industry, the chemical industry and the packaging industry and the need to fully take into account the climate and environmental benefits of this material substitution;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 309 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to take into consideration the links between the forest- based sector and other sectors as well as the importance of digitalisation and investing in research and innovation; stresses the crucial role of wood-based materials in substituting fossil-based alternatives and alternatives with a higher environmental footprint in industries such as the construction industry, the textile industry, the chemical industry and the packaging industry;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 315 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Reiterates the need of fostering environmental, economic and social aspects of forests and forest management in a balanced manner while strengthening the overall climate benefits stemming from forests and the forest-based value chain, namely fostered CO2- sequestration, carbon storage and substitution of fossil-based raw materials and energy; highlights the urgent need to strengthen research efforts as regards especially substitution effects;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 321 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of developing and ensure a market based bioeconomy in the EU incentivising innovations and development of new bio based products with an effective supply chain making effective use of the biomass materials;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 325 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently and intensely, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example, by strengthening the implementation of sustainable and active forest management, through research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties so they can be restored; highlighting the need for concrete and effective actions in climate adaptation strategies and plans, incorporating the synergies between mitigation and adaptation;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 334 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example through research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for forest owners to apply prevention measures as well as restoration of affected areas and properties so they can be restored;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 335 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to betterdevelop risk management tools to prepare for and prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example through research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties so they can be restored;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 357 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficient financial resources are needed to manage such areas; stresses that economic losses caused by protection measures should be fairly compensated;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 371 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Encourages the completion of the ongoing process to develop a non-end-use- driven sustainability approach with the close involvement of the Standing Forestry Committee and the Member States, building on the two-step approach of the recast Renewable Energy Directive; believes that the two-step approach could be used in other policies aiming to improve theat ensuring sustainability of forestry biomass material; highlights the importance and encourages the use of market developed tools, such as forest certification systems in place, as suitable means of proof to verify sustainability of forestry resources;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 387 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the crucial importance of forest and agro-forestry measures under the CAP and other forestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy; encourages the continuity of forestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well-coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 392 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Takes note of the progress made on valuing ecosystem services under the MAES initiative; stresses, however, that there currently is no adequate remuneration for the provision of ecosystem services such as the sequestration of CO2, fostering biodiversity or soil improvement and that foresters who focus on converting their forests accordingly currently might be managing their forests at a loss-making despite the provision of substantial ecosystem services; calls on the Commission and Member States to explore options to incentivize and remunerate climate-, biodiversity- and other ecosystem services appropriately in order to allow for an economically viable forest conversion;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 397 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers that sustainable management of forests should have a visible place in the new CAP strategic plans, given their contribution in the fight against climate change, their role in preserving biodiversity, in CO2 storage, in the protection of water and soil, and also their contribution to rural development, growth and employment;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 400 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Highlights the importance of strengthened cooperation between Member States in order to enhance the benefits of the new forest strategy;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 405 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Regrets that the CAP is almost the only source of EU support to forest ecosystems and that further cuts in the CAP budget would have a very negative effect for investments in sustainable forest management;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 407 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Considers that support to agro- forestry systems should be enhanced through the new CAP eco-schemes in order to recognise and improve their contribution in the prevention of forest fires and erosion, CO2 storage, protection of groundwater and in a more environmentally friendly animal production;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 410 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Welcomes the initiative announced by the Commission on the “Farm Carbon Forest”, aiming to reward farmers who commit themselves in projects intended to reduce CO2 emissions or to increase its storage in order to contribute to the objective of “zero carbon” in 2050, in the context of the new Green Deal;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 413 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Supports enhancing relevant governance bodies, in particular the Standing Forestry Committee and the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork, to facilitate the exchange of information between Member States, the European Commission and stakeholders;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 417 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines the essential role of high-level research and innovation in fostering the contribution of forests and the forest-based sector to overcoming the challenges of our time; stresses the importance of the EU’s post-2020 research and innovation programmes and recognises the role of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research;deleted
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 422 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses the need for improved communication regarding the importance of the sustainable management of forest areas, together with the possibility of extending, implementing and coordinating information campaigns on the multifunctional nature of forests and the many economic, social and environmental benefits provided by forest management at all relevant levels of the EU;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 424 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Takes note of the Commission’s recommendation that a strong capitalisation of innovation along the value chain would help to support the forest-based sector’s competitiveness1a; welcomes in this regard the EIB’s commitment to allocate 50 % of its funding to climate related projects and underlines the opportunities for the forest-based sector, which plays an important role in the substitution of fossil- based materials and energies; _________________ 1a COM(2018) 811 final, p.7
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 426 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the fact that global deforestation and forest degradation are serious problems; points out that policy initiatives should be developed to tackle issues outside the EU, with a focus on the tropics, while taking into account the different degree of ambition as regards to environmental policy in different tropical countries, and the drivers of unsustainable practices in forests from outside the sector; encourages the Commission and Member States of the European Union to foster cooperation with third countries through technical assistance, exchange of information and good practices to consolidate higher standards of sustainability in in preservation, conservation and sustainable use of forest as well as in sectors linked to forests and their value chains, promoting circular bioeconomy; stresses the need to foster the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) action plan in order to prevent the entry of illegally sourced wood into the EU market;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 430 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the fact that global deforestation and forest degradation are serious problems; points out that policy initiatives should be developed to tackle issues outside the EU, with a focus on the tropics and the drivers of unsustainable practices in forests from outside the sector; stresses the need to foster the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) action plan in order to prevent the entry of illegally sourced wood into the EU market; highlights the need for the EUFS to comprehensively include EU’s external objectives and action on promoting SFM worldwide, both bilaterally and through multilateral forest-related processes;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 438 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the need to promote deforestation-free supply chains which could be done through the introduction of a certification system, the reinforcement of the cooperation with third countries and the inclusion of specific provisions on sustainable forest management in the trade agreements between the EU and its world partners;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 457 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to continue the development an EU- wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General and under the framework of the EU Forest Strategy; stresses the importance of science-based, balanced information with socio-economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 460 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses the results of the Evaluation study of the impact of the CAP on habitats, landscapes, biodiversity, where CAP instruments and measures are described as significant contributors to biodiversity goals, and encourages to explore ways to improve the already existing tools to fill the information gaps on such valuable contribution;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 472 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission’s Standing Forestry Committee to give the Member States a central role in the preparation and implementation of the post-2020 EU Forest Strategy; stresses the importance of the parallel involvement of relevant stakeholders in the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork; urges the Commission to involve Parliament in the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy and at least on an annual basis;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 475 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses the key role played by forest owners and managers in the implementation of the strategy and therefore calls for their inclusion and consultation;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in food production and how this is dependent on natural resources such as soil, water and forests; recognises the multifunctionality of forests and the multiple services they provide, going from the traditional production of wood and other products, to environmental benefits such as carbon absorption and storage, preventing soil erosion and improved air and water quality;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the crucial role of forestry, along with farming, in the management of natural resources and land use in the EU's and the world's rural areas; hereby recognises the variety in forest management, forest ownership, agroforestry and possibilities between Member States;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to continue to promote the sustainable bioeconomy, needed substitution of fossil based materials and promote the consumption of sustainably sourced goods by introducing a labelling and certification system for deforestation-free products imported into the EU and incorporating the deforestation- free aspect into EU trade deals and other multilateral agreements;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it necessary to reduce the EU consumption of imported products contributing to deforestation, and for doing that, besides a certification system it is crucial to boost cooperation with third countries, producers or suppliers of agricultural materials and to undertake other actions at international level;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Zero deforestation supply chains should be encouraged, with the aim of increasing the transparency and minimizing the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with the import of certain agricultural products into the EU market.
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring the income of forest owners and farmers practicing agroforestry and in improving the resilience of forests; Highlights in this regard the importance of supporting forest owners and especially take into account the conditions for small forest owners.
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring the income of forest owners, people that live or work in forests and farmers practicing agroforestry and in improving the resilience of forests.
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Trade agreements with countries outside the EU should contain provisions on sustainable forest management and responsible entrepreneurship, as well as commitments on the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement.
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas Article 42 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union grants special status to the sector in respect of competition law in order to attain the objectives set out in Article 39;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the fragmentation of the agricultural sector contrasts with the high level of concentration among other operators in the food industry chain, particularly large retailers, and whereas the fact that farmers are smaller economically than other operators in the chain should be taken into account when applying competition rules;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Regulation establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products contains certain derogations from the application of Article 101(1) TFEU either generally for all sectors or specifically for certain agricultural sectors;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas agricultural prices are extremely volatile now that European market management mechanisms are weaker, and farmers are having to cope with production costs that are higher than those of their competitors in third countries, and whereas there is therefore a need to strengthen producer organisations and associations of producer organisations, and make the competition rules that apply to the agricultural sector more flexible as part of the next reform of the common agricultural policy;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas EU farmers continue to suffer from a lack of integration into producers’ organizations making their position within the food supply chain highly vulnerable and decreasing their bargaining power;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas unforeseeable natural disasters and events are likely to make the market for agricultural products even more volatile and subject to crisis; notes, in this regard, the importance of access to exceptional measures which aim to preserve the market stability;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the study on producer organisations and their activities in the olive oil, beef and veal, and arable crops sectors, which reaffirms the importance of these organisations and their associations in strengthening the position of primary producers in the food chain; notes that the study highlighted that in these sectors there are overall five times more unrecognised producer organisations/associations of producer organisations than those formally recognised; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to raise awareness of the benefits of having producers' organizations recognized under the CMO Regulation;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Also welcomes the study carried out for the Commission on ‘the best ways to set up producer organisations, carry out their activities and support them’, which recognises the contribution that producer organisations (POs) and associations of producer organisations (APOs) make to the economic, technical and social development of their members;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers ithat, as part of the next CAP reform, it is essential to clarify and strengthen the provisions governing producer organisations and their associations, and interbranch organisations, in Regulation (EU) No 1308/20131, particularly as regards competition policy, and to consolidateso as to build on the progress made by Regulation (EU) No 2017/23932 (the ‘Omnibus Regulation’), supplemented by the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 14 November 2017 (‘the Endives Case’)3, thereby providing greater legal certainty and improving the position of farmers in the food chain; _________________ 1 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671. 2 OJ L 350, 29.12.2017, p. 15. 3Judgment of the Court of Justice of 14 November 2017, President de l’Autorité de la concurrence v Association des producteurs vendeurs d’endives (APVE) and Others.
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed in the Endives judgment of 14 November 2017 that the CAP takes precedence over competition rules, and that the responsibilities and objectives of the organisations defined by the CAP are necessarily exempt from the application of competition rules, and in particular Article 101 TFEU;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomesTakes the view that the adoption of the Directive on unfair trade practices4 in the agricultural and food supply chain4 is a very important step towards promoting balanced relations among the various operators in the food chain and improving the positioning of the primary sector, and calls on the Commission to monitor closely progress on transposition thereof; _________________ 4Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59).
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets, however, that the scope of the Directive on unfair practices in the food supply chain does not cover all suppliers, as it excludes those that are not SMEs, and also regrets that selling at a loss is not on the list of practices that are prohibited at EU level;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for the role of interbranch organisations to be strengthened in order to promote more balanced relationships in the food chain, and supports the extension of the value-sharing clause to cover all operators rather than just the first purchaser, in line with the draft report adopted in April 2019 by Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on the new common organisation of the market in agricultural products as part of the next CAP reform;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Welcomes the success of the supply management measures introduced for quality cheese and ham at the request of producer organisations, interbranch organisations and groups of operators as referred to in Regulation 1151/2012, following the CAP reform of 2013, and calls for it to be made possible for the measure to be extended to cover all products with a protected designation of origin or geographical indication, in line with the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development’s draft report adopted in April 2019 on the new common organisation of the market in agricultural products;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underscores the need to provide more clarity to POs and APOs with regard to the application of competition rules, with appropriate guidelines on authorised exemptions and derogations from competition rules, and, with that in mind, calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of the guidelines published for olive oil, arable crops and beef to cover other sectors;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the public demand for more sustainable food systems needs to be addressed, and calls on the Commission to clarify the conditions under which sustainable agreements can be exempted from competition law, namely in the framework of the current review of the Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations and related guidelines; Reaffirms its view that the Commission should issue general guidelines to clarify under which conditions the private sector can come together to agree on collectively increasing sustainability in a sector without breaching competition law; considers that such guidelines are particularly relevant to the agricultural sector due to the environmental challenges it must face and the sustainability requirements it must meet;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the proposal for the Single Market Programme, and, more specifically, the food chain actions supported under the proposed Programme, such as veterinary and phytosanitary measures to address animal and plant health crises; urges the Council and the Parliament to swiftly conclude the negotiations and adopt the Regulation;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 120 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Underlines the importance of timely conclusions on the two proposals for Transition Regulations, which have been put forward by the Commission, in order to avoid delays and complications that could lead to market instability;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Welcomes the ongoing Fitness Check of the 2012 state aid modernisation package and, more specifically, the ongoing revision of the Agricultural Block Exemption Regulation (ABER) and European Union Guidelines for State aid in the agriculture and forestry sector (GL) which will cease to apply on 31 December2020;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 122 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Welcomes the completion of the Agricultural de minimis Regulation review; points out that the increase of the maximum aid amount per single undertaking and of the national cap combined with the application of a sector cap will help farms to cope with climatic challenges while preventing any market distortions;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 125 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Reiterates the call to have a clarification issued by the Commission on the scope of the general agricultural derogation from competition law contained in Article 209 of the CMO Regulation;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Draws attention to the growing amount of protests by farmers organized as a result of concerns over the impact of the introduction of stricter environmental and animal welfare standards at EU level coupled with the proposed cuts of the CAP budget; notes that the impact of trade deals on the agriculture sector is also a cause for concern for these farmers and calls on the Commission to present, as soon as possible, its latest report on the cumulative impact of ongoing and future trade deals;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6 i. Urges the Commission to set up a permanent EU-level information platform on risk management tools to help farmers cope with the uncertainty of climate, market volatility and other risks where stakeholders can exchange best practices, as communicated in its Communication on the future of food and farming from November 2017;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted on 24 June 2013,
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to the EU Guidelines on Death Penalty, on Torture, on Freedom of Expression and on Human Rights Defenders,
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York on 15 October 2019,
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the Council Conclusions on Democracy, adopted on 14 October 2019,
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its deep concern at the attacks on democracy and the rule of law worldwide in 2018, which reflect the rise of authoritarianism as a political project, embodying disregard for human rights, repression of dissent, politicised justice and predetermined elections, shrinking space for civil society to operate, as well as limiting freedom of assembly and freedom of expression; is of the opinion that countries falling into authoritarian regimes become more vulnerable to instability, conflict, corruption and violent extremism; welcomes the fact that, at the same time, a number of countries have launched peace and democratisation processes, implemented constitutional and judicial reforms, and engaged with civil society in open and public debates with the objective of promoting fundamental freedoms and human rights, including the abolition of the death penalty;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention to instances of persecution and discrimination based on ethnicity, nationality, class, caste, religion, belief, language, sexual orientation, , gender identity, sex characteristics and age, which remain rife in many countries and societies; is seriously concerned at the increasingly intolerant and hate-filled responses targeting people who are the victims of these human rights violations;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 175 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that freedom of speech and expression, as well as media pluralism, are at the heart of resilient democratic societies; urges that the best possible safeguards against hate speech, disinformation campaigns and hostile propaganda be put in place by developing a legal framework both at EU and international level for tackling hybrid threats, including cyber and information warfare;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 204 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that the climate emergency and the mass biodiversity loss constitutes a major threat to human rights; reminds that fundamental human rights to life, health, food and safe water are at risk without a healthy environment, since biodiversity provides humans with food, medicine and livelihoods; calls on the Commission/EEAS to work towards a EU strategy to protect the right to a healthy environment, by working closely with third countries and international organisations such as UNCHR, that has recently launched a joint strategy with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP);
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 275 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the invaluable and essential role that HRDs play at the risk of their lives; recommends strengthening cooperation between the EU institutions and the Member States, enabling them to provide continuous support to HRDand protection to HRDs, in particular women human rights defenders; values the ‘ProtectDefenders.eu’ mechanism established to protect HRDs at grave risk; calls on the Council and the Commission to establish a specific coordinated procedure for awarding visas to HRDs; calls on the Commission to make full use of the financial capacity of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) to support HRDs;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 300 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Strongly supports the EU’s strategic engagement for gender equality and its ongoing efforts to improve the human rights situation of women and girls, in line with the 2030 SDGs; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to further contribute to gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment by working closely with international organisations and non-EU countries, in order to develop and implement new legal frameworks regarding gender equality, and to eradicate gender-based violence and harmful practices targeted at women and girls, such as child marriage and female genital mutilationforced and early marriage, female genital mutilation and human trafficking; stresses the alarming increase of violence against women and girls and calls for further action to combat all forms of gender-based violence, such as the continuation of the EU-UN global Spotlight Initiative; calls on the EU and all EU Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and calls on the EU Delegations to ensure data collection on violence against women, to draw up country-specific recommendations, and to promote protective mechanisms and support structures for victims;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 359 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Strongly supports the Commission List of actions to advance LGBTI equality and the Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by LGBTI persons for external action from 2013, as important elements of the EU’s ongoing efforts to improve the human rights of LGBTI people, in line with the SDGs; calls on the Commission/EEAS to continue the work on protecting and furthering the human rights of LGBTI people, by working closely with international organisations and non-EU countries, in order to combat discrimination and human rights violations, as well as support the development of legislation and policies protecting the human rights of LGBTI people worldwide;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 439 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the importance of elaborating an EU strategy to put new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, at the service of the people, and to address the potential threat of new technologies to human rights, including disinformation, mass surveillance, fake news, disinformahate speech, state-sponsored restrictions and the abusive use of artificial intelligence, and to strike the right balance between human rights and other legitimate considerations, such as security or fighting crime, terrorism and extremism;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 478 #

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions and civil society in their efforts to promote democratisation; reminds that human rights are a fundamental corner stone of democratisation processes positively notes, in this context, the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent engagement in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the EU to promote democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms; recalls that the experience gained and the lessons learned from transitions to democracy in the framework of the enlargement and neighbourhood policies could make a positive contribution to the identification of best practices that could be used to support and consolidate other democratisation processes worldwide;
2019/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2019/2089(DEC)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas gender budgeting is an application of gender mainstreaming in the budgetary process and means a gender based assessment of budgets, incorporating the gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process and restructuring revenues and expenditures in order to promote gender equality1 ; whereas the Commission and Court of Auditors should ensure the principle of gender mainstreaming throughout the Union’s budgetary and legislative processes; _________________ 1 https://rm.coe.int/1680596143
2019/11/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2019/2089(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) was established in order to contribute and to strengthen the promotion of gender equality in the Union, including gender mainstreaming in all relevant Union policies and the resulting national policies, the fight against discrimination based on sex, and raising Union citizens’ awareness of gender equality;
2019/11/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2019/2089(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality and welcomes the EIGE’s contribution to the ongoing efforts of the Committee including on the topic of the gender digital gap, work-life balance, the gender pay and pension gap, gender budgeting, combating violence against women and the development of a gender-sensitive parliament tool; notes the valuable contribution the EIGE can make to all committees of the European Parliament in order to better integrate the gender perspective horizontally in EU policy making;
2019/11/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 16 #

2019/2089(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly supports the work of the EIGE, which, by means of studies and research, enables the FEMM Committee to obtain data that is indispensable in order for it to do its work properly by providing official, high-quality and objective data;
2019/11/27
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the European Parliament has repeatedly asked the Commission to promote and implement the use of gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessment in the relevantall Union policy areas and the Court of Auditors to incorporate a gender perspective, including gender- disaggregated data, into its reports on the implementation of the Union budget;
2019/11/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls onfor the integration of a women’s rights and gender equality perspective into all policy areas; reiterates therefore its call for the implementation of gender budgeting inat all stages of the budgetary process, including the implementation of the budget and assessment of its implementation; reiterates its demand to include in the common set of result indicators for the implementation of the EU budget also gender-specific indicators;
2019/11/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for increased transparency, targeted actions and specific budget lines in order to meeting the goals of gender equality and women’s rights in EU external action, including sexual and reproductive health and rights;
2019/11/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to employ gender budgeting through the entire budgetary procedure, the implementation of the budget and the assessment of its execution in order to promote equal access to EU funded programmes and to encourage women’s participation;
2019/11/12
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 30 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Reminds the Commission that there is a significant difference in types of errors, for example between unintentional omissions and cases of fraud; recalls that most of the beneficiaries are small and medium-sized farms and complex regulation increases the risk of unintentional omissions, which should also be taken into account while estimating the actual error rate;
2019/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is founded on, inter alia, the value of equality between men and women, and Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union providstates that the elimination of inequalities, and the promotion of such equality, between men and women is a fundamental principle of the Union; whereas ensuring coherence between their internal budgetary and discharge procedures and their external actions in the field of promotion of gender equality is essential to the credibility of Parliament and the other Union institutions;
2061/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 2 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that budgetary year 2020 is the last one of the current MFF period and therefore stresses the importance of preparation and smooth adaptation to the new financial period, in which a fair standard for living of farmers must be ensured;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is deeply concerned about the budgetary consequences of a non-deal Brexit and, since farmers need to plan their activity in advance, strongly opposes any unexpected cut of CAP allocations in 2020 in case there is no agreement between the Union and the United Kingdom;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms its strong request to promote equality between women and men, by supporting gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting where possible withinat all levels of the budgetary procedure, including when finalising the negotiations of the next MFF, and to use budgetary expenditure as an effective tool for combatting existing inequalities and promoting equality between women and men; recalls that gender budgeting is a methodology that must be applied to all Union budget lines and not only to programmes in which the implication of gender seems more relevant;
2061/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 17 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the sector in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union; is concerned that that sectorstresses that United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union will also have a significant negative impact across several agricultural sectors in the European Union; is concerned that Union producers will face additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate EUR 50 million to ‘Other measures for beef and veal’ in order to support the Irish sector in case of market difficulties linked to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union; is concerned that that sector will face additional stress from the Union’s trade agreement with Mercosur. Nevertheless, asks the Commission to consider additional allocations for other Member States whose beef exports would be affected by Brexit;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its request to increase resources for the Daphne-specific objective within the current REC programme and that such an increase is maintained in the Rights and Values programme; calls to ensure that adequate funding is made available for actions aimed at combating violence against women and trafficking in the framework of the effective implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
2061/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 27 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Asks the Commission to also consider additional support for other sectors, such as wine or fruits and vegetables, to help them overcome the trade damages linked to Brexit, and to boost the promotion campaigns in third countries in order to open and to consolidate new market opportunities;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Is concerned by the current crisis in the sugar sector following the elimination of the quota system and by the recent announcement of eight factory closures in the Union; therefore urges the Commission to support private storage in order to contribute to the improvement of the market situation and to consider the possibility of introducing accompanying measures for farmers and processors affected by those closures;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for specific funding to support the most vulnerable women and girls in our society, in particular women with disabilities, women refugees and victims of trafficking and abuses; supports in this regard increasing both commitment and payment appropriations of the two strands of the REC programme;
2061/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 31 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Is of the opinion that the Commission should keep on reinforcing the promotion campaigns to open new markets for quality products;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to reinforce budgetary allocations that support women’s access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, both within and outside the Union, as this access is increasingly at risk;
2061/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 36 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for budgetary allocations to support women’s entrepreneurship and women’s economic independence and to ensure and encourage access for women to loans and equity finance through Union programmes and funds, such as COSME, Horizon 2020 and the European Social Fund in order to fully maximise women’s participation in the labour market;
2061/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 43 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the continuation of funding for the Youth Employment Initiative; calls for equal participation of girls and young women in the measures covered by that initiative to be ensured and that special attention is paid to quality offers of training and employment for them, includingparticularly in the digitalised economy, ICT and STEM sectors where women are significantly underrepresented both in terms of education and training as well as employment;
2061/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 46 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Encourages Member States to increase the support for establishingt young farmers, in line with the objective of a better contribution to the generational renewal of farmers in the Union;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Highlights the importance of rural development commitments and spending for agri-environmental measures and the wider rural economy, particularly the importance of initiatives to target and support young farmers;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance to use the European Structural and Investment Funds (ERDF and ESF) to promote women’s employment, including by financing high-quality, affordable care facilities;
2061/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 55 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the important role of the European Institute for Gender Equality and calls for the Institute’s budget, staff establishment plan and independence to be maintainadequately resourced.
2061/01/05
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 107 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) With a view to the next reform of the CAP, and taking into account the new European Green Deal ambitions, Member States should further promote agro- environmental and climate-related measures in force and any other tool that can help farmers in their efforts towards an ecological transition.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 145 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 lays down rules for the common organisation of agricultural markets and includes certain aid schemes in Articles 29 to 60. Those aid schemes should be integrated in the future CAP Strategic Plans of the Member States as sectoral interventions referred to in points (a) to (e) of Article 39 of Regulation (EU) …/… [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation]. To ensure coherence, continuity and a smooth transition between those aid schemes of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and the sectoral types of interventions of Regulation (EU) …/… [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation], rules should be laid down regarding the duration of each of those aid schemes with respect to the date from which the future CAP Strategic Plans of the Member States have legal effects.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 146 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Farmers are increasingly at risk of income volatility, partly because of market exposure and partly because of extreme weather events and frequent sanitary and phytosanitary crises affecting the EU’s livestock and agronomic assets. To alleviate the effects of income volatility by encouraging farmers to make savings in good years in order to cope with bad years, national tax measures whereby the income tax base applied to farmers is calculated on the basis of a multiannual period should be exempted from application of the state aid rules.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) As regards the aid scheme in the olive oil and table olives sector, the existing work programmes drawn up for the period running from 1 April 2018 until 31 March 2021 should be extended until 31 December 2021. For aid schemes in the fruit and vegetables sector rules should be laid down regarding the modification or replacement, on a voluntary basis, of operational programmes.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) With the view to ensuring continuity as regards the aid schemes in the wine sector and the apiculture sector, rules need to be laid down that allow those aid schemes to continue to be implemented until the end of their respective programming periods. For this period certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 should therefore continue to apply in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for operations implemented pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 after 31 December 2021 and until the end of those aid schemesIn addition, commitments made before 16 October 2023 should be allowed to continue to be paid after that date.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 155 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) In order to limit a significant carry-over of commitments from the current programming period for rural development to the CAP Strategic Plans, the duration of new multiannual commitments in relation to agri- environment-climate, organic farming and forest-environment should be limited to a period of maximum 3 years. The extension of existing commitments should be limited to one year.deleted
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 200 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) Given their very small size and their insularity, local markets in the outermost regions are particularly vulnerable to price fluctuations linked to import flows from the rest of the EU or non-EU countries. Those interbranch organisations recognised under Article 157 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, particularly in the livestock sectors, take collective measures, in particular for compiling data and disseminating information, designed to ensure that local production remains competitive on the market in question. To that end, Articles 28, 29 and 110 TFEU notwithstanding, and without prejudice to Articles 164 and 165 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, it is appropriate to allow the Member State concerned, in the context of extended interbranch agreements and after consultation with the actors concerned, to make liable individual operators or groups of operators who are not members of the organisation and who operate on the local market, irrespective of their origin, including in cases where the proceeds of these contributions fund measures to maintain only local production or where the contributions are levied at a different stage in the marketing process.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 238 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The notification referred to in the second subparagraph shall be without prejudice to the need to submit a request to amend a rural development programme for the year 2021 as referred to in Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. Such an amendment shall aim at maintaining at least the same overall levelpercentage of the EAFRD expenditure for the measures referred to in Article 59(6) of that Regulation.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 275 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. ESubject to the conditions set out in the second subparagraph, the following expenditures shall be eligible for an EAFRD contribution in the period 2022- 2027 covered by the CAP Strategic Plan: (a) expenditure relating to legal commitments to beneficiaries incurred under the multiannual measures referred to in Articles 28, 29, 33 and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and; (b) expenditure relating to legal commitments for a time period going beyond 1 January 2024, or beyond 1 January 2025, in Member States that have decided to extend the 2014-2020 period in accordance with Article 1(1) of this Regulation, under Articles 14 to 18, points (a) and (b) of Article 19(1), Articles 20, Articles 22 to 27, 35, 38, 39 and 39a of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and under Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 shall be. The conditions for eligibleility for an EAFRD contribution in the period 2022- 2027 covered by the CAP Strategic Plan, subject to the following conditions referred to in the first subparagraph, are as follows: (a) such expenditure is provided for in the respective CAP Strategic Plan for 2022- 2027 in accordance with Regulation (EU) [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] and complies with Regulation (EU) [HzR]; (b) the EAFRD contribution rate of the corresponding intervention set in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Regulation (EU) [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation], applies; (c) the integrated system referred to in Article 63(2) of Regulation (EU) [HzR] applies to the legal commitments undertaken under measures that correspond to the area- and animal-based types of interventions listed in Chapters II and IV of Title III of Regulation (EU) [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] and the relevant operations are clearly identified; and (d) the payments for the legal commitments referred to in point (c) are made within the period laid down in Article 42 of Regulation (EU) [HzR].
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 279 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) such expenditure is provided for in the respective CAP Strategic Plan for 2022-2027 in accordance with Regulation (EU) [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] and complies with Regulation (EU) [HzR];deleted
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 281 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the EAFRD contribution rate of the corresponding intervention set in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Regulation (EU) [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation], applies;deleted
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 283 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the integrated system referred to in Article 63(2) of Regulation (EU) [HzR] applies to the legal commitments undertaken under measures that correspond to the area- and animal-based types of interventions listed in Chapters II and IV of Title III of Regulation (EU) [CAP Strategic Plan Regulation] and the relevant operations are clearly identified; andeleted
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 284 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the payments for the legal commitments referred to in point (c) are made within the period laid down in Article 42 of Regulation (EU) [HzR].deleted
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 290 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Recognised producer organisation in the fruit and vegetables sector having an operational programme as referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 that has been approved by a Member State for a duration beyond 31 December 2021 shallmay, by 15 September 2021, submit a request to that Member State to the effect that its operational programme:
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where a recognised producer organisation does not submit such request by 15 September 2021, its operational programme approved under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall end on 31 December 2021the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 apply to its operational programme until such programme comes to an end.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 304 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The support programmes in the wine sector referred to in Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall end on 15 October 2023. Articles 39 to 54 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall continue to apply after 31 December 2021 as regards expenditure incurred and payments made forto operations implemenselected pursuant to that Regulation before 16 October 2023, as regards expenditure incurred and payments made within the aid scheme referred to in Articles 39 to 52 of that Regulation.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 306 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The national programmes in the apiculture sector referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall end on 31 July 2022. Articles 55, 56 and 57 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall continue to apply after 31 December 2021 as regards expenditure incurred and payments made forto operations implemenselected pursuant to that Regulation before 1 August 2022, as regards expenditure incurred and payments made within the aid scheme referred to in Article 55 of that Regulation.
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 327 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 28 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a
For new commitments to be undertaken from 2021, Member States shallmay determine a shorter period of one to three years in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual extension of commitments after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, from 2021 the extension shall not go beyond one year. As from 2021, for new commitments directly following a commitment performed in the initial period, Member States shall determine a period of one year in their rural development programmes. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305-20190301)Or. fr
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 338 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a
For new commitments to be undertaken from 2021, Member States shallmay determine a shorter period of one to three years in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual extension for the maintenance of organic farming after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, from 2021 the extension shall not go beyond one year. As from 2021, for new commitments concerning maintenance that directly follow the commitment performed in the initial period, Member States shall determine a period of one year in their rural development programmes. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305-20190301)Or. fr
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 349 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a
For new commitments to be undertaken as from 2021 Member States shallmay determine a shorter period of one to three years in their rural development programmes. If Member States provide for an annual renewal of commitments after the termination of the initial period in accordance with the first subparagraph, as from 2021 the renewal shall not go beyond one year. Or. fr (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R1305-20190301)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 450 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
Article 211 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1308-(2a) In Article 211, the following paragraph is added : "2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 and in order to limit the effects of income variability, by encouraging farmers to build up savings in good years in order to cope with bad years, Articles 107, 108 and 109 TFEU shall not apply to national fiscal measures whereby Member States decide to deviate from general tax rules by allowing for the income tax base applied to farmers to be calculated on the basis of a multiannual period, including by carrying forward part of the tax base including by deferring part of the tax base, or by allowing the exclusion of amounts placed in a dedicated agricultural savings account. " Or. en 20190101&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 453 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013
Article 22 a (new)
(-1) The following Article is inserted: “Article 22 a - Agreements within the trade 1. By way of derogation from Articles 164 and 165 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, where an interbranch organisation recognised pursuant to Article 157 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, operating in an outermost region and considered to be representative of the production of or trade in, or processing of one or more given products, the Member State concerned may, at the request of that organisation, make binding for a renewable period of one year, agreements, decisions or concerted practices agreed within that organisation for other operators acting in the outermost region in question, whether individuals or groups, who do not belong to that organisation. 2. Where the rules of a recognised interbranch organisation are extended under paragraph 1 and the activities covered by those rules are in the general economic interest of economic operators whose activities relate to products solely destined for the local market of the same outermost region, the Member State may, after consulting the relevant stakeholders, decide that individual economic operators or groups which are not members of the organisation but which operate on the market in question are to pay the organisation all or part of the financial contributions paid by its members to the extent that such contributions are intended to cover costs directly incurred as a result of pursuing the activities in question. 3. The Member State concerned shall inform the Commission of any agreement whose scope is extended in accordance with this Article.” Or. fr (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0228&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 502 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Annexe III – table – row 1 – column 7 a
2021 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307-* ––––––––––––––––– * With amounts including the expenses relating to the operations committed within the framework of the previous five- year programming period and for which the payments are being made during the current five-year programming period: Or. fr 20190301&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 13 February 2019 on Experiencing backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU (2018/2684(RSP)),
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Citation 4
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular Articles 1, 2, 3, 10, 21, 35 and 345 thereof,
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), on the founding values of the Union, and Article 7 TEU, on determining the existence of a serious and persistent breach by a Member State of the values referred to in Article 2,
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 14 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Citation 5
- having regard to Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), on equality between women and men, and Article 9 TFEU, on combating social exclusion and a high level of education, training and protection of human health, Title IV TFEU on free movement of persons, services and capitals and Title V TFEU on area of freedom, security and justice,
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 16 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, as set out in Article 2 TEU and embedded in international human rights treaties; whereas those values, which are common to the Member States and to which all Member States have freely subscribed, constitute the foundation of the rights enjoyed by those living in the Union; whereas Article 7 TEU foresees the possibility to suspend certain rights deriving from the application of the Treaties to a Member State, including voting rights in the Council, where there has been a determination of the existence of a serious and persistent breach by a Member State of the values referred to in Article 2;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 18 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas provision of accessible and affordable sexual and reproductive health and rights, including contraception and safe and legal abortion, is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life and dignity, freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, the right to access healthcare, the right to privacy, the right to education and the prohibition of discrimination; whereas the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services is a form of violence against women and girls; whereas the European Court of Human Rights has ruled on several occasions that restrictive abortion laws and lack of implementation violates the human rights of women;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 20 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas age-appropriate and evidence-based comprehensive sexuality education is key to building children’s and young peoples’ skills to form healthy, equal, nurturing and safe relationships, free from discrimination, coercion and violence as well as having a positive impact on gender equality outcomes, including transforming harmful gender norms and attitudes towards gender-based violence, homophobia and transphobia and contributes to decreased adolescent pregnancy, reduced risk-taking, and increased use of condoms and other forms of contraception;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 23 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives are before the Polish Parliament, one of which seeks to tighten up even further a law on abortion which is already one of the most restrictive in the EU, and the other to make providing comprehensive sexuality education to minors a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 33 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas in 2016 an attempt to introduce a total ban on the right to abortion sparked a mass mobilisation of women and civil society organisations and the ‘Black Monday’ women’s strike; whereas in 2018 the draft law imposing restrictions on abortion triggered massive protests throughout Poland and beyond;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 35 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas since the beginning of 2019 in Poland, there were over 80 instances, where regions, counties or municipalities have passed resolutions declaring themselves free from so-called “LGBT ideology”, or have adopted "Regional Charters of Family Rights” or key provisions coming from them, discriminating in particular single-parent and LGBTI families; whereas the creation of LGBTI free zones, even if it does not consist in the introduction of a physical border, represents an extremely discriminatory measure limiting the freedom of movement of the EU citizens;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 43 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that on 16 April 2020 the Polish Parliament voted to refer back to committee the two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives on access to abortion and on thcomprehensive sexuality education ofor minors;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 63 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned at the loss of women’s rights and at the level of protection in Poland of the right of women and adolescent girls to health, of which their sexual and reproductive health and rights is an essential component, and of the rights of young LGBTI people, whose healthmental and physical health and safety are particularly at risk; deplores the government’s continuing attacks on women’s rights activists and organisations through raids, defunding and intimidation, heavily impacting their work and creating an environment of fear;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 77 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Polish Government to condemn and take appropriate legal measures against the resolutions adopted by regional and local authorities concerning the establishment of ‘LGBTI- free areas’ in Poland, which violate fundamental rights and fuel more hatred, fear and threats against LGBTI + people in Poland; calls on the Commission to assess whether the creation of LGBTI free zones consists in a violation of the freedom of movement and residence in the EU, infringing Article3 (2) TEU, Article 21 TFEU, Title IV and V TFEU and Article 45 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; calls on the Commission to assess whether Poland has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Treaties and it shall deliver a reasoned opinion on the matter, in accordance with Article258 TFEU; urges the Polish Government to take steps to protect LGBTI + people and to combat all human rights violations faced by them in Poland;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Polish Government to urgently condemn and take appropriate legal measures against the resolutions adopted by regional and local authorities concerning the establishment of ‘LGBTI- free areas’ in Poland, which violate fundamental rights and fuel more hatred, fear and threats against LGBTI + people in Poland; urges the Polish Government to take steps to protect LGBTI + people and to combat all human rights violations faced by them in Poland;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 89 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Polish Government to include sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics as a protected personal characteristics in the Criminal Code to ensure the rights of all LGBTI+ people in Poland;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 94 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Polish Government to comply with the recommendations made by the European Parliament in its resolution of 14 November 2019 on the criminalisation of comprehensive sexuality education in Poland, as well as with those of the Council of Europe and the WHO.
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 102 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that Article 7 TEU can be triggered where there is determination that there is a clear risk of a serious breach by a Member State of the values referred to in Article 2; strongly believes that contraventions of women’s, LGBTI+ people’s and other minorities’ rights seriously breach the values of equality and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities enshrined in Article 2 TEU and that such contraventions should trigger the Article 7 procedure; urges the Commission to monitor the situation of these values in the Union closely and launch proceedings under Article 7(1) where there is evidence of a clear risk of a serious breach of these values by a Member State;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 104 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Strongly regrets recent legal changes by the Sejm, under which medical facilities would no longer be legally obliged to indicate another facility in case of denial of abortion services due to personal beliefs; calls on the Polish government to urgently reverse these changes, to address gaps in service provision resulting from doctors who refuse healthcare services on conscientious objection grounds, and to legislate to ensure that in the event of refusal to perform a medical procedure, the medical facility must indicate another specialist or facility which will perform the procedure;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 105 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Reiterates its concerns about already ongoing, extensive, and inappropriate use of conscientious objection including the absence of a reliable referral mechanism for access to abortion in practice, and lack of timely appeals processes for women who are denied abortions; notes that under human rights law, the right of conscientious objection is not absolute and is subject to limitations to protect the rights of others and that concerning healthcare, conscientious objection is also constricted by articles protecting the right to life, health and privacy;
2020/06/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 14 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September1995, and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing +5 (2000), Beijing +10 (2005), Beijing +15 (2010), Beijing +20 (2015) special sessions and the political declaration on Beijing +25 (2020) of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW);
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 47 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 a (new)
— having regard to the European Commission’s proposal for a directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence of 8 March 2022;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 50 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30 b (new)
— having regard to the commitments made at the Generation Equality Forum of July 2021,
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 53 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

A. whereas gender equality is a core value of the EU, enshrined in Article 2 of TEU and stressed in Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and must be mainstreamed in EUall EU policies, activities, and programmes; ; whereas the European Institute for Gender Equality has noted that the European Union needs around 60 years to reach gender equality at the current pace; whereas the eradication of gender-based violence and especially violence against women and girls is a prerequisite to achieving real gender equality;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 69 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls is a severe form of gender inequality and, discrimination and a violation of human rights;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 77 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas 1 in 3 women in the EU, around 62 million women, has experience physical and/or sexual violence; whereas more than half of women (55 %) in the EU has experienced sexual harassment at least once since the age of 151a; whereas recently the estimated cost of gender-based violence and intimate partner violence in the European Union have increased by around one third, and the estimated costs of gender-based violence is EUR 366 billion23 ; ; _________________ 1a FRA, 2014 23 European Institute for Gender Equality, ‘The costs of gender-based violence in the European Union’, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021.
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 81 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas there is an ongoing oppressive backlash against gender equality and especially women and girls’ rights in the European Union and throughout the world; whereas during the pandemic, violence against women increased and their feelings of safety were eroded; whereas more than 45 % of women worldwide have reported that they or a woman they know has experienced some form of violence and 65 % of women have reported experiencing it in their lifetime; whereas many European countries saw a sharp increase in the reported cases of femicides and this number is in constant increase in some of them; whereas the fight against the gender based-violence should therefore be a priority even more after the lessons learned pandemic;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 84 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas cyber violence against women and intimate partner cyber violence have become increasingly common in recent years,especially after the pandemic; whereas, between 4 to 7% of women in the Union have experienced cyber harassment, while between 1 and 3% have experienced cyberstalking1a; whereas the World Wide Web Foundation survey conducted in 2020 among respondents from180 countries revealed that 52% of young women and girls have experienced online abuse such as the sharing of private images, videos or messages without their consent, mean and humiliating messages, abusive and threatening language, sexual harassment and false content, and 64% of respondents stated that they know someone who has experienced it; _________________ 1a European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) study entitled ‘Combating gender-based violence: Cyber violence - European added value assessment’
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 88 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas gender-based violence against women and girls can affect many fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter and other international and European human rights instruments;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 95 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas gender-based violence against women may take the form of offences such as sexual violence, including rape, female genital mutilation, forced sterilizations, trafficking inof women and girls for the purposes of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, ‘honour crimes’ and, forced marriages, and marital captivity, femicide, stalking and various forms of cyberviolence as well as the denial to safe and legal access to abortion;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 109 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas gender-based violence continues to be an underreported crime in the European Union; whereas 67% of women interviewed in the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey of 2014 did not report the most serious incident of partner violence to the police or any other organisation;1a whereas the lack of effectiveness of prosecution and the judicial systems and the lack of adequate social and medical services are frequent reasons for the non- reporting of gender- based violence; _________________ 1a FRA, 2014 - https://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2014/violen ce-against-women-every-day-and- everywhere
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 133 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas ending gender-based violence against women and girls has been included by the Commission as a key priority in the Gender Equality Strategy 2020–2025 with a set of concrete proposals to ensure effective prevention of gender- based violence and domestic violence, among them the conclusion of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and ensuring its swift EU ratification;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 138 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a unique tool to combat gender-based violence at European level and beyond; , effective and powerful tool to combat a wide range of forms of violence against women and domestic violence at European level and beyond; whereas the Convention offers guidance to state parties and their respective national authorities to give an adequate multidisciplinary response to violence through the four pillars: prevention of violence, protection of survivors and reparation, prosecution of perpetrators and integrated policies; whereas countries that have ratified the Convention have intensified efforts to prevent violence against women and girls, have improved investigations and prosecutions as well as protection services for women victims of violence1a; _________________ 1a “Towards a Europe Free from Male Violence Against Women and Girls”, European Women’s Lobby (reference: https://womenlobby.org/IMG/pdf/ic-2.pdf)
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 142 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas gender-based violence is a cross-border crime and therefore Member States should fight it together and in close collaboration; whereas all women and girls in the European Union should dispose of the same level of protection against gender-based violence disregarding of which Member States they are in;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 148 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a mixed agreement that allows for accession by the EU in parallel to accession by its Member States; whereas this has been confirmed by the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) as well as by the legal service of the European Parliament;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 150 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas the accession of all Member States to the Istanbul Convention would support a coordinated approach in fighting violence against women, together with existing or future related measures at EU level, such as the proposal for an EU’s directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 154 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas all Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, but only 21 have ratified it; whereas six Member States - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia- still have not ratified the Convention; whereas Poland has announced its intention to withdraw from the Convention back in 2020; whereas in Slovakia, the National Council refused the Convention's ratification in 2020 and asked the Slovak President to take back the country's signature, but the President decided to not proceed with the removal; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 159 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas Turkey, the first country to sign and ratify the Convention, decided to withdraw from it six years after and is not a State party in the Convention since 1 July 2021; whereas the European institutions condemned this step back which constitutes a dangerous precedent for other Party Members;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 160 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
M b. whereas several religious, ultra- conservative groups and far-right movements continue to spread false narrative and disinformation regarding the Istanbul Convention, claiming it aims to erase the traditional family and promote gender ideology and homosexuality; whereas these groups use disinformation and populist rhetoric to frighten politicians and citizens;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 161 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
M c. whereas Ukraine became the 36th State to ratify the Convention in June 2022, while defending its territory from Russia’s unjustified, unprovoked and illegal war of aggression; whereas rape and sexual violence against women and girls are used as weapons of war in the conflict; whereas the Convention entered into force on 1st November and its prompt implementation should equip the Ukrainian authorities to deal with atrocities committed by Russians soldiers on women and children, and tackle gender-based violence; whereas Ukraine's ratification in time of war should serve as an example for all Member States which refuse to ratify it or not consider it a priority;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 166 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017; notesregrets that 5 years later, the EU has still not ratified the Convention due to the refusal of a few Member States at the Council of the EU; notes however that the legal uncertainty caused by the limitation of the scope of the EU’s future accession to certain provisions of the Convention, namely matters related to judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement, as well as the concerns regarding the internal procedure in view of the ratification of the Convention were answered in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Opinion of 6 October 2021; urges the Council to act accordingly to this decision;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 182 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, against women and girls and against LGBTIQ+ persons; Strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health services and rights, including safe and legal abortion, isa form of violence against women and girls; reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexuality; calls on all Member States to guarantee a comprehensive sexuality education, full access for women to family planning, and full range of sexual and reproductive health services, including modern contraceptive methods and the right to safe and legal abortion;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 193 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that criminal justice must be only one part of a comprehensive and integrated response to violence against women encompassing at once prevention, protection, prosecution, and integrated response; Stresses the advantages of the Istanbul Convention’s structure, which follows a holistic, comprehensive and coordinated methodology for addressing the issues of violence against women and girls and gender-based violence, including domestic violence, based on a four pillar approach including all the aspects from the prevention, to the protection, prosecution and coordinated policies; however, notes that Member States should fight against impunity in the cases of violence against women and girls, preserving the dissuasive function of penalties and prosecutions, as pointed out in the Mid- term Horizontal Review of GREVIO baseline evaluation reports;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 205 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Istanbul Convention benefits from 10 years of functioning and practice through its unique monitoring and implementation system through GREVIO; recognises the immense work of this expert body in monitoring the implementation of the Convention and calls on all parties to follow their country- specific recommendations;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 208 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes the important role played by the Istanbul Convention during the COVID-19 pandemic to help Member States in facing the alarming increase of gender-based violence, considered in this period the shadow pandemic; praises the efforts of some Member States in establishing additional prevention measures as well as protection and support services during the pandemic; however, calls in this regard to setting up a specific EU Protocol on Violence against Women in Times of Crisis and Emergency, complementing the measures enshrined in the Istanbul Convention to enhance the readiness of the European Union to face gender-based violence in these specific situations;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 210 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that the Convention should be implemented together with other specific legislative measures recognising and preventing the specific forms of gender-based cyber violence faced by women and girls, as well as criminalising the acts of gender-based violence perpetrated in the online space; welcomes, in this regard, the European Commission’s proposal for a directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence, where four forms of gender-based cyber violence are criminalised, namely non-consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material, cyber stalking, cyber harassment, and cyber incitement to violence or hatred;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 212 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Takes note of the CJEU Opinion of 6 October 2021, following up on Parliament’s request, which allows the Council to proceed with the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the European Union without a prior common agreement; considers that now, there is no doubt that the European Union could and should ratify the Convention;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 218 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Points out that the EU’s accession will also allow a more comprehensive collection of data regarding gender-based violence at EU level; Notes that GREVIO has commended the importance of evidence-based policy making and highlights the importance of establishing a system to regularly collect data, and undertake surveys in relation to all forms of violence against women and girls; Welcomes Eurostat’s current efforts to coordinate a survey on gender-based violence in the EU for 2023 to update the latest European Union’s data on gender- based violence from 2014 and, in this regard, asks all Member States party in the Convention to cooperate and take part in it;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 219 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Underlines the importance of providing gender sensitive training for law enforcement agencies, judiciary and public prosecutors to ensure early detection of victims and avoid deficient risk assessments and points out the key role of the Istanbul Convention in enhancing Member States' capacities in this field;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 222 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets and strongly condemns the political instrumentalisation of the Convention by some Member States; Calls for a constructive dialogue with the Council and Member States in cooperation with the Council of Europe to address Member States’ reservations, objections and concerns and clarify misleading and false interpretations of the Istanbul Convention, such as the so-called promotion of destructive gender ideologies, in order to make progress in this area;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 229 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that Parliament will be fully involved in the Convention’s monitoring process after EU accession to the Istanbul Convention; notes the importance of proceeding with a swift agreement on a code of conduct concerning cooperation between the EU and its Member States for the implementation of the Convention, which should also involve civil society organisations, particularly women´s rights organisations;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 233 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that while all Member States have already signed the Istanbul Convention, six have not ratified it yet, namely Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia; calls on national authorities to fight against disinformation and launch awareness campaigns in order to dispel all doubt on the Convention and its benefits for the whole society; underlines that the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification and thus strongly encourages on the remaining six Member States that have not already done so to ratify the Convention without delay;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 248 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concernCondemns the growing opposition towards the Istanbul Convention in some Member States and the attempts to disparage the Convention and its positive impact on the eradication of gender-based violence; strongly condemns all attempts to spread disinformation campaigns about the Istanbul Convention organised by religious, ultra-conservative groups and far right movements, among others;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 252 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to take into account the conclusions and good practices of the Mid-term Horizontal Review of GREVIO baseline evaluation reports24 and use them to give new momentum to the Convention's implementation; _________________ 24 https://rm.coe.int/prems-010522-gbr- grevio-mid-term-horizontal-review-rev- february-2022/1680a58499
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 255 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that there are no legal obstacles for the Council to proceed to the ratification of the Convention, as a qualified majority is sufficient to adopt the Convention; calls on Member States to confirm their political will to combat violence against women and girls and therefore to take this decision and not allow a few Member States to control the gender equality agenda in the Council;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 259 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, whichbased on the Istanbul Convention's standards; points out that it will be the first EU act comprehensively to address gender-based violence, thus helping to harmonise Member States’ differing approaches towards violence against women and domestic violence and to lay down common minimum standards for the protection of victims and survivors of gender-based violence and for improving their access to justice;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 266 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the inclusion of gender- based violence as an eurocrime - which was also a promise of President Von der Leyen - would have been a more adequate and efficient legal basis for the proposed European Commission’s directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence; Reiterates its call on the Council to activate the passerelle clause by adopting a unanimous decision identifying gender- based violence against women and girls as one of the areas of crime listed in Article 83(1) of the TFEU;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 275 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises the incredible amount of work performed by civil society organisations, in particular women’s human rights organisations, in preventing and combating violence against women and girls and their efforts to provide assistance to the victims of gender-based violence; urges the Member States to support these activities by providing sufficient, reliable, and sustainable human and financial resources;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 280 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Asks the European Commission and Member States to allocate adequate and sustainable financial and human resources to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence, as well as the specific services helping victims, particularly regarding access to justice and specialised shelters;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 287 #

2016/0062R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Council to step up procedures in order to ensure the EU’s swift ratification of the Istanbul Convention and to ensure, despite the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention, a broad EU accession to the Convention without any limitations;
2022/12/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM